[talk-au] answers to difficult questions

2010-02-18 Thread Nick Hocking
John Henderson wrote: Well I've done the Cullerin wind farm nearby That looks great!. It's a shame that the Nearmap imagery does not extent to Bungendore yet. I have no idea how to map the wind turbines. Do I need radar or survey tools or can it be done by photographs, or do I just nee to ask

Re: [talk-au] answers to difficult questions

2010-02-18 Thread John Henderson
Nick Hocking wrote: I have no idea how to map the wind turbines. Do I need radar or survey tools or can it be done by photographs, or do I just nee to ask them nicely to let me drive around. I just crossed a sheep fence in an area where there were no signs telling me to keep out, and spent

Re: [talk-au] Tram stops and routes for Melbourne

2010-02-18 Thread Andy Botting
Hi all, Just thought I'd update on this.  1. What sort of agreement do I need from Yarra Trams before this information can be uploaded into OSM? What have others done in the past? What can you do if they agree one day, then change their mind? Generally you should get some form, either by a

Re: [talk-au] Tram stops and routes for Melbourne

2010-02-18 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Andy Botting a...@andybotting.com wrote: The Director would however approve the release of the data provided the usual terms of our licence agreement were in place. They clearly just don't get it hey... ___ Talk-au

[talk-au] Duplicate data in ACT

2010-02-18 Thread John Henderson
I notice that there's been an upload of ACT government data without fixme tags to warn of duplicates: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/3210749 Some weeding is required. John H ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org

Re: [talk-au] Tram stops and routes for Melbourne

2010-02-18 Thread John Smith
On 19 February 2010 10:10, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Andy Botting a...@andybotting.com wrote: The Director would however approve the release of the data provided the usual terms of our licence agreement were in place. They clearly just don't

Re: [talk-au] Duplicate data in ACT

2010-02-18 Thread John Smith
On 19 February 2010 11:22, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir maxi...@gmail.com wrote: I should note that with the new nearmap coverage, I've been plesantly surprised that many of the co-ordinates the ACT government provided I've been meaning to ask if anyone imported the ACT data manually at all. were

Re: [talk-au] Duplicate data in ACT

2010-02-18 Thread John Henderson
Alex (Maxious) Sadleir wrote: That was me and I developed a custom system for me to manually check for duplicates before upload. Is there a particular POI that was accidently included? A few northside public toilets, at least. I should note that with the new nearmap coverage, I've been

Re: [talk-au] Duplicate data in ACT

2010-02-18 Thread John Henderson
I wrote: A few northside public toilets, at least. Eg, this one: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/570695189 But I've already deleted the other one which was within a few metres. John H ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org

Re: [talk-au] answers to difficult questions

2010-02-18 Thread David Murn
On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 23:02 +1100, Nick Hocking wrote: John Henderson wrote: Well I've done the Cullerin wind farm nearby Ive laid out powerlines across most of the ACT and Queanbeyan, so feel free to do the line from the wind farm to the Queanbeyan sub-station. That looks great!. It's a