Re: [talk-au] Track route names used to name paths

2024-05-16 Thread Ewen Hill
> > Talk-au mailing list > > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > > _ > > This mail has been virus scanned by Australia On Line > > see http://www.aus

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Ewen Hill
.3901 >> >> Bye >> Frederik >> >> ___ >> Talk-au mailing list >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Ewen Hill
penstreetmap.org/#map=15/-38.3681/145.3901 > > Bye > Frederik > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] New tags for Vic State Forests

2024-01-06 Thread Ewen Hill
her advantages, getting rid of landuse=forest will make > vegetation mapping a lot simpler in State Forests in Vic. Cheers Ian > > > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lis

Re: [talk-au] Road corridors with no road - what access?

2023-12-11 Thread Ewen Hill
t; This one is visible on sat imagery, however it does seem to be fenced off > > from the established road. > > > > > > ___ > > Talk-au mailing list > > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Deletion of informal paths by NSW NPWS

2023-10-07 Thread Ewen Hill
d/banned for rehabilitation. > Justification for reinstating the OSM features could also be documented in > the notes=* tag to minimise the risk of this discussion coming up again. > > Cheers, > Ben > >> ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@

Re: [talk-au] Tasmania Spatial Data

2023-05-05 Thread Ewen Hill
guidelines if considering any mass imports. > > > > https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Organised_Editing_Guidelines > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines > > > > Cheers - Phil > ___ > Talk-au

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey about OSM communication behaviors

2023-04-30 Thread Ewen Hill
Ewen Hill OSM Editor On Mon, 1 May 2023 at 01:24, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > On 4/28/23 15:57, Marc_marc wrote: > > I am impressed (and disappointed) that those who do these surveys > > have still not learned that part of the active opendata community > > does no

Re: [talk-au] Mapping tracks from Strava heatmap

2023-02-26 Thread Ewen Hill
anyoning > >> Bushwalking? try http://bushwalkingnsw.com > >> > >> ___ > >> Talk-au mailing list > >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >>

Re: [talk-au] Tagging fire stations

2022-10-11 Thread Ewen Hill
b.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema/pull/603 > > > > There is already an ID preset for 'Fire Station' that uses the > amenity=fire_station key/value but it did get me looking at the differences > and how its been applied in Australia. There is a clear mix of buildings > and > amenity tagging on both station ar

Re: [talk-au] Cycle permissions by a user

2022-10-07 Thread Ewen Hill
ent > to indicated bikes are permitted" is of itself sufficient evidence > that bicycles are disallowed. > > Sorry to bother you all > Tony > > > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Usage of Openstreetmap at EMSINA

2022-09-13 Thread Ewen Hill
use theirs," and sometimes "they use ours" (I've seen > and participated in the former and noticed that they participate in the > latter) — which is cool, because over years, the data "get better towards > each other" — but other times, "never the twain shal

Re: [talk-au] Should a "trail" route relation be one-way?

2022-09-10 Thread Ewen Hill
; > Outstanding! I step further aside and let you masters craft such a thing, > marvel from afar, nod my head and smile. > > Happy mapping. > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreet

Re: [talk-au] Should a "trail" route relation be one-way?

2022-09-09 Thread Ewen Hill
suspicion is that they should stay in the main route relation. > > > > Regards > > > > Ian > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >

Re: [talk-au] TomTom - OSM Collaboration

2022-09-09 Thread Ewen Hill
bly greater than OSM itself, to try > to convince various Federal & State Govt departments to allow us access to > their data > > Thanks > > Graeme > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/

Re: [talk-au] Usage of Openstreetmap at EMSINA

2022-08-31 Thread Ewen Hill
amp; frequency of being updated, & they made the comment that they > use a much better system themselves "but it would be too complicated for > civilian viewers to understand"! :roll eyes: > > Thanks > > Graeme > > ___ &g

Re: [talk-au] Tagging silos?

2022-08-10 Thread Ewen Hill
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/684276590 > > > The map handles the crowd. > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Mapping "secret" facilities?

2022-07-26 Thread Ewen Hill
Graeme and Steve,    I think Steve is pretty close to my thoughts in his last para. My thoughts are ... Is it generally known?Has it been verifiedCould publication on OSM pose a risk I think keeping it as a general tag for the time being sounds reasonable. Ewen Sent from Mail for Windows From:

Re: [talk-au] Bicycle access tags in Victoria and other edits edits

2022-05-15 Thread Ewen Hill
are permitted. > > The bridge way that diverts north and follows Yarra Boulevard is not > part of the Main Yarra Trail. > > Please revert the change. > __ > > > > > _

Re: [talk-au] Mass fix-me's with very strange comments

2022-03-04 Thread Ewen Hill
/-31.90392/115.87030 >>> >>> >>> >>> Checking one of them further, & what do we find?: >>> >>> >>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/424520629#map=19/-31.90435/115.87189=N >>> >>> >>> >>> Does the name aaronsta mean anything to anybody? /s :-( >>> >>> >>> >>> Any way of clearing 1000+, on the surface, apparently pointless Fix-Me >>> comments? 5 years old so they may be difficult to just wind back? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> >>> Graeme >>> >> ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] OSM Notes

2022-03-02 Thread Ewen Hill
> Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Driver-Reviver?

2022-02-25 Thread Ewen Hill
gt; >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > ___ > > Talk-au mailing list > > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > __

Re: [talk-au] 2377 occurrences of fixme="unknown type of water crossing"

2022-02-23 Thread Ewen Hill
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 14:11, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 13:02, Ewen Hill wrote: > >> >> Any thoughts? >> > > Giving it back to "the Organisation" responsible, telling them that's not > acceptable & asking them to f

[talk-au] 2377 occurrences of fixme="unknown type of water crossing"

2022-02-22 Thread Ewen Hill
Hi, A lot of you may have seen and fixed a node on a road adjacent to a stream with a single key of fixme="unknown type of water crossing", what I didn't realise until I ran an overpass query

Re: [talk-au] Consistent addr:state format?

2022-02-22 Thread Ewen Hill
change? >> >> Thanks, >> Justin >> >> >> ___ >> Talk-au mailing list >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> > ___

Re: [talk-au] Anyone mind if I tidy the wiki a bit?

2022-02-22 Thread Ewen Hill
change, nothing would be deleted. Does anyone have any > > objections, thoughts or concerns with regard to this? > > > > > > > > dian > > > > > > > > ___ > > Talk-au mailing list > > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Talk-au@openstreetmap.org> > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > > > > > > > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] New blogs on unsealed roads in Victoria

2022-01-12 Thread Ewen Hill
> the maps and routes were made. I hope you find it interesting. Best wishes > Ian > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Tagging "boundary" roads with addr:*

2022-01-05 Thread Ewen Hill
useful this type of >> tagging is. >> >> ___ >> Talk-au mailing list >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> > ___ > Talk-au m

Re: [talk-au] admin_level, suburbs and rendering; should the order be updated?

2021-11-29 Thread Ewen Hill
A > > [1] https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/United_States_admin_level > [2] https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/United_States/Boundaries > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/ta

Re: [talk-au] M11 naming

2021-11-27 Thread Ewen Hill
_ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > ___

Re: [talk-au] Importing 200 emergency markers?

2021-11-26 Thread Ewen Hill
erence numbers that are being used as emergency > > markers? > > Yes. > > Being used by the Railway and ESTA as emergency markers. > > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listi

Re: [talk-au] Service Roads?

2021-11-23 Thread Ewen Hill
Hi,   I found the page somewhat difficult to understand the logic of frontage road by tagging it with nothing. It was a bit about face compared to other pages. If Frontage Roads can be the whole gamut of road types (residential, service, unclassified etc.) then perhaps frontage_road=yes would be a

[talk-au] Update on South Australian Road Classifications.

2021-10-29 Thread Ewen Hill
be worthwhile flagging this here and running some small batches. I am now seeing lots of changes in the Victorian high country by the same commercial team and removing surface type. It's hard to keep track of a very fast paced team making one or two edits in a changeset. -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill

Re: [talk-au] [EXTERNAL] Re: Low quality road classification

2021-10-29 Thread Ewen Hill
to share their local > knowledge and experience here is much appreciated. > > Thanks again, > Oisin > > -Original Message- > From: Oisin Herriott (Insight Global Inc) > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 8:31 AM > To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org > Cc: Ewen

Re: [talk-au] No attribution on map

2021-10-27 Thread Ewen Hill
for > NSW takes all care to ensure that attachments are free from viruses or > other defects. Transport for NSW assume no liability for any loss, damage > or other consequences which may arise from opening or using an attachment. > > P *Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unle

Re: [talk-au] Vic State Forest Boundary Files

2021-10-24 Thread Ewen Hill
ve? Given your comments it seems worthwhile >>> trying for the lot, it might just take a bit longer to get a reply. Cheers >>> Ian >> >> ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Service road highway areas as frontage road access

2021-10-23 Thread Ewen Hill
twards only? > > > > If it's two-way, then Rose St should be broken, & the section between the > service road & the Hwy made two-way. At the same time, you could also move > it to the middle of the intersection, but that's only my OCD neatness > coming out! :-

Re: [talk-au] [EXTERNAL] Re: Low quality road classification

2021-10-18 Thread Ewen Hill
Hi Oisin, Thank you for your reply. This relates to 1609 unclassified roads out of the 2603 additions added during this period and I believe 1497 "roads" (status=200*) are in fact farm tracks and driveways and are on the Government dataset as part of emergency service mapping support rather

Re: [talk-au] [EXTERNAL] Re: Low quality road classification contributions in SA via Microsoft Open Maps Team - contact point?

2021-10-17 Thread Ewen Hill
for your diligence in following up this issue > > > > > > Michael Cleary > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Jul 2021, at 11:07 PM, Nemanja Bracko (E-Search) via > Talk-au wrote: > > > > > >

Re: [talk-au] [EXTERNAL] Re: Low quality road classification contributions in SA via Microsoft Open Maps Team - contact point?

2021-09-05 Thread Ewen Hill
ttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.openstreetmap.org%2Flistinfo%2Ftalk-au=04%7C01%7Cv-nebrac%40microsoft.com%7C9178a128b6d84cc0f48a08d96b036217%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637658484587233959%7CUnknown

Re: [talk-au] Australian road review

2021-06-21 Thread Ewen Hill
st > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] OSGeo Oceania tree planting and mapping day

2021-06-20 Thread Ewen Hill
lk-au >> > -- > > *Luke Bassett* > * *Melbourne Australia > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Street Lamps

2021-06-20 Thread Ewen Hill
ea, you can sometimes even do the same by mapping the lights >> that are visible. >> >> Keep having fun, & ask as many questions as you want / need to! >> >> Thanks >> >> Graeme >> >> ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] OSGeo Oceania tree planting and mapping day

2021-06-20 Thread Ewen Hill
ormal 35 minute walk yesterday and some of these at 75-85mtrs long. See https://twitter.com/SkillsyV2/status/1406517300103024643?s=20 If you need a lift from Melbourne or the Belgrave Railway Station, give a shout out to Tony or myself and let's get out there and shrug off the last lock down. Ewen Hill

Re: [talk-au] Tags for bike tail you allowed to ride on?

2021-06-20 Thread Ewen Hill
of the EastLink Trail, or > highway=footway as you are not allowed to ride on it, or something else? > > Regards, > Kim > > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinf

[talk-au] ACT Local Government Areas - Are there any?

2021-01-09 Thread Ewen Hill
Just a quick query, does the ACT have Local Government Areas or are these called Divisions and smaller than the LGA's in other states? -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org

[talk-au] Question: This Friday, will you be having a GeoParma, GeoParmy or even a GeoParmi at the local State of the Map (SOTM) conference?

2020-11-14 Thread Ewen Hill
Sorry for intrusion.however it is OSM related... This is the third year of the Oceania *State of the (OSM) Map* and *FOSS4G (Free and Open Source for Geospatial) *conference which was to be in Fiji after sold out years in Melbourne and Wellington. This year we are bringing it to Melbourne along

[talk-au] A geospatial conference that comes to you - This November 20th

2020-11-05 Thread Ewen Hill
and if you are keen on Geo, OSM or both then the FOSS4G crew would love to see you there. Let's make it a big day! Feel free to email directly for any queries or contact the hubs directly Ewen Hill ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [talk-au] Port Phillip Steer Clear Areas Proposed Import

2020-10-28 Thread Ewen Hill
rg/wiki/Seamarks/Seamark_Objects. This is > also what VicPorts have requested to use for tags. > > > > Are there any objections, questions, concerns, suggestions about importing > this into OpenStreetMap? > > > > If I don't hear back I'll go ahead in a week. > __

Re: [talk-au] Mapping each lane as a new way

2020-10-26 Thread Ewen Hill
e. We had a discussion on Talk-AU about that, where I have tried to > explain why it is not okay to do (since attributes may change within the > roundabout), but I can see that practice has continued. > > > > Thanks, > Nemanja > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Admin_level discussion for Australia

2020-09-16 Thread Ewen Hill
Thank you Andrew H for your un-waivering (sic) efforts and changing the entire way the Australian map is developing. Chapeau! Andrew's last message in part, discussed how the admin_levels are defined as and prompted for some suggestions, namely level 9 and 10 and if we should include electoral

Re: [talk-au] Are Health Centres, hospitals

2020-09-06 Thread Ewen Hill
ovided that it is not >expressly prohibited by a copyright notice or Creative Commons licence, the >source is attributed (see below) and the material remains unaltered." > > So, would we need to go through the full permission & waiver process to > use data off that H

Re: [talk-au] Are Health Centres, hospitals

2020-09-04 Thread Ewen Hill
enity=hospital in Queensland" in the wizard? > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia

Re: [talk-au] OSM Way & Govt Street (centerline) Correlation, how?

2020-07-05 Thread Ewen Hill
gt;> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> > > > -- > Ben Kelley > ben.kel...@gmail.com > https://mrebenezer.blogspot.com/ > This message was sent on my Atari 400 > ___ > Talk-au mailing

Re: [talk-au] Restricted postcodes due to Covid-19

2020-07-03 Thread Ewen Hill
Good morning, You may still travel through these zones to get to your destination. Trains, trams and buses stil ply the routes so extensibly nothing has altered. Ewen On Fri, 3 Jul 2020, 11:58 PM Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > On 03.07.20 15:46, Bren Barnes wrote: > > Perhaps more of a

Re: [talk-au] Uncredited use of OSM map

2020-06-19 Thread Ewen Hill
Top work Charles and Phil. Keeping 'em honest. On Fri, 19 Jun 2020, 5:47 PM Phil Wyatt wrote: > I have sent an appropriate message to the agency and the appropriate > Government Minister and requested an update to the website and map with the > correct attribution. > > > > Cheers - Phil > > >

Re: [talk-au] T-Intersection signs - how to map a sign at 90 degrees

2020-06-13 Thread Ewen Hill
ed overnight, road authorities > replace them as needed. You are looking at an older sign. At some point the > arrow was added to the standard. > > > > Alex > > > > > > *From: *Ewen Hill > *Date: *Saturday, 13 June 2020 at 8:38 pm > *To: *OSM-Au > *Subject: *[ta

[talk-au] T-Intersection signs - how to map a sign at 90 degrees

2020-06-13 Thread Ewen Hill
Hi, I have a straight main road and a 90 degree road to the left that stops at the main road. A yellow t-junction diamond precedes the intersection on the main through road so the T has been rotated 90 degrees. The intersection in question is at openstreetmap.org/#map=18/-34.35067/142.03662 How

Re: [talk-au] Aboriginal languages

2020-06-01 Thread Ewen Hill
Hi Graham and Ben, Thanks for bringing up the topic and expect some interesting debates. *Naming places and natural elements* There is a thought by some that people arriving post 1769 have stolen everything from the First Nations, and the only thing left they have is their language. Now we

Re: [talk-au] How to label ill-defined places?

2020-04-12 Thread Ewen Hill
in for answering my earlier question. > > Best wishes Ian > > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia ___ Tal

Re: [talk-au] How do you describe a turnout like this

2020-04-03 Thread Ewen Hill
The short-wheel-base can do it in a doddle, the big tanker takes a good driver and observer, the pumper, not a chance in hell. Ewen On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 11:56, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > > On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 10:46, Ewen Hill wrote: > > Andrew beat me to passing-p

Re: [talk-au] How do you describe a turnout like this

2020-04-03 Thread Ewen Hill
___ >>> Talk-au mailing list >>> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >>> >> ___ >> Talk-au mailing list >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists

[talk-au] How do you describe a turnout like this

2020-04-03 Thread Ewen Hill
Hi, On narrow bush tracks there are turnout areas to allow vehicles to pass. It really isn't a traffic circle but you can just get a fire truck to do a 27 point turn - just. How would you represent this please? The image shows the bulk of the turnout on the right.

Re: [talk-au] Burn area mapping

2020-03-10 Thread Ewen Hill
le they're dry? > > Thanks > > Graeme > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia ___ Talk-au mail

Re: [talk-au] Feedback to ARA on their SA bushfire imagery made available to OSM

2020-03-09 Thread Ewen Hill
nd made it available as web > map tiles and WMTS ( > https://cogeoxyz.b-cdn.net/46b53084a82973a36c0f57a1d5446c605d00ed851f11a6f5ca7c75db/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.jpg > ) > > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Opening hours for scheduled tours

2020-02-15 Thread Ewen Hill
> Alternatively you could use opening_hours to say it's always closed, but > then service_times to say when the tours run, though I think I prefer the > former approach. > > On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 at 08:58, Ewen Hill wrote: > >> >> The lighthouse on King Island 665872432

[talk-au] Opening hours for scheduled tours

2020-02-15 Thread Ewen Hill
The lighthouse on King Island 665872432 has the following hours which are throwing up an error in JOSM but I can't see why and secondly, these appear to be tour times so is there another way of doing this please? Fr-Tu 11:00, 12:30, 14:00; SH Mo-So 11:00, 12:30, 14:00, 15:15, 16:00 Ewen

[talk-au] South Australian bushfire imagery

2020-02-14 Thread Ewen Hill
A big thank you to Andrew Harvey and ARA Airborne Research Australia for their bushfire imagery of the Adelaide hills and Kangaroo Island. Will the Geotiffs be updated overtime Andrew as the detail is extremely impressive? Ewen ___ Talk-au mailing

Re: [talk-au] Remote mapping of a fence

2020-02-12 Thread Ewen Hill
d to approach Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for this CC BY > waiver. > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -

Re: [talk-au] Bushfire mapathon - kudos

2020-02-10 Thread Ewen Hill
nded like it went well, with a lot of > participation, including a large number of people encountering > OpenStreetMap for the first time. > > I want to shine a bit of a spotlight on Andrew Harvey, Phil Wyatt, and > Ewen Hill. They each put in a considerable effort in making the event a >

Re: [talk-au] SSSI National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon - Sunday 9th Feb

2020-02-07 Thread Ewen Hill
______ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] SSSI National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon - Sunday 9th Feb

2020-02-06 Thread Ewen Hill
145> >>>>> * >>>>> >>>>> *SSSI is thankful to the surveying and geospatial community for >>>>> reaching out to assist with the bushfire recovery effort and for the >>>>> continued offers of assistance from individuals and

Re: [talk-au] tagging burnt areas

2020-01-27 Thread Ewen Hill
t degree it was burnt. Not really something I'd expect to > see in OSM. > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Austr

Re: [talk-au] Adding polygons of the aerodromes

2019-12-27 Thread Ewen Hill
> Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] #GeoBeers for Melbourne Wed 18th Dec 6pm, Mrs P. in Amphlett Lane

2019-12-16 Thread Ewen Hill
We have been well and truly outplayed by our Northern Sydney neighbours in organising Festivus geospatial beers so I thought we could see them and raise them in Melbourne. Mrs Parmas (it's fairly quiet compared to others nowadays) which is at the Parliament end of Little Bourke Street for

[talk-au] Automated monitoring of changes to existing OSM objects - any interest?

2019-12-14 Thread Ewen Hill
Recently I have been talking to someone off-list about monitoring large or complex relations. In his instance, he was looking to monitor a 1200km relation in Western Australia for any accidental vandalism and to be on top of any changes yet to be conveyed in the official map of the route. This

Re: [talk-au] New imageries in AU

2019-11-07 Thread Ewen Hill
ave most >> recent imagery? >> >> >> >> Thank you in advance, >> >> Nemanja >> ___ >> Talk-au mailing list >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >

Re: [talk-au] Uluru naming consistency

2019-10-28 Thread Ewen Hill
Hi Joachim, Thank you for your interest and your detailed proposals and analysis. As the custodians of the land wish others to only use Uluru however the official names are Uluru / Ayers Rock since 2002, I believe that your first proposal covers all bases. *My preferred proposal for

Re: [talk-au] tagging old railway stations - what is the agreed approach

2019-10-19 Thread Ewen Hill
from appearing in current travel options but available to explain how the township formed around a particular location Ewen On Sat, 19 Oct 2019 at 19:33, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 19/10/19 17:53, Ewen Hill wrote: > > > > Hi, > >I am trying to get som

[talk-au] tagging old railway stations - what is the agreed approach

2019-10-19 Thread Ewen Hill
Hi, I am trying to get some clarity about tagging old railway stations like https://i1.wp.com/judithsalecich.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/The-former-Bogantungan-Railway-Station.jpg?ssl=1 that has not seen a train stop for a numbe of decades There appears to be a myriads of ways to tag

Re: [talk-au] Mapping 'private roads' conclusion

2019-10-08 Thread Ewen Hill
d the > > 'access=private'." > > > > > > > > Any objections, corrections, better words .. ??? > > > > > > ___ > > Talk-au mailing list > > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > https://li

Re: [talk-au] Men's Shed?

2019-10-07 Thread Ewen Hill
19 at 5:07 PM Graeme Fitzpatrick > wrote: > >> >> On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 at 16:25, Ewen Hill wrote: >> >>> Exceddingly happy with community.shed as proposed >>> >>> On Mon, 7 Oct 2019, 5:15 PM Sam Wilson wrote: >>> >>>> I thi

Re: [talk-au] Men's Shed?

2019-10-07 Thread Ewen Hill
Please don't forget the Hen's shed or Hen House (Boyanup wa from memory). They do all differ with some having lots of mechanical stuff (Forrest Wa) to others which are more craft and sudoko in a house or annex or former shire office. Exceddingly happy with community.shed as proposed On Mon, 7 Oct

Re: [talk-au] Undiscussed edits to Australian Tagging Guidelines on tagging footpaths/cycleways (Was: Discussion D: mapping ACT for cyclists – complying with ACT law)

2019-10-04 Thread Ewen Hill
Yes it does - sorry - I read that incorrectly by not reading the second part. On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 16:17, Andrew Davidson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 4:13 PM Ewen Hill wrote: > >> Daniel, >>I thought it was 250watts for e-bikes (a European standard now >> basic

Re: [talk-au] Undiscussed edits to Australian Tagging Guidelines on tagging footpaths/cycleways (Was: Discussion D: mapping ACT for cyclists – complying with ACT law)

2019-10-04 Thread Ewen Hill
>> Talk-au mailing list >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [talk-au] Discussion D: mapping ACT for cyclists – complying with ACT law

2019-10-04 Thread Ewen Hill
; | highway| path | path | path | > | foot | **designated** | **designated** | no | > | bicycle| **designated** | no | **designated** | > | segregated | no | || > > I welcome your comment.  > Keywords: Australia, ACT, highway, foot, bicycle, footway, segregated, ID > editor, The Issue, Mapnik > > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Discussion H: public transport – the end game

2019-10-01 Thread Ewen Hill
ACT Government, TCCS, light rail, > relation, public transport > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Discussion D: mapping ACT for cyclists – complying with ACT law

2019-09-29 Thread Ewen Hill
ycle" markings, either on the > road itself, or in a separate bike lane. > > Thanks > > Graeme > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards

Re: [talk-au] Newcastle to Ballina Pacific Highway classification

2019-09-19 Thread Ewen Hill
I would define an Australian motorway as *A dual carriageway with at least two lanes in either direction where interchanges are predominantly grade separated or where cross roads are on average fewer than 1 cross road per 2km. The speed limit is at least 100km although short sections may be less

Re: [talk-au] Paths in Illawarra Conservation Lands

2019-09-12 Thread Ewen Hill
> > Frederick, If I use the term bush walking colloquially, then it means to use a track that already exists., either single track or 4wd track (fire trail) predominantly however there might be times where you cross a grass land where there is no well defined track. If you are talking about

Re: [talk-au] Road classification in AUS

2019-07-23 Thread Ewen Hill
ay Road on a side, all other mentioned roads look the same, >> but only one of them is mapped as trunk. Should all of them be turned into >> trunks? If yes, what to do with Causeway Road? Turn it into trunk because >> of A route or leave it as is? >> > > I would ignore the A, B, C etc. classification, and instead map based on > the road importance within the network. Indeed that's exactly how > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway describes the tag values > as different levels of importance within the road network in connecting > places. > > I wouldn't concern myself too much with what official data says, nor with > the ref numbers, instead go with local knowledge of the road importance. > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Path on sand/bare rock

2019-07-04 Thread Ewen Hill
Hi, On a corcular island with a sand/bare rock surface all the way around the outside, would you add a path? Now where a track might head down to the beach to cross a stream, it makes sense however should we infer a path where there is no man made assistance or guidance? -- Sent from:

Re: [talk-au] Maxweight signs question

2019-06-23 Thread Ewen Hill
nical/RoadandTrafficEngineering/TrafficManagement/AustralianStandardSigns/Pages/home.aspx > for some old examples. > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Fwd: Currently, OSM is rendering water throughout the suburbs of Perth

2019-06-16 Thread Ewen Hill
Hi, Has anyone else noticed that the great flood of 2019 is on us. I can't find the issue so is it a mapping issue or a rendering issue please as I cannot find the source? See https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-32.2436/115.9987 -- [image: image.png]

Re: [talk-au] Local Chapter

2019-06-02 Thread Ewen Hill
the assumption that we aren't stepping on any toes? >>>> >>> >>> I would think we'd be OK, as long as we can show that we've made the >>> effort? >>> >>> & if, some years down the track, "Palau" (picking a name at random) >&g

Re: [talk-au] Local Chapter

2019-06-01 Thread Ewen Hill
bit of discussion within the OSGeo Oceania >>> committee regarding this. >>> >>> My opinion is we should only include countries where the local OSM >>> community actively voice they want it. >>> >> > Are there even any OSM mappers in some of them?

[talk-au] Please help update a mining area just south east of Perth

2019-05-22 Thread Ewen Hill
A quick plea. I wonder if people could spend a few minutes adding areas that are mined or are being mined east of North Dandelup. Whilst the area slated for mining is huge, the area impacted could be knocked off by a few people pretty quickly. I would like to mark all the cleared area or area with

Re: [talk-au] Aboriginal art sites

2019-03-31 Thread Ewen Hill
r left to the > discretion of individual mappers? > > Thanks > > Graeme > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia

Re: [talk-au] Platform names

2019-03-21 Thread Ewen Hill
Re vision impaired users. Is this where https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dplatform_edge could be useful and whilst there is no route, ot may assist... or hinder as it may not be rendered. On Fri, 22 Mar 2019, 9:43 AM Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 21/03/19 22:30,

Re: [talk-au] Very cool NSW transport real time map

2019-03-18 Thread Ewen Hill
gt; > > Dion Moult > > > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreet

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