Forwarding to the new list... for the dumbasses amongst us like me, can I just confirm that this is the new list address and we should post here?
Begin forwarded message: > From: SteveC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 6 November 2008 19:02:32 PST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Geowanking] Flickrs WOE stuff > > So.... ignoring the lack of OSM attribution on the OSM map (hint > hint :-) > > http://code.flickr.com/blog/2008/10/30/the-shape-of-alpha/ > > Aren't these polygons just vast derivative works of either OSM or > TeleAtlas/NavTeq data? All those geocoded photos that were just placed > on a map... derive the places from the map, right? Then if you derive > the polygons from that set of points.. the polygons are just derived > from the map. I thought those guys dont like you deriving polygonal > datasets without paying them extra beer tokens? > > I applaud aaron and dan and all the coolness at flickr and the JFDI > attitude, I really do... but if you guys are doing it, does that mean > we can do it too? Please? > > Because, if it is cool to do what you're doing, then by extension it > must be cool for me to derive polygons raw from the data. And, say, > um, vectors. > > You're generating these convex hulls from the point data set (well, > maybe, some don't look convex), I wonder what the voronoi polygons of > WOE points look like, any better? > > Unless I've missed something and in fact all those images are EXIF > geotagged from raw GPS? > > Yours pointing pointedly at the Elephant In The Room, > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > Best Steve _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
