Wenn das Gebäude einen Namen hat, wird dieser angezeigt, sonst die Hausnummer.

Fürs Routing sind die Hausnummern aber unverzichtbar.

Gruß FK270673

Dear HCA_SRMC,

you may trace a map if the map publisher _agrees_ to copy it. Maps from federal government agencies may be copied without special consent. However, states and local agencies have very different ideas about copyright on their map. Let's simply assume that the map publisher (whoever it is) explicitly agrees to copy the map.

Technically, JOSM is a good solution for tracing images. jpg preserves the original colors, but is not very accurate on a high zoom level. gif and png are better suited for accurate mapping. JOSM requires to switch permanently between different modes (editing, drawing, deleting, moving and zooming buttons on the left side) which are difficult to understand for newbies. If you want to use JOSM, read the manual twice very carefully and try to start with simple edits.

Uploading GPX traces is far more easy. OSM only accepts GPX traces, so you may need to convert GPX waypoints, KML, NMEA and XXX tracks to GPX tracks with a separate program like GPSBabel.

Once you have uploaded your GPX track, you can see it by pressing the G button. Try to draw a new, straight line along the rough GPX track. GPX tracks between skyscrapers are usually bad, so it's good to avoid tracing between high buildings.

Please keep in mind that secondary and tertiary are intended for major routes as mentioned in the functional map classification:
http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/resources/fxn_class/Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania_County.pdf

Yours, FK270673

Die ODbL ist eigentlich gar nicht so schlecht, aber es gibt bis jetzt noch keine verständlichen und landesspezifischen Versionen (z.B. ODbL-DE). Um die auszuarbeiten, braucht man mindestens noch ein weiteres Jahr und bis dahin ist die kommerzielle Nutzung mit einer gewissen Unsicherheit behaftet. Deswegen soll die ODbL jetzt wohl durchgepeitscht werden.

Die ODbL beinhaltet die Möglichkeit, dass urheberrechtlich geschützte Karten auf der Grundlage von OSM produziert werden. Voraussetzung für einen urheberrechtlichen Schutz ist natürlich, dass die OSM-Karten mit einem großen persönlichen Einsatz nachbearbeitet werden. Wer beispielsweise 50% aller Feldwege (=tracks) löscht und bei den Geschäften eine selektive Auswahl trifft, der schafft eine Karte, die aufgrund ihrer Individualität vom Urheberrecht geschützt werden könnte. Unter der Creative Commons-Lizenz wäre das deutlich schwieriger, weil die Karte als abgeleitetes Werk gilt. Unter einer PD-Lizenz könnte jeder mit einem entsprechenden Arbeitsaufwand (d.h. 50% aller Feldwege (=tracks) nachbearbeiten) eine urheberrechtlich geschützte Karte erstellen.

Die Contributor Terms geben der globalen Zentrale (OSMF) zu viele und den nationalen Gruppen (Local Chapters) zu wenige Rechte in Bezug auf die Relizenzierung. Ich könnte mir durchaus vorstellen, dass einzelne Länder abweichende Lizenzbedingungen nach dem Motto Russland ist PD, Japan steht unter ODbL und Australien bleibt CC beschließen. Dann könnte man in einzelnen Ländern Erfahrungen mit abweichenden Lizenzbedingungen sammeln. Wenn Russland beispielsweise PD einführen würde, dann könnte man überprüfen, ob sich das positiv oder negativ auf das Geodatenwachstum auswirkt.

Die Geodaten für Holland sind fast alle von AND importiert worden. Deshalb gibt es in Holland so viele Feldwege, die als tertiary eingezeichnet sind und manuell heruntergestuft werden müssen.

Willkommen in unserem Projekt!

In einer Großstadt (wie Berlin) braucht man ohnehin kein GPS, sondern ein Walking Paper (eine Art Notizzettel):
http://www.walking-papers.org/

GPS-Empfänger braucht man nur auf dem flachen Land:
osm.org/?way=44332974

I agree that equating Indians with wildlife is condescending.

If we just take the claimed level of sovereignty, an Indian nation would be tagged with admin_level=3 on an equal level like Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, Samoa and the Virgin Islands. However, Hong Kong passports are internationally recognized whereas tribal passports are not. Puerto Rico and Samoa are internationally recognized territories, e.g. at the Olympic games.

Let's have a look at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_divisions_of_the_United_States

> While every reservation is part of a state, and residents vote as residents of the state in which they reside and do pay federal taxes, the reservations are exempt from many state and local laws.

Given the fact that each reservation is part of a state, it should be tagged with admin_level=5 or lower.

> The ambiguous nature of their status has created both opportunities (such as gambling in states that normally disallow it) and challenges (such as the unwillingness of some companies to open up shop in a territory where they are not certain what laws will apply to them).

So Indian reservations are a special rights zone with some specific privileges (e.g. lower taxes) and some specific disadvantages (see example above).

Indian reservations can be compared with European tax-free zones (e.g. the villages of Jungholz, Livigno, Samnaun). These tax-free villages have ordinary administrative boundaries with admin_level=8 despite the fact that their municipal border is a border of national taxation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_their_relations_with_the_European_Union

I know that tax exemption is not the unique property of an Indian reservation.
However, we still don't have mapping guidelines for tax-free areas and other special zones.

Using boundary=administrative for Indian reservations is a joke, because they are often part of other municipalities.

Look at the city of Cloquet, for example:
osm.org/?lat=46.7204&lon=-92.4831&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF

The western part of the city is covered by Fond du Lac Indian Reservation. However, the reservation does not constitute a separate municipality like Scanlon on the southeastern edge. Why don't they try to create a separate municipality or even a separate county?

Reservations are areas with some special rights concerning some topics which cannot be described by the transitive (1>2>9>10) and hierarchical admin_level tag. However, they don't fulfill all duties of an administrative entity like a county or a state.

Administrative division in the United States is a complicated matter as many countries and municipalities don't fit with urban settlements. Tribal government and tribal services have often been established in the 1980s and 1990s (with casino revenues) but their incorporation as municipalities is still a pending work.

Talking about such highly controversial political issues might be regarded as offensive, but I think there is a need to discuss these topics.

Wie und wo kann man eigentlich solche falschen Änderungen / Manipulationen nachvollziehen bzw. melden?

Entweder hier im Tagebuch, weil hier viele Leute mitlesen, oder im Forum.

Der Zeller See ist ein Multipolygon mit der Nr. 949530:
osm.org/?relation=949530
osm.org/browse/relation/949530

Ein Multipolygon ist sehr empfindlich. Sobald ein artfremdes Element in die Relation eingefügt wird, wird der See nicht mehr eingezeichnet. Jetzt geht es nur noch darum, dieses artfremde Element im Multipolygon zu finden.

Gruß FK270673

Is it appropriate to update the tags on these to a more fitting tag (such as tertiary or tracks where appropriate)?

Yes, of course! You should do that!
Rural roads are usually classified as highway=unclassified unless they have a significant importance connecting villages. highway=tertiary is intended for collector roads which have a high local importance.

Functional road classification is a good indicator whether a road deserves a higher classification or not:
http://www.dot.nd.gov/road-map/functional-class/cmc%20book%20pdf/stutsman_sheet2.pdf

Alleys and driveways to single homes are classified as highway=service. Don't forget to add access=private if trespassing is prohibited ;-)

In Potlatch, you just need to touch the road and then press P. Thus you can create two parallel ways with a user defined distance of e.g. 1 metre or 4 metres (estimated reality). If you zoom in enough, you can easily distinguish and edit all three ways.

Please create a new relation for a new bus route as you have hijacked a bus route from another guy ;-) I have created a new relation just for you:

osm.org/?relation=1070141

Please use this link above if you want to continue with this bus line #10. It may take one or two minutes to zoom in, but it gives you a perfect overview about the current bus route #10.

@amm

... a clever algorithm tries to only render those tiles that are necessary ...

That's what I wanted to say

The mapnik renderer has a secret priority list. If you made many edits within a special area, it will take some hours to update the map. If you just made one or two small edits, it may take weeks until the map gets updated.

The Osmarenderer also has a priority list. If there are many edits, Osmarender will update automatically. If you just made one or two small edits, you have to start the rendering process manually. Look at http://www.informationfreeway.org
This will usually take more than 48 hours because the TAH rendering of each tile is assigned to a certain computer somewhere in the world.

It is also possible to update the Mapnik renderer manually by adding "/dirty" to the image's URL.

All streets in the United States are copied from a government database (TIGER). It is still a lot of hard work to clean up TIGER data, because the TIGER classification doesn't fit to the OSM classification. State routes usually have a higher classification (secondary or tertiary, depending whether it has a two/three-digit or four-digit number) and a road number (=ref). There are a lot of driveways to single homes which should be downgraded to service roads. There are a lot of 4WD trails which should be downgraded to tracks. There are a lot of "no trespassing" signs which should be mentioned in the map (access=no or access=private). Furthermore, we would like to include pavement (surface) and speed limits (maxspeed) for each street in the United States.

The TIGER database (with all its errors) is just a starting point in order to get the US covered as soon as possible. It has many useful features (e.g. ZIP postcode and spelled street names), but also many lacking features that need to be added by active mappers.

Stairs are rendered with their name, of course.

osm.org/?lat=50.0923&lon=14.40774&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF

You are living in Northern India, so it is a good idea to look at the India tagging guidelines in the Wiki:

osm.wiki/India
osm.wiki/Talk:Tagging_Roads_in_India

Es gibt in jeder Stadt eine Hausnummernverordnung. Wer keine deutlich sichtbare Hausnummer anbringt, muss bis zu 250 Euro zahlen. Du kannst ja mal darauf hinweisen, dass du die Vollständigkeit der Hausnummern kontrollierst und gegen eine kleine Spende von 50 Euro auf eine Anzeige beim zuständigen Ordnungsamt verzichtest.

Es gibt drei Möglichkeiten:
1. Im Online-Editor Potlatch erst eine beliebige Straße anklicken und dann Taste H drücken. Dann erscheint eine Liste der Bearbeiter.
2. Bei www.itoworld.com anmelden. Dort gibt es eine statistische Auswertung für jede selbstdefinierte Region.
3. Am Frankfurter bzw. Gießener Stammtisch teilnehmen.
osm.wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main/OSM-Fr%C3%BChschoppen
osm.wiki/Stammtisch_Mittelhessen
Es gibt keine festes Einzugsgebiet, Du kannst also beide Stammtische besuchen.

Gruß aus dem Großraum Bremen FK270673

Böblingen liegt doch schon auf Platz 4 der bestgemappten Kleinstädte Deutschlands:
http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=81249

Please describe WHO does WHICH automated edits with two or three typical examples, so we can take a look at the errors. Bots like woodpeck or xybot need a feedback in order to improve their rules.