[OSM-talk] is there an open database of places?
Hey all, I was reading something about that [1] the other day and I was wondering whether OSM had something like that. I know OSM already has lots of POI on its maps but it only has the most common ones. Would it make sense to have a seperate DB that would store all places? Is there already a project that does that? Cheers, Pat 1: http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/08/place-database/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Does this mean we could launch our own OSM satellite?
http://spacefellowship.com/2009/08/01/interorbital-syatems-tubesat-personal-satellite-kit/ From the article: > Total Price of the TubeSat Kit including a Launch to Orbit is $8,000! ... > Examples of add-on experiments or functions include the following: > ▼ Earth-from-space video imaging > ▼ Earth magnetic field measurement ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Phone numbers in OSM
A good starting point for a yellow page site is the wiki company site as it's the most active. They also provide an RDF dump compatible with dbpedia: http://wikicompany.org/wiki/Main_Page Here is an example: http://wikicompany.org/wiki/Florida_Hospital_Nursing_Jobs As you can see, all entries have an email, phone, url and even a Geocode. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] ORS: From Italy to Danmark ...
Looks great! Are you going to support France and the UK or are there technical issues to solve? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Mailing Lists for MOM development
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:22 AM, elvin ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mom is now on release, but is still being developed too. The first release > version, at the beginning of May, was v.1.2.3 and I released v.1.2.5 earlier > this month. I'm not completely up to speed with all the obscure acronyms so > mom may or may not be FOSS depending on what it means ;-) Given its "attribution/non-commercial/no derivative works/unported" it is definitely not FOSS (Free Open Source Software). May I ask why you don't put it under a license that allows modifications such as the BSD or GPL? Do you plan to sell the app and make millions out of it? :D Cause opening the development might bring contributions and help improve the app faster much like the very development of OSM by the way (there's a similar app for windows ce and qtopia that is FOSS by the way http://code.google.com/p/opencitymap/). It's your app though so you're the master of your domain ;) Cheers, Pat ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Mailing Lists for MOM development
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:56 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > will you please use one of the nice openstreetmap.org or openstreetmap.de > or openstreetmap.whatever mailing list services instead of > some big-brother google mailing list service. > > . o O (§$&*Argg, how can someone even type such a recommendation > while answering on a OSM mailing list... ) > Heh, I forgot about those, you do realize though that even if the mailing list are not hosted on google, as long as they are public Google will index them and collect all the data they can as the "Big Brother" they are. When it comes to public web service there is no way to avoid the Google (unless you use the robot.txt but that doesn't fly with mailing lists). Cheers, Pat ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] latest release of mom
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 7:49 AM, elvin ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aha! but you missed the hidden code which causes your computer to explode if > you just enter '@'. > elvin ibbotson Sorry if I offended you Elvin, I don't use mom as I don't own a cell phone capable of doing so. I was just trying to help Robin. I personally think though that forcing a form on people trying to download something is a bit annoying. If you want to alert your user you could create a mailing list, there are plenty of website that offer such things starting with google and yahoo http://groups.google.com/groups/create . Hope that helps, Pat ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] latest release of mom
By the way Elvin if you want to know where people are from you can download the free geoip database, it has 99% accuracy http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecountry and they have binding for most languages. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] latest release of mom
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Robin Paulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how do i download it without filling out the form? i'd rather not give > my details if it's all the same to you > Looking at the html code, all you need to do is visit this page: http://mom.poco.org.uk/thanks.html Or just submit the form empty with an "@" in the email field, the js validate function is not stricter than that. Pat ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] [ANNOUNCE] OSM Peru mailing list
Hey all, A new mailing list has been created (thanks Tom) for all OpenStreetMap hackers in Peru here: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-pe If you feel like visiting Peru (as it's a fine country to visit [1] ;) ), don't forget your GPS! There is much to be done here. === Hola todos, Una nueva lista de correo ha sido creado (gracias a Tom) para los hackers de OpenStreetMap en el Peru. http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-pe OpenStreetMap (también conocido como OSM) es un proyecto colaborativo para crear mapas libres y editables. Los mapas se crean utilizando información geográfica capturada con dispositivos GPS móviles y otras fuentes libres. Su cartografía se distribuye bajo licencia Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0. Cheers, Pat [1]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/patcito/sets/72157600095072712/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Join OpenStreetMap group on LinkedIn
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > just to let you know: > > today we have over 200 members on the linkedin Openstreetmap group ! > I just signed up so I guess I'm number 200 :D Anyway, I'm trying to start a community here in Peru, could anyone help me create the talk-pe mailing list. I was told TomH is in charge of this on IRC but I couldn't get a clear answer. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] creation of a new list for Peru
Hi all, I would like to create a talk-pe list for Peru. I don't know who to contact so I'm asking here. Thanks in advance, Pat ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
