Hi Brian, Please also have a look at OpenStreetMap-in-a-Box (http://dev.ifs.hsr.ch/osminabox). It contains Open Street Map data in a database structure which can be used for GIS operations with PostGIS. It would allow to include a local dataset on each DVD without changing data structure each time. I support to include the Natural Earth dataset. But I'm not a big fan of special local datasets. We're already struggling with the Spanish dataset for the WMS shootout (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010#Datasets). Regards Pirmin
Am Montag, 19. Juli 2010, um 05.41:49 schrieb Brian Hamlin: > On Jul 18, 2010, at 8:15 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > Brian, > > I hear what you are saying about the natural earth having bland data > > to work with. > > > > I suggest that since we haven't much time for this release, go with > > the natural earth dataset, and potentially get a better dataset with > > the next release. > > > > Best to go for the simple and achievable right now, and improve later. > > true > and, minutes ago, Mark Leslie initiated a contact with someone in Spain > regarding a decent data set... > > how about... > I go ahead and add Natural Earth.. > it will be there in any event, with little penalty, since its only 12MB > > then in the next few days > if something spanish-friendy shows up, we can work with that > > Somehow, parcel records from Oregon seem uniquely out of place for > Barcelona > > :-) > > best regards from Berkeley > -Brian > > > On 19/07/10 11:32, Brian Hamlin wrote: > >> Hi All- > >> > >> I am looking at the 10m Natural Earth vectors as a PostGIS > >> > >> database.. > >> its very compact.. perhaps 12 MB when loaded.. on the other hand, > >> there aren't a lot of interesting corners in there, from a data point > >> of view.. > >> (not too surprising, since it is a visual treatment, first and > >> foremost) > >> > >> The basic dataset in the examples from the LiveDVD v3 was 'medford' > >> > >> Medford is a rich, detailed and interesting set.. about 70-80MB when > >> loaded.. > >> > >> At some point soon, the examples, quickstart, or equivalent are > >> > >> going to have to be written for the LiveDVD v4 such that it refers to > >> something in PostGIS. Right now we have the osm_local, Barcelona, > >> which, while great for rendering via Mapnik, is a particularly poor > >> choice for general PostGIS demonstration.. > >> > >> So, I am wondering aloud what set(s) to use... > >> > >> (I am not going to dig up some cool Spain oriented set in time, of > >> that I am sure..) > >> (the Sydney set from v3 is not worth re-using) > >> > >> -Brian > >> > >> == > >> Brian Hamlin > >> planetwork.net > >> OSGeo California Chapter > >> (415) 717-4462 cell > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Live-demo mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > > > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source > > http://www.lisasoft.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Live-demo mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc -- Pirmin Kalberer Sourcepole - Linux & Open Source Solutions http://www.sourcepole.com _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
