Hi ccoliva, these changes appear to be vandalism. Reverted in changeset 164530482 and reported to the OSM Data Working Group.

Hi ccoliva, these changes appear to be vandalism. Reverted in changeset 164530482 and reported to the OSM Data Working Group.

Hi ccoliva, these changes appear to be vandalism. Reverted in changeset 164530482 and reported to the OSM Data Working Group.

I've reverted this with changeset 164383169

Hi DDOLL, can you explain the tag deletions in this changeset?

Hi, spotted this odd sidewalk bridge segment: osm.org/way/1309494303

Is this a mistake?

Feel free to join us in OSM-US's #local-nyc slack channel (https://osmus.slack.com/archives/C4DPLAN3U) as we hash this out together over the next few years ;)

Thanks for the typo fix ;)

I removed the fixme tag -- it's hard to have a conversation that way! But to answer your question -- these are the "official" toll zone boundaries & yes without a doubt they are wonky. But it's not the the piers were added, rather that first everything on Manhattan Island south of 61st was included, and then certain sections of highway were removed, leaving all these separate outer ways.

We will of course continue to improve this relation over time, based on survey of the toll scanners themselves. I suspect that osm.org/way/1348722214 can be made much smaller, and maybe some like osm.org/way/1348722217 osm.org/way/1348722218 and osm.org/way/1348722219 can be removed altogether.

Thanks for getting back.

If this is an ongoing professional effort, you'll need to follow OSM's "Organised Editing Guidelines" at https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Organised_Editing_Guidelines (pardon the British spelling -- OpenStreetMap was born in the UK and a lot of the language reflects that.)

The main things to remember are:
- Professional mapping projects need to be transparent about their work. Document the project on the OSM wiki and link to it from the profile page of each user account. Be explicit about data sources.
- Communicate with local mapping communities (NYC in this case but it looks like this account is also active in Texas and Massachusetts) and follow local mapping standards.
- Do not use OSM as an advertising platform. Verifiable factual data is welcome, but ad copy has no place here.

In addition, there are some serious problems with the quality of the edits you've been making. In this changeset:
- spammy description tag
- wrong use of operator:type tag (see osm.wiki/Key:operator:type for documentation)
- uninternationalized phone number (phone numbers should begin with an international dialing prefix, +1 in this case)
- attaching the parking node directly to the building (node should be within the building footprint)
- incorrect node placement (garage entrance is at the east end of the building, not the west end)
- unhelpful changeset comment (just "update")

Some problems in previous changesets:
- osm.org/changeset/161104259 (adding parking tags to entire building when parking is only underground, and deleting building=yes tag so the building footprint no longer renders on the map)
- osm.org/changeset/161106680 (distorting the shape of building osm.org/way/265875658 -- again, don't attach parking nodes to the buildings and this won't be a risk)

It's not all bad, in osm.org/changeset/161105543 you fixed an incorrect building address that had been there for over ten years! But before doing any further work please review & fix the problems with the existing garages, and take the necessary steps to comply with the Organised Editing Guidelines.

Thanks, J

Hi parking NYC -- welcome to OSM!

You seem to be doing a lot of work with parking garages. Can you tell us a little about your project -- who's sponsoring this, what the data sources are, etc?

Yeah that's the idea, so the corollary is: when adding a new poi, check for an existing node (maybe tagged with disused: or construction:, maybe shop=vacant, maybe just an address) before creating a new one.

It's not always so clean -- sometimes there are multiple businesses in a single space, sometimes storefronts divide in half or absorb neighborhooding storefronts. But to the extent that we can map in a way that keeps the history intact, we should.

Howdy happy_raccoon & thanks for your work!

Just so you know, it's best practice to avoid deleting closed businesses in order to help preserve the history of each location. Ideally we'd like to have a node that corresponds to a particular space and be able to tell from that node's history what businesses have opened and closed there. (See osm.wiki/Keep_the_history )

So instead of deleting, try marking the existing business as closed by using a lifecycle prefix -- in this case we'd change the tag from from amenity=bar to disused:amenity=bar. (See osm.wiki/Lifecycle_prefix ).

I've restored this deleted node and marked it disused in changeset 160191911 ... happy mapping, jmapb

We use the cuisine tag to indicate that food is served, & what kind. This is often used for restaurants but can also be applied to shops that prepare food. I used cuisine=breakfast;sandwich (multiple values separated by a semicolon) for this shop.

I also removed the fixme tag -- in general this isn't the best way to communicate with your fellow mappers. You can ask questions at community forums (https://community.openstreetmap.org) and there's also an active community on Slack that includes a NYC-specific channel #local-nyc (https://osmus.slack.com/archives/C4DPLAN3U).

OSM also has some built-in discussion methods: direct messages to other mappers, changeset comments (like this), and map notes which allow public discussion about issues at a particular location.

Hi alpine_alpaca & welcome to OSM in NYC, great to see a new mapper on the scene!

I was updating the Stuyvesant Gourmet Deli (osm.org/node/3676993335) when I noticed the fixme tag that you added in this changeset, asking if shop=convenience is the correct tag for a bodega... and generally, yeah, I'd say it is. You might find some tagged in other ways -- maybe shop=deli or shop=greengrocer -- and those might be ok in specific circumstances. But shop=convenience is usually the best tag for a small shop that sells food & isn't any kind of specialty shop.

Howdy, just noticed this changeset from a few years back. The modifications to the four address nodes (2868660099, 2868661029, 2868661030, and 2868661036) are incorrect. Eg 2868661036, which had addr:housenumber=154-05, was changed to addr:housenumber=154 and addr:unit=5 was added.

Hyphenated housenumber fields like 154-05 are a notorious feature of the addressing system in Queens. The entire string, including the dash char, is the correct housenumber. You can read more at https://nycplanning.github.io/Geosupport-UPG/chapters/chapterV/section02/ (search for "hyphenated house number".) So next time you're mapping in Queens be aware of this practice.

Don't worry about fixing anything though -- it turns out this building only has a single address, so I added that to the building way and deleted the address nodes.

Happy mapping, J

Thanks Mateusz -- I wasn't aware of those tags & iirc made this one up on the spot. I've retagged osm.org/node/8446152255 as shop=esoteric. (My impression is that the term "new age" is a little out of fashion. I'm most accustomed to hearing it as a sarcastic pejorative, and haven't encountered any self-identified new agers in many years.)

PS ... actually osm.org/node/2550057146 already changed to a craft shop, no longer disused

Howdy jhaluska80 -- I've just reverted this changeset in 156595039

A couple of things...
- Re "Think Ice Cream" that you deleted: When a business has closed, consider just removing its tags from the OSM feature (node 2550057146 in this case) rather than deleting the feature altogether. This allows us to maintain the history of locations. See osm.wiki/Keep_the_history ... and sometimes it might help to prepend a "disused:" prefix to the poi's primary tag (eg amenity=ice_cream -> disused:amenity=ice_cream) if the feature is still physically there but no longer doing business, see osm.wiki/Lifecycle_prefix

- Re the building footprints that you adjusted: In an area with mature(ish) mapping, remember that there's no guarantee that iD's default aerial imagery is better aligned than the existing mapped features. If you do feel there's sufficient reason to tweak buildings' alignment, please take care when the ones you're moving are attached to other buildings (very common in city blocks.) Otherwise the adjacent buildings will be distorted ( see the skewed footprints at https://overpass-api.de/achavi/?changeset=156461035 )

Thanks & happy mapping!

Just did some updates to the Drawing Center (osm.org/way/249664327) and noticed you'd added wheelchair=no... they do have steps but there's also a sidewalk-level entrance, and the website (https://drawingcenter.org/visit) claims they have "accessible galleries, bookstore, and restroom facilities"

Hi, thanks for adding the opening hours of the Drawing Center.

I was changing the hours into the standard format that we in OSM (documented at osm.wiki/Key:opening%20hours but the short version is that we use 24 hour time and two-letter day abbreviations) and I noticed a discrepancy between the hours you added and those listed on the Drawing Center's website.The website says they're open Thursdays but you wrote "Thursday Closed."

I used the info from the website, but is the website wrong?