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OSM issues apparently ?

Posted by PmaiIkeey on 2 December 2014 in English.
  1. Missing road type : Dual Carriageway.

Significant as legislation is different on this type of road.

  1. Street naming style

I’m playing with Millom - notably King St and Queen St, chopping and changing cuts/sections so that the priority streetname crosses the streets that have to give way.

Comments ???

  1. Map rendering(?) issue - random beach appearing at some zoom levels well inland in iD edit mode. Nr. Silecroft. I’ve captured images of the problem. Various triggers cause the issue to come and go (SAVE, ZOOM+, ZOOM-, REFRESH PAGE). Maybe it’s stopped happening now ??? !

  2. Are we supposed to mark settlements with a large residential area ? I see some are and some aren’t so marked.

  3. tag search results: ‘1 result for “war memorial” ‘ - yet “war memorial” doesn’t come up in the results to be chosen. It’s ‘difficult’ finding the correct tags as they’re not always available - e.g. Level Crossing.

  4. Adding points to lines - is there a better way than adding a stand-alone point to the map and then dragging it onto the line you want to add a point to ? Why can’t there be an ‘add point’ icon at all positions along a line rather than just at the ends ?

  5. Is this the best forum for discussions and issue-raising ? I looked at the wiki but it needs another login - something not even needed on Wikipedia !

Having got that lot off my chest….

Hi, I’m new here - and recently rejoined the OSM contributors - having found updating Google maps so tricky!

  1. How do you ‘read’ from the maps - having just noticed the lat/long boxes below - that’s a useful tool (‘use map) - just wish both co-ords were in one box !

  2. Google has ‘My Maps’ function - is something similar available with OSM ?

All for now,

Mike.

Location: Millom, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom