Re: [OSM-talk] Creative Commons: Use CC for databases

2011-02-01 Thread Sami Dalouche
On 11-02-01 03:31 PM, Tobias Knerr wrote: Anthony wrote: I'd urge everyone, especially those who have not yet decided whether or not to agree to the Contributor Terms, to read this post by Mike Linksvayer of Creative Commons. You forgot the link: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/26283

[OSM-talk] Most complete cities and administrative divisions database

2011-01-26 Thread Sami Dalouche
/Potential_Datasources#Geonames.org_.28Rejected.29 -, and the geonames project is not being run as openly as OSM). thanks, Sami Dalouche ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Most complete cities and administrative divisions database

2011-01-26 Thread Sami Dalouche
them from the relations (if the relations are there and are clean). Have a look at type=boundary and type=multipolygon Cheers, Martin Thanks for your help ! Sami Dalouche ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] What could we do to make this licences discussion more inclusive?

2010-07-18 Thread Sami Dalouche
it would save. However, if the move is about saving the project from a legal perspective, then it's probably better to start tackling the issue now rather than having a court shut down the project 5 years from now when most of the planet is mapped... regards, Sami Dalouche On Mon, 2010-07-19

Re: [OSM-talk] Good book on GIS concepts

2010-06-29 Thread Sami Dalouche
Hi, Thanks a lot to everybody for your references ! Regards, Sami On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 17:51 +0200, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: El 23/06/2010 16:33, sko...@free.fr escribió: Would anyone recommend a good book on GIS/Geodesy/etc that could be used to understand the underlying concepts

Re: [OSM-talk] Questions regarding the mapping of hiking trails

2010-05-30 Thread Sami Dalouche
person whom the trail was named after. thanks for your answers. By property, I was referring to the key/value pairs to tag ways, not anything else... Sami Dalouche ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

[OSM-talk] OpemMtbMap style

2010-05-30 Thread Sami Dalouche
=cache --description=nh --mapid=1234 --max-nodes=60 --no-trim --overlap=4000 --status-freq=600 nh.osm.bz2 Do you have an idea of what might be going wrong ? thanks a lot, Sami Dalouche ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

[OSM-talk] Questions regarding the mapping of hiking trails

2010-05-29 Thread Sami Dalouche
unsure on whether this applies to this... 3/ Anything else to suggest ? thanks ! Sami Dalouche ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Garmin Maps

2010-05-16 Thread Sami Dalouche
, May 16, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Sami Dalouche sko...@free.fr wrote: What I see is hundreds of small projects or individual people creating ... So, I am currently thinking of starting a complementary project to OSM

Re: [OSM-talk] Garmin Maps

2010-05-16 Thread Sami Dalouche
repository ? In any case, we're on the same track here. I do not want to duplicate any effort, and do not feel like developing the NIH (Not Invented Here) syndrom. Sami On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 12:13 +1000, Steve Bennett wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Sami Dalouche sko...@free.fr wrote

Re: [OSM-talk] Garmin Maps

2010-05-16 Thread Sami Dalouche
On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 18:53 -0700, Sam Vekemans wrote: Hi, On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Sami Dalouche sko...@free.fr wrote: snip So, if you already have all the rendering machinery in place, I would be happy to create the scripts to regularly go fetch

Re: [OSM-talk] is there an open database of places?

2010-05-16 Thread Sami Dalouche
Please note that there is a project called Gisgraphy : http://www.gisgraphy.com/ It already provides importers for Geonames data, as well as a REST API to access it. I am currently creating a java client for this (http://github.com/samokk/gisgraphy-java-client ), but it is still not really

[OSM-talk] Garmin Maps

2010-05-15 Thread Sami Dalouche
Hi, I just bought a garmin GPS device and thought it would be fun to load it with OSM maps. (I am especially interested in maps that provide me with some value while hiking in New Hampshire, Vermont and NY) However, after searching a little bit, I came to the conclusion that populating a GPS

Re: [OSM-talk] Garmin Maps

2010-05-15 Thread Sami Dalouche
://touren.mospace.de/kachel.html (zoom into an area select the OSM icon on the bounding box submit. Cheers, Sam On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Sami Dalouche sko...@free.fr wrote: Hi, I just bought a garmin GPS device and thought it would be fun to load