[OSM-talk] London Emissions Zone
Has anyone started this zone? Or have the information around it? Cheers Ray ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] Planned Server Maintenance - 28/02/08 13:30-15:00
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 6:45 PM, Tom Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Ray Booysen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Forwarding to talk. > > Because Grant never thought of sending it there Oh wait, he did > send it there, didn't he... > > Tom Ummm, didn't get it in talk so I thought I would forward out of interest to the talk list? Not had your coffee today yet? ;) > > > -- > Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.compton.nu/ > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Ray Booysen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] Planned Server Maintenance - 28/02/08 13:30-15:00
Forwarding to talk. On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Grant Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OSM, > > Planned maintenance on the OSM Mapnik server [1] tomorrow between 13:30 > and 15:00 GMT. > > The Mapnik tile layer will be unavailable during the maintenance window. > www and api should be unaffected. > > An additional server [2] purchased by OSMF will also be added to the > rack during this period. > > Keep OSM servers running smoothly; financially [3] or with hardware [4]. > > / Grant > > [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Servers/tile > [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Servers/tileserv > [3] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Donations > [4] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Servers/Upgrades > > > ___ > dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev > -- Ray Booysen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Torrents for Planet
Has this ever been discussed? Or implemented somewhere? Cheers Ray -- Ray Booysen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Can Mediawiki notify by mail?
On Feb 4, 2008 12:04 AM, Hakan Tandogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > I was just adding the template pages I use to my watchlist. Can > Mediawiki notify me with a mail if a certain (a template or even group > of templates, like Template:Map_Features_*) changes? I'd rather not > check my watchlist manually, computers are far better suited for > automatically providing information to humans ;-) > Its something I've been wanting from Wikipedia for a while too. -- Ray Booysen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Expanding the postcode database
On Jan 22, 2008 10:27 PM, Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ray Booysen wrote: > > I actually have a database lying around somewhere will all > > possibilities. Quite a high number. > > Any chance of digging it out and doing SELECT COUNT(*)? > > Gerv > Sorry Gerv, no luck. Can't seem to find it. > > > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Ray Booysen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Slippymap Hosting Recommendations
On Jan 23, 2008 1:56 PM, Lambertus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeremy Adams wrote: > > Do they really offer 1.5TB of storage and 15TB of transfer a month for > > $6.95? > > > Aparently so. There are other companies in the US providing similar > services. I guess they rely on the fact that most users will never > really use so much space and bandwidth. > > Then there is also the 'catchall' clause where you are only allowed to > use an hour (or so) CPU time a day. Your site is move to another server > when you go over the limit and will be closely monitored. If that > happens often you can/will be removed from their hosting. Hey Jeremey Do you have a link for this clause? > > > Bottom line is: They can set such generous limits because there are only > very few applications that can really use 1.5 TB space and 15TB > bandwidth without crossing the daily CPU time limit. The very few that > do are a selling point to the majority that don't. > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Ray Booysen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Expanding the postcode database
On Jan 22, 2008 10:34 PM, 80n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 22, 2008 10:27 PM, Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ray Booysen wrote: > > > I actually have a database lying around somewhere will all > > > possibilities. Quite a high number. > > > > Any chance of digging it out and doing SELECT COUNT(*)? > > > > IIRC 1.8 million. > Something close to that. Pretty sure its at the office, will check tomorrow. > > > > > > > > Gerv > > > > > > ___ > > talk mailing list > > talk@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > > ___________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > > -- Ray Booysen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Expanding the postcode database
I actually have a database lying around somewhere will all possibilities. Quite a high number. Cheers Ray On Jan 22, 2008 7:46 PM, Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someone's probably already thought of this, but... > > Presumably it would be possible to programmatically generate all > possible postcodes. The space wouldn't be all that large, because we > know all the prefixes now as freethepostcode and npemap.org.uk have > collected them. > > Then, in a similar fashion to the NameFinder Postcode Lookup: > http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/ > you could Google for each one, and parse the resulting pages for > something looking like an address. > > Then, for each hit where you found one, in Mechanical Turk fashion, you > could present willing volunteers with: > > - The generated postcode > - The possible address text you found > - The OpenStreetMap map for the area > > and tell them that if it does look like a valid address, and if they can > see the named road, to click on it - or, if not, click "Reject". You > would then store that as a location for that postcode, marked with > something which says "this isn't completely verified, and may be a bit > vague, but it's a lot better than nothing". > > I think you could do about 300 of these an hour (1 every 10 seconds or > so). This would generate a reasonably-accurate postcode database with > much wider coverage fairly quickly. Given that each postcode would be > taken from a different web page, there's a good chance there'd be no > encumbering legal issues. > > Of course, the postcode data may well be CC-BY-SA. So it doesn't obviate > the need for freethepostcode and npemap. But it would quickly get OSM to > a stage where it could do fairly comprehensive postcode lookup. > > Another, better, source of addresses for this process would be mailing > lists borrowed from sympathetic mail order companies. Clearly, they > could only let you have addresses they had permission to give you, but > that might be a fair few. > > Gerv > > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Ray Booysen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
