Re: [talk-au] Overmapping?

2010-02-25 Thread Sam Wilson
On 25/2/10 3:59 AM, Liz wrote: On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Roy Wallace wrote: This, on the other hand, may well be true. But IMHO this is NOT a reason to limit what gets entered into the OSM database, but simply to *pre-process* the OSM data (filtering out unwanted details as desired) prior to

Re: [talk-au] Overmapping?

2010-02-25 Thread John Smith
On 25 February 2010 18:57, Sam Wilson s...@archives.org.au wrote: Of course, it's that slippery slope again: at what point will someone come along and want to map footpaths as areas?! Actually, the GIS data that I'm most familiar with (not to imply that I'm familiar with it at all, really) is

Re: [talk-au] Overmapping?

2010-02-25 Thread Sam Wilson
On 25/2/10 6:05 PM, Richard Colless wrote: in to the 50m level. The attached file shows what it looks like on my Etrex. The footways are much smaller than the roads, and don't really add to the clutter. In fact, when I zoomed in to 8m the display became less cluttered. So I guess we can

Re: [talk-au] Overmapping?

2010-02-25 Thread John Smith
On 25 February 2010 20:37, Sam Wilson s...@archives.org.au wrote: In terms of map clutter, that parking off to the left is more of a worry: it's tagged access=private, so surely shouldn't really be mapped? Mapped, or shown on maps? ___ Talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Overmapping?

2010-02-25 Thread Sam Wilson
On 25/2/10 7:07 PM, John Smith wrote: Mapped, or shown on maps? Ah yes, right: shown on /that/ map. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Overmapping?

2010-02-24 Thread Michael
Hi all! With the excellent resolution of the nearmap images, the smallest detailscan easily be added. But is this always a good idea? Have a look at http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-32.073593lon=115.755062zoom=18 The footways along Duoro Road and Harbour Street (but not the one between them!)

Re: [talk-au] Overmapping?

2010-02-24 Thread Roy Wallace
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Michael spam...@gmx-ist-cool.de wrote: The footways along Duoro Road and Harbour Street (but not the one between them!) do not carry any information IMHO I disagree. They indicate that there is a footway there. If it's a verifiable fact, IMHO it rightly

Re: [talk-au] Overmapping?

2010-02-24 Thread Liz
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Roy Wallace wrote: but clutter the map display, especially on GPS units. With three times as much nodes per meter of the street(the actual road + 2 footways), data processing and editing is getting ever more resource hungry. This, on the other hand, may well be

Re: [talk-au] Overmapping?

2010-02-24 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: This, on the other hand, may well be true. But IMHO this is NOT a reason to limit what gets entered into the OSM database, but simply to *pre-process* the OSM data (filtering out unwanted details as desired) prior to loading onto