In addition making use of in-copyright Ordnance Survey Maps is also not allowable for OSM.

Also a) you have mis-transcribed the name, its Smooth Beck Foot; and b) mislocated it. It won't be the bay, but exactly what it says, the foot of Smooth Beck. The names are shown on OS StreetView Open Data (which is usable for OSM mapping & which is probably the source of the name on Google).

Yes indeed please no mapping of volcanic origin rocks as volcanoes. There may be some mapped this way in Germany but I've complained about these particular ones in the past.

Mapillary explicitly provide the rights to use its images to add stuff to OSM (just as Mapbox & Bing allow their aerial imagery to be used). The personal license relates to using the Mapillary images & website for purposes other than contributing to OSM. So Mapillary is definitely the best we have as a Google Streetview alternative. Many of us find it quite fun to make sets of pictures and add them to Mapillary: the problem is that as yet coverage is patchy.

1/ It was visible on the OSM map (and is still visible).
2/ You can only use the take-a-way.co.uk site if you have permission from the owners of the copyright and they are aware of the terms under which OSM data is distributed.
3/ Any use of Google Maps violates the Contributor Agreement which you assented to when you signed up to OSM, and also violates the T&Cs of Google. Adding data sourced from Google makes OSM vulnerable to taken down notices from Google. In the past we have sought permission to use Google aerial imagery but this has never been granted, at least in part because Google themselves do not own the rights.

OSM is principally about the contribution of field surveyed data: not scraping websites to create another directory.

Please if you add data to OpenStreetMap check if something has already been mapped. This particular chip shop has been on OSM for around 6 years.

I would also like to query the source for your data as you have made edits all over the country. Please note that we have particular requirements if you are adding data through some automated method: osm.wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct

Yes we dropped the idea of having to enter stuff that way a long time ago, and all shared your feeling too.

Welcome to OpenStreetMap. It's very nice seeing another new editor in this area as there's been a lot of change which we (existing contributors) haven't been able to keep up with.

Certainly an expensive cafe last time I was in there even in it's new form (i.e., since the original place folded).

Local knowledge wins every time!

I did wonder about that; it will go eventually when someone cleans up all refs, but content to leave it for now. At least add it as loc_name too. Perhaps we could work on a rendering with only local names, but they're still a bit thin on the ground http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/fsr

Hi Alex,

Enjoying watching how the area is coming on. Just think that the Donkey Hill name on St Bartholomew's Road should be in a different tag from ref. I suspect that either local_name or alt_name is better. It wont show on the rendering, but will be picked up by the search box.

All the best,

Jerry

This is a mechanical edit: I very much doubt if you have visited these places or checked each way. Besides there is no need at all to alter ##mph to ## mph: parsing a speed limit is straightforward with or without the space.

In general the UK/GB community dislikes mass edits even for good reasons: this is not one of them.

It's important to be aware that "facts can't be copyrighted" is basically a US legal position, not one which applies in the same way in the UK & Europe. UK allows protection of databases of facts created through "sweat of the brow", and databases are protected under EU law.

Notwithstanding this, Google's T&Cs expressly forbid using the data to create other maps. So even if facts cant be copyrighted you have to find a source of the facts which allows you access in such a way that you can copy them.

Peak shown by node/2462433296 doesn't look right. Can you remember whch imagery you used?

The English name of Tierra del Fuego is Tierra del Fuego: there is no translation like "Fire Ireland" in any regular usage.

Yes I trace from aerial imagery, but the road widths are conventional according to scale (so they'll tend to be wider than reality at smaller scales and too narrow at larger scales. Mapping all the details of pavements, road widths etc is still a step too far. Although in principle the widths of urban streets are easily added to the data and a more accurate rendering should be possible.

I'll add the details you mention & hope to have a look around just before our next Nottingham pub meeting as its not too far from the Lincolnshire Poacher (osm.wiki/Nottingham/Pub_Meetup).

Many thanks for this correction. I think I originally surveyed it from a bus trip up Gordan Road and must have misjudged which crossroads it was at.

I've now added some buildings around the shop. Any other corrections or additions in this area would be very welcome, as its not that close to where any of us more active mappers live. Some of the mapping is also quite old (done 7-8 years ago)

It would have been nice before you made this change if you were aware of the considerable discussion over many years as to why the Great Lakes were mapped as coastline. See for example this discussion on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/3z7w9d/where_are_the_great_lakes/ and just one thread from talk-us https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2015-April/014776.html. I'm sure most would agree with the sentiment, but the edit has effectively removed them from small scale zoom levels of OSM. This would have been better done in conjunction with the Carto-CSS team so that tag changes & enhancements to the rendering chain were implemented together. And messages to mailing lists about such significant changes dont go amiss.

I think that Potlatch offers a box for "Official Classification" which gets translated into the designation tag. (I usually use the advanced mode so not absolutely sure).

It's a bit difficult to point to a satisfactory Best Practice document because all the very active footpath mappers in the UK tend to have various degrees of dissatisfaction with what is written on the wiki. So have a look at the Southern Peak District, almost anywhere in Hampshire, West Sussex, Amber Valley, and Shropshire which are local patches for very active footpath mappers (dudone, nickw, SomeoneElse and trigpoint). Or look at recent mapping round Consall Forge in Staffs as 3 of the above + myself & brianboru all did footpath mapping independently on the same day.

We should be having another footpath mapping event on a Saturday in late May. This will be at Scalford NE of Melton Mowbray which might be close enough if you wanted to meet & chat about mapping them. I think we always find there's stuff to learn from each other.

I notice that when adding footpaths you are adding foot=designated. You may not be aware but there is another, more useful, tag for identifying Public Rights of Way. This is designation with typical values of public_footpath, public_bridleway, byway and restricted_byway. If there's any chance of revisiting some you've mapped it would help identify those areas which have been well mapped for PRoWs.