[talk-au] Why aren't my maps rendered? (yes I have read the FAQ!)

[Steve]

80n and Andrew,

Thanks very much for your advice. You've convinced me that everything is
fine and I shall get back to the main job at hand - drawing maps ;-).

Cameron, your render server worked a treat. Every change I have made was
visible via it. Thanks.

Steve.
 

On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 16:27 +0100, 80n wrote:
> On 7/26/07, Steve <stevez at tpg.com.au> wrote:
>         Thanks 80n,
>         
>         I am pretty sure I've tagged everything (highway=primary
>         highway=secondary, residential, etc..). Also, I extended
>         Canberra Ave
>         (originally someone else's fine effort) and my additions
>         inherited the 
>         original way's attributes. The original section comes up fine.
>         My bits
>         are still missing. I will however go and double-check my
>         tagging
>         everywhere.
> 
> What I saw was a bunch of way to the north of Barrier Street - here:
> http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=-35.32714399722353&lon=149.17437996707181&user=80n&zoom=16&layers=B000F00 that don't have any tags on them.
> 
> 
> 80n
> 
>         I take your point about the tiles at home being down due to an
>         update. I'll
>         also have a look at OSMRender. Didn't know it can run locally.
>         
>         Thanks very much for your advice.
>         
>         Steve.
>         
>         On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 10:56 +0100, 80n wrote: 
>         > Steve
>         > There's a fair few ways that have not been tagged with a
>         highway tag
>         > in those areas.  Streets will only get rendered if they have
>         a
>         > recognised tag like highway=unclassified or something. 
>         >
>         > Also, the tiles at home rendering farm is suspended at present
>         while the
>         > database is being reorganised.  Once it restarts, in the
>         next day or
>         > so, there will be a backlog of tiles to upload, so it could
>         be three 
>         > or four days from now before tiles at home is running normally
>         again
>         > (depending on how much of an improvement the database
>         reorganisation
>         > makes to performance).
>         >
>         > If you want to get some quicker rendering of your work its
>         quite easy 
>         > to install and run Osmarender locally.  You can see results
>         within a
>         > few minutes if you do that.
>         >
>         > 80n
>         >
>         > On 7/26/07, Steve <stevez at tpg.com.au> wrote:
>         >         Hello,
>         >
>         >         I suppose an intro would be appropriate first.
>         >         I live in Queanbeyan and "discovered" OSM a couple
>         of weeks
>         >         ago. I
>         >         started mapping over a week ago. I have previously
>         submitted
>         >         tracks,
>         >         etc, to other mapping efforts such as T4A but the
>         concept of
>         >         actually
>         >         creating and fixing maps yourself has me very
>         interested. OSM 
>         >         seems just
>         >         about perfect.
>         >
>         >         Anyway, for just about a whole week I have been
>         doing streets
>         >         around
>         >         Queanbeyan, Oaks Estate, Captains Flat,
>         Jerrabomberra and 
>         >         Bungendore.
>         >         Why aren't they rendered on the main map?
>         >
>         >         I've gone to that site where you zoom to level 12
>         and do a
>         >         ctrl-click,
>         >         I've done it with tiles at home direct selected. I've
>         waited
>         >         until after
>         >         the Wednesday render to get worried. I've cleared
>         Firefox
>         >         caches.
>         >         Nothing.
>         >
>         >         Well, not completely true. I can see some of my
>         additions if I 
>         >         go to
>         >         some zoom levels, with bits missing. At other zoom
>         levels I
>         >         see nothing
>         >         at all. Very frustrating as I don't want to put
>         heaps of
>         >         effort into 
>         >         this if it's a bit flakey in the backend!.
>         >
>         >         All my additions seem to be OK if I go into edit
>         mode.
>         >         Anyone have any suggestions as to what is wrong
>         here?
>         >
>         >         Please give me reason to stay positive as I think
>         OSM is
>         >         fantastic and
>         >         will be contributing for years if it works properly!
>         >
>         >         Thanks in advance,
>         >
>         >         Steve.
>         >
>         >
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