[OSM-talk] [Tagging] How can the US get its stuff together? (was Re: Response to A critique of OpenStreetMap)
Richard
rpw at f2s.com
Sat Oct 16 15:01:09 BST 2010
On Saturday 16 October 2010 13:46:44 Richard Weait wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Phil! Gold <phil_g at pobox.com> wrote:
> > * Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net> [2010-10-14 10:47 -0700]:
> >> I think you could largely sum up his criticisms in two broad headings:
> >>
> >> 1. US OSM contributors need to get their shit together
> >> 2. European maps don't look like American ones
> >
> > I'm trying to see what sort of consensus exists on some of the issues
> > from 41 latitude's post. I've sent an email to the talk-us list[0]
> > asking for feedback and discussion. I encourage anyone who's
> > interested, particulary people who map in the US, to contribute to the
> > discussion on that list.
> >
> > [0]:
> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2010-October/004361.htm
> > l
>
> The North American interest in highway signs may be difficult to
> understand around the world. If I remember correctly one of our
> Euro-colleagues referred to highway shields as looking "a bit naff".
> I think that means "good" though.
>
> So, highways and road culture play a large role in the life of many
> North Americans, there are even songs that we know like Route 66, and
> Highway 61 that show affection for specific roads. There are others.
> Many others. I was surprised to find this list of road songs on the
> official US Federal Highway Administration web site. That may help to
> define the scope of the interest (problem) for our friends who don't
> see the attraction of highway shields. Even the humorless official
> bodies in North America like a good road song.
>
> http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/roadsong.cfm
>
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FYI, as a Brit, naff = Something that is poorly thought out, doesn’t really
work, or is otherwise not very good. (Apologies to Wikipedia)
--
Richard.
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