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56366008 almost 8 years ago

I can't say from first hand knowledge that this is actually a weir, but that is how I understood the tagging, and how it looks in the imagery. The way was actually tagged as a hospital, which is clearly wrong. One of the nodes was tagged as a weir, and seems the original editor intended that for the entire way.

27765183 almost 8 years ago

Hi Warin, thanks for your quick reply. I hope my initial message didn't come across as rude. After sending it I was thinking I could have been more polite. Sorry about that.

You make some good points. And I agree, that the way I've done it is not ideal, but I do think it is an improvement.

To start out I'll point out that the renderer is not seeing it as a pedestrian area *only*. It is presently being rendered as a pedestrian area, with a market icon, and the name on it. It "sees" both.

When the way at the periphery of the chowk did not have the area= yes tag on it, the name did not render, and the fact that it's a market was only clear if you know mandi is the Hindi word for market.

I'd also point out that while the area is *packed* with the stalls of vegetable hawkers, it is not just the periphery that is accessible by pedestrians, there are plenty of paths through it. I'd compare the chowk with a city square (which is one translation): imagine a city square somewhere in Europe that had sections used for café tables. We could map the entire square as a pedestrian area, and not worry about the fact that some areas are not publicly accessible w/o buying a coffee. The difference here is that more of the area is not accessible due to it being taken up by the hawkers tables, but it's a reasonable comparison.

I'd also say that we are not breaking the one feature one OSM eminent rule. The Chowk is a paved area *and* a market. This is not uncommon, and can be clearly seen in the pre-existing name tag, which contains both the word chowk (for crossroads, or square) and mandi (for market).

You're right, this is not perfect, but I think it's as good as we can get, I'm convinced it's an improvement.

I hope that makes sense, and is helpful.

27765183 almost 8 years ago

Hi Warin61, are you familiar with the area that had been tagged area=yes? Because it seems to me that it is more accurate to tag it as an area.

While the entire area isn't accessible due to the vegetable hawkers' stalls, it's not just the periphery that is publicly accessible.

As such I'm adding on the area=yes tag, but wanted to let you know so I'm posting this comment.

55985258 almost 8 years ago

Oops, I forgot to update the source tag on this changeset, it should be "Bing", supplemented by "Strava Heatmap"

53878719 almost 8 years ago

Thanks for the positive feedback! :-)

53586026 almost 8 years ago

Thanks for your edits! I've added tags to the Mosque, as you've requested. Here's the changeset changeset/55616594

I haven't used OsmAnd for editing so I can't provide advice on how to use it for adding POIs, but I see you've used iD a few times, and it's really quite good. You can always add something with incomplete tags with OsmAnd and then later, when you're at a computer, add the remaining tags.

I hope that is helpful. If you have any questions, I'm happy to do my best to answer if you have any questions. We could really use some more people editing in Kashmir, especially people who are in the area. I hope you continue to edit.

55572879 almost 8 years ago

I passed by on 29th, and saw the construction area went as far as the corner of Dunbar and 30th, but do not know how far east it goes on 30th. I probably covers the entire area of the parking lot, but I didn't actually see that.

3920489 almost 8 years ago

Thanks for looking it over Adam! I'm sure that data was the best thing going at the time. I've seen a lot of improvement in the available imagery in the 4 years I've been contributing here too. It makes things much easier. I'm glad my edit looked reasonable to you.

3920489 almost 8 years ago

Hi Adam, I see this edit took place quite some time ago, but you seem to still be active on OSM.

Looking over the alleys in Prince Rupert I see many that do not exist in the imagery. They seem to have been added by you in import(s) around this time. I suspect that the data the imports were using wasn't entirely accurate, and have delete some alleys, and made some other tweaks. I thought you might want to look over the changes I made, here is the changeset: changeset/55475349

55399687 almost 8 years ago

I suspect that the node representing Prince Rupert was deleted, but I don't want to go through the edit history to find it.

55274797 almost 8 years ago

Well, it does in fact go down Gaglardi Way, but what I meant was that it does not go on Gaglardi South of the intersection with University Dr.

55258821 almost 8 years ago

Looking at the imagery I'm pretty that it shows the new depot here, but can't be entirely sure. I also added the address based on an anonymous note. Kinda questionable, but it is an entirely plausible address.

55122086 almost 8 years ago

I've left a couple of small sections as cycleways, as they have been widened with the recent road work, and have shared pedestrian/cyclist markings. The sections marked as sidewalks are so narrow that a cyclist cannot pass another cyclist or a pedestrian w/o one of them coming to a stop.

8677608 almost 8 years ago

This edit changes the cycleway=shared tag on Crompton Street to cycleway=lane, I'm changing it back to cycleway=shared because there is no bicycle lane on this road, nor has there ever been. It's just an ordinary road that happens to be designated a bicycle route.

55093638 almost 8 years ago

The construction that took place in the last few months of 2017 seems to have been completed, but I still see signs telling drivers to expect delays, so maybe the work will continue, and the workers are just off for Xmas and New Years. I don't expect that there'll be more lanes added, but time will tell.

54798135 almost 8 years ago

Thanks for fixing this Jarek! I didn't make the connection between bus #3 and the gratuitous digit.

33663328 about 8 years ago

I had no idea Bajaj made such a cool looking bike.

The Himalaya are very beautiful. I've been to Zanskar, and over the Pensi La too, but not for over 10 years. I was in Central Ladakh last summer, and I really love that part of the world. And would like to get back again. I've been mapping in Kashmir and Ladakh, while day dreaming about returning.

33663328 about 8 years ago

Thanks Bhai :-)

I wasn't trying to challenge you, just wondering where the info had come from. I do find it useful when people put that in the edit summery, and/or the source tag of the changeset. Just saying that you'd been there would have been more than sufficient. All the same, that article in The Hindu was really fascinating.

By the way is your profile picture you on an Enfield in the Ladakh, or Spiti, or someplace like that? Looks pretty awesome.

33663328 about 8 years ago

I understand that. I'm asking where did you learn the name "Gue"?

33663328 about 8 years ago

I see this edit adds the name "Gue" to this village: node/3004260144

I'm wondering where you got the name from? It sounds very Chinese, and not at all Ladakhi, though the Chinese name "巨哇" is pronounced "jùwā".