I have noticed that since migration the minimap viewer in JOSM is no longer displaying the slippy map. it just shows the tile placeholders instead. I am wondering if I just have an incorrect setting in the preferences. Any help would be appreciated.

http://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/21.8844/85.3367

Not sure what this conglomeration of freeway ramps this is supposed to be but here are some observations.

With Ontaro being the larger more dense city it would be assumed that Kazuya Beach would be more along the lines of a smaller city (ala as Sausalito is to San Francisco or Roseville to Sacramento)

Secondly. Kazuya Beach does not need a super-sized airports since less than 30 miles away there is a huge airport at Ontaro. If any, it would only need a small commuter or municipal airport.

Thirdly. Gobrassanya is a right side driving country, so having left side driving highways is not appropriate.

Fourthly and possibly most important, there needs to be an element of realism to the designing and layout of roads buildings and cities. Since the project is a creative one, much creative license is given, however we must also be mindful of the element of realism that must permeate the project. We want to make this as realistic as possible not just a haphazard laying out of roads or carelessly drawing over others contributions, especially in a shared territory.

Thoughts?

When making ward boundaries (or county boundaries, etc. drawing the lines will not suffice. you need to create a relation that wraps around the entire ward, county, state, and add the lines to the relation and then give the relation the tags rather than tagging the lines themselves.

Additionally … going over the same boundary line TWICE or THREE times for two or three adjoining territories is not appropriate. The same line can be drawn once and just added to the various relations after the fact. it is the proper way to draw and assign boundaries. If your boundary is a river, then just use the RIVER line as the boundary instead of drawing another line over that line, just segment the portion of the river that is the boundary and add it to the appropriate relation(s)

I cannot figure out the ramp design and left exit arrangement of this viaduct skyway. the ramps cross over themselves to the left-handed driver direction prior to coming to intersecting roads, and these ramps cross over each other which seems like an engineering nightmare. In order to allow for these ramps the viaducts would have to be extremely high to allow for two levels of crossing ramps and then a boulevard beneath that. I am also wondering what the purpose of the tandem boulevard along this corridor. Was this designed this way just because it looks cool or because it has some actual functionality. — http://opengeofiction.net/#map=17/18.77812/88.97672

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When it comes to freeways/motorways. left exits should be avioded at all times. only in rare situations would a left exit be an option. Additionally the Spaghetti Maze ( http://opengeofiction.net/#map=17/18.81450/88.97951 ) interchange at A-1 and A-9 has been modified to have a ramp for free flow on to every side street rather than terminating some ramps to a traffic signal as the interchange was originally designed. all of these ramps could in practice cause driver confusion and also creates an engineering nightmare for civil engineers. Again it seems like a bit of creative overkill if you ask me.

Thirdly there are a TON of very closely spaced freeways here as well. some spaced less than one mile from each other. Again just wondering about the need for that many closely spaced freeways.

Earlier i noticed another user has designed a fort on the shore of Gobras City northeast of downtown that despite the coastline having been edited, these edits have not shown up after several days. I have even attempted to look at this coastline section to see if there was something missing in the attributes preventing it from updating. The coastline is contiguous with the other sections and is in the proper way direction. Is their some form of coastline update protection in place that is preventing this section of coastline data from being updated. .

http://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/20.7510/86.8621

Thanks,

Dave INDYROADS

I am now being prompted to get a token through OAUTH to upload data to OGF from JOSM

Boundary Protected Area is not rendering on OGF standard map layer orthe Histor map layer. is there a way to add this so that these boundaries will render properly. Otherwise there is no other way to designate a indian reservation. What about other boundary tiypes like National Parks, Political, etc.

I am noticing that recently I am getting this error ….

Failed to upload data to or download data from ‘http://opengeofiction.net/api/0.6/’ due to a problem with transferring data. Details (untranslated): Read timed out

….when trying to download data from the OGF servers and that even editing and viewing the OGF map is taking much longer than before.

Are there safeguards in place to prevent innundations? I am wondering if coastline modifications should be moderated to prevent this.

City boundaries (level 8) are no longer rendering on the map views. Just wondering why they have dissappeared. only the city name displays in a few places along the boundary line

Nevermind I figured out my mistake.

I forgot to make a relation … lol

One of the most annoying issues I encounter in creating cities is that there is no easy way to connect ways at intersections where they overlap with a node. I am using JOSM. I am required to go back and connect these ways with nodes manually one at a time. a very painstaking and extremely time consuming process that can take hours when I would much rather be expanding my city or coming up with street names, buildings and more. I have tried to use the Grid building option in JOSM but it does not work as I would like it to. It does not create a regualr grid of connected nodes that can easily be converted to streets. Nor is there a way though the validation process or any other means I have been able to find where it is possible to connect a whole series of nodes. Has anyone found a way to connect the nodes intheir downtown grids without having to individually connect each intersection.

Its very frustrating

It seems there are some new Islands known as “”"”XIAMO”””” that have mysteriously appeared on the globe but are not anywhere on the overview map. Are these part of the large COMMONIA territory or are they a new country founded by another OGF user.

Additionally it seems that there is a new country ‘’’’’'’KHATULISTIWA’’’’’’’ that was carved out of the COMMONIA territory as well. This will probably also need to be updated on the overview map as well.

As far as adding land areas. What is the overall policy on doing this in OGF.. I was under the assumption that we could modify our coastlines (within reason) and that to modify boundaries with neighoring country areas that we need to collaborate with our neighbor. If we want new territory that we should email and apply to have it assigned to us. But as far as creating new terriroty out of the sea without approval, I assumed this was not allowed since the land masses have been set in place. Do new land masses need to go through a moderator approval before they can be done?

It seems that people are not using the diaries as a source for discussion pages as much as before. Maybe we need to look into starting a forum similar to AARoads forum [ http://www.aaroads.com/forum/ ] to facilitate such development discussion in an area that is not appropriate for discussion in the wiki or in these diary pages. Simple Machines is a good forum engine.

 Street Grid

The entire city including Streets and avenues have been redeveloped to a mile grid system with 16 blocks per mile (330 feet by 330 feet) (bacically a 1.6km X 1.6km grid with approx. 100m X 100m blocks). Development of the city will continue out towards the airport and along the Gulf Shore. adherence to the grid can be looser the further away from the city center that the city grows.

Major Districts

In addition a new seaport was built to the east of the city, along with a major industrial area just to the west of the seaport. Railways are to be connected to the rest of the network.

Another Industrial District will be built near the airport and also to the west of the Downtown area.

The capitol area has also been constructed

A major commercial district ( Mall, Shopping centers, Retail Big Box) is planned for the area immediately adjacent to Lawrence Parkway and A-602

Airports

The airport has been appropriately sized down to a smaller footprint and 5 runways instead of 6 but maintains the overall layout of the original airport. It is still quite a bit oversized comparative to the size of the city it serves but could be considered a major hub airport for Northern Gobrassanya.

 Motorways and Major Highways

Motorways have also been overhauled as well… A-2 serves the Gulf Front and Downtown.

A-602 (loop - partially completed) connects to the middle of the city.

A-35 was extended northward

A-135 (Airport Link)

A proposal for a new motorway to the weest of the city s also in the works but will be added as development occurs to the west. Recommend using a NP-XX designation for any additional motorways

 Please help

Assistance is needed in further development of the city If anyone wants to add new neighborhoods. Especially south of A-602 and to the East of A-35 and in developing a mass transit system

 Wish List

Development of the shore. Including a major amusement pier concept near Downtown. Possibly including a boardwalk.

Proposals for Lonowai Islands development

Corporate brands:

 Cruise Lines NEW CATEGORY!!!

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/List_of_Cruise_Lines

 Hotels/Inns NEW CATEGORY!!!

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/List_of_Hotel/Inns/Motel_Brands

 Convenience/Gas: (Alora and Gobrassanya)

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/List_of_Gasoline_and_Convenience_Store_Retailers

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/List_of_Petroleum_Refining_companies

 Truck Stops and Truck Stop amenities

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/List_of_Truck_Stop_Brands

 Fast Food and Restaurants

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Portal:Restaurants

Department Stores

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/List_of_Department_Stores

 Industrial and Commercial

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Portal:Industrial_establishments

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Portal:Commercial_establishments#Commercial_Establishments

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Corporate Terminology and legal rules

MCG = legal terminology for “Manufacturing Company of Gobrassanya”

MC(A) = Manufacturing Company (of Alora)

LPC = legal terminology for “Limited Private Corporation” (used in Alora and Gobrassanya) similar to US LLC, Sing. Pte Ltd, or Deutsche GmbH

LPP = “Limited Private Partnership”

LPPC = “Limited Private Professional Corporation” (Medical, Legal and Accounting corps, etc,)

More to come

This page if for comments regarding Arcois, Gallitania, Naupau, Phailoon and Volantia Districts as well as the neighboring Aloran state of Avalon

Updates.

 Queensboro GA

revised routes .. Freeways are now GA routes (Galitania) instead of national routes.

Motorway A-2 (and Primary route 2) have been extended out to Queensboro and will be the new western terminus of A-2

Streets and avenues need much development. nodes need to be connected where they cross each other at-grade

 Gautig AR

There is a new massive development for industrial and commercial development northwest of the airport.. Major streets are built on a 1/4 mile grid. Residential areas will be located away for the airport noise zones to the north and west of Weisbaden Village.. Please feel free to add any contributions

 Ontaro NP

See Separate Diary Entry

   Crofton GA

This city needs some major development as well. Since it is the capital city of the district it needs a Capitol. Also it is the twin city to Malinton AV (Alora) and should be about the same size

Just checking to see if there is any consensus on the idea of renaming the Harley District to a more appropriate Gobrassian sounding name or should we leave it as is.

Welcome to OpenGeofiction. Be creative and have fun!

Here are some important notes regarding roadway design.

Motorways, Freeways, Auto-routes, and the like are dual carriage-ways and both directions of the motorway should be drawn.

streets should be “connected” at intersections. many new cities show them simply overlapped. if it crosses and is not a grade separation (aka bridge tunnel) it should be connected at that point with a node.

If you desire you can add traffic signals to your intersections.

Bridges should not be unnecessarily long. and make sure to place it on the appropriate layer (such as Layer = 1) or where two bridges cross. Layer 1 and Layer 2 for the second bridge that is higher. 3, 4, 5, etc. same thing with tunnels and subways (layer = -1)

I am sure there are more pointers but these are a few to start.

This page is for the development of the city of Laguna and the Pohalashee district …