[Talk-us-massachusetts] disappearing ruins?

[Bill Ricker]

On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 8:20 PM Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:

> To pile on to what Peter said: Carto is like that; things stop being
> rendered and there are often lengthy discussions.  ...



> osmand tends to render more, because the people that control that style
> like it that way, surely because it's a program for map nerds by map
> nerds, rather than a style for normies, even if by map nerds.
>

Right. If you look at two different "Open Street Map" presentations, they
will show different subsets of the data.

The default "Standard" on OpenStreetMap.org is Carto, and does what Carto
wants, and we put up with it because they're providing the tile render farm
& server for *gratis*.
*Not having community control of the Standard layer on our front-page is a
devil's bargain.*
*Since i'm not willing to partake of US OSM Board Politics, i throw my
hands up and say whatever.*

The default on OsmAnd is different.
The default elsewhere may be different too, if they don't mind slow
rendering on demand.

The alternative views on OSM.org are of course different (two versions of
cycle; ÖPNVkarte, Humanitarian).

> And should it be "Russel" or "Russell"?
>
> That I can't help you with. :)
>
In the 17th & 18thC, Spelyng were Wylde.
They may be both correct, even though both obviously refer to the same
family.

However Consistency might be nice? The Cemetery is using the more typical
modern spelling.

Since the Cemetery tag matches the inscriptions within, the common 2-L
spelling should probably be used for the homestead.

Supporting this, the Mass.Gov planning unit for the conjoined state forests
spells it 2-L.
https://www.mass.gov/doc/harold-parker-resource-management-plan/download
*Mar 1, 2013 — Including Harold Parker State Forest and Boxford State
Forest ... The Russell homestead site features a large, dry laid.*

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Bill Ricker
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