Here is the Flickr blog post
http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/09/28/thats-maybe-a-bit-too-dorky-even-for-us/
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Get a Canon IS lens on a SLR, the ones I have are quite good and mixed
with a f-stop of 2.8 it means plenty of light so fast shutter speeds
are easier. Only problem is weight, the latest kit weights a few kilos
1.7Kg IRRC just for the lens.
Jack Stringer
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I keep thinking there must be a way to get the field data from the farmers
if only it was to sit down and draw from a walking street map.
Jack Stringer
On Sep 23, 2009 2:39 PM, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote:
Someoneelse lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk writes: In the UK,
certainly large-scale
Use Potlach ;-)
Jack
On Sep 15, 2009 7:22 PM, d f fac63te...@yahoo.com wrote:
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I've downloaded some data to JOSM but the data is squashed in appearance in
the north-south direction. It causes inaccuracies when I map.
For instance i drew a rectangle at about 45 degrees, but when it showed in
they were using a medium format digital
camera such as a Hasselblad. If I was going to take quality pictures
of the ground from a plane I would want to use medium format as that
would give high resolution images.
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Is it possible to do another map with all the partials on it. That way we
can check them for errors as well. Don't worry if it takes too much effort.
Jack
On Sep 14, 2009 4:59 PM, Dave Stubbs osm.l...@randomjunk.co.uk wrote:
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Dan Karran d...@karran.net wrote:
We are diverting away from the original question.
Is it OK to use Google Streetview data to check/confirm the data we have?
Clearly its not OK to use the images to gather information for use in
OSM due to derived data part of the copyright.
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. Its because I am
on 3 other high traffic mailing lists that use reply to mailing list
headers.
btw the next big thing to beat e-mail is Google Wave, I am not sure
about it yet but it might take off.
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you the lock number.
I would suggest,
waterway=lock_gate
name=Withrington Bottom Lock
ref=5
Discuss...
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lanes).
With the A2 it might be like some of the A1(M), by calling it a 'A'
road it means that they can put in traffic lights and roundabouts. If
it was to be a motorway then they would have to change junctions etc.
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DSLR - The Canon 50D has HD video with manual focus. Which would record high
quality shots.
Video - I borrowed a camera from a friend the other day, it was a helmet cam
kit from dogcam it has a small colour camera unit that you put on the helmet
or bike/car. It also has a seperate unit that
I was thinking of mapping some of the festival sites around here as we have
the Glastonbury festival and if iphone and g1 users could navagate around
all the food places and stages it would be a grate help to them.
On Aug 18, 2009 4:44 PM, Joseph Reeves iknowjos...@gmail.com wrote:
I'll happily
The ability to print to larger sizes than A4, A3 would be nice because
you can get a group of people around and gather local knowledge.
Ability to add a scaled grid. So I can walk down a road and map square
by square.
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locals involved. As long as
you can get it to locals who are interested in the map. The incentive
is that once all the data is back they will then receive a colour
version of the map.
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4x4 are for the crap drivers, 2wd is the best. In the UK there are several
reliabilty trials that use these so called 4x4 tracks for competitions.
I think we need a tag that suggests the highway is either rough terrain or
hard going and a decent off road vehicle is strongly advised. 4x4 only does
I would name it name=Elmers End Tesco, operator=Tesco etc,
So if someone wanted to bring up a list off all Tesco sites they just
seach the operators, but if you were doing a search for the nearest
Tesco then the name will supply you with the details you need to find
it. Its a PITA when you do a
Quadcopter!
I can imagine the stories in the press when this thing starts to fly.
Reports of a UFO has been reported over parts of Texas, there are
reports it maybe terrorists. etc.
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for me because I looked like
I was casing the local area ready to rob it or suchlike. There is
still a fair bit I need to get tracks for, and to draw in, but now I
have a motorbike on the road I will be out more often.
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Sent them both mesages, so they hopfully will get back to me in time.
Otherwise I will just drive down some random places.
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wants it.
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in a simple manner,
ie to filter businesses by operator, name then edit them enmass. There
are many businesses already in OSM that just need extra info added,
typing errors corrected, or just to have operator info added.
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Maybe an offshoot of osm should be a open directory business directory. That
people locate their business on a osm then it should be search able via the
main page. As I keep saying it also would add extra navagation points such
as postal codes.
On Jul 27, 2009 4:46 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega
I see a problem wiith this idea. Only because councils change the
times/prices reguarly. Often without notice. You can use many supermarket
car parks for 2 hours but that could change depening on the seasons.
Jack
On Jul 26, 2009 7:42 AM, John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote:
I can't see a
Why don't you put one of those dynamos on the bike, go old skool.
Jack
On Jul 24, 2009 1:41 PM, Joseph Reeves iknowjos...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes you're right, some spare batteries for the Nokia would be a good
idea; I've got a stack for the Openmoko that are pretty useful.
I have a flexible
Why do we cut them up for the bus routes? Wouldn't it be easier to build a
navagation app at does the calculation using all the stops as waypoints.
The resulting calculated route might not actually match the route the bus
really takes. You might argue that it doesn't matter so long as the
that and just have a text box in which as
much info as possible can be put in.
Do I make it so if other people get data they can add it via the
website or do I ask for the data to be mailed to me and I will do it
myself?
I am confident in basic php/mysql but my skills are limited.
Jack Stringer
to keepright.osm.org or such like. That way it can be
found much easier.
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[1] should run it on a laptop I have spare.
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Is there a reason why the index on Name Finder is out of date? On the
search page it says last update Jan 9, 2009.
From the wiki[1] I get the idea it updated daily, but stuff I added a
week ago, and several months ago is not showing up.
Jack Stringer
[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki
Not all websites are not as well designed as OSM. Often when you click
print you get 2 blank pages plus 3 with the adverts on them and 1 page
of the map, cut right in half on the area you wanted to see.
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for people?
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1.1
Anyone here use the Android G1 for gps tracking? Is there a good way
to hold it if you are walking? (I want to get the best reception
possible).
Jack Stringer
[1]http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.24078lon=-2.28747zoom=17layers=B000FTF
[2] was tempted to put these tracks and roundabouts
to be
checked etc.
A photogallery system called fotopic.net uses this kind of system to stop
new users uploading pornographic images.
It should only take a few trusted users to check on things.
Jack Stringer
On Jul 10, 2009 10:10 AM, Roland Olbricht roland.olbri...@gmx.de wrote:
Hello,
Goal Prevent
Just been and had a look.
Only problems I got was using mouse scroll wheel to zoom in does not
work and the icons look pixelated when you zoom in on the map.
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as a gcse subject I was disappointed
we never did much with maps. None of the students could read an os
map.
There are different target groups, primary school, secondary,
college/uni so we need targeted plans for each. If we get colleges
involved then we may breed new osm editors.
Jack Stringer
2009/7/9 Someoneelse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk:
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My rule of thumb would of be label it in english rather that local name.
But that's because I am english. Using latin would put some people off
from tagging Zoos.
We'd better think of another name for zoo
My rule of thumb would of be label it in english rather that local name. But
that's because I am english. Using latin would put some people off from
tagging Zoos.
Jack
On Jul 8, 2009 5:17 PM, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote:
Dave Stubbs osm.list at randomjunk.co.uk writes:
Rather than
someone needs to draw up a proposal to convert the postcode
tag to the addr:postcode as duplication causes confusion for now.
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Sorry I forgot to add this list in my reply to Dave
On Jul 4, 2009 3:41 PM, Dave Stubbs osm.l...@randomjunk.co.uk wrote:
2009/7/4 Jack Stri...
No need for relations. Just tag each address with addr:postcode or
postal_code and all is sort...
Well, we need to fix the errors... whether
with a
mast, that mast having a GPS location. Bit like geoip but on a bigger
scale.
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where I am happy continuing atm. Will dig a bit more for now.
Jack Stringer
On Jul 3, 2009 10:14 AM, WessexMario wessexmario-...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
By putting the Postcode in we are supply OSM with the postcode to be
able to give that street...
Postcodes are organised in hierarchical areas, so
Going by that theory how do you post code 2 farms that are 1mile appart but
have the same postcode and are on different roads?
For the moment I think it make sense to put postcodes on nodes untill we can
get enough data to then know the extent of that post code area. Then we can
that set out to
2009/7/3 Steve Hill st...@nexusuk.org:
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Jack Stringer wrote:
Going by that theory how do you post code 2 farms that are 1mile appart
but
have the same postcode and are on different roads?
Tag both roads with the same postcode?
I think this is where stuff is always
When I map my village this is how I would do it. But as you say very
complicated and will take time to get done. Once we are to the level
of putting houses in then I guess that can been seen as a good thing
as we would be getting closer to the OS maps with the amount of
detail.
Jack Stringer
units and going to wiki pages on them things is just a
PITA. It does make sense in the case of lets say food reviews of a
restaurant, or background info on a historical location.
That is my current plan, does anyone see any issues with that?[2]
Jack Stringer
[1] These directory listings places have
petrol station :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum
Good point Tom
If a Wikipedia page exists for the node then it would be worth putting it in.
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a table with the info in it.
Columns would be of the info gathered for the nodes and contain a OSM
link to the location, and a column for when it was tagged and who by.
I don't have the geek powers to make a database driven site that this
could all be stored on and edited by other users.
Jack
is a by product of the data. The data that we put in could also be
used to make a Pub guide, or restaurant guide if people are going to
have to put in information about a location it maybe worth putting in
as much as we can find out.
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On Jun 28, 2009 12:40 PM, Chris Hill chillly...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I don't think they are garden beds. This would usually bigger and usually
at ground level and part of a garden. A potted plant tends to be a plant
grown indoors in a pot also known as a house plant
to
a mapping party I don't know what you want on there.
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into it.
I would also like to get involved in adding address data for already
added amenities to in turn improve the postcode database.
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So what do you need on the cheat sheet?
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window so they can put
their address in and add the location plus the usual info. But I don't
have the geek powers for that.
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them and go from there.
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some public art is only there for a short wile and could make
the maps outdated. I sometimes use statues as a reference point wile
navigating people around towns. For example, Turn left at the statue
of George Formby and head towards the beach.
Jack Stringer
I have a Zumo 550 and I did upload some track data but I would like to
know if there is an app that would split a large gpx file up into the
different journeys I have done. Because some are just of me testing it
out in a field and I don't want to upload that to OSM.
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That is my opinion.
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What's being discussed here is the token used internally to OSM to say
this is *this* kind of thing, rather than something that's rendered as
a label on the map. There's an established convention for having
multiple language versions of a place's name. See
well, the confusion just begins to start ;-) A keep is not
corrispondent to a burg, it is corispondent to a donjon, maybe to a
bergfried in German. A keep is part of a castle, not the whole. If
you continue to say, that burg and chateau (=schloss) has roughly the
same meaning, you're still
done some basic edits but there is still
loads I need to learn. I have joined the newbie list so I ask my daft
qestions there.
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