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62652354

Is this really a concern here? A simple list of facts (name and address of clubs) is not copyrightable in the first place, and therefore also not releasable to the public domain. If he were taking a presentation of facts, say, a GeoTIFF of club locations and importing it, then that would be a different story.

While permission is always good to get (and they may even help you out!), as long as someone is just looking at a list of venue names, verifying the location, and adding manually, then there isn't really anything to release.

61381566

I honestly wasn't sure what was best, so I left the previous tag, which was landuse=military. I wasn't sure what a good fit was for a secure government lab, that wasn't strictly military.

In this case the boundary does make some sense - unlike the Golden facility, this one does have a distinct boundary that is fenced and secured.

If you think something like landuse=industrial and access=private is a better description, I'm happy to change it over.

62322167

Hi, as a quick tip, when working with buildings (creating or modifying them), take a moment to "square" the building using the "s" key in the iD editor, which will convert everything to 90 and 45 degree angles (appropriate for most building types). It really improves rendering and makes tracing easier since you don't have to try to be perfect on the initial trace. Happy mapping!
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62262550

Hope it helps, I know it seems like a lot to learn at first, but you'll get it. Thanks for actually going out and mapping new things by GPS, much more interesting than just armchair mapping!

62262550

Hi, thanks for editing! I've made a few tweaks to your trail, and have some suggestions. First, you may want to read https://learnosm.org/en/ to get more familiar with the mapping tool. You don't want your paths to double back on each other - they should indicate where the path is, not all the steps you would take if you walked it (IE, you don't need the path to go out and back).

You also need to connect your path to other ways to show that you can move from one to another.

And finally, "tags" are how OSM tells mapping tools what something is. Instead of naming something "path" with name=path, use the preset tool on the left side of the iD editor to search for "path", when you click the preset, it will fill in some tags for you, and give you suggestions for additional information. In this case "highway=path" is how you tell people it is a walking path. You can specify with the other suggested tags if bicycles are allowed, the surface, or the name (if it has one).

Hope that helps, and keep mapping!

61368483

Hi, welcome to OSM! I noticed you accidentally moved Murphy's pub - I corrected the location. I also removed your name from the house point - it is best not to put personal information in OSM.

61372669

Hi, welcome to OSM! Saw you requested a review. I made two small changes to your addition - I made the road a "service road" rather than a residential road, indicating that it serves individual buildings. I also removed "building=house" from your polygons, because that indicates that the whole space is a building. When tracing an area like you've done, "landuse=residential" is a better tag. If you trace the actual buildings, then they can be "building=yes" or "building=detached". See more here: osm.wiki/Buildings
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61309461

Thanks for checking, maybe it has been more than a month for me? I work a bit to the west, but am usually riding east. As long as the fence is down we should be good.

61309461

Hi, is this trail connector open now? When I was last by, maybe a month ago, it was still closed at the bridge with a fence. Confirm they've opened it and finished the path?
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61169777

Many roads were brought in as part of an import of the TIGER roads database from the government, which does include many driveways. However, that import didn't always distinguish the driveway as private, so it was imported as a "Residential Road" (highway=residential).

The reason to keep them rather than delete them is that they may be used by emergency services, planners, and others who may be interested in how accessible structures are around the country. Generally, if something exists in the real world, it should stay in the map, and just be correctly described so routers and renderers don't mis-use it. We only tend to delete things if they simply aren't there (there are some TIGER roads that don't exist, so those do get deleted).

In this case, the best solution would be to use the "Driveway" preset in the iD editor, which will apply the tags "highway=service, service=driveway, and access=private".

61211159

In most cases, private access would be implied by the tag "service=driveway", so it isn't strictly necessary. However, if you are using the iD editor in browser, and select the preset "Driveway" from the feature panel on the left side, it will automatically add "access=private". I wouldn't worry about it too much, but go ahead and use the "Driveway" preset to save time when editing new ones.

61211159

Hi, saw you requested a review of your edit! You made the right changes, but to go further, you can tag a driveway as "highway=service" and "service=driveway" which tells routers and renderers that it is an individual driveway. Also, in OSM we don't abbreviate road types - so Stoneridge Cir becomes Stoneridge Circle (we let the map rendering softwares abbreviate if they want to). I changed your driveway and a few neighboring driveways, and changed the name of Stoneridge Circle as examples for you, but looking around the neighborhood there are a lot that can be fixed now.
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61001486

Thanks for figuring that one out, I closed the map note about the issue. I'd been scratching my head on it for a while, but hadn't been by to take a look in a while. How did you figure out that it was a pipeline?
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61201719

Hi, great edits recently! Would you mind using a slightly more descriptive changeset description than "edits"? I do some doublechecking of work in the area, and it is much easier to tell what someone is working on if there is a brief description of the work. Thanks!
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60844346

Hi, my thought is that OSM is a geospacial database, not just a road navigation map, and that it may not be easy to determine what someone may use the data for. For instance, "average proximity to emergency services" or "can packages be shipped to this address" questions may be more accurate with a mapped driveway, even if it is private. I certainly don't disagree with you strongly enough to revert, but I did want to put out the idea that if something physically exists, it is best to describe it accurately as a private driveway, and update the geometry, rather than deleting it. The norms for this vary around the world, but seem to trend toward "keep but describe" rather than removal. Thanks - Sam

60844346

Hi, community norms may vary, but I've found it is better practice to change long driveways to "highway=service, service=driveway, access=private" to prevent routing, rather than deleting, as long as the physical feature is present.
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60802897

Hi, if the path is still physically present, but no longer accessible to the public, it is better to leave the path in place, but add the tag "access=private" to prevent routers from sending people along it. If you simply delete it, someone else will put it back from the imagery later.
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60558490

Hi, no worries! Mapping in OSM is pretty easy, but there are some tricks. I corrected the accidental deletion of the "boundary" tag from the coastline, and made sure that some of the local bodies of water have "natural=coastline" for the water, "natural=beach" for the nearby beach, and "natural=water, water=pond/lagoon/tidalflat" for the other nearby bodies of water. Don't be scared off mapping - there looks to be a lot in Puerto Penasco that can be mapped, and adding parks, scrub, fountains and ponds can all provide useful info for PoGo. Note that Niantic doesn't download the OSM data except every few months, so it make take a little while for your improvements to kick in, but at least you are benefiting the community with better maps while doing it. Here are some more tips for getting started mapping: osm.wiki/Tips_for_new_(Pokemon_Go)_mappers

60558490

Hi, welcome to OSM! Be careful when removing tags - you removed "boundary=administrative" from the Mexico border, so I put it back. You can add new tags, but when in doubt, don't delete existing ones. Thanks!
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60435096

Hi, welcome to OSM. I reverted some of your changes - I don't think your business occupies the entire One Tampa City Center building, so it is best to create a single point for your business POI, where you can give the name and address of your office. Don't use the "description" tag for advertising messages - instead, use the "website" tag to give a link to your website.
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