Re: [talk-au] Usage of Openstreetmap at EMSINA

2022-08-25 Thread Alex Sims
Hi, Comments from lunchtime * Someone in my walking group is a keen mapper and always correcting things * In Victoria there is great open data (data.vic.gov.au) so less need * Great contribution to the community * How do you run on no money and no staff? Alex From: Phil Wyatt

Re: [talk-au] Usage of Openstreetmap at EMSINA

2022-08-25 Thread Phil Wyatt
Well done Alex, Events such as that are a great opportunity to chat to folks about opening up their data so we can have complete coverage. I notice that many of the Police Station points (especially remote ones) are missing in OSM but it also looks like some of their pins could also be

Re: [talk-au] Usage of Openstreetmap at EMSINA

2022-08-25 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
One thing that I'd love feedback on if possible is street numbers, particularly for rural areas? Does anybody use them & are they of any use? Thanks Graeme On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 at 11:37, Alex Sims wrote: > Hi, > > > > I’m at the EMSINA (Emergency Management Spatial Information > Network

[talk-au] Parks Victoria - Volunteering Innovation Fund open till 3 October

2022-08-25 Thread Brendan Barnes
Hi all, The Volunteering Innovation Fund is a key new initiative under the Victoria’s Great Outdoors Program, which seeks to get more Victorians, from all walks of life outdoors enjoying nature. Funding is available for a broad range of innovative volunteering projects on Victorian Crown land

Re: [talk-au] Usage of Openstreetmap at EMSINA

2022-08-25 Thread Brendan Barnes
Great feedback Alex! Always great working with government on projects. It's a two-way street. If agencies have spatial datasets to share, they should consider publishing on https://data.sa.gov.au/ with an ODbL compatible licence, or CC-BY-4.0 with waiver. The more data they provide for common

Re: [talk-au] Mapping surf breaks

2022-08-25 Thread Simon Slater
On Thursday, 25 August 2022 15:44:30 AEST Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > Earlier I mentioned about the Kirra Superbank that only occurs a "few" > times per year. While the rest of the year is perfectly acceptable, those > few times are exceptional! (Think rides over 1 km long! :-)) I am definitely

[talk-au] Usage of Openstreetmap at EMSINA

2022-08-25 Thread Alex Sims
Hi, I’m at the EMSINA (Emergency Management Spatial Information Network Australia) PDP day as part of AFAC (Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council) 2022 Conference in Adelaide and finding a few “OpenStreetMap used here”. Feedback from participants I’ve spoken to: *

Re: [talk-au] Mapping surf breaks

2022-08-25 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 at 17:34, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ssurfing_typical=* > > surfing_exceptional=* > Yep, that'd probably work. Another one I thought of is swell_period=xx seconds Thanks Graeme ___ Talk-au mailing list

Re: [talk-au] Mapping surf breaks

2022-08-25 Thread Warin
On 25/8/22 15:44, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 at 11:43, Josh Marshall wrote: I tasked the kid with drawing the ideal surf map, and he’s really stuck into it… and it’s given me more to think about how the features should be drawn. Please do share when ready,