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announcing new OSB service

Дасланы emka 10 Травень 2009 на English.

Hello,

after having some trouble with the precision and number of bugs returned by OpenStreetBugs [1] I contacted the author (Xav). He agreed that it needed to be rewritten. I already tried some code which was used for testing purposes only [2].
I continued developing that code in a public repository. I also added scripts to dump the Appspot database (based on Xav's dump method).

The new service is now running on a sponsored test server [3]. Appspot data is imported once a day. I also sent a patch to Xav to proxy the new database on Appspot for a smooth transition to the new service.

I hope that this patch will be applied soon. Xavier was afraid of Javascript slowness now where each request returns 100 bugs. Can anyone confirm that this is a problem? This number could still be changed.

I think it would be nice if the service was using the domain openstreetbugs.org (easy to remember).
Currently it is available at http://openstreetbugs.schokokeks.org/

If you like to use the service in JOSM you can change the settings from http://openstreetbugs.appspot.com/* to http://openstreetbugs.schokokeks.org/api/0.1/*

You find some statistics, daily database dumps and various links at the "more" link on the new website. Some details are also documented in the wiki [4].

One last thing: my goal was to get better query results and more access to the data. I do not intend to spend a lot of time on developing this service. You are always welcome to send patches, maybe it is also possible to share access to the repository. And in the worst case: forking is easy.

I hope you enjoy the new OpenStreetBugs!

Greetings,
Mitja

[1] http://openstreetbugs.appspot.com/
[2] http://www.b3e.net/openstreetbugs.html
[3] http://openstreetbugs.schokokeks.org/
[4] osm.wiki/User:Emka/new_OSB

mapping Euro Route R1 in Poland

Дасланы emka 8 Лістапад 2008 на English.

After I found answers to my questions, I started mapping the international cycle route "Euro Route R1" in Poland.
The signposts there are maintained by PTTK, you cycle on the normal road.

I did not take any notes which means I used highway=road when I was not sure. I used a tag not saying anything.
While writing (and thinking) about it, I think it makes more sense to tag highway=tertiary even if it may be residential or secondary sometimes.

It happened a few times that there was no pavement but sand. Still it was the only connection between some smaller villages. What would be the appropriate tag if I remembered the sections?

Euro Route R1

Дасланы emka 24 Кастрычнік 2008 на English. Апошняе абнаўленьне 8 Лістапад 2008.

Update: answers

Are there any other relations except 18560 and 13288 marking the Euro Route R1?
Answer: see Euro_Route_R1#Relations

Why are there two relations of exactly the same thing?
Answer: the more recent relation 18560 had been tagged as EuroVelo2 before being changed to R1. Both are identical in Germany (not in other countries though).
See Euro_Route_R1#R1.2C_D3_and_EV2

Is there any reason why those two stop exactly at the German borders even if the real route covers many other European countries?
D3 (rel 13288) is a German national route. The other one should be merged into 13288 anyway.

Is there any better name than just "R1" or the German names "D3" and "Europaradweg R1"? What makes it even more complicated is that there is another bike route named R1 in Hessen, Germany which does not have anything else in common than the name and the vehicle.
Original name: R1 (regional route 1), later named "Europaradweg R1", translated "Euro Route R1". Short name on signposts: "R1".