On 3 Jul 2012, at 16:16, Shaun McDonald wrote:
The Garmin Edge 800 stores in some .fit format rather than GPX. I've still
not found some tools to batch convert from that format to .gpx.
The ANT SDK has some sample code for decoding .fit files:
TimSC wrote:
I suggest as many tasks as possible be moved into domains were people actually
have the skills to help out.
Then I suggest you do it, rather than just suggest it.
If you believe we need a request for help page on the wiki then there's
nothing stopping you from:
- Suggesting
Ed Avis wrote:
Lastly, I don't believe that adding data from external sources discourages
contributors. Quite the opposite. It is a blank canvas that puts people off.
The way to bring in contributors is to show a map with a few missing details
that are so tempting to fix 'just one thing'...
Peter Miller wrote:
There is suggestion raised by a number of people, but refuted by others that
imports reduce the number of contributors.
It has been denied, not refuted. I think the closest there is to real data
on the effect is:
Ed Avis wrote:
I suggest, but cannot prove, that seeing an entirely blank canvas doesn't
entice you to start adding to the map, which must necessarily involve adding
small bits at a time.
Actually, seeing a blank canvas in my local area was exactly my motivation.
But everyone is different,
Hi,
At this week's Edinburgh meet-up we discussed the Council's public road name
list, and how to cross-reference it with OSM to check coverage/identify
missing roads.
Unfortunately the council data is only available as a set of tabular PDFs,
which is hard to do anything useful with, so I've
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer
dieterdre...@gmail.comwrote:
It is our main page and a closed project on the main page of OSM IMHO
doesn't suit well.
IMHO, a closed project on the main page is a good thing.
What is the purpose of the OSM web site? It is partly to provide a
Frederik Ramm wrote:
And if the user indicates that he just wants to add a PoI, redirect him to
http://ae.osmsurround.org/ so that he can add it directly to the database.
That's the point I was trying to make - do not hog all the bugs in one central
place and allow users to do only what you
Russ Nelson wrote:
TeleAtlas data is copyrighted, and when licensed is licensed under an
incompatible copyright.
The data you're proposing taking from Wikipedia is probably derived, via
Google, from that same TeleAtlas (or Navteq) data.
It doesn't seem plausible that deriving information from
Nop wrote:
I want to correct something here, there is this view of 100,000 users
needing consent. The number is in fact far smaller for people who ever
made an edit (about 30% of the users). It's vastly smaller still for
anyone who has edited anything significant. It's an easier problem than
graham wrote:
Please go with Gervase's suggested timetable instead. And build in some extra
process for including results of discussion by non-english-speaking countries.
I know this is an unpopular view, but I disagree.
I rather we had an ODbL 1.0 in as short a time as possible, so that we
Frederik Ramm wrote:
I'm surprised that nobody else seems to see a problem in this. Am I
perhaps barking up some completely imaginary tree?
Not at all; I am still reading through the draft, and have exactly the same
concern.
It may be I have misunderstood how this is intended to apply, but I
Hi,
Mappers in Birmingham might need to revisit some streets shortly:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7858853.stm
It does seem a bit back to front - we are constantly getting residents
asking for apostrophes to be put back in somehow turns into it being a good
idea to take
Peter Miller wrote:
Is there not a large potential conflict of interest between SteveC in relation
to his driving this change within the Foundation and also being a director of
a company that could well benefit from the OSM project not offering a full set
of services? I don't know, but I
Jonathan Harley wrote:
A bit map would not be a database, but XML, csv, xls, shape files would.
The interesting distinction may be vector data that is not organized in a
direct searchable fashion - so, would svg (for example) be a database?
H...
Definitely. Searching an SVG or any
Richard Fairhurst wrote:
4.6 Access to Derivative Databases. If You publicly Use a Derivative Database
You must also offer to recipients of the Derivative Database a copy in a
machine readable form of:
a. The entire Derivative Database; or
b. A file containing all of the alterations
Simon Ward wrote:
I¹d rather those providing the PostGIS data be obliged to provide their
source (planet dumps, whatever) to the same people.
...
The example was convoluted, but I hope it illustrates my point that mere
translation should not be excluded from being counted as a derived
Peter Miller wrote:
1) We clarify that a Derived Database is only deems to exist when the
martial changes have occurred to the content of the DB, but not if the
dataset has merely been processed into a different format.
On the face of it this sounds reasonable, although I can see there being
Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio wrote:
Seeing other websites use OSM's data or tiles is not noticeable any more.
Steve, please drop that irritating inferiority complex. OSM is a great thing.
Really.
I think that's pretty unfair - flickr isn't just another website, it's an
incredibly popular one.
Alex Mauer wrote:
In fact, highway=path makes it easier on renderers.
Without using highway=path, renderers need to understand every single
specialized way. snowmobileway, skiway, nordicskiway, telemarkskiway,
alpineskiway, elephantway, etc. When someone introduces a new specialized
way,
Simon Hewison wrote:
I think Ryan Air's policy requires you to have a passport.
Actually, not quite.
from http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/conditions.php?pos=MYFLIGHT
I would recommend taking a passport with you if you're tempted to go with
Ryanair.
Two years ago my sister-in-law was refused
Frederik Ramm wrote:
How would a native Mac application deal with wanting to let the user drag
the map and at the same time wanting to let him draw a selection rectangle?
Would they have one drag mode and one select mode then, or a modifier key for
one of the two actions?
A selection tool
Alilo wrote:
Does any one know what file format or database Teleatlas/navteq uses
for the maps they are selling to their clients?
I don't know about NavTeq, but Tele Atlas data is available in GDF, RMF,
Oracle, and Shapefiles.
Is there a sample file somwhere? I searched and didn't find any.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is Parallel Distribution. We (the cc-licences mailing list)
discussed it during the CC 3.0 public review. My personal opinion is
that it is not a good idea because there is so much room for
mischief in it.
Personally I feel this is a good step forward from the
Chris Morley wrote:
I have started a new thread with a measure for completeness in the
title because this is an important topic for OSM. But the response
to the recent posts quoted above, and my raising of it last July,
has been only luke-warm.
I also think completeness is a very important idea
Frederik Ramm wrote:
There are places in OSM where there is no data; these are
obviously incomplete.
How would you know ;-) there are places which are complete with
nothing on them!
Good point! Which makes it all the more important to have a
mechanism for marking it as such, if only to reduce
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