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

2024-02-29 Thread Adam Steer
Thanks Tony. The first crux as I see it is that the OSM community doesn't listen. It is unable to hear values other than some abstract academic notion of map purity. The second crux is that OSM mappers are not responsible or accountable for anything. So taking the view that "everyone should come

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

2024-02-29 Thread Adam Steer
Wait ... does the OSM community seriously want to call public land managers vandals for attempting to manage access to parts of public land effectively? This is a publicly archived forum, which land managers may read. It's been raised a few times, and I have no problem raising this again: - OSM

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

2023-10-08 Thread Adam Steer
and money. Which, I'd wager, could be far better spend elsewhere. With regards, Adam -- Dr Adam Steer https://iamadamsteer.com ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Publishing data as vector tiles/something else

2023-05-22 Thread Adam Steer
hear what solution > you settle on! > > Cheers, > Ben > > On Wed, 10 May 2023 at 06:55, Adam Steer wrote: > >> Hiya >> >> I have about a gigabyte (maybe 2) of vector data for high resolution >> terrain classifications and features (snow safety related) that I want

[talk-au] Publishing data as vector tiles/something else

2023-05-09 Thread Adam Steer
-fluffy ? (Geojson for example blows the size out by a lot). Links to how-to's welcome... Thanks, Adam -- Dr Adam Steer https://iamadamsteer.com ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] [Talk-nz] Oceania Discourse Community open

2022-11-10 Thread Adam Steer
Great - thanks for your work getting that going Dian! On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 at 12:03, Dian Ågesson wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm pleased to report that the Oceania community on the OpenStreetMap > Discourse server is open and operational! > >

Re: [talk-au] So, should we request an Oceania Community Channel?

2022-10-11 Thread Adam Steer
Hi DIan To me it makes sense to have an "Oceania" community listed here: https://community.openstreetmap.org/c/communities/9/none Thanks, Adam ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

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

2022-09-12 Thread Adam Steer
Hi Graeme - this is exactly what I was thinking about in my question earlier - make mapping part of the job. Also great to hear OSMAnd+ in there (my choice of personal navigator for offline missions in both Australia and Norway ) Also want to touch on a point Ewen made. I was at Taylors crossing

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

2022-08-26 Thread Adam Steer
Hi, great to see OSM in the emergency management space. Alex (or anyone) - what's your feel on EMS users also contributing to OSM? is there awareness around, say, heading to the field with OSMand+ and adding temporary closures if they're relevant (eg this bridge is going to be closed for months,

Re: [talk-au] Victorian Government and OSM Attribution

2022-08-23 Thread Adam Steer
That's great! On Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 09:46 wrote: > Hi all > > A good news story on OSM attribution. The map at > https://engage.vic.gov.au/CardiniaCkParklands now shows copyright > OpenStreetMap. They say it will be right on all maps displayed on > Engage Victoria. They were glacially slow but

Re: [talk-au] Adding river crossings to Guidelines "road quality / 4wd-only"?

2022-08-10 Thread Adam Steer
A little note to the discussion - the foot/ animal traffic modes = no are crocodile related, right? Yes, possible. Recommended? Definitely not according to every google-able bit of information about the place. For vehicles I think it's generally worth indicating something about whether a ford /

Re: [talk-au] Proposed features/Snow chains

2021-11-14 Thread Adam Steer
hei all first - great idea to map areas where snow chains need to be carried. In the Australian context: The season for needing to carry chains is generally fixed, and corresponds to when park entry fees change (on tarred / main roads which go to snowfields at least). In my experience its not a

Re: [talk-au] [FOSS4G-Oceania] Nominations - OSGeo Oceania board election

2020-11-19 Thread Adam Steer
Awesome, thanks Ewen and Ed. -- Dr. Adam Steer https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer Sent from mobile device On Thu, 19 Nov 2020, 10:25 Edoardo Neerhut, wrote: > Dear Returning Officer & OSGeo Oceania, > > I am happy to nominate another candidate for the OSGeo Oceania

Re: [talk-au] Mapping "off track" hiking routes

2020-10-23 Thread Adam Steer
hey all Very late to the conversation - and responding to concerns way back when there were only a few replies - relating specifically to the AAWT and similar 'untracked' areas, and veering a little onto the terrain of illicit (or pseudo illicit) trails: I back Phil and Tony's view here, because

Re: [talk-au] vine row tagging

2020-10-15 Thread Adam Steer
Hey John What are the owners of the properties containing vines saying? Are they fully aware that their farm data will be open for everyone to see? ...and what data/tagging useful to them? Cheers, Adam On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 08:40, John Bryant wrote: > So, map the strainer posts on the ends

Re: [talk-au] [OSGeo Oceania] resignation from OSGeo Oceania

2020-05-29 Thread adam steer
o.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania > -- Dr. Adam Steer http://spatialised.net https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer http://orcid.org/-0003-0046-7236 +61 427 091 712 :: @adamdsteer Suits are bad for business:

Re: [talk-au] [OSGeo Oceania] FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 tree planting day

2020-02-11 Thread adam steer
n Wed, 12 Feb 2020 at 11:52, adam steer wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> I'm excited to report that the FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 tree planting >> program has been scheduled for 15 August 2020. Here is the Parks Victoria >> event information: >> >> >> htt

[talk-au] FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 tree planting day

2020-02-11 Thread adam steer
Hi all I'm excited to report that the FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 tree planting program has been scheduled for 15 August 2020. Here is the Parks Victoria event information: https://www.parkconnect.vic.gov.au/Volunteer/public-planned-activity/?id=c38ff798-914c-ea11-b698-0003ff6f5db4 If you want to

Re: [talk-au] tagging burnt areas

2020-01-27 Thread adam steer
I’d personally avoid tagging areas as burnt - they’re temporary and as per advice from Andrew maybe should be left tagged as their long term state. Looking around where I am (Benambra and north) there are already a lot of overlapping/duplicated/whats this for polygons relating to land cover…

Re: [talk-au] Bush Fire Neighbourhood Safer Places

2020-01-04 Thread adam steer
; can't be put into action safely." > > https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-prepare/neighbourhood-safer-places > > On 4 January 2020 6:11:15 pm AEDT, Graeme Fitzpatrick < > graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 12:21, a

Re: [talk-au] Bush Fire Neighbourhood Safer Places

2020-01-03 Thread adam steer
Hi Andrew In Vic these are only used as a last resort. Not sure if 'assembly point' translates to 'only come here if there are absolutely no other options, and this place might not be safe anyway'. See: https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepare/neighbourhood-safer-places There are also community

Re: [talk-au] Remote mapping of Thredbo and Perisher areas

2019-08-23 Thread adam steer
I can check in a couple of days, I'm pretty familiar with that region, I think lots of others here will be also :) Regards, Adam On Fri., 23 Aug. 2019, 21:10 Warin, <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23/08/19 20:42, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: > > From memory its rocks and heath, random

Re: [talk-au] [FOSS4G-Oceania] Considering future Open Geospatial conferences in Oceania

2019-08-08 Thread adam steer
hey community I want to temper this a little with Bruce Bannerman’s recent and very relevant comments on where OSGeo Oceania and FOSS4G SotM Oceania are at. The main question being: ‘how many things can we do at once?’ In my mind, a laser focus on bedding in OSGeo Oceania and sorting out all

Re: [talk-au] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania

2019-08-07 Thread adam steer
hey folks waking this conversation up again - there’s some interest from Parks Victoria around applying funding from a GHG offset scheme to restore yellow box woodland - which is direct, local and observable. I started making some calculations here:

[talk-au] Fwd: FW: ANZMapS mini conference "Mapping In Action _ Students"

2019-06-24 Thread adam steer
au/portal) from the GIS Forum site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences. -- Dr. Adam Steer http://spatialised.net https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer http://orcid.org/-0003-0046-7236 +61 427 091 712

[talk-au] Fwd: FW: ANZMapS mini conference "Mapping In Action _ Students"

2019-06-24 Thread adam steer
au/portal) from the GIS Forum site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences. -- Dr. Adam Steer http://spatialised.net https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer http://orcid.org/-0003-0046-7236 +61 427 091 712

Re: [talk-au] [FOSS4G-Oceania] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania

2019-06-17 Thread adam steer
work to just commit (no extra tito fields, less accounting, good organisation vibes etc) - especially as an org seeking to represent nations who are at risk. Regards, -- Dr. Adam Steer http://spatialised.net https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer http

Re: [talk-au] [FOSS4G-Oceania] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania

2019-06-17 Thread adam steer
the median. I’m waiting on numbers from the organisations I’ve contacted, and will slowly get the modelling done in preparation for a pitch to the conference LoC / OSGeo Oceania board. Regards, -- Dr. Adam Steer http://spatialised.net https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer http

[talk-au] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania

2019-06-17 Thread adam steer
://www.nfrt.org.nz -- Dr. Adam Steer http://spatialised.net https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer http://orcid.org/-0003-0046-7236 +61 427 091 712 :: @adamdsteer Suits are bad for business: http://www.spatialised.net/business-penguins

Re: [talk-au] [OSGeo Oceania] FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 - programme outline

2019-04-20 Thread adam steer
ssions long enough? For some people, > these are important slots for networking. This is shorter than last year's > 30 minute breaks. > > Cheers > John > > > > On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 at 03:29, adam steer wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> We’d like to share with you our current

[talk-au] FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 - programme outline

2019-04-18 Thread adam steer
free to comment on the document, respond to the list, or myself, with ideas. Regards Adam -- Dr. Adam Steer http://spatialised.net https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer http://orcid.org/-0003-0046-7236 +61 427 091 712 :: @adamdsteer Suits

[talk-au] OSM CDN cache and AARNet - movement, and request for information

2019-03-26 Thread adam steer
about a better way to do this, and happy to share results if you think it’s a great community asset to know who’s using OSM for what (broadly). Cheers, and thanks in advance. Adam -- Dr. Adam Steer http://spatialised.net https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer http://au.linkedin.com

[talk-au] OSGeo/OSM talk accepted at C3DIS

2019-03-21 Thread adam steer
the eResearch community in Australia and Oceania can engage with, support, and benefit from this local and global community. Come and join the party! -- Dr. Adam Steer http://spatialised.net https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer http://orcid.org/-0003