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56239962 almost 8 years ago

Hiya. Which bits? I did the loop from Coniston Road - photos on Mapillary if it helps: https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=51.527178394656175&lng=-2.586732851343754&z=17&pKey=FfR3eSKtSQIgb3cVzTj7Mw&focus=photo

41248084 almost 8 years ago

Hi - they were just reminders to myself that those buildings are joined together; I'll delete them when I trace the buildings off new imagery.

54234946 about 8 years ago

Hi
Thanks for adding that. If you know the legal status of a path from a survey, it would be great if you could also add a designation tag, e.g.: designation=public_footpath
See designation=* for more options.
Cheers!

51908867 over 8 years ago

Hmm, no; there's nothing set at a lower level than can be queried from the database or examined in the planet dump, and besides, incomplete data is the norm (building get traced from imagery, addresses get added from surveys, postcodes come along later from other sources of info); it's rare to be able to add everything at once.
A little bit of research on Nominatim reveals this: osm.wiki/Nominatim/FAQ#How_was_the_address_calculated.3F
which is worth reading, in particular the section on (lack of) postcode support.
To reiterate - this is not a problem with how the houses are mapped or tagged, it's just one less-than-perfect tool you're using to look at the data.
The best thing to do is to carry on mapping, carry on adding postcodes to houses wherever we know them, and not to worry about what comes out of Nominatim.
Happy mapping.

51908867 over 8 years ago

I think you misunderstand - the postcodes aren't coming from me or any tool I'm using.
Where they're coming from is a tool *you're* using - namely OpenStreetMap Nominatim - when you click on "Show address". It's guessing the postcode (incorrectly) from the nearest building with a postcode it can find. If you use "Query features" rather than "Show address", you'll see the actual data for the building.
The incorrect postcodes you're seeing through "Show address" are purely best guesses generated for you when you use the Nominatim tool.

51908867 over 8 years ago

That appears to be picking up the nearest postcode it can find, which is that house on Charles Close. You get the same when clicking on the farm buildings just to the north.

The actual data is correct (or rather, it's not incorrect) - the houses on Otter Way do not have any postcodes set.

Easiest way to fix, I imagine, is to add postcodes to any properties you know them for. Just add an "addr:postcode" tag with the correct value.

51908867 over 8 years ago

Not sure what you mean. None of the houses have any postcode set that I can see, and the only thing tagged "BS35 1LN" is one house in Charles Close.
Have you got an example of the problem?

51113852 over 8 years ago

Cheers. Just paranoid about details being copied from OS maps.

51113852 over 8 years ago

As per OS map? As in an old, out-of-copyright OS map, or a current, copyright, whatever-you-do-don't-copy-from-this-into-Openstreetmap map?

51068280 over 8 years ago

Hi
There's a pillar box already mapped about 50m further up Windmill Lane. Is this new one a duplicate, or is the original mispositioned?
Cheers

50857690 over 8 years ago

Hi
I've reverted this (and the previous) changeset that changed the cyclepath into a duplicate Jenner Bvd, as I'm guessing that wasn't the intention.
Cheers

50850680 over 8 years ago

Just to let you know I've reverted the changes to the M4 - it was hole-less.
Cheers

50806084 over 8 years ago

Hi
Thanks for adding these footpaths. If they're public footpaths (legally designated as such and marked with a public footpath sign), you can add designation=public_footpath. See designation=* for other rights-of-way options.
Cheers

50807083 over 8 years ago

Hi
I have partially reverted this changeset, as it deleted one bus stop and merged the other into the post box (so we had a bus stop with operator=Royal Mail)
Cheers

50807213 over 8 years ago

Hi
This has changed a playground into a wood called 'Jubilee Tree'. Is that intentional?
Cheers

50225597 over 8 years ago

Just add access=private
More info on access tags here: access=*

50225597 over 8 years ago

Have reverted the deletions and updated tags.

50225597 over 8 years ago

Similarly, looking at the not-a-building, it's clear someone has mistagged a tennis court. Again, better to fix the tagging than deleting (or drop a note on the map if it's something you're not sure how to fix yourself).

50225597 over 8 years ago

Be aware that some areas marked as leisure=park are tagged that way because ten years ago that was the only option for marking areas of grass. Nowadays we have landuse=grass, so please feel free to re-tag rather than delete.

50104323 over 8 years ago

Hi
...and 30mph? I thought all of this development was within a 20mph zone?