There’s about 368 objects with “(“ in their phone value in the UK: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/RYf

I’ve seen some people correct phone number formats before, so it might be cleaned up eventually - I’ve edited some of the ones near me.

@CjMalone - OSM data is indexed by search engines, I’ve found osm objects appearing in google search result

@alexkemp You might want to fix the phone number value in way/23367543 - the (0) should not be used, see the wiki.

There’s some good examples in Europe for you, like Silverstone: osm.org/#map=15/52.0705/-1.0175 and Spa-Francorrchamps: osm.org/#map=15/50.4374/5.9720

I’d suggest amenity=parking should probably be kept for the (public) parking areas - I’ve seen highway=service with area=yes used for the paddock areas instead. For example: osm.org/#map=15/53.1773/-2.6127

There’s an issue open on the osm-carto github regarding the rendering of raceways: https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/3852

Not really, I use the Strava heatmap as a custom background layer in iD and switch between the layers (ctrl + B). Much quicker than opening JOSM.

There’s also Strava heatmap imagery which is more likely to be there than OSM user traces.

osm.wiki/Strava

or the urls at: osm.wiki/RU:Strava#JOSM.2C_ID:.D0.9C.D0.B5.D1.82.D0.BE.D0.B4.D1.82.D1.80.D0.B0.D0.BD.D0.B7.D0.B8.D1.82.D0.BD.D0.BE.D0.B3.D0.BE_.D0.BF.D1.80.D0.BE.D0.BA.D1.81.D0.B8.D1.80.D0.BE.D0.B2.D0.B0.D0.BD.D0.B8.D1.8F_.D1.82.D0.B0.D0.B9.D0.BB.D0.BE.D0.B2

I think it would be best if you posted this on the Name Suggestion Index’s github

https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/issues

Even with just the information you’ve posted here someone might be able to add it to the NSI for you.

Though at the moment there’s only 9 instances of amenity=gambling names containing the word Buzz in the UK. Probably some other bingo hall brands are more popular.

Please don’t post 78MB worth of imagery in a diary post…

I think there are two distinct categories of service/track roads in this discussion. As mentioned previously, dead end roads/tracks can usually be accessed by delivery drivers even if there’s a private sign. Though even if there is no road mapped, or it is tagged private - routers for delivery drivers should be able direct them to the closest point on the main road.

In cases where the tracks connect two roads, I would suggest an OSM note could be opened at the location if you don’t have enough information to remotely map access restrictions or other details, so local mappers can help.

And in your example of the connecting track “Williams Road”, looking at imagery and Mapillary/OpenStreetCam for that location shows some blocks placed to prevent access at one end, presumably you don’t have GPS data going along the whole track?

Thanks for the work you’ve put into the post, however can I suggest that in future you use different colours than green and red together so that your graphics are accessible to colourblind users?

Hi, can I suggest you take a screenshot of the problem, upload it to imgur.com or similar and post it here?

Fakt ist das sich der Maintainer von iD nicht an die Gepflogenheiten von OSM hält und sich einen Dreck, um Hinweise und Verbesserungsvorschläge schert.

The fact is that the maintainer of iD does not stick to the practices of OSM and give a shit, to give hints and suggestions for improvement.

Zum Beispiel / For example?

The bridge article warns against using both bridge and tunnel tags to describe the situation and it’s absolutely more of a bridge situation than it is a tunnel situation.

At the moment the runway is a bridge as well as the road below being a tunnel - so one of them needs to be changed.

I wonder if perhaps changing to landuse=services would be a better tag for this, to avoid confusion with “service”? Or highway=motorway_services (similar to the motorway_junction tag).

Also, you can use the share option in overpass-turbo to fill in the query for others :) https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/FmT

• When it’s cheaper than other maps?
• When it shows things that other maps don’t, like paths or new roads?
• When it allows somebody to quickly fix an error on the map?
• When it allow people to create a better map of their local area?

I was expecting something really busy but that area is far from being too much, it’s mainly just walls and driveways along with the buildings. :)

Have a look at somewhere like Edinburgh, with walls/fences, gardens, trees, buildings, addresses: osm.org/#map=17/55.95668/-3.20493 or Kelso where someone has added areas covering every piece of tarmac: osm.org/#map=17/55.59851/-2.43446

Although, my only concern about really detailed places is that other nearby places may get neglected (especially if it’s just one mapper) - more people would benefit from two decently mapped places than having one poor and one well mapped.

I don’t want to discourage your useful work, however I would say that in this case “The Shit” might be a valid name. :-)

It seems to be part of a mountain bike trail in a large forest, and there’s various other names that could be termed as low quality. E.g. “Meth Lab”, “Unemployment Line”, “Ewok Village” etc. In fact, it appears on this map - http://www.galbraithmt.com/paid/trails/evolution.html - so I’d say it should be kept on the OSM map.

I’d say notes (and changeset comments) could do with a notification service on the OSM website - like personal messages - rather than just using emails (as some people have said they went into spam). That way they will get noticed more and conversations can occur.

For notes - there could be status categories which can be selected for each note:

awaiting new imagery - to allow a basic outline of the construction area and/or new roads needs a GPS survey - driving/cycling/walking through needs a full survey - to get all of the street names and details

Surely once you tag a path with bicycle=designated it is no longer just a basic “path” and therefore that information (that it is for bicycles) should be rendered on the map?

One issue I have with notes (and changeset comments) is that users are only notified by email or any comments/resolved notes.

Wonder if it would be possible to get an unread notification in the top corner of the website like when a user is sent a message?

Hi, I notice you have already resolved a few notes, including this one: note/1160783

This note refers to the tagging on this path: way/294956771 - however you have not edited the map and actually fixed the problem before resolving the note.

Same with this one - note/1191105 - you need to actually edit the map to fix the problem instead of just resolving the note.