Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:34 AM, Jason Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard Weait wrote: Dear all, I had a look at campus maps on the web sites of the Big Ten Conference universities. I was surprised at the range in quality. See my notes and comparisons to how the OpenStreetMap community is doing on each of the campuses as well. I made a note of the one I thought was far and away the best of the bunch. http://weait.com/bigtenmaps-part1 I've also cast my vote for the best OSM campus map that I've seen so far. I'd love to hear of others. http://weait.com/bestcampus Don't forget University of Toronto - http://openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=43.66328lon=-79.39365zoom=16 (shameless self promotion... that took several hours' work, walking around campus and checking building names) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
Ian Dees wrote: It might be interesting to start a draw your campus competition similar to the one that Google did for its Sketchup application, but on OSM. What d'ya think? I think we should actually ask the marketing departments of the Universities in question to arrange a donation of their own maps and data to the project. I'll ask Surrey -- anyone else up for it? -- Jonathan (Jonobennett) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
Richard Weait richard at weait.com writes: Dear all, I had a look at campus maps on the web sites of the Big Ten Conference universities. I was surprised at the range in quality. See my notes and comparisons to how the OpenStreetMap community is doing on each of the campuses as well. Helsinki University of Technology does not look bad, even folks have been using tags for renderers: http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=60.18587lon=24.8307zoom=15layers=B000FTF ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:51:23 -0400, Richard Weait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've also cast my vote for the best OSM campus map that I've seen so far. I'd love to hear of others. http://weait.com/bestcampus Glad to see my ancient efforts at Reading up there! If only we could get some aerial photography then I could go back and accurately map in all the buildings and other facilities from memory. The shapes are a bit fiddly to do otherwise. Tata, Tom ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
I study on a very small Campus (at Umwelt Campus Birkenfeld), so it wasn't that hard to get it done. By now I would say it's even more complete than the original map given by the university: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.6081lon=7.16974zoom=17layers=B000FTF Original map from the UCB (north is on the left side so you have to turn it by 90° to the right) http://www.umwelt-campus.de/ucb/index.php?id=3237# Am Mittwoch 01 Oktober 2008 schrieb Richard Weait: Dear all, I had a look at campus maps on the web sites of the Big Ten Conference universities. I was surprised at the range in quality. See my notes and comparisons to how the OpenStreetMap community is doing on each of the campuses as well. I made a note of the one I thought was far and away the best of the bunch. http://weait.com/bigtenmaps-part1 I've also cast my vote for the best OSM campus map that I've seen so far. I'd love to hear of others. http://weait.com/bestcampus Best regards, Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
Nottingham: http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.93847lon=-1.19643zoom=16layers=B000FTF On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Richard Weait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I had a look at campus maps on the web sites of the Big Ten Conference universities. I was surprised at the range in quality. See my notes and comparisons to how the OpenStreetMap community is doing on each of the campuses as well. I made a note of the one I thought was far and away the best of the bunch. http://weait.com/bigtenmaps-part1 I've also cast my vote for the best OSM campus map that I've seen so far. I'd love to hear of others. http://weait.com/bestcampus ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:42 PM, OJ W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nottingham: http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.93847lon=-1.19643zoom=16layers=B000FTF There's an area on that campus that uses natural=wood, shouldn't that be landuse=forest or is it really a natural wooden area? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
El Miércoles, 1 de Octubre de 2008, Richard Weait escribió: I'd love to hear of others. The UPM webpage doesn't have a page for its three campuses, only for independent faculties: http://www.upm.es/laupm/centros/plano_etsiag.html http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=40.44206lon=-3.72634zoom=16layers=B000FFF http://www.upm.es/laupm/centros/plano_euitt.html http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=40.38873lon=-3.62857zoom=16layers=B000FFF And my second home for the last few years: http://www.upm.es/laupm/centros/plano_fi.html http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=40.40494lon=-3.83663zoom=16layers=B000FFF Their maps are a blatant rip-off of the Consejería de Transportes de Madrid ones (read Madrid transportation authority), badly scanned at different resolutions and with a quite ugly blinking mask on top. I don't think the UPM cares about copyright a tiny single bit. Cheers, -- -- Iván Sánchez Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] Los discos viajan en paquetes. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
More Spain goodness, this time from the Somosaguas UCM campus in Madrid: http://www.ucm.es/pags.php?tp=Campus%20de%20Moncloa%20y%20Somosaguasa=localizd=planosom.php http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=40.4316lon=-3.79128zoom=17layers=B000FFF The Vera campus, from the UPV, in Valencia: http://www.upv.es/plano/plano_upvi.html (Warning: flash) http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.48099lon=-0.34037zoom=16layers=B000FFF The San Francisco campus, from unizar: http://www.unizar.es/sitgeografica/psf_z.html (Warning: flash *and* java) http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=41.642lon=-0.90064zoom=16layers=B000FFF -- -- Iván Sánchez Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] Be free and open and breezy! Enjoy! Things won't get any better so get used to it. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
2008/10/1 Jonathan Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ian Dees wrote: It might be interesting to start a draw your campus competition similar to the one that Google did for its Sketchup application, but on OSM. What d'ya think? I think we should actually ask the marketing departments of the Universities in question to arrange a donation of their own maps and data to the project. I'll ask Surrey -- anyone else up for it? Leeds University have one here: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/campustour/campus/map.htm Might be worth asking. cheers, LT ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 4:03 AM, Andrew MacKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Don't forget University of Toronto - http://openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=43.66328lon=-79.39365zoom=16 (shameless self promotion... that took several hours' work, walking around campus and checking building names) That really is nice work! The Mozilla Toronto office is right next door (on Spadina less than a block from Bloor) and I was checking out the area in OSM before I visited. I was quite impressed! -Ted ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
Richard Weait wrote: I've also cast my vote for the best OSM campus map that I've seen so far. I'd love to hear of others. University of Washington in Seattle is coming along - all the footpaths are in place (and even named), plus campus grounds and several of the main buildings. However, the official campus maps are way beyond what we have in osm. http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.65522lon=-122.30773zoom=15 http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
Richard Weait wrote: I've also cast my vote for the best OSM campus map that I've seen so far. I'd love to hear of others. Berkeley looks great, all the building names are in there too: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.87165lon=-122.25932zoom=16layers=B000FTF Tom. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Richard Weait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I had a look at campus maps on the web sites of the Big Ten Conference universities. I was surprised at the range in quality. See my notes and comparisons to how the OpenStreetMap community is doing on each of the campuses as well. I made a note of the one I thought was far and away the best of the bunch. http://weait.com/bigtenmaps-part1 I've also cast my vote for the best OSM campus map that I've seen so far. I'd love to hear of others. http://weait.com/bestcampus It might be interesting to start a draw your campus competition similar to the one that Google did for its Sketchup application, but on OSM. What d'ya think? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Richard Weait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've also cast my vote for the best OSM campus map that I've seen so far. I'd love to hear of others. http://weait.com/bestcampus I've done a fair amount of work on Clemson University [1]. We're having a mapping party here in a little under two weeks to finish the campus and get a good bit of the town up to date. Cheers, Adam Schreiber [1] http://informationfreeway.org/?lat=34.674310488382794lon=-82.83710751204114zoom=15layers=BF000F ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 18:59 -0500, Ian Dees wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Richard Weait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I had a look at campus maps on the web sites of the Big Ten Conference universities. I was surprised at the range in quality. See my notes and comparisons to how the OpenStreetMap community is doing on each of the campuses as well. I made a note of the one I thought was far and away the best of the bunch. http://weait.com/bigtenmaps-part1 I've also cast my vote for the best OSM campus map that I've seen so far. I'd love to hear of others. http://weait.com/bestcampus It might be interesting to start a draw your campus competition similar to the one that Google did for its Sketchup application, but on OSM. What d'ya think? What a great idea, I should put some time into writing something up. ;-) I think we can get the Foundation to donate one of those Lolcats of awesomeness for the winning team. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Lolcat_of_awesomeness Best regards, Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
I've started the south Paris XI university (the 11th one) a bit time ago... not finished yet... http://informationfreeway.org/?lat=48.70023434774794lon=2.1724297294084214zoom=15layers=0F0B0F but In Brest area the ENSTB engineering school near the ifremer research department looks pretty good yet : http://informationfreeway.org/?lat=48.358805401116086lon=-4.564612668964145zoom=16layers=0F0B0F 2008/10/1 Richard Weait [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 18:59 -0500, Ian Dees wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Richard Weait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I had a look at campus maps on the web sites of the Big Ten Conference universities. I was surprised at the range in quality. See my notes and comparisons to how the OpenStreetMap community is doing on each of the campuses as well. I made a note of the one I thought was far and away the best of the bunch. http://weait.com/bigtenmaps-part1 I've also cast my vote for the best OSM campus map that I've seen so far. I'd love to hear of others. http://weait.com/bestcampus It might be interesting to start a draw your campus competition similar to the one that Google did for its Sketchup application, but on OSM. What d'ya think? What a great idea, I should put some time into writing something up. ;-) I think we can get the Foundation to donate one of those Lolcats of awesomeness for the winning team. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Lolcat_of_awesomeness Best regards, Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- Steven Le Roux Jabber-ID : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0x39494CCB [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2FF7 226B 552E 4709 03F0 6281 72D7 A010 3949 4CCB ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Campus map - Who's got a good one?
Richard Weait wrote: Dear all, I had a look at campus maps on the web sites of the Big Ten Conference universities. I was surprised at the range in quality. See my notes and comparisons to how the OpenStreetMap community is doing on each of the campuses as well. I made a note of the one I thought was far and away the best of the bunch. http://weait.com/bigtenmaps-part1 I've also cast my vote for the best OSM campus map that I've seen so far. I'd love to hear of others. http://weait.com/bestcampus Best regards, Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk Heres another, my current school (and place of work): University of Calgary Virtually all the buildings are at least rough mapped, most pathways and a good number of the food outlets. OSM: http://informationfreeway.org/?lat=51.0728087672754lon=-114.13032737726482zoom=15 U of C Map: http://ucmaps.ucalgary.ca/website/CampusWeb/viewer.htm -Jason Reid ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
