Re: [Talk-transit] Bus stop map

2009-09-23 Per discussione Chris Hill
Christoph Böhme wrote: Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net schrieb: It was partly because I struggled with NOVAM that I knocked up this overlay. I couldn't reconcile the NOVAM rules with the stops I have checked As Thomas already said the rules were based on the tagging scheme from

Re: [Talk-transit] Bus stop map

2009-09-23 Per discussione Jerry Clough - OSM
I've been working on a set of GroundTruth rules to do something similar, but at the moment I only have 3 classes (OSM, NAPTAN and merged). If I can find rules which work I'll extend this according to Chris's colour scheme. At the moment I have it as a transparent overlay, but my icons are too

[Talk-transit] East Lothian Bus Stops lack any details on the ground

2009-09-23 Per discussione Peter Miller
On 23 Sep 2009, at 19:32, Shaun McDonald wrote: Hi, Yesterday I was out checking a few bus stops in East Lothian (cycling from Musselburgh out along the coast to North Berwick). Pretty much all of them had no information other than a flag which said that buses stop here and that you

Re: [Talk-us-bayarea] [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters

2009-09-23 Per discussione Kate Chapman
Sounds good, I think that we have to have a board in order to incorporate. That will need to be done when we file we register the non-profit corporation. Also we should probably look into where we want to register. Kate Chapman (via GPS...I mean iPhone) On Sep 18, 2009, at 6:56 PM,

Re: [Talk-hr] Novi renderer - http://www.mapsurfer.net/

2009-09-23 Per discussione Darko Boto
Mislim da je u pitanju samo stvar stila. Na http://maps.cloudmade.com/# mozes pogledati OSM podatke rendane sa razlicitim stilovima (pogledaj pod Change style). Jedino sto jos nisam probao mapnikov BuildingSymbolizer koji isto renda pseudo 3d objekte pa ne mogu reci koji to bolje radi. Znam da

Re: [Talk-hr] zagreb

2009-09-23 Per discussione Darko Boto
2009/9/20 nixa nikola.kapralje...@gmail.com: Odakle se Zagreb pojavio na karti? Vidim da je dosta toga ucrtano, ali lose. Ceste nisu spojene i tako, nema naziva ulica, ulice uopce ne prate gpx trackove nego su precrtane s neceg, a nije evidentirano iz cega. Dajte neki info. Umh ovako.

Re: [Talk-hr] zagreb

2009-09-23 Per discussione Darko Boto
2009/9/21 Valent Turkovic valent.turko...@gmail.com: On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:53:05 +0200, nixa wrote: Odakle se Zagreb pojavio na karti? Vidim da je dosta toga ucrtano, ali lose. Ceste nisu spojene i tako, nema naziva ulica, ulice uopce ne prate gpx trackove nego su precrtane s neceg, a nije

Re: [talk-ph] [OSM-talk] intent to vandalize

2009-09-23 Per discussione maning sambale
But, I'll sure be watching my area if he/she appears in my rss. On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:52 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/9/23 maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Fake%20Liam123/diary/8007#comments That account hasn't made any

Re: [OSM-talk-be] 2e Antwerps OSM cafe

2009-09-23 Per discussione Chris Van Bael
Hallo, ik vrees dat ik nog niet echt gemapped heb. Verscheidene redenen daarvoor: - veel te druk op het werk en met mijn huis te verbouwen. - te weinig inzicht hoe het mappen juist in zijn werk gaat. Is er op die dag tijd om een uitleg te geven hoe je best routes invoert? Hopelijk krijg ik

Re: [OSM-talk-be] 2e Antwerps OSM cafe

2009-09-23 Per discussione Luc Van den Troost
On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 09:33 +0200, Chris Van Bael wrote: Hallo, ik vrees dat ik nog niet echt gemapped heb. Verscheidene redenen daarvoor: - veel te druk op het werk en met mijn huis te verbouwen. - te weinig inzicht hoe het mappen juist in zijn werk gaat. Voor dat laatste is het 'een

Re: [OSM-talk-be] 2e Antwerps OSM cafe

2009-09-23 Per discussione Ben Laenen
wannes wrote: zie ook http://www.bb2000.be/stratenzoeker/state.html 2100 Deurne: nog 34 onbenoemde straten, vooral in Deurne noord, de buurt van het Sportpaleis Kan ik wel even doen tussendoor. Met die potlach is het wel een stuk makkelijker geworden. Thx voor het stratenlijstje van

Re: [OSM-talk-be] 2e Antwerps OSM cafe

2009-09-23 Per discussione Luc Van den Troost
On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 12:57 +0200, Ben Laenen wrote: wannes wrote: zie ook http://www.bb2000.be/stratenzoeker/state.html 2100 Deurne: nog 34 onbenoemde straten, vooral in Deurne noord, de buurt van het Sportpaleis Kan ik wel even doen tussendoor. Met die potlach is het wel een stuk

Re: [OSM-talk-be] 2e Antwerps OSM cafe

2009-09-23 Per discussione Luc Van den Troost
On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 14:49 +0200, wannes wrote: Op 23 september 2009 13:15 schreef Luc Van den Troost luc.a...@gmail.com het volgende: *** Wat te doen met wegenwerken en tijdelijke omleggingen/verkeerssituaties? (Bijvoorbeerld de huidige situatie aan

Re: [Talk-si] GADM

2009-09-23 Per discussione Igor Brejc
Uh, res je slaba :). No, vseeno hvala za trud lp Igor 2009/9/24 Damjan Gerli dam...@damjan.net Sem malo pogledal in za Slovenijo / občine je kvaliteta slaba. Tu si lahko ogledate screenshot: http://www.damjan.net/tmp/SVN_adm_2.png LP, Damjan -Izvirno sporočilo- Od:

[OSM-talk] intent to vandalize

2009-09-23 Per discussione maning sambale
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Fake%20Liam123/diary/8007#comments -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/

Re: [OSM-talk] intent to vandalize

2009-09-23 Per discussione John Smith
2009/9/23 maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Fake%20Liam123/diary/8007#comments That account hasn't made any edits... ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] feasibility - different use of openstreetmap

2009-09-23 Per discussione Peter Körner
Question: Would it be possible/feasible to setup a map server like openstreetmap that shows all the street/roads along with my aerial photography and field outlines, and then make a search for the field by customer, by legal description or by field name? I'm unsure about the technical

Re: [OSM-talk] feasibility - different use of openstreetmap

2009-09-23 Per discussione John Smith
2009/9/23 Peter Körner osm-li...@mazdermind.de: Question: Would it be possible/feasible to setup a map server like openstreetmap that shows all the street/roads along with my aerial photography and field outlines, and then make a search for the field by customer, by legal description or by

Re: [OSM-talk] intent to vandalize

2009-09-23 Per discussione Gregory Williams
-Original Message- From: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of John Smith Sent: 23 September 2009 07:53 To: maning sambale Cc: osm-talk Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] intent to vandalize 2009/9/23 maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com:

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione paul youlten
Just noticed this on the front page of Wikipedia: Did you know... ...that in 2009 two MIT students made a vehicle to take pictures of the Earth from 93,000 feet (28,000 m) for US$148? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Icarus PaulY On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Joe Richards

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione John Smith
2009/9/23 paul youlten paul.youl...@gmail.com: Just noticed this on the front page of Wikipedia: Did you know... ...that in 2009 two MIT students made a vehicle to take pictures of the Earth from 93,000 feet (28,000 m) for US$148? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Icarus Yes but almost

[OSM-talk] embed picture with josm

2009-09-23 Per discussione Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, can one embed images with josm? if so, how? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Project Officer NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] embed picture with josm

2009-09-23 Per discussione SLXViper
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: hi, can one embed images with josm? if so, how? by using either the piclayer plugin (for correctly projected and rectified images, e.g. maps) or, when using own aerial imagery (not rectified), by using metacarta's map recitifier or mapwarper and embedding these

[OSM-talk] OSM in Poland

2009-09-23 Per discussione Frederik Ramm
Hi, at the Intergeo trade fair, I spoke to a guy from the university in Wroclaw, Poland, who was interested in getting in touch with the Polish OSM community (with a view of asking his students, who have to do a lot of surveying as part of their courses, to contribute to OSM). I was about

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM in Poland

2009-09-23 Per discussione Ciprian Talaba
Hi Frederik, On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: So where does the Polish OSM community hang out? Checked the Wiki and found nothing in terms of regular meetings or in fact any contact address or real name. Do they perhaps have a forum or something? Is

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione paul youlten
Yes but almost none of the imagery would be useful for vectorising however. How be difficult would it be to adapt their low-cost approach to give more useful images for mapping? Is it just a matter of attaching the camera to some sort of gimbal? ... because you'd only sending it up to 3,500m

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione John Smith
2009/9/23 paul youlten paul.youl...@gmail.com: ... because you'd only sending it up to 3,500m (rather than 30,000m) you wouldn't need to worry so much about low temperatures freezing the batteries. At that altitude you wouldn't have to worry about the balloon bursting at that altitude either.

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione paul youlten
RC blimp might also be more practical since you could steer it etc. Do modern RC controls have that sort of range? 3.5km seems a lot... an alternative would be to control it with GPS and some sort of electronic flight plan/autopilot. On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:16 AM, John Smith

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM in Poland

2009-09-23 Per discussione andrzej zaborowski
Hi, 2009/9/23 Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org:    at the Intergeo trade fair, I spoke to a guy from the university in Wroclaw, Poland, who was interested in getting in touch with the Polish OSM community (with a view of asking his students, who have to do a lot of surveying as part of their

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione John Smith
2009/9/23 paul youlten paul.youl...@gmail.com: RC blimp might also be more practical since you could steer it etc. Do modern RC controls have that sort of range? 3.5km seems a lot... an alternative would be to control it with GPS and some sort of electronic flight plan/autopilot. Do you need

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione Frederik Ramm
Hi, paul youlten wrote: Do modern RC controls have that sort of range? 3.5km seems a lot... an alternative would be to control it with GPS and some sort of electronic flight plan/autopilot. I always thought that aviation regulations require the pilot - whether on board or on the ground - to

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione John Smith
2009/9/23 Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org: I always thought that aviation regulations require the pilot - whether on board or on the ground - to monitor the airspace around the aircraft and take evasive action where necessary. It would be hard to do that on the ground for an aircraft that

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione paul youlten
The other question to be asked is the time, effort and money put into this be less than archived sat imagery which is about $14 per sq km. Yeah...but it would be fun to try! ... and while $14/sq Km doesn't sound a lot it would still cost $5376 (£4900) just to get images of (for example) the Isle

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione John Smith
2009/9/23 paul youlten paul.youl...@gmail.com: The other question to be asked is the time, effort and money put into this be less than archived sat imagery which is about $14 per sq km. Yeah...but it would be fun to try! ... and while $14/sq Km doesn't sound a lot it would still cost $5376

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetView

2009-09-23 Per discussione John McKerrell
On 22 Sep 2009, at 17:44, malenki wrote: | There was an error saving your changes Odd, I'll take a look, can you paste the URL to the thumbnail to help me identify it? Besides there seems to be no way (atm) to edit several pictures in a row. MArking some and clicking mask sections showed

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione Robert Scott
On Wednesday 23 September 2009, paul youlten wrote: How be difficult would it be to adapt their low-cost approach to give more useful images for mapping? Very. Getting steady images from a balloon would be very difficult, even with a gimbal. The payload swings like a pendulum. You also

[OSM-talk] Field boundaries (was: feasibility - different use of openstreetmap)

2009-09-23 Per discussione Ed Avis
In the UK, certainly large-scale Ordnance Survey maps show field boundaries. There is some incomprehensible (to me) information about 'field parcel numbers' at http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/site/contact/fieldparcels.html. It would be great to add them to OSM but I don't think walking

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] The OpenStreetMap website is now translatable at Translatewiki

2009-09-23 Per discussione Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: But which OSM components does this cover? I'm assuming this only covers the main OSM website (and the wiki indirectly since MediaWiki is already in TranslateWiki) but not Potlatch, and the other editors. It's only the

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Per discussione Chris Hill
The OS have their own aerial survey 'plane, currently based in Blackpool I think. A large part of their rural mapping updates comes from this hi res photography. They don't choose to release these photos for general use of course. An OS 'plane used to be based at an airfield I used to fly

Re: [OSM-talk] Evolution of a map

2009-09-23 Per discussione Francesco de Virgilio
2009/9/21 Valent Turkovic valent.turko...@gmail.com: On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:25:37 +0300, Eddy Petrișor wrote: I've done something primitive based on some shell scripting and the mapnik render; the code isn't published yet, but I can publish it, if you want. Please do. +1 -- Francesco de

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione Andrew Errington
On Wed, September 23, 2009 19:44, Robert Scott wrote: On Wednesday 23 September 2009, paul youlten wrote: How be difficult would it be to adapt their low-cost approach to give more useful images for mapping? Very. Getting steady images from a balloon would be very difficult, even with a

Re: [OSM-talk] good news: shapefile usage of ramsar sites for openstreetmap.org

2009-09-23 Per discussione Jason Cunningham
2009/9/22 Morten Kjeldgaard m...@bioxray.au.dk I am sorry, but I don't understand. Roman references an email from the communications officer of Ramsar, and you are worried? You say the sites in U.K. have probably been mapped by BOS? What kind of authority do you represent to convince us that

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione Jack Stringer
Get a Canon IS lens on a SLR, the ones I have are quite good and mixed with a f-stop of 2.8 it means plenty of light so fast shutter speeds are easier. Only problem is weight, the latest kit weights a few kilos 1.7Kg IRRC just for the lens. Jack Stringer

[OSM-talk] Aeroplane for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione bernhard
Hi All Satellite und balloon are not perfect to take orthophotos. Why not buy an aeroplane for OSM? Maybe it would be possible to buy (build) a Camera, GPS,... Unit to mount at a plane and rent the plane. Many governments need orthophotos and maybe they are willing to sponsor the plane for

Re: [OSM-talk] Aeroplane for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione Matt Williams
2009/9/23 bernhard b...@datenkueche.com: Hi All Satellite und balloon are not perfect to take orthophotos. Why not buy an aeroplane for OSM? Maybe it would be possible to buy (build) a Camera, GPS,... Unit to mount at a plane and rent the plane. Many governments need orthophotos and maybe

Re: [OSM-talk] embed picture with josm

2009-09-23 Per discussione Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 23 Sep 2009 1:55:24 pm SLXViper wrote: Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: hi, can one embed images with josm? if so, how? by using either the piclayer plugin (for correctly projected and rectified images, e.g. maps) or, when using own aerial imagery (not rectified), by using

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM in Poland

2009-09-23 Per discussione Frederik Ramm
Hi, andrzej zaborowski wrote: There's the forum at http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewforum.php?id=23 with a tiny community, it's rather silent but in the healthy way, meaning that people are busy mapping :) I would have much preferred a mailing list but others don't seem very enthusiastic

Re: [OSM-talk] embed picture with josm

2009-09-23 Per discussione SLXViper
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: actually I was looking at sort of loading a non-tagged picture into josm and manually pasting it where I want - looks like this is not possible! This is what piclayer actually does... Haven't you looked at it? ___ talk

Re: [OSM-talk] embed picture with josm

2009-09-23 Per discussione Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 23 Sep 2009 5:53:45 pm SLXViper wrote: Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: actually I was looking at sort of loading a non-tagged picture into josm and manually pasting it where I want - looks like this is not possible! This is what piclayer actually does... Haven't you looked at

[OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

2009-09-23 Per discussione maning sambale
Whenever we see copyrighted material in OSM, we try to remove it immediately. But technically, it still in the database including history and changeset. Am I right in my assumptions? -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Per discussione Someoneelse
Ed Avis wrote: In the UK, certainly large-scale Ordnance Survey maps show field boundaries. I suspect that it depends on region, but in my experience the Ordnance Survey field boundary data as printed on their Explorer is based on actual boundaries some considerable time in the past. That

Re: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

2009-09-23 Per discussione Donald Allwright
From: maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com To: osm-talk talk@openstreetmap.org Sent: Wednesday, 23 September, 2009 13:44:52 Subject: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database? Whenever we see copyrighted material in OSM, we try to remove it immediately.

Re: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

2009-09-23 Per discussione Thomas Wood
The Data Working Group have the powers to ensure the data is removed permanently from the database and historical planet dumps. To my knowledge, the planet dumps have been patched once in the past to remove a serious copyvio. 2009/9/23 Donald Allwright donald_allwri...@yahoo.com: From: maning

[OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Per discussione Bev M Ewen-Smith
Hi, I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial photos. Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do to get them to show up under Potlach so that I can trace from them? Bev ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Per discussione Ed Avis
Someoneelse lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk writes: In the UK, certainly large-scale Ordnance Survey maps show field boundaries. I suspect that it depends on region, but in my experience the Ordnance Survey field boundary data as printed on their Explorer is based on actual boundaries some

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Per discussione Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Bev M Ewen-Smith schreef: I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial photos. Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do to get them to show up under Potlach so that I can trace from them? For tracing and

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Per discussione Ian Dees
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Stefan de Konink ste...@konink.de wrote: Bev M Ewen-Smith schreef: I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial photos. Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do to get them to show up under Potlach so that I can trace from

Re: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

2009-09-23 Per discussione Eugene Alvin Villar
This issue has cropped up with Wikipedia too. The view there is that even though the copyrighted material is still available in the wiki page history, this should not be a big concern. Deleting the material from the current version of the page means that there is an intent to remove the infringing

Re: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

2009-09-23 Per discussione Donald Allwright
From: Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com To: maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com Cc: osm-talk talk@openstreetmap.org Sent: Wednesday, 23 September, 2009 14:57:38 Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

Re: [OSM-talk] Aeroplane for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione Jukka Rahkonen
Matt Williams lists at milliams.com writes: Maybe it would be possible to buy (build) a Camera, GPS,... Unit to mount at a plane and rent the plane. Many governments need orthophotos and maybe they are willing to sponsor the plane for some hours if they get usefull public domain

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] The OpenStreetMap website is now translatable at Translatewiki

2009-09-23 Per discussione Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: But which OSM components does this cover? I'm assuming this only covers the main OSM website (and the wiki indirectly since MediaWiki is

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Per discussione Richard Fairhurst
Bev M Ewen-Smith wrote: I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial photos. Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do to get them to show up under Potlach so that I can trace from them? Potlatch likes tiled maps/imagery, just like OSM itself, and in fact

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione paul youlten
This looks interesting: http://www.slideshare.net/jpmund/aerial-photo-ballon-technique-mapasia2006 Does anyone know Jan-Peter Mund? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Per discussione Mikel Maron
Map Warper http://warper.geothings.net/ open source, and uses OpenStreetMap for setting of control points. - Original Message From: Bev M Ewen-Smith b...@coaa.co.uk To: talk@openstreetmap.org Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:36:23 AM Subject: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos Hi, I

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione Mikel Maron
Note OSM can qualify for non-profit pricing on imagery, which can take the cost down to $12/km2. This is what we arranged for the Gaza imagery. - Original Message From: paul youlten paul.youl...@gmail.com To: John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com Cc: Talk Openstreetmap

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Per discussione Ian Dees
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.netwrote: Bev M Ewen-Smith wrote: I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial photos. Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do to get them to show up under Potlach so that I can trace from

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Per discussione Dave F.
Stratford-upon-Avon http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.206164mlon=-1.721372zoom=11 http://osm.org/go/euylwx@ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Per discussione Matt Williams
2009/9/23 Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com: On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Bev M Ewen-Smith wrote: I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial photos. Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do to get them to show

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] The OpenStreetMap website is now translatable at Translatewiki

2009-09-23 Per discussione Mikel Maron
From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: But which OSM components does this cover? I'm assuming this only covers the

Re: [OSM-talk] USB Serial converters - any recommendations?

2009-09-23 Per discussione Dave G
Nick It could be the problem, bash commands can be very fussy about whitespaces/switches/comamnd order etc. sometimes dave 2009/9/24 Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk: Hello Dave, There is, though why would that make a difference? Nick Dave G 9gerk...@gmail.com 22/09/2009

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Maps v.s. OSM routing in Berlin

2009-09-23 Per discussione Matt Williams
2009/9/17 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com: Why doesn't OSM ever tell me to take a 270 degree turn into oncoming traffic on a 6-lane highway and get onto the motorway_link on the other side?

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetView

2009-09-23 Per discussione malenki
John McKerrell wrote: On 22 Sep 2009, at 17:44, malenki wrote: | There was an error saving your changes Odd, I'll take a look, can you paste the URL to the thumbnail to help me identify it? Impossible at the moment, OSV looks like this both in opera and firefox:

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Maps v.s. OSM routing in Berlin

2009-09-23 Per discussione Jeremy Adams
2009/9/17 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com: Why doesn't OSM ever tell me to take a 270 degree turn into oncoming traffic on a 6-lane highway and get onto the motorway_link on the other side? http://maps.google.com/maps?f=dsource=s_dsaddr=B2%2FB5%2FHeerstra%C3%

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetView

2009-09-23 Per discussione Richard Bullock
[still not enough :)] For moderating: right now I moderated several photos until I cam onto a visible license plate. This I masked and added the tag licenceplate, left the masking area, clicked mark as safe and save - and then an error showed up: | There was an error saving your changes

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Maps v.s. OSM routing in Berlin

2009-09-23 Per discussione Liz
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Jeremy Adams wrote: The Cloudmade/OSM route is about 28 times longer. I expect it's just a simple missing connection but it make a big difference in the NY to Washington DC route (1.3 times longer). There's a large chunk of one lane of I-95 missing. I traced it

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Per discussione Liz
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Ed Avis wrote: Perhaps we could install GPS devices on every tractor in the country where I live tractors have GPS devices already perhaps you just need to ask if they record where they have been? ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Per discussione Jack Stringer
Well if somone does map the fields please could they put the gates on there. It would be nice to route people to the nearest gate. We do have the right to roam but those of who live in the countryside have always had that option we just used our common sense by not walking down the middle of

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Per discussione Aun Yngve Johnsen
They record tracks so they can calculate the next leg on the field, the question is wether we can use the data for some reason or other. brgds Aun Johnsen On 23/09/2009, at 17:53, Liz wrote: On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Ed Avis wrote: Perhaps we could install GPS devices on every tractor in the

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/9/23 paul youlten paul.youl...@gmail.com: This looks interesting: +1 http://www.slideshare.net/jpmund/aerial-photo-ballon-technique-mapasia2006 Does anyone know Jan-Peter Mund? don't know him, but he's not difficult to find (1st hit in g00gle ;-)

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Per discussione Someoneelse
Ed Avis wrote: Someoneelse lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk writes: http://maps.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/ NottsCC.InteractiveMapping.Web.Internet/ ?e=461177n=360114mpp=160layers=SEA.PLA.FP.BR.RB.BOAT /hLayer=hField=hValue= suggest that they might. Hmm, where do you see field information

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione paul youlten
I've sent Dr Mund and Mr Tean Peang Seng an email inviting them to join the discussion. :-) On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/9/23 paul youlten paul.youl...@gmail.com: This looks interesting: +1

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Per discussione Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/9/23 paul youlten paul.youl...@gmail.com: I've sent Dr Mund and Mr Tean Peang Seng an email inviting them to join the discussion. sorry, the page I linkes seems outdated (2002 I guess from the context). There is more sites about him here: http://www.xing.com/profile/JanPeter_Mund and here:

[OSM-talk] trunk_link ref=*

2009-09-23 Per discussione Dave F.
Hi I've trunk_link going form one trunk to another. They have different references. Do I add a ref=*. If so which one? The one it's leaving or the one it's going to? Cheers Dave F. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Per discussione Ian Dees
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Matt Williams li...@milliams.comwrote: Take a look at http://milliams.com/verticalitymetre/, http://milliams.com/verticalitymetre/stats.php and

Re: [OSM-talk] good news: shapefile usage of ramsar sites for openstreetmap.org

2009-09-23 Per discussione Morten Kjeldgaard
On 23/09/2009, at 13.46, Jason Cunningham wrote: To repeat, I am not saying the data must not be used, I am simply raising an issue because I think there may be a problem. I don't trust the British Government and OS. I would genuinely surprised (and pleased) if JNCC had paid OS to

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] The OpenStreetMap website is now translatable at Translatewiki

2009-09-23 Per discussione Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: But which OSM components does this cover? I'm assuming this only covers the main OSM website (and the wiki indirectly since MediaWiki is

[OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Per discussione courtland . yockey
I've been thinking a bit about this from a very different perspective - that of parks and other open public areas where you might not have a chance to walk the perimeter ... for instance, you've a dog who really doesn't want that boring walk around the edge, but bobs and weaves all about the

[OSM-talk] OpenStreetView - documentation?

2009-09-23 Per discussione courtland . yockey
I've signed up at the OpenStreetView site, but it does not appear that there is significant documentation available, nor a method for discussion. Could someone say something to this? Perhaps this is coming in the future - it would be helpful to known this. --openstreetmap login = ceyockey

[OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM (balloon-based aerial photography)

2009-09-23 Per discussione courtland . yockey
I briefly looked at the slide pack that was referenced in this thread ... this looks like a perfect high school science project (from a United States perspective). It would be awesome if we could introduce this as an annual school science project with the aim to photograph one area that has

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetView - documentation?

2009-09-23 Per discussione Jeremy Adams
You'll find most of the documentation on the wiki at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org. This mailing list you've posted to is the primary source of discussion. There are other lists as well for more specific topics (newbies, legal, etc) as well as for specific countries. -Jeremy On Wed, Sep 23,

Re: [OSM-talk] trunk_link ref=*

2009-09-23 Per discussione Florian Lohoff
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:16:14PM +0100, Dave F. wrote: Hi I've trunk_link going form one trunk to another. They have different references. Do I add a ref=*. If so which one? The one it's leaving or the one it's going to? Just a thought i had on this - Typically you'll have 2 trunk

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Per discussione Mike Harris
Right to roam in England and Wales exists only on Open Access Land - which is most unlikely to be cropped. Elsewhere our rights are only on public highways (which include public rights of way) or by permission. Where a public right of way crosses a crop it is likely to be a trespass too go around

Re: [OSM-talk-nl] hier.nl mobiel

2009-09-23 Per discussione Floris Looijesteijn
Waar zitten de OSM tiles dan??? Mooie url trouwens :) Groet, Floris PS: OpenStreetMap BE discussion list talk-nl@openstreetmap.org BE Martijn van Exel wrote: He OSMers, De mobiele app van hier.nl (ilse media) gebruikt OSM-tiles, maar ik kan nergens attributie vinden. Heeft iemand hier

Re: [OSM-talk-nl] hier.nl mobiel

2009-09-23 Per discussione Henk Hoff
Ik kom er net achter dat de mobiele toepassing een samenwerking is van Ilse Media met Nulaz. Henk Op 23 september 2009 13:05 heeft Henk Hoff toffeh...@gmail.com het volgende geschreven: Bedankt voor de tip. Ik neem even contact met nu op. Gr, Henk Hoff Op 23 september 2009 12:09 heeft

Re: [talk-au] Gatton, QLD

2009-09-23 Per discussione BlueMM
Ross Scanlon i...@... writes: On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:03:08 +1000 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@... wrote: [[snip]] I came to the conclusion that putting streets in, even without names is very valuable because other people with local knowledge can fill in the blanks without needing a GPS, at

Re: [talk-au] Gatton, QLD

2009-09-23 Per discussione John Smith
2009/9/23 BlueMM bluemm1975-...@yahoo.com: I think the preferred attribution scheme is to use source=gps as that is what the actual source is survey is ambiguous with proper survey equipment. No, source=survey isn't ambiguous at all it's spelt out clearly on the map features page:

Re: [talk-au] Gatton, QLD

2009-09-23 Per discussione Stephen Hope
2009/9/23 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com: No, source=survey isn't ambiguous at all it's spelt out clearly on the map features page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features#Annotation Actually, that is ambiguous - or rather incomplete. It says gpx track or other physical

Re: [talk-au] Gatton, QLD

2009-09-23 Per discussione John Smith
2009/9/23 Stephen Hope slh...@gmail.com: There is no distinction between gps (accuracy +/- 5-10m) and a theodolite (or whatever they use these days) survey - accuracy +/- 2-3cm).  The argument goes that we should leave the survey tag for real surveys, and use gps for gps based ones.  This

Re: [talk-au] Gatton, QLD

2009-09-23 Per discussione BlueMM
John Smith deltafoxtrot...@... writes: 2009/9/23 BlueMM bluemm1975-...@...: I think the preferred attribution scheme is to use source=gps as that is what the actual source is survey is ambiguous with proper survey equipment. No, source=survey isn't ambiguous at all it's spelt out

Re: [talk-au] Gatton, QLD

2009-09-23 Per discussione John Smith
2009/9/23 BlueMM bluemm1975-...@yahoo.com: Seriously, I think most on this list know the wiki isn't some authority on OSM, it's editable by anyone (even I added the source:name/ref tags to Map Features). When I used to read the Talk lists (now contains too many posts) some of the serious

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