Re: [talk-au] OSM representation in Australia

2009-08-11 Thread John Smith
Perhaps I should clarify a few points, this could be seen in the same light as any local sports or scouting club, the club focuses on the main activity and the legal entity is a means to an end, or in their cases a way to get public liability insurance. Also we can probably borrow an

[talk-au] Cullerin Wind Farm (NSW)

2009-08-11 Thread jhen
Any one else managed to document one of these? http://osm.org/go/uNwf9zFM-- It took a full two hour walk from where I parked to visit each tower and get back. John ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org

Re: [talk-au] Webpage layout

2009-08-11 Thread Peter Ross
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 5:23 PM, John Smithdelta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Tue, 11/8/09, Peter Ross pe...@emailross.com wrote: That is way cool.  However only the ti...@home tiles work for me, mapnik and cyclemap not all. Have you had the same problem? Everything worked for me

Re: [talk-au] OSM representation in Australia

2009-08-11 Thread BlueMM
John Smith delta_foxt...@... writes: Just to let everyone know what's happening, the guy I work for has become interested in both helping the community and to get into selling mapping services. He also has numerous business connections. There has already been some unofficial talks with a

Re: [talk-au] OSM representation in Australia

2009-08-11 Thread John Smith
--- On Tue, 11/8/09, BlueMM bluemm1975-...@yahoo.com wrote: Therefore, I support the local chapter idea, even if I don't yet know what is involved. As I've written in other emails, I'm looking at this as a means to an end, and the main focus should be on what would a local entity do for OSM

Re: [talk-au] OSM representation in Australia

2009-08-11 Thread James Livingston
On 11/08/2009, at 4:51 PM, Liz wrote: On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, John Smith wrote: If anything I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to achieve an outcome, the outcome needs a legal entity of some sort, a local entity would be one way, another is to go via OSMF although I don't know how

Re: [talk-au] OSM representation in Australia

2009-08-11 Thread James Livingston
On 11/08/2009, at 11:29 PM, John Smith wrote: --- On Tue, 11/8/09, James Livingston doc...@mac.com wrote: From what I've read about OSM Local Chapters, we would have a local entity which is federated to the OSM Foundation. Which means that the local entity (e.g. OSM Australia, although it

Re: [talk-au] OSM representation in Australia

2009-08-11 Thread James Livingston
On 11/08/2009, at 11:35 PM, James Livingston wrote: Ah, that seems to have been updates two days ago, and a whole bunch of things are now different then they were before (in some cases, saying the complete opposite). I probably should have re-read the page first. I mean different/opposite to

Re: [talk-au] OSM representation in Australia

2009-08-11 Thread John Smith
--- On Tue, 11/8/09, James Livingston doc...@mac.com wrote: I mean different/opposite to what was on one of LC working group  pages, not that wiki page (which had virtually no info until a few  days ago) There is a similar page with almost not content...

[talk-au] Fw: [OSM-talk] openstreetmap.org completely down

2009-08-11 Thread John Smith
Maybe this is why OSM maps didn't work... --- On Tue, 11/8/09, Andre Hinrichs andre.hinri...@gmx.de wrote: From: Andre Hinrichs andre.hinri...@gmx.de Subject: [OSM-talk] openstreetmap.org completely down To: t...@openstreetmap.org Date: Tuesday, 11 August, 2009, 3:25 AM Hi List, I just

[talk-au] Garmin routable (was Re: Cycleway/footway/path)

2009-08-11 Thread Ben Kelley
OT, but get a different version of the routable maps. I used to have a version that thought footpaths were great for driving on. Try the ones from here http://www.osmaustralia.org/garminroute.php My current wish list is declaring a street index so you can search for streets, and handling the

Re: [talk-au] Webpage layout

2009-08-11 Thread Franc Carter
I was out mapping near Appin on Sunday and Google and the map in my consumer gps had large numbers of non existent roads - and getting to Tarago by TomTom was a disaster On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:20 AM, John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.comwrote: --- On Tue, 11/8/09, BlueMM

[talk-au] Marking non-existent roads...

2009-08-11 Thread John Smith
--- On Tue, 11/8/09, Franc Carter franc.car...@gmail.com wrote: I was out mapping near Appin on Sunday and Google and the map in my consumer gps had large numbers of non existent roads - and getting to Tarago by TomTom was a disaster Does anyone have a suggestion on marking non-existent

Re: [talk-au] Marking non-existent roads...

2009-08-11 Thread John Smith
--- On Tue, 11/8/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: The UBD printed maps have a marking called untrafficable road (or something to that effect). Basically it's a designation for roads which are gazetted but don't exist. A quick search comes up with untrafficable

Re: [talk-au] Marking non-existent roads...

2009-08-11 Thread John Smith
--- On Tue, 11/8/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: There's a creek which runs through there, along with a ~10m high cliff face on the Northern side. I used to live in Knox Ave and spent much of my childhood exploring the bush around there. Also it looks like someone

Re: [talk-au] Marking non-existent roads...

2009-08-11 Thread Franc Carter
I heard an interesting story about the planning of early Sydney roads (I hope it wasn't on this list). The claim was that the roads were planned by someone sitting in London and drawing a straight line between two points . . . . cheers On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:11 PM, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au

Re: [talk-au] Marking non-existent roads...

2009-08-11 Thread b . schulz . 10
The cliff isn't really significant enough to mark in. I could fudge up the creek from memory, I guess. - Original Message - From: John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:25 pm Subject: Re: [talk-au] Marking non-existent roads... To:

Re: [talk-au] Marking non-existent roads...

2009-08-11 Thread John Smith
--- On Wed, 12/8/09, Franc Carter franc.car...@gmail.com wrote: I heard an interesting story about the planning of early Sydney roads (I hope it wasn't on this list). The claim was that the roads were planned by someone sitting in London and drawing a straight line between two points . . .

Re: [talk-au] Marking non-existent roads...

2009-08-11 Thread John Smith
--- On Tue, 11/8/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: The UBD printed maps have a marking called untrafficable road (or something to that effect). Basically it's a designation for roads which are gazetted but don't exist. Does anyone have a problem with these roads being