[talk-ph] Historical OSM

Hi, I was just curious to look at the OSM map for Manila from 2007 when I started mapping. Is there a way to display this? Some sort of OSM time-machine? I looked around but didn't find anything useful, except for someone suggesting to take a planet dump from that time, and render it in my

Re: [talk-ph] Proposal to move talk-ph to OSM Discourse

I would support any solution that allows me to continue to interact with the list via email. Any solution that requires me to login to a website and respond there would lose my engagement pretty quickly. Its just the way I work: Email is great for asynchronous communication. I can respond

[talk-ph] Worldmapper

Just discovered this site. It has some interesting visualizations on it, for example: https://worldmapper.org/maps/gridded-population-phl/ Jim ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org

[talk-ph] AmCham Mapping Event

Just posting this here, in case anyone is interested in attending. The Philippines' National Mapping and Resource Information Authority or NAMRIA, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources responsible for providing the public with

[talk-ph] Metro Manila Postcodes Map

Quick question: Does anyone know of the existence of a map of the postcodes of Metro Manila, showing their boundaries? Either a pre-existing one in image form, or a method of querying OSM or some other database-driven map to get it. Or any other suggestions welcome. My googling hasn't

[talk-ph] Mapping Tools.

Thought this list might be useful to pass on. https://gijn.org/2022/02/17/9-essential-mapping-tools-for-journalists-in-2022/ J. ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph

[talk-ph] Sloped Borders

From the consistently entertaining XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2519/ Jim ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph

Re: [talk-ph] weeklyOSM #541 2020-11-24-2020-11-30

Just thought I'd mention that one of the links in that Newsletter has special relevance to Manila, in case you missed it. The Alexander Zipf one ...

[talk-ph] Topical nCov dispersion map.

Seemed relevant enough to post, and pleasingly factual ICAO Coronavirus 3DFX dispersion Jim ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org

[talk-ph] Spelfie App

Could be useful for remote mapping? Spelfie.com allows users to take a selfie at the exact time that a satellite camera captures their location from space. Users of the app click on the event they are attending, then, once they are at the venue, the app provides

Re: [talk-ph] weeklyOSM #477 2019-09-03-2019-09-09

I was pleased to see this Linux Distro mentioned, which I was previously unaware of. OSGeoLive is a Linux distribution that runs directly from a bootable DVD or USB thumb drive. You also can load a pre-made virtual machine disk file (vmdk) that runs in a VMware Workstation or VirtualBox

[talk-ph] Agloe

This amused me. I thought I'd share it. https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5071422202#map=16/41.9662/-74.9017 Jim ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph

Re: [talk-ph] Congratulations to the UP Resilience Institute YouthMappers!

Excellent. I hope they can get the new International airport on the map! That's been bugging me for months! :-) Jim Eugene Alvin Villar wrote on 17/04/2019 1:23 PM: > The UP Resilience Institute YouthMappers received funding to help implement > their Bohol exposure data mapping from TELUS

[talk-ph] Tie Points

Hi, Figured there might be a few people on the list familiar with the concept of tie points here and in particular in connection with the Land Registry in the Philippines. I'm trying to solve a problem for a friend and need some help, so maybe contact me off list if you can help. There will

[talk-ph] Music Venues

I've often thought it would be useful to be able to tag music venues, bars which have bands on, etc. I see there is a tag in the proposal stage. How are people in the OSM-PH community handling this, if at all? Jim ___ talk-ph mailing list

[talk-ph] Bohol Panglao Airport

As I understand it, the Bohol Panglao Airport is now open, and has superceded Tagbilaran. As this is a fairly major bit of infrastructure, OpenStreetMap should probably be updated to include it, but the data seems a bit sparse right now. Does anyone have up to date imagery which could be used

[talk-ph] XKCD does GIS

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[talk-ph] SatCam

Might be useful occasionally for getting Satellite images? "In return for submitting their observations, users receive a copy of the satellite image that was taken at their location" iPhone only though. Why do developers do that? :-( Jim 15. SatCam http://satcam.ssec.wisc.edu SatCam is a

[talk-ph] Maps as Art

Or maybe Art as maps http://www.xinjianlu.com/CityDNA Have a good weekend all. Jim -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph

[talk-ph] Population Estimator

More mapping fun. Thought this might be useful to some of you. http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mapping/popest/gpw-v4/ Blurb here: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/collection/gpw-v4/population-estimation-service Jim -- ___

[talk-ph] Pasay Boundary

The northernmost boundary of Pasay doesn't look right to me https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/113858#map=15/14.5533/120.9955 Most of the rest of it is following roads, rivers, coast etc, but it looks like this doesn't follow anything in particular. Jim

Re: [talk-ph] Strava Heatmap

Eugene Alvin Villar wrote on Tuesday, 21 November, 2017 01:52 PM: > I find it more useful for aligning imagery. :) Interesting. I know how to align the background imagery in OSM to the GPS traces within OSM. But how would you do it using an external source like this? Just in case I need it

[talk-ph] Strava Heatmap

Just of general mapping interest. https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#13.42/121.01607/14.56427/hot/ride Can use it to see where people cycle, run, etc. Jim -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org

[talk-ph] GLONASS

Just saw a phone advertised with GPS and A-GLONASS, so I looked it up. I know the current GPS system is old and up for retirement at some point. Maybe this is the replacement? https://beebom.com/what-is-glonass-and-how-it-is-different-from-gps/ Oh, apparently iPhones already use as a

Re: [talk-ph] When to use"Saint" or "St." in place names

Just to flag a related issue, the search engine of OSM doesn't seem 'smart' in that it doesn't know that 'St.' and 'Saint' are equivalent (or 'St.' and 'Street' for that matter!). So when you're searching for Santa Ana, but its in the database as Sta. Ana, it won't be found. So yes, it is

Re: [talk-ph] Mapbox Satellite imagery updates (May 2017)

That's crazy. Boracay now has its first ever imagery! There's a lot of fixing up to happen down there ... :-) Jim maning sambale wrote on Wednesday, 10 May, 2017 01:27 AM: > But wait! There's more! > > http://blog.digitalglobe.com/news/digitalglobe-satellite-imagery-launch-for-openstreetmap/

Re: [talk-ph] ☑just a note

for the last few spams has always been hsing at rocketmail.com, which is apparently a valid forum address. Anything we can do about it? Jim Jim Morgan wrote on Tuesday, 09 May, 2017 04:46 AM: > Dear, > > I've just wanted to say Hi and show you some cool things, chec

[talk-ph] Missing Road

This is odd. The end of Polaris street and the whole of Orion street are missing. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=14.56256=121.03101#map=19/14.56256/121.03101 I deleted and recreated Orion street, but that still didn't prompt it to re-appear. Any ideas? Also, you used to be able

Re: [talk-ph] my place

So ... obviously don't click on that link ... :-) Jim OSM wrote on Saturday, 18 March, 2017 10:46 AM: > I just wanted to share with you some thoughts about my favorite place, it's > so beautiful! Just take a look view message <> -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com

Re: [talk-ph] Residential.

Eugene Alvin Villar wrote on Wednesday, 22 February, 2017 04:17 AM: > The wrong label is persisting on the map because low zoom level tiles are not > refreshed as often. I'm not sure when these are refreshed. Aha. That makes sense. Always ask an expert! Jim

[talk-ph] Residential.

Can't quite figure this out. Do we have Residential Island here in Philippines? Jim ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph

[talk-ph] Google Timelapse 1984 to 2016

Just found this. Seems to need Chrome browser to work. https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/ Mount Pinatubo area is worth a go. Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com Ph Landline: +63 2 403 1311 Ph mob: +63 917 849 3939 w:

[talk-ph] New Traffic Flow

Hiya, Tried to update the roads around the junction of Kamagong, Metropolitan and Ayala Ave with 4 sets of new traffic lights, new one-way system. https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/43503640 I think functionally it describes the new situation, but it could probably be done

[talk-ph] Philippine Satellite Imagery

Thought this was relevant. DIWATA-1 was built with an PhP 800 million budget and the program ran for three years. It is the first microsatellite designed, developed, and assembled by Filipino researchers and engineers backed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), and the

[talk-ph] True Size Map

Drag countries around to counteract Mercartor Effect. http://thetruesize.com/ Cute. Worth a couple of minutes. e.g. Philippines is much bigger than UK. Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com Ph Landline: +63 2 403 1311 Ph mob: +63 917 849 3939 w:

[talk-ph] Terrapattern

Search engine for satellite imagery. http://www.terrapattern.com/ Predictably, Philippines not on there, but an interesting map-related thing. Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com ___ talk-ph mailing list

[talk-ph] Great OSM summary

Found this in Eugene's Weekly OSM roundup and thought it was worth pointing out as a resource. Its a really good introduction to the mapping process, and beyond. http://www.keypressure.com/blog/osm-in-the-beginning-there-was-a-node/ Jim ___

Re: [talk-ph] Massive deletion of nodes?

maning sambale wrote on Monday, 22 February, 2016 11:48 AM: > I found this user editing lots of duplicated nodes: > http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-suspicious?country=23=96=-1=%3E=1000=d=n#4/-18.52/0.26 Appears to be an automated bot: "I use the botdidier2020 account to make corrections on

[talk-ph] 7500 and counting.

MANILA, Philippines -The Philippines is now officially a +7,500 islands after the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority discovered 400 more islets in a series of mapping research.

Re: [talk-ph] Downloading a section of the Philippine open street map

Erwin Olario wrote on Monday, 08 February, 2016 02:56 PM: > Try this utility: http://extract.bbbike.org/ This is brilliant. I'd never come across that before. Great for downloading small areas like cities you're visiting, without having to download the entire country. Thanks for sharing. Jim

Re: [talk-ph] Downloading a section of the Philippine open street map

Hi Frank, Frank Woolf wrote on Thursday, 04 February, 2016 07:07 AM: > Can someone please tell me where to go to select and download an up to date > map, preferably of only Davao city and surrounding area. I'm not sure if this is what you're after, but I use the OSMAnd application on my

[talk-ph] What3Words

Thought this was interesting, but probably not very practical. Its basically an easy way of verbally sharing a geographic location. The idea is that the globe is chopped up into 3x3 metre squares, and each square gets assigned 3 unique words. eg, I'll meet you at study.recently.fattest

[talk-ph] Google Street View

Just noticed that they've finally published all the images they took last year for Metro Manila, and a little beyond. Very cool. I'll be searching this today for a while to discover some "Manila Moments" captured on camera. Meanwhile, what's the legality of this situation: I remember there's a

[talk-ph] OSM website speed

Anyone else finding OSM slow to load for the last few days? It could be a PLDT thing. I've had problems with them before where certain websites are super slow, while others load at the normal speed. It usually affects google sites though - Google Maps, Yahoo, Google Drive, Gmail etc. First

[talk-ph] Mapping Resources.

Found a page of mapping resources for educational purposes and thought I'd share it. http://www.nea.org/tools/teaching-with-maps.html Particularly interesting was the one which allowed you to take photos of an area from the International Space Station. Not sure if it passes over the

Re: [talk-ph] Mapper in Cebu?

Lu Sevier wrote on Wednesday, 15 July, 2015 11:36 AM: Hello OSM community, Does anyone know of local mappers in Cebu, especially Cebu City? I have a few specific questions for them if so! Maybe this might help?

[talk-ph] Drones Update

Found this update from January. Summary: Apparently its OK to have recreational drones under 1.5kg, but if you're doing it commercially you need a license. However UAVs cannot be flown into crowds or restricted areas like airports, or no-fly zones like military camps or the presidential

Re: [talk-ph] OSMAnd now available (free) for iPhone

maning sambale wrote on Wednesday, 22 April, 2015 10:22 AM: I don't own an iPhone. Can anybody confirm if this works? To test, please download a sample obf file from Vanuatu here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2015_03_Vanuatu_Pam_Cyclone_Response#Offline_Navigation_on_Small_Devices And of

[talk-ph] OSM Website Slow

Hi, Is it just me, or is the OSM website slow today? I've noticed it with a few sites, so maybe its PLDT. Facebook is normal speed, but anything to do with Google is almost unbearably sluggish, and now OSM as well ... Jim -- ___ talk-ph mailing

[talk-ph] Mini Imaging Satellites.

Thought this was relevant. Maybe we can get full coverage in the Philippines at last ... https://www.planet.com/ The TED video is worth watching if you have a few minutes. It explains what they're doing.

[talk-ph] Why OSM is better than Google Maps.

Case in point ... http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/13.8060/121.2714 :-) Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com Philippines: +63 2 403 1311 / mob: +63 917 849 3939 Hong Kong: +852 5125 3392 w: http://www.datalude.com/

[talk-ph] Missing Maps Project

Saw this in the Guardian and thought I'd share it http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/06/missing-maps-human-genome-project-unmapped-cities Jim ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph

[talk-ph] How big is one degree lat/long

Thought I'd pass this on as its tangentially related ... http://factually.gizmodo.com/how-precise-is-one-degree-of-longitude-or-latitude-1631241162 Then of course I needed to find out the longitude calculation for the Philippines so ... 20 deg N (Batanes area) - 104.6 km 15 deg N (NCR) -

Re: [talk-ph] road name changes in Makati?

maning sambale wrote, On Monday, 07 July, 2014 02:53 PM: Kalayaan to Imaelda avenue: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/93890213/history Kalayaan is still very much Kalayaan according to the signposts when I rode down it a couple of days back! Senator Gil Puyat to Nicolas Buendia Road:

Re: [talk-ph] Fwd: MEDAIR : Philipines Imagery

On a related note, I was wondering about the feasibility of starting a crowd-funded venture to start up a drone operation here, with the object of putting rural areas of the Philippines on the map. I hadn't really thought through the details, but perhaps investors over a certain threshold -

Re: [talk-ph] Increasing demand for OSM talks and workshops

maning sambale wrote, On Wednesday, 29 January, 2014 06:40 PM: Might it be more prudent if we can consolidate several of the requests into 1, preferably in Manila? Outside of Manila, there is no group of mappers who are also interested in spreading the word or giving lectures, workshops, and

Re: [talk-ph] Increasing demand for OSM talks and workshops

On 01/31/2014 09:18 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: But for real-time workshops and lectures, the problem would be the unreliable Internet connection. I agree there would need to be a solid internet connection, but the bandwidth needed isn't that great, so interested parties would only need to

Re: [talk-ph] latest map download

On 01/29/2014 11:29 AM, rem zamora wrote: If you use OSMAnd on your android, you can also get the latest OSM map for PH Tutubi. :) That's what I use in android. There's a freeware version where you can download new maps in a limited number of times :) Actually if you download them on your

[talk-ph] Why we need OSM

In case anyone asks you, a useful summary of points http://blog.emacsen.net/blog/2014/01/04/why-the-world-needs-openstreetmap/ And in the Philippines of course, the data are just Better! Jim ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org

Re: [talk-ph] UAV/Drone imagery over Tacloban

On Tuesday, 17 December, 2013 07:49 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: Anyway, the guys over at Drone Adventures have photographed various location in Haiti: http://www.droneadventures.org/2013/05/29/haiti/ Their photos are really well orthorectified. Damn these things are cute ...

Re: [talk-ph] Mountains and elevations removed at Biliran

Andrew Buck wrote, On Friday, 22 November, 2013 01:03 AM: I have thought about creating such a server but I do not have a computer to host it on, etc. This prompts me to mention that I recently built a tile server as a VirtualBox virtual machine. It works pretty well, and I can just fire it

Re: [talk-ph] [HOT] Typhoon Haiyan Mapping Progress

Just found this map in the New York Times, which credits OpenStreetMap. Presumably this is the end result of all the initial mapping done on OSM? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/11/11/world/asia/typhoon-haiyan-map.html?_r=0 Jim ___ talk-ph

Re: [talk-ph] tagging questions

On Friday, 01 November, 2013 06:39 PM, Carlo Antonio Romero wrote: I was trying to finish a couple tasks in the Candaba OSM Training and was wondering about heavy cloud cover in the imagery. Are we going to make assumptions if an area has heavy cloud cover? Im leaning towards no. id rather

Re: [talk-ph] Portable USB for OSM editing

tutubi wrote, On Tuesday, 08 October, 2013 02:37 PM: i think this is what i need i uninstalled flash on my laptop as it's too unstable and a security nightmare i can't use Potlatch :( The USB stick uses JOSM and therefore Java, not Flash. Java is still reasonably safe to use on a PC, but

Re: [talk-ph] video mapping

maning sambale wrote, On Wednesday, 25 September, 2013 11:02 PM: Nice article by Ervin on video mapping. http://www.s1expeditions.com/2013/09/102-videomapping.html?m=1 I didnt know its possible to add gps coordinates as subtitles in a video. That is interesting. I'd probably seen that GPSbabel

Re: [talk-ph] recommended csv format

On Thursday, 19 September, 2013 11:22 AM, Rally de Leon wrote: lat,long,name or long,lat,name? and why do you prefer one over the other? (eg. less hassle, less clicks to import csv to common GIS softwares) Just my opinion: when people talk about co-ordinates, they normally talk about Lat and

Re: [talk-ph] Cebu City Jeepney Routes

On Friday, 13 September, 2013 10:29 AM, maning sambale wrote: If you've been to Cebu City and like me, got confused with the jeepney routes categorized as number and letters. Should I take 04C or 04B? I was thinking about this for Manila. As a foreigner I have no idea where the Jeepneys go,

Re: [talk-ph] Waterways in NCR and surrounding provinces

On Thursday, 12 September, 2013 09:31 AM, maning sambale wrote: In some cases, we had to switch the way direction to follow the the convention [0] that the direction of the way should be downstream Hah, I'd never really thought of this before. I guess a lot of times I start tracing from the sea

Re: [talk-ph] Yet another WebGL 3-D OSM map

On Wednesday, 04 September, 2013 08:36 AM, Ed Garcia wrote: Hi. My Firefox browser on Ubuntu does not support WebGL. Anything I need to do? is it just a plug in or do I need to upgrade the whole system? Working OK here on Ubuntu 12.04, Firefox 23.0. Contact me directly if you need any info

[talk-ph] Map Humour.

From the occasionally excellent Amazing Super Powers comic http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/2013/08/map/ Jim -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph

[talk-ph] Fun Maps

Not too serious, but some good ones in there ... http://www.boredpanda.com/fun-maps-they-didnt-teach-you-in-school/ Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com Philippines: +63 2 403 1311 / mob: +63 917 849 3939 Hong Kong: +852 5125 3392 w:

[talk-ph] GeoGuessr

Cool site. It randomly picks a location from Google Street View, and you have to guess where it is. http://geoguessr.com/ Beware, you may lose some time. Jim -- datalude: information security e: jim=datalude.com ___ talk-ph mailing list

Re: [talk-ph] Land area of the Philippines

tutubi wrote, On Thursday, 25 April, 2013 09:58 AM: land area may vary, depends whether it was measured during high tide or low tide too I was about to make the same joke! But then I did a quick back-of-an-envelope calculation and found out it wouldn't actually make that much difference:

[talk-ph] Google Pirate Map

As part of April Fool's day, Google set up this pirate map rendering. https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.749338,-73.97644spn=0.120162,0.128231t=8z=13 Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com Philippines: +63 2 403 1311 / mob: +63 917 849 3939 Hong Kong:

Re: [talk-ph] SotM 2013 will be in Birmingham, United Kingdom

Whoa, are you sure you guys want to go to Birmingham? ;-) But kidding aside, if we do actually manage to raise say, a couple of thousand dollars locally for mapping, wouldn't that money be better spent buying mapping equipment for use here, rather than sending someone to Birmingham? I'm

[talk-ph] GPS accuracy advances

Ongoing research in Spain Spanish scientists develop more accurate sat-nav system Researchers in Spain have developed a system they say can greatly improve the accuracy of car sat-navs. It combines a conventional global positioning system (GPS) signal with those of other sensors -

[talk-ph] Public Transport Mapping Intiative

Just found this. About Public Transport Terminals and Hubs Mapping The Ateneo School of Government’s Inclusive Mobility Project is taking the initiative to help map public transport terminals and hubs in Metro Manila. We commonly found them in street corners, vacant lots, roadsides and in

Re: [talk-ph] Cebu health facilities

Hi Marion I'm no expert either, but generally the OSM wiki is a good place to start: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dhospital It gives useful guidelines like Hospital is bigger than Clinic. Clinic is bigger than Doctor, and it also answers your query about emergency

[talk-ph] History of Mapping Podcast

General mapping podcast about how maps alter our perceptions of the world. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2012/oct/19/map-history-ptolemy-mercator-google It might be of interest to some of you. Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com Philippines:

Re: [talk-ph] SOTM 2012 feedback

Eugene Alvin Villar wrote, On Saturday, 15 September, 2012 08:49 AM: However, I am not actually aware of anyone in the OSMPH community who is experienced enough with running and maintaining a server here in the Philippines. The usual strategy I know is that people buy hosting services from

[talk-ph] Automatic Building Mapping.

Cool gadgets. Check out the video at the end of the piece. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/automatic-building-mapping-0924.html Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com Philippines: +63 2 403 1311 / mob: +63 917 849 3939 Hong Kong: +852 5125 3392

[talk-ph] Lowering Barrier to Entry

500k grant to help develop tools to make map editing easier for the masses. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Foundation-grants-575-000-for-new-OpenStreetMap-tools-1715448.html Jim ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org

[talk-ph] Rasa Surveying

I was on Cebupacific last week, and I saw an advert for Rasa Surveying in their magazine http://www.ink-live.com/emagazines/smile/1189/september-2012/#/136/ They advertise a rather handy looking Unmanned Arial Vehicle, kitted out with camera and GPS. I've asked them for more details.

Re: [talk-ph] iOS 6 using osm and tomtom?

tutubi wrote, On Saturday, 15 September, 2012 10:42 AM: i'm eagerly awaiting the release of iOS 6 to check the map feature reportedly using tomtom and osm data. i only need routing, offline maps, and 1s logging. hope they're all there Did we have this conversation before? :-) This is all

[talk-ph] Old Maps, Online

Not surprisingly, found at http://www.oldmapsonline.org/ Just thought a few of you might like the site. There are a few from the 1800s featuring the Philippines. Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com ___

[talk-ph] TED Talk on GPS

Thought some of you GIS people might like this. http://www.ted.com/talks/todd_humphreys_how_to_fool_a_gps.html I was unaware of the significance of May 2000. Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com Philippines: +63 2 403 1311 / mob: +63 917 849 3939

[talk-ph] Map Exhibition.

Exhibit at the Metropolitan museum this month. I suspect some of the members of this group might have to restrain their natural impulse to correct mapping errors. ;-) Jim - Three Hundred Years of Philippine Maps 1598-1898 JUN. 27 - JUL. 31, 2012 @ Tall

[talk-ph] Keepright Bug Fixing Video

Quite a nice intro to Keepright, plus a good tutorial on some of the advanced features of Potlach and how to fix errors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MF4oJIHuQw Also, you'll learn how to spot if a mapper lives in your neighbourhood! Jim -- datalude: information security

[talk-ph] Cherry Mobile Andoids

Hi all, Just noticed that Cherry Mobile is having a sale on their Android Range. Most of them pack GPS, so its an option if you want to get into mapping cheaply. http://www.cherrymobile.com.ph/sites/default/files/images/Poster_AndroidFlyer_12in_18in%281%29.jpg I've had the Cosmo for

[talk-ph] Google Spreadsheet Mapper

Just found this and it looked useful, although clearly not an OSM thing. http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/spreadsheet3.html Is there an equivalent for OSM? Maybe it would be possible to use the same approach. Maybe with zoho docs instead of google? ;-) Jim --

[talk-ph] Apple Developing 3D Mapping?

Possibly ... http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/05/12/android-payback-apple-to-cut-google-out-of-stunning-new-3d-maps-app-in-ios6/ Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com ___ talk-ph mailing list

Re: [talk-ph] Apple Developing 3D Mapping?

And some irresistable mapping porn about how C3 technology works here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNemPTHOKWg Jim Jim Morgan wrote, On Tuesday, 15 May, 2012 10:51 AM: Possibly ... http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/05/12/android-payback-apple-to-cut-google

Re: [talk-ph] Barangay Street Mapping in Cebu - Saturday May 5th and Sunday May 13th

This is great stuff Neil. Can you come and fix all the potholes in Manila too? :-) Jim Neil Taylor wrote, On Thursday, 03 May, 2012 08:01 PM: I am currently working on a project for Cebu City Government which is being funded by the World Bank. The aim of the project is to develop and

[talk-ph] Google Maps and Balloon / Kite mapping

Thought this might be interesting to the group. http://google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/balloon-and-kite-imagery-in-google.html They mention an open source mapping kit priced at USD 100. Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com Philippines: +63 2

[talk-ph] Atlas Trip Recorder

Just saw this after picking up a flyer in a hardware store http://www.atlas.com.ph/ Funnily enough the website doesn't ever mention GPS, as that might give the game away I guess. :-) However I did see in the testimonials section there are a few companies using the technology. I was

Re: [talk-ph] Wiki Loves Monuments needs some mapping help

Ed Garcia wrote, On Tuesday, 10 April, 2012 02:37 PM: Anyway, I have been locating many of these sites lately by using combined panoramio, google earth, wikimapia. Latest ones are some POIs in Cagayan Valley. Most often, I see some of these monuments tagged in panoramio photos that are

[talk-ph] Sneaky House Numbering Scheme

Pretty nice idea actually ... Google is getting the public to identify house numbers and signs from Street View photos as part of its reCAPTCHA anti-spam technology - and feeding the data into its online mapping service.

Re: [talk-ph] Crowdsourcing health facilities

Wayne Manuel wrote, On Saturday, 24 March, 2012 10:32 AM: What type of help could we provide them? They've asked me about the extraction from Google Maps but for OSM, they didn't ask me. Wouldn't there be some copyright issues with extracting from Google Maps? Whereas you can extract from OSM

Re: [talk-ph] OSM Philippine data in the X-Plane flight simulator

Eugene Alvin Villar wrote, On Monday, 19 March, 2012 12:34 AM: (So lets all add lots more buildings!) :D Guess we'd also need the height= tag ... https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:height Jim -- datalude: information security e: j...@datalude.com Philippines: +63 2

Re: [talk-ph] foursquare checked-in on openstreetmap

maning sambale wrote, On Thursday, 01 March, 2012 09:19 AM: http://blog.foursquare.com/2012/02/29/foursquare-is-joining-the-openstreetmap-movement-say-hi-to-pretty-new-maps/ Nice. Followed a link in that post, and found this tool which looks quite handy: http://mapbox.com/tilemill/ I

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