Regarding housenumbers, don't add name=My House or My Friend's house (unless it is an actual establishment, like a pub or a restaurant, or maybe a school). Some people are paranoid when it comes to their privacy.

well, who's FAIL is it?

Hi! Just made a few corrections in your place. I noticed that a good number of intersections weren't connected, so I corrected them. Airports are probably landuse=industrial (like the airport in Las Vegas, Nevada), and I corrected some ways. If it's a runway, it should be a way, not an area. If you want to tag some node, way or area like highway=something, the "highway" part should be on the first blank space, while "something" should be on the second blank space. If you need any help, just ask any experienced contributor, by sending them a message. To send a message, go an experienced user's page, then click on "send message".

@Dion Dock: I already applied natural=tree to at least two notable trees within a university (see osm.org/browse/node/489478574 and osm.org/browse/node/438057680 ; the latter tree is named as such due to a somewhat confirmed "urban legend" within the said university)

I've added over 200 housenumbers on my map (including my house) (see osm.org/?lat=14.077292&lon=121.323585&zoom=18&layers=B000FFF ), but nobody (so far) has found out where I lived through the map (except some close friends and relatives). It's safe to add housenumbers, for as long as you don't put name or note=X's house or whatever (except if a certain amenity - like a restaurant - has a housenumber). As a sign of a "continuing addiction", I've added some buildings in my city's downtown area.

@Zartbitter I use OpenStreetBugs, but it's on the appspot.com subdomain.

@nmixter this addiction (adding too much detail to OSM) is probably helpful, since (presumably) everyone will know where that amenity is.

@JohnSmith I'm not at that level (yet), but I've managed to tag two trees as tourism=attraction within a university's campus.

everyone else: I've added housenumbers (within my home city only), banks, fuel stations, footbridges, schools, at-grade foot crossings, emergency bays on a major highway (soon), surveillance cameras, some convenience stores, traffic signals, full names of certain streets, speed bumps, maxspeed, some stretches that are dual-carriageway, banks, restaurants, some buildings and landuse (probably guessed its area), dormitories (tagged as amenity=dormitory) and the list goes on.

Maybe the GT-31 had some contact with water (possibly through rain droplets, placing it near a wet spot), which was the reason why the GT-31 that I have was "frozen" just days after acquiring it. Is the display on your GPS stuck on "Sat Signal"?

Your edits in Trancas Beach is one proof that we will stop at nothing to improve data, and to make sure that (almost) nobody is lost or disoriented in alomst any area covered by OpenStreetMap, especialy if that certain place is known for its notable residents. What's next: amenities, buildings (houses) and their housenumbers?

Regarding navigation systems, it may be feasible, but they cannot afford it (I think). However, crime statistics (and hotspot) maps are more feasible, since they can just export the map, add their marks (boundaries and all), and publish and/or print it, without the copyright fuss (they can just add "from OpenStreetMap, under CC BY-SA 2.0"). Maybe OSM can improve their response time, even if they don't have a navigational system (or a GPS).

for the wastewater plants to render, you may want to add landuse=industrial (until they find a way to render a wastewater plant without placing an industrial tag).

If you are going to put links on the diary, use the HTML code for it (also known as the "a href" tag). I did the same for my previous diary entries and it linked to the intended page(s) without any hitch.

experienced almost the same just recently, and it was hell. either it was API hiccups or something else.

experienced almost the same just recently, and it was hell. either it was API hiccups or something else.

well, i'm glad that it's now online and writable

We have a "local" contributor in Boracay. (check the members' list on WikiProject Philippines) But since this is tempting, I'm going to accept the offer. Not only that, I'm going to map nearby Carabao Island, if Boracay is "easy".

you should tag it as building=yes (obviously). if the community center is run by the government (local or national), tag it as amenity=public_building. if not, tag it as building=yes, plus the name for that building.

will do that (see previous comments). I'm also uploading a fresh (and long = 50+ km) GPS track tonight.

thanks for clearing it up. still, thank you.

From my point of view, I think that I'm better off with OSM since it is under a free license, you can view other ways and nodes (in edit mode) and decide whether you can improve it or leave it alone, and you can take out some inaccurate info/data.

Despite spending less than six months here, I contributed much to OSM, like fixing some tags in Washington, DC area (at least once), my contribs to my home city, and improving the "coverage" of OSM in the Mega Manila area, especially the exclusive residential areas. And it was satisfactory to see fellow contributor like you make improvements to a fellow OSMer's work (hope it was a right term to call a fellow OpenStreetMap contributor). For now, we have to do more to improve our "coverage". I hope that fellow Filipinos and tourists alike will use OSM, not in the near future, but right now.

Thanks for putting the needed info in those places. I do appreciate your work here, and I hope that you continue your work on OpenStreetMap.