Hi Mark,
I assume you didn't mean to delete the whole of National Cycle Network Route 55 relation?
Adam

Sorry, here's the link to the mailing list https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
All messages can be read by clicking the Talk GB Archives link at the top of the page

Hi Pete,

I recognise your name from the CTC forum and your wonderful farcility of the month feature (many thanks for the years of entertainment :) ).

Anyway, I see you've changed the Fishergate scheme roads back to 'living streets'. I originally changed these back to unclassified highways because another contributor and I thought highway=living_street was reserved for residential areas.

I have started a thread on the Talk-GB mailing list to seek the opinions of the wider UK community about how best to tag 'shared space'. If you don't want to join the mailing list I can forward any comments you make in this changeset discussion.

Best wishes

Adam

Thanks, and you're welcome. Unfortunately there is inconsistency in how these tags are used between countries. It is common in some places (particularly Germany) to use 'footway' for urban paths and 'path' for rural ones and that's probably some of the views in the Wiki and the ID descriptions arise. If data consumers really want to distinguish urban and rural paths they should be a ble to do so without a specific tag. In reality, the surface tag osm.wiki/Key:surface is a more useful means of conveying the character of a path.
Kind regards,
Adam

Ah, okay. So you were nearly there, just wanted the buildings tagging as building=industrial rather than landuse=industrial. I've changed the tags now and the buildings should show up on the map properly soon
Cheers,
Adam

No problem. I see the buildings on the aerial images. Are they both used by Nutree Life?

Hi,

It's great that you've mapped more details (roads, works...) on Red Scar.

The whole of Red Scar is already mapped as an industrial estate, so adding extra smaller landuse=industrial areas on top for each individual unit is unnecessary and can create problems. If an area has a landuse tag it doesn't need another.

I'm a local mapper if you need any help just shout.

Kind regards,

Adam

Hi,
I agree with John on this.
The fact that a Wiki editor thinks that you should use highway=footway for urban paths doesn't mean that highway=path has to be used for non-urban paths. Choice between 'Classic' (highway=footway/bridleway/cycleway) and 'Alternative' (highway=path) tagging methods has always been a matter of personal choice (osm.wiki/United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines#Classic_vs_Alternative_tagging_schemes )
In the UK footway has always been by far the most commonly used tag for both urban and rural footpaths.

Bearing in mind that by default highway=footway and highway=path imply different levels of access (osm.wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions#United_Kingdom), it is inadvisable to set about 'correcting' other people's footways to paths, especially without verifying on the ground and adding the access tags the highway=path system of tagging was designed to utilise
Kind regards,
Adam

Welcome to OSM Andrew,

Is osm.org/way/528193161 really called "Hotel". We only use the name tag for the actual name of something (if indeed it has one). To show that a building is a hotel you can add the tag tourism=hotel.

One other tiny point, it makes it difficult for other mappers to see what's going on if changesets include edits spread across very large areas (such as multiple countries). The in browser editor (iD) automatically starts a new changeset for each save, so please just try to save whenever you've finished editing in one area, before you move on to the next area.

Thanks and do keep up the good work,

Adam

It's probably a year since I last went but it was always possible to buy or collect goods from the onsite sales point.

Hi Penny. Welcome to OpenStreetMap. OSM is a map showing what exists on the ground, not a business listings site.. Is there a childcare facility at this location where people can take their children to be looked after? If this is the private residential address which you run your business from, it shouldn't be mapped as a childcare facility in OSM.
Kind regards,
Adam

OSM is a map rather than a business listings site. I've removed the description added to the road. If you have business premises these can be mapped.
Kind regards,
Adam

Hi Tom,
Back alleys are not classed as residential streets in OSM. We use the tags highway=service and service=alley. If possible, it is also worth adding an access=yes tag if the public can travel along the alley or an access=private tag if only residents are allowed.
Kind regards,
Adam

Should read "added maxweight and maxheight tags to two local bridges"

Welcome to OSM.
Is it a very long minor road, one which crosses the Atlantic? :)
Please don't change change things on different continents all at once in the same changeset because it makes it very difficult for local mappers to see what is being changed.
Happy mapping,
Adam

Hi,
Welcome to OSM and congratulations on a good first edit. It would be great if you could add more of this development as and when it is built.
I'm a mapper from Preston, if you need any help please feel free to get in contact.
Keep up the good work,
Adam
PS. In the UK the living street tag is only used for (rather rare) specially designated streets signed as home zones, shared use or play streets. I suspect that all of Tattersall Road should just be tagged as a residential road.

Hi, I also hope you contribute again. The in-browser editors do make it quite easy to get started mapping. As you are aware though, these huge, endless projects can be addictive! Good luck :)

Following that discussion, I've changed the tag from name to alt_name. It will still be in the osm database for people who search for it, but it means that road users won't be confused by directions to something which isn't named on the ground.
The signs on the ground show it to be considered part of the M61 so I've changed the ref tag back to M61.
Adam

Oh, and welcome to OSM. I am sorry that I didn't realise that you were a new contributor. Purely descriptive names for unnamed objects are generally disliked in OSM, but this is an odd case because it does seem to have some use in enthusiast circles. There is a tag for local names, but that doesn't really fit here (I worked a few hundred yards away for several years and have never heard anybody refer to it as the Walton Summit Motorway). I've asked the OSM UK mailing list for others' thoughts on the best solution: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2017-May/020281.html

This name has been added and removed before. It is not an official name, merely a convenient descriptive name used by road enthusiasts. See here: http://pathetic.org.uk/secretive/walton_summit_motorway/