@JamesChevalier, I am wondering if the Missing/Broken Cities Tracker is still in use…? If not, what is the new procedure to add cities? If it is in use, how often do you go through it?
I don’t mean any disrespect or pressure because I know how much work you do on this website, but it’s been a while since I added 30+ cities to that list (all marked Green & Fixed in OSM, and all with correct OSM Relation/Way links) that haven’t been added yet. And the overall list just keeps getting longer (359 as of today, though many of them there don’t seem ready for actually adding).
Anyway, please do advise so we know what timeline to expect (or the new procedure). Thank you!
Sincerely,
Scott Trimble
Los Angeles, California, USA. CS Profile / Lifemap (Hard Mode)
It is still in use. I get to it roughly monthly, with varying degrees of success.
For various reasons, some additions are pushed down in priority while I’m working through them - things like requests for nested cities, certain locations that are typically problematic, etc … it’s generally the stuff that I have to actually think about.
Awesome. I totally get it how the problematic ones can drain away the time. Though I suppose the “Fixed in OSM” (Green) / “Relation” or “Way” (not “Node”) ones can generally be done all at once in one fell swoop, right? Anyway, thank you, @JamesChevalier!
Mostly … lots of stuff in England/Scotland needs closer review & I regularly come across requests for inappropriate additions - either counties or tiny neighborhoods.
So, I do have to do some review of the requests & after that’s done I do generally import up to a dozen at once. I try not to do too much at one time, though, to keep from overloading the system with the processing work.
I posted the query above in July, and I originally added the cities to the list back in January, so it’s been 10 months. All of listings are green (fixed in OSM), so they’re ready to go right away.
I hate to even make this request, but, if it is possible, there are many of us here who would very much appreciate seeing the new additions go live in CityStrides. Cheers!
P.S. I recommend adding a column in the spreadsheet for Date Added. That way, when everything gets alphabetized by another user, it’s still apparent which ones are the oldest requests and which ones are the newest requests. Just a thought.
Yeah, I haven’t made progress on this list in a while. There were some backend issues that were blocking me from this effort for a while, but those are resolved now.
Additionally - part of the issue is that some of these look like questionable additions. For example Relation: Veterans Administration (10844228) | OpenStreetMap has (to someone on the other side of the country) a questionable name and a fairly active history of categorization changes.
That Notes field isn’t a great place for conversation. I’m going to try posting comments to the sheet with my concerns, to see if that helps move things along.
Thank you, thank you! I appreciate you working on this.
As for Veterans Administration, it is an island within the surrounding city of Los Angeles. It has its own police and fire department and is technically federal land with distinct borders. It doesn’t have is a post office, so its streets still have a USPS (and thus GPS) address of Los Angeles, California, despite being separate.
Thank you! And thank you for all the others too. As for the one remaining California submission, it does have roads, but I had to make corrections on the public vs. private. It’s all updated in OSM now if you wanted to try adding it again. Cheers!
Hello, sorry for hijacking this thread, but I noticed a bunch of changes in LA area and it looks like these resulted in View Park-Windsor Hills getting duplicated? Not sure if this is a citystrides issue or OSM issue.
It was probably in the list, but already in the site. That can happen sometimes, and I usually catch it … didn’t this time.
The newer version is being deleted now, thanks for letting me know!
Hello @JamesChevalier. Firstly, i am absolutely loving this site and i am slowly racking up the streets!
I am off to the Dominican Republic next month. I know that the DR is on the spreadsheet to get imported. If i recorded some walks, would they be picked up retrospectively once the DR does get imported? If not then my only alternative will be to book another holiday there
Many thanks
Lee
The answer is yes, they would. I started running & walking in Ghana before it got imported into CityStrides. And once it did, I retroactively got all those streets counted.
I posted a request four weeks ago, the topic was merged into a different one, and now I can’t find it at all. Oh, well. No matter. I’ll just rewrite it to the tail end of this similar topic…
@JamesChevalier, is there any chance of you going into the Missing/Broken Cities Tracker list and doing one big fell swoop on adding the California listings? A few of them have only been there for 2-6 months (some added by me and some by other users), but some others have been there for 12-20 months. All 16 listed places are green / Fixed in OSM and ready to go.
Is there a way to determine how long a city has been up on the tracker? I know the one I’m waiting on has been up for about 4 months. It seems like you usually see a batch get added around the 1st of the month, though not this month.
@JamesChevalier: Two years ago when I was in Ghana for film industry work, I doubled my monthly supporter payment plan when you added the country to CityStrides. Thus, I was just thinking… in regards to the aforementioned missing California entries on the Missing/Broken Cities Tracker, I would love to double my payments yet again if you could catch up on processing them. This website has changed my life in so many positive ways, that that’s the least that I could do for your extra efforts! Yes?
In this vein, it would be nice to make “jumping the line” for getting a city added as another supporter feature…maybe because of the additional server load, only like 1 per month? Just a thought
Signed, another supporter patiently waiting since July for a city to be added
I just got through adding all the California cities that were in the list. I don’t know how long the processing will take (or if it’s already done).
For some context on why it can take a while for cities to be added… A) It’s another thing for me to do and schedule into my day B) I don’t blindly add whatever’s requested. I first validate that it needs to be added, because duplicate/invalid requests are super common.
That’s incredibly generous, I appreciate the offer!
I reworked the pricing a while back to simplify things to $5/month or $50/year, removing the option for people to choose to pay more. So, I don’t actually have a way for you to increase your payments.
I do have this one-time payment page which lets people contribute more, completely separate from any Supporter Features.
There’s also a merchandise shop that has shirts, hoodies, stickers, and magnets … and your LifeMap Poster that can be purchased (either printed/digital or just digital).
It would be nice if I could figure out some kind of verification system. I think that’s what takes most of my time, or at least most of the mental overheard.
I’ve definitely been avoiding building anything in the site to handle this, since the spreadsheet “works” well enough & that would be just more code to manage … but it could be worth a re-think. a new category here where I delete posts after each city is added?
Not sure what the solution is but I appreciate your consideration. I know well enough from past experience not to speculate on what is easy and what is more complicated to change in the back-end of the site
@JamesChevalier, first, thank you very much for adding the California towns! In regards to doubling the payments, though… I’m not sure why you would simplify the payment system so that people can’t pay you more money! Thus, I kept the $10/month subscription and I did a one-time $120 payment to cover the next 12 months. If you decide in the future to make it easier for us to adjust our monthly amounts, I’ll raise it properly to $20/month. Cheers!
I totally get it how the problematic ones can drain away the time. Though I suppose the “Fixed in OSM” (Green) / “Relation” or “Way” (not “Node”) ones can generally be done all at once in one fell swoop, right? Anyway, thank you, 
This doesn’t look like an island 
you’re not speaking literally - it’s cut out of LA: 
and schedule into my day B) I don’t blindly add whatever’s requested. I first validate that it needs to be added, because duplicate/invalid requests are super common.
a new category here where I delete posts after each city is added? 
Thus, I kept the $10/month subscription and I did a one-time $120 payment to cover the next 12 months. If you decide in the future to make it easier for us to adjust our monthly amounts, I’ll raise it properly to $20/month. Cheers!