[-] markstos@urbanists.social 1 points 1 week ago

@DemonHusky @pleaseclap @bloomington_in Ah, so the correct speed limit needed to be lowered in OSM?

[-] markstos@urbanists.social 1 points 1 week ago

@pleaseclap @DemonHusky @bloomington_in Yes. Many routing services, including Google Maps, use OpenStreetMap data to some degree. The more accurate the data is, in general the better the algorithms can work.

If you know of times where you think you haven’t been given the best bike directions, the issue might be solved by updating something in OpenStreetMap. Which like Wikipedia, anyone can edit and it’s not to hard to get started.

[-] markstos@urbanists.social 1 points 1 week ago

@benfulton @bloomington_in The algorithms don’t know about the debris in the bike lane nor have I heard of carbon monoxide being factored in, BUT the Pointz app allows reporting road hazards and road stress/comfort. But they have few users.

Both Strava and Ride With GPS factor in the routes actually take, so there are options for algorithms that look beyond what’s in OSM data.

[-] markstos@urbanists.social 1 points 1 week ago

@pleaseclap @DemonHusky @bloomington_in In context, the rest of the post says that exceptions are published in city code and provides an example link to the table in our code.

I’m suggesting to use real speed limits from city code. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.

[-] markstos@urbanists.social 1 points 1 week ago

@pleaseclap @DemonHusky @bloomington_in Misrepresentating? I found streets where the max_speed value was missing and added the correct values based on city code.

[-] markstos@urbanists.social 1 points 1 week ago

@pleaseclap @DemonHusky @bloomington_in I’ve looked at the code. My servers have bike routing coverage for most of the US and EU with the OpenTripPlanner and Valhalla engines. Occasionally we find edge cases that don’t route optimally and look into patches.

Lots of roads don’t have max speeds in OpenStreetMap which they both use, so other signals are essential.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by markstos@urbanists.social to c/bloomington_in@midwest.social

I just added some max_speed= tags for #OpenStreetMap in Bloomington, Indiana.

Our city code has a default speed limit 25 mph. Exceptions are published in a table in the city code.

It seems possible that adding the correct lower-than-default speed limits from city code to OpenStreetMap could reduce the likelihood that routing algorithms would route car traffic there, which could in turn keep the street safer for other road users.

Ref: https://library.municode.com/in/bloomington/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT15VETR_CH15.24SPRE

@bloomington_in

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This are the designed, protected routes in Bloomington currently mapped in #OpenStreetMap

The newer 7-Line is notably absent. And that disconnect bit up north? Those are the trails in Cascades Park.

@bloomington_in

[-] markstos@urbanists.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

@benfulton @bloomington_in I’m glad it will create a new connection into the Griffy trail system, but Blue Ridge is high car ownership and car dependency— not many places close by to walk to. I wonder how much it will get used and why it was selected over other locations.

[-] markstos@urbanists.social 2 points 3 months ago

@FartsWithAnAccent I saw a split bike seat a decade ago. Rider said it was very comfortable. Maybe this variant is different because it tilts too. 🤷

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The water wars are coming to The Indiana

Besides big data centers planned by Facebook, Google and Amazon, there’s a fourth site planned by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation estimated to pull 100 million gallons per day from an aquifer.

https://steadystate.org/water-theft-in-the-heartland-the-case-of-tippecanoe-county/

@bloomington_in

#Indiana #Climate

[-] markstos@urbanists.social 6 points 5 months ago

@atzanteol @markstos@lemmy.world

ssmtp is unmaintained.

msmtp is the recommended successor. The Arch wiki recommends also considering OpenSMTPD, which I haven't looked at yet.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SSMTP

[-] markstos@urbanists.social 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars I built free software to quantify amenity categories within a 10-min walk:

https://mark.stosberg.com/new-software-to-calculate-walk-potential-for-cities/

My default categories:

- Arts / cultural space
- Bank / ATM
- Bar / pub
- Barber
- Bike shop
- Bus stop / Rail Station
- Café / Tea Shop
- Car share station
- Community center / place of worship
- Daycare
- Fitness or Sports Center
- Grocery store
- Hardware store
- Laundromat
- Library
- Liquor / cannabis store
- Park
- Pharmacy
- Restaurant
- School
- Retail / boutique

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How I fixed not having an IPv6 address at home

On a "What is my IP" site I found it was no longer reporting an IPv6 address when I knew my ISP had assigned one.

I realized the problem what I had added an additional router was now double NAT'ed, breaking IPv6.

The solution was to go into my nested router's settings and enable "bridge mode" AKA "Wireless AP" mode, which put it in the same IP range as the ISP router and resolved the issue.

@networking

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by markstos@urbanists.social to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world

@ergomechkeyboards Num row feels different today but cat tail why.

[-] markstos@urbanists.social 2 points 1 year ago

@lambchop I wouldn't call the Miryoku layout bad. I think has some elegance and consistency to it, but I strongly prefer one shot modifiers, which Miryoku doesn't have room for. I created an alternate layout that includes a sixth column on each hand for rarely-used or optional keys. My "markstos" layout is also in the QMK repo for Corne keyboards. There are several other differences as well! I have a page about it here:

https://mark.stosberg.com/markstos-corne-3x5-1-keyboard-layout/

#keyboards #ergomechkeyboards

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Two great #ios apps that #Fediverse folks should know about:

  1. Mona is full-featured Mastodon app. Several features are available in a paid Pro version with a one-time fee to support development. I liked Metatext but Mona is better!
  2. Memmy is a Lemmy app, providing a #Reddit type experience.

Great UX on both!
@MonaApp @memmy

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