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181330453

I've manually undone the change made here; I've driven through here, there's no change in speed. See changeset/187241935

187240056

Hi sscobie, I've left a comment on changeset/187239124. As far as I know there's still a separate, dedicated left turn lane here, so I don't know why you've deleted it. I've also sent you a direct message; can you please respond to the comment on your other changes at Barlow & 61st? Thanks

187239124

Does Barlow not still have left turn bays here, with their own dedicated traffic signals, separated by concrete islands from the through traffic lanes?

185662758

Hi, and welcome to OpenStreetMap.

This is very obviously not a township road. Please be careful editing road names.

186513293

Hi there. Thanks for addressing a bunch of notes, but please don't keep erroneous names under the old_name key, e.g. way/169873524. Township roads run east-west, not north-south, so the name tagging of that way was always in error; just delete the wrong name.

Also, don't tag range roads with a "ref=RR ###" nomenclature (nor township roads with something analogous). No such nomenclature exists in Alberta.

186124539

I know this building was being converted to apartments. The building was originally built for the offices of Canadian Fina Oil Ltd., a subsidiary of the Belgian company Petrofina, and I've seen the names "Fina Tower", "Petrofina Tower", "Petrofina Building", and variations with the alternative spellings "PetroFina" and "Petro Fina". However, for decades there's been a sign in big, bright red letters above the main entrance saying "FINA BUILDING"; has that sign been modified or removed?

Absent any change to the signage, per good practice (osm.wiki/Good_practice#Map_what's_on_the_ground) we ought to defer to "what's on the ground".

185510703

Whoa, the bounding box of this change set is huge. Try to make smaller changes next time.

/s 😋

185240254

FYI I moved this node to the newer addition built to the south. I don't really know where this Calgary Bath Renos company is either, but I can guarantee it's not located in the north part of this building.

I left your notes on the node for someone else to fix later. :)

184555726

S'all good man, believe it or not I was really trying to NOT be cantankerous or make you feel bullied. :D

Putting descriptions in `name` is something that lots of new mappers do, and its use is... it's something I think still needs working on to get across to people.

All that said, contributions from local people are super appreciated! Like I said in another changeset comment, I'm just another local (although I'm from the west of Calgary, and not out in Strathmore very often).

184555726

Hello again Skittles,

As per my comment on your earlier changeset (changeset/183857251), `name` is for names only. So when you add "name=CKRC" to the raceway here, what you're saying is if I go there on any given day and point at the track and say "What is the name of this asphalt surface?" that anyone I ask would tell me "Oh it's called CKRC".

So, is that really the case? Is the asphalt track itself called "CKRC"? Or are you adding it to the track because the Calgary Kart Racing Club operate it?

You're new to mapping things on OSM, so I'm just trying to explain the distinction here. You've demonstrated a pattern of putting descriptions in the `name` key, on things like the "random motocross track" west of here (way/1527731457) and "random pond" to the little pond at the south end of the motorsports park. You added "CKRC MotoCross (abandoned)" to the name of the abandoned motocross track at the northeast corner of the motorsports park (changeset/184602019) and I deleted it a few minutes ago because that's a *description*, not a *name*. The track is not named "CKRC MotoCross (abandoned)": it's an abandoned motocross track that was previously operated by the CKRC. I changed the tag highway=raceway to abandoned:highway=raceway. This is called a lifecycle prefix, and denotes to any data user that wants this info that the track is disused. In combination with the tag sport=motocross we know it's an abandoned motorcross track. So adding "name=CKRC MotoCross (abandoned)" to it is completely superfluous and is a misuse of the `name` key.

Given the CKRC operate the Strathmore Motorsports Park I am—I hope, understandably—skeptical that the track surface itself is called "CKRC", and instead you've just slapped "name=CKRC" on it because you colloquially call the entire motorsports park "CKRC".

184547758

That actually piqued my interest too.

So, there's the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary and Nature Centre, which is a park space and interpretive centre building owned and operated by the City of Calgary (way/52466592).

There is ALSO "the Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary", as defined by Environment Canada under the auspices of the Migratory Birds Convention Act (relation/20699670/). This area is NOT entirely coincident with the aforementioned City-owned park, and also encompasses most of the golf course on the east side of the river.

I see now that timuranium has changed way/1515566163 to also be an "inner" way of the Migratory Bird Santuary relation. I have no idea why...

183993075

Hello JGamerl,

You deleted the power=substation and ref=151S tags from the substation off of the Trans-Canada at George Freeman Trail. (way/432563285/) I have since fixed it. Please be careful with the changes you are making.

183857251

Okay, I see a faint outline of something on the Esri imagery... I'll trust that this is actually a track.

That said, I've deleted the "random motorcross track" name from it. The `name` key is meant for the name of a feature or object on the map, not a description. See osm.wiki/Names#Names_are_not_for_descriptions

Likewise I've deleted "random pond" and "CKRC" from the track at the Strathmore Motorsports Park. I've added `operator=Calgary Kart Racing Club` to the motorsports park and a separate node for the club itself. See changeset/184552399

And no, mapping Alberta is not my job, it's just something I do for fun on the side. I'm just an interested local yokel. :)

184547758

Hello timuranium,

Is there a reason why you made way/1515566162 an 'inner' part of the "Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary" relation? (relation/20699670)

184162487

Hi Elkano,

Thanks for your contributions, but please note that the name=* key is only meant for a feature's name. It's not meant to be used as a placeholder for a description of the feature. The new arena in Glenmore Athletic Park won't be called "New twin pad arena", so please: don't call it that. There's already a description of what it is under the description=* key. Please review more information on this at osm.wiki/Names#Names_are_not_for_descriptions

Thanks

183984652

Hello HMeadow, and welcome to OpenStreetMap. :)

When you made these changes—adding some sidewalks, moving the location of the H-Mart at Nuera/Alura condos on Macleod Trail—you also *deleted* this townhouse building under construction: way/780300333

I know you're new to OSM, but please by mindful of deleting things. According to the changeset summary above you used the iD editor with Bing satellite imagery, and the Bing satellite imagery is *not* the most up-to-date in Killarney. The site in question is just a pile of dirt on the satellite imagery, but in reality there is a new building there.

183946674

Superfluous *and erroneous*, I ought to have said.

183857251

Hello skittles,

Does "random motocross track" actually exist?

183802012

FYI there is a shop=cannabis tag for use with shops that sell cannabis products. I don't partake, but as far as I know Four20 stores don't carry any tobacco products.

I don't use Organic Maps; maybe this is just a limitation of that software? *shrug*

183265679

Whoops, sorry; not that changeset, this changeset: changeset/183190762