[OSM-talk-be] Some questions from a beginner

[Glenn Plas]

On 2013-10-17 21:19, marc bessieres wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm a beginner mapper. I was at the meeting in Brussels a couple of 
> weeks ago.
> I'm a foreigner who lives in Brussels, so I want to help mapping here.
>

welcome!
>
> I have a couple of questions, if I may ask?
>
No would be kind of a rude answer.
>
> 1) In the wiki, for the Project_Belgium I see several external links 
> to tools. Is there any problem to add the ones Marc Gemis showed in 
> his presentation?
> I just need an account there, or is there a bit more?
>
Please go ahead, the wiki needs a lot of work.
>
> 2) What are the recommanded plugins for JOSM to map in Belgium? I can 
> update the wiki with this info too.
>

No typical Belgian plugins yet, but I would recommend :

  the terracer plugin, building tools.  Openstreetbug (which kind of 
nicely shows that bug in the way you mention once I click it) , notes,  
mapdust, fixaddresses,  turnrestrictions

Also: work with mapCSS  (check preferences of josm for custom style 
downloads).
>
> 3) I wanted to add my favorite comic books shop, I see only shop:books 
> which would make it. As comics are famous in Belgium, is there 
> something else?
>
I have no idea really...  now I want a special tag :)
>
> 4) In OSM inspector I see that way_id : 233946835 is reported as error 
> because it has no tags. I see that it is the inside of a school. I 
> thought of creating a multipolygon with the external border and this 
> way as the internal border, is this the right way?
>
The reason is exactly that, it's a way without a tag, e.g. you're not 
telling what it is.  By the looks of this, it's mean as an area.  So the 
very least it should have a area=yes tag on it to valdate.    But what 
is it really ?  What is this suppose to represent and why does it have 
to be a mulipolygon ?
>
> It is a big group of questions, I hope this is the right way to 
> interact with the mailing list.
>

Perfect place to do so