I wasn't sure so I thought I would check! Thanks 👍👍

Hi meisoof, is the intersection at 128 and 80 divided along 128 St? I checked aerial and street view images and nothing shows that they are divided. Maybe there was construction very recently?
Thanks,
Joel

I just happened to notice - this looks like a duplicate?

Thank you for fixing this

Hi,
Thanks for contributing to the map!

I think these features would be better suited to OpenHistoricalMap (https://www.openhistoricalmap.org).

OpenStreetMap is for mapping objects that currently exist. See the explanation on the wiki: osm.wiki/Good_practice#Don't_map_historic_events_and_historic_features

Thanks,
Joel

I guess someone wanted to be clear we should not be trying something like this: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=bicycle+tightrope&iax=images&ia=images
😛

Thanks for this update. I changed the tagging to reflect that the shop is now vacant.

Hi ngry_pazuzu,
I noticed the Mapbox imagery shows a number of differences at the 96 Ave / Fraser Hwy intersection. Your changeset doesn't really match either the old imagery or the new imagery so before I go make changes I thought I would check - maybe both are old and what you have mapped is more up to date?

Thanks,
Joel

I removed some extra segments and changed the turn restrictions to match what I see in the aerial imagery - does this match what you want the turn restrictions to be?

In the future, it can be easier and more accurate to just revert the changeset instead of trying to manually change each component back and there is a tool which helps a lot: https://revert.monicz.dev/

I agree. Good change, thanks.

Thanks! I added a link to your menu.

Thanks!

Hi TriangleMaple,
It looks like Camellia Tea & Coffee is permanently closed. Is that right? If so, it is better to remove the name and change the amenity from amenity=cafe to amenity=vacant, than to change the hours to "off".

Hi TriangleMaple, I reverted some changes to Maywood school.

1) I removed the building=school tag from the school grounds area,
2) I removed the name from the school building since it is already on the school grounds.

Check out the wiki for some more context:
osm.wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dschool#Single_school_on_one_site
osm.wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element

Welcome to OpenStreetMap! Thanks for contributing these local features. Let me know if you have any questions about contributing!

Since the businesses each have an address, I think it would be best to leave the address attached to each business node. (in addition to the building)

Some people combine the building and business together as a single area, but I think this makes some tags unclear as to if they apply to the business or building. It would resolve the duplicate/redundant address listing, however.

Thoughts?

It appears that this business still exists so should not have been deleted. Did you intend to remove the tags relating to "coinos"? I have reverted the change for now.

Hi arjweddell, thanks for your reply and the additional information.

It is great to hear that the city is using OpenStreetMap data in its work!

> It’s also important for people who use OSM as a base for network analysis that the streets be properly classified in order to set up preferences and hierarchies.

I completely agree and this is why I raised the issue to begin with. There's a saying, "garbage in = garbage out".

I agree with what Jarek explained: tagging roads as unclassified is valid and common practice in OpenStreetMap. In addition to Jarek's [link to the highway=unclassified wiki page][1], have you reviewed the [wiki guidelines for tagging roadways in Canada][2]? This helped me understand OSM road classifications much better.

If your intent is to get different results from a tool like Streetlight Data, it may be better to reach out to their developers to change how they interpret the data. The OSM community tries to avoid ["mapping for the renderer"][3] and in this case there exist clear guidelines for tagging the roads as unclassified. I appreciate that you improved many incorrectly tagged roads; others should remain unclassified.

Having reviewed the wiki more closely now, I will be making several changes to road classifications in Vancouver. I welcome further discussion since my interpretation is not necessarily best.

I hope you continue to contribute to this collaborative mapping project!

Thanks,
Joel

[1]: osm.wiki/Tag:highway=unclassified
[2]: osm.wiki/Canada/Tagging_guidelines#Roads
[3]: osm.wiki/Tagging_for_the_renderer

Thank you for fixing my mistake.

Hello Ben,

Welcome to OpenStreetMap and thanks for updating the map!

Can you give a bit more context to what you have "added/fixed"? Your comment is not helpful to someone trying to understand what you have changed and the area you have edited is very large.

Thanks!
Joel