Re: [talk-au] Petition to MP

2009-06-15 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Mon, 15/6/09, Jeff Price jeff.pr...@rocketmail.com wrote:   I definitely agree external data sources should be reviewed some how before being imported such that anything currently in place remains as the authoritative instance. I didn't mean to suggested that any govt provided data

Re: [talk-au] Petition to MP

2009-06-15 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Mon, 15/6/09, Jeff Price jeff.pr...@rocketmail.com wrote: Yep have the email history and a copy is on its way to you directly. Thanks for that, it's exactly what I was looking for, not planning to use it word for word, but it's given me a nice template to start from.

[talk-au] Roads that follow ABS suburb boundaries

2009-06-15 Thread b . schulz . 10
Greetings Talk-Au, Tonight I tried to enter tertiary roads based on a GPX track I took on a drive from Newcastle to Clarence Town some months back and came to a point where one of the roads follows an ABS suburb boundary. I'm wondering what the best way to handle this is. The GPX track and the

[talk-au] How to map out streets the most efficently

2009-06-15 Thread Delta Foxtrot
In my up an coming trip to SE QLD, I'm probably going to go through a number of largish, relatively speaking, regional towns that aren't mapped out except for a handful of streets and most if not all were from landsat imagery. Now does anyone have suggestions on how to basically drive the

Re: [talk-au] Roads that follow ABS suburb boundaries

2009-06-15 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Mon, 15/6/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: Ok, I split the ABS boundary way as needed and added highway=tertiary to it. This is what has been done with the rivers in the area which follow ABS boundaries. Can somebody confirm that this was the correct course

Re: [talk-au] How to map out streets the most efficently

2009-06-15 Thread Liz
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote: Now does anyone have suggestions on how to basically drive the entire town the most efficiently with the minimal amount of overlap, or how does one plan such a feat. It depends if they are set out in rectangular bocks or wiggles rectangular blocks -

Re: [talk-au] How to map out streets the most efficently

2009-06-15 Thread Liz
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote: Thoughts, hints and tips will be appreciated. Personally I'd concentrate on doing one or two on the journey up and one or two on the journey back. One large and one small? ___ Talk-au mailing list

Re: [talk-au] How to map out streets the most efficently

2009-06-15 Thread Darrin Smith
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:22:42 +1000 Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote: Thoughts, hints and tips will be appreciated. Personally I'd concentrate on doing one or two on the journey up and one or two on the journey back. One large and one small? I'd agree.

Re: [talk-au] How to map out streets the most efficently

2009-06-15 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Mon, 15/6/09, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: It depends if they are set out in rectangular bocks or wiggles Most of the streets in the towns given seem to be fairly straight, thankfully. We photograph the street signs which means we go round slowly I've been playing around lately on

Re: [talk-au] How to map out streets the most efficently

2009-06-15 Thread Liz
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote: I've been playing around lately on the best way to store street name info and voice recording notes seems to win hands down because it is easier/quicker, especially when doing it by yourself. You don't have to stop or fumble with devices, you just talk

Re: [talk-au] How to map out streets the most efficently

2009-06-15 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Mon, 15/6/09, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: OSM makes you look for somethings out there between the nothings. You have to, at times, squint and turn round, maybe pluck a chook to find it! :) I know that country, and the Hay Plains still win for nothingness. A few prickly pear, a

Re: [talk-au] How to map out streets the most efficently

2009-06-15 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Mon, 15/6/09, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: I got a cheap mp3 player that offered recording but i couldn't get it to work, so i quit that line of investigation. could be worthwhile, certainly easier than writing on paper on the steering wheel at speed Have you seen the photos of