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86782307 over 5 years ago

OSM is primarily a database, the map as displayed on osm.org is just a demonstration.

You can choose to render a map yourself, many do such as http://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/map/map.html#zoom=10&lat=52.1604&lon=-4.085

If you want to see the map in a specific language you can choose https://maps.wikimedia.org/?lang=cy#9/51.9189/-4.4852 or https://maps.wikimedia.org/?lang=en#9/51.9189/-4.4852 it is much more than pre-rendered tiles.

My satnav is OSMand which allows me to choose the map language. Personally I choose Welsh, brings up some interesting stuff but you could choose English.

Cheers Phil

86775440 over 5 years ago

But you do, it is already in the map data.

A mapper has already added a very big clue, designation=public_footpath which indicates that this only has public access rights on foot.

Cheers Phil

86761879 over 5 years ago

However it is still not a public highway, hence it should be mapped as service.

Cheers Phil

86775262 over 5 years ago

Are you sure that bikes cannot use this?

Cheers Phil

86775440 over 5 years ago

This again is not a public road, the existing designation=public_footpath tag should be a clue that it is not a right of way for vehicles.

At best this should be highway=service with appropriate access tags, motor_vehicle/bicycle/horse=private, foot=yes.

Beyond Penkridge Hall it should certainly still a be track.

Cheers Phil

86761879 over 5 years ago

Changing a track to highway=unclassified seems rather unlikely here. It does not look like a public road from aerial imagery, highway=service would be more appropriate here.
Cheers Phil

86782307 over 5 years ago

You are right, it is a recent edit but it is following international practice, which for nationally important areas does seem to be the way we should be moving.

The only caveat I would add with this format is that both name:en and name:cy need to be present to allow rendering in each language.

Cheers Phil

86782307 over 5 years ago

Is there? Could you point me to where this is documented?

My understanding is that Mapio Cymru was an independant project to encourage the addition of Welsh placenames to OSM and is not owned by OSM.

Cheers Phil

Although it doesn't really help as https://openstreetmap.cymru/ is more about placenames and doesn't really show National Parks.

86782307 over 5 years ago

Hi, I am a bit confused by this edit.

In a bilingual country it makes a lot of sense to use the names as they appear on the signs as you enter. However you seem to have undone this and removed the name:en tag. Just wondering why?

Cheers Phil

86555102 over 5 years ago

Hi, welcome to OSM and thank you for your edit, however I have a couple of concerns.

Firstly I can find no evidence that Mountsorrel station is called anything other than Mountsorrel. I am puzzled as to why you have added Bond Lane to it. If that is an address then it should be in the addr:street field.
Also please be careful when moving between areas that are far apart. Whilst yo made no real change to the Southwold Railway the editor still created a large bounding box. In these cases it is better to exit from the editor.

Cheers Phil

86491462 over 5 years ago

Hi, your mapping is a bit ambiguous here as you have placed the bollard on the connecting node between the road and cycleway.

Does the bollard prevent motor vehicles from accessing Wall Close or the cycleway.

Do cyclists need to avoid the bollard?

Cheers Phil

86433775 over 5 years ago

Hi, in this edit you have created a duplication.

You have created way/814425220 which is a duplication of the existing way/84163888, which carries the right of way.

Rather than create duplications please update the existing ways.

Cheers Phil

85252062 over 5 years ago

Also you have google listed as a source, please do not even look at google in terms of OSM mapping as we do not have permission to use it.

Diolch Phil

85252062 over 5 years ago

Landuse should not be joined to the centreline of the road. Please trace its actual extent.

Cheers Phil

85223479 over 5 years ago

Please do not duplicate names.

In the case of schools the name should be on the campus only, the building should be tagged simply as building=school.

Cheers Phil

86295499 over 5 years ago

Hi, welcome to OSM.

Thank you for your edit however you should only add objects that exist in the real world.

I have removed this as there is no park here.

86001120 over 5 years ago

Not really sure how that works but if there is going to be a single tag shouldn't it be the primary language of the area?
Cheers Phil

86209592 over 5 years ago

Hi, welcome to OSM. Thank you for your edit however Tesco Extra is already mapped next door and this car park is rather small which suggests this is a duplication.
Also in OSM we use actual names as on the sign, we do not add locations to the name.

Cheers Phil

86001120 over 5 years ago

Hi, just wondering why you have removed the wikipedia:cy tag here?

Cheers Phil

86016539 over 5 years ago

I have found that OSMand works far better as an OSM editor if offline editing is disabled, it is on by default. It does at least create small sensible changesets then but unfortunately doesn't do changeset comments. Maybe a bug to report,

Whilst downloading maps over mobile is probably best avoided, changes and notes are a tiny amounts of data.