Once nominations are completed we will have each candidate add there narrative
to to the OSGeo Oceania wiki page. I, as I am sure some others, may also want
to ask a set of questions to each candidate.
Great to see a wide range of nominations and expect to see many more before
nominations
Within this group we are 'experienced' mappers and in most cases familiar
with the various OSM mapping tools, and may even use these to plan a trip.
Where is the general public use apps (such as MapsMe, Guru ect) that are
really dependent on what the apps render displays. I have not seen any apps
Hi Steve
I will leave the nuances of tagging National parks and protected areas to
those much more experienced than me (most of my tagging is roads and
trails) but happy to illustrate some examples.
It does seem that leisure=nature_reserve is common.
1. Great Sandy National Park -
Good question
To be clear I am a Kiwi (New Zealand) who lives in Australia (and has spent
many years in the US) so my interpretation may be slightly muddled
In general I consider a 'Park' to be a local area, generally managed by the
city or shire (county). Playgrounds, gardens, dog walking
Hi Daniel,
As both a (very amateur) military historian who has visited many of
battlefields/CWG's through the Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe, as well as
an Open Data proponent, I really like what you are trying to do. But...
The terms and conditions of OSM in relation to data imports is fairly
Just so I am clear on this issue. We are not asking DERM to change the
current CC4 licence. We are asking DERM to give us formal permission to use
the data. This can be as simple as an email from a responsible party at
DERM giving us permission. Am I interpreting this correctly?
Greg
On Mon, Sep
Hi Frederick,
There is 'authoratative' data available for NPWS estate -
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset?q=NPWS+track===_format=_id==score+desc%2C+metadata_modified+desc
and
we have a waiver -
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_data_catalogue. The problem
is that the data is not
