[Talk-ro] Thanks for the maps
Hi Romania OSM, We recently spent 10 days in Romania, hiking some of the days and driving some other days using Osmand app (off-line) and we were very impressed with the level of detail in Romania in various places! We had quite small hiking trails mapped, the roads were mapped as expected, etc.! (I think that we only missed knowing on Osmand if the road was paved or not, probably it's in OSM but not displayed on the app). Thanks very much for doing it. We might add some accomodation that we stayed and wasn't there but thanks to you our experience in Romania was even better and easier to find places. Cheers, -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat GPG Key 0x8CD5C157 ___ Talk-ro mailing list Talk-ro@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ro
Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking fountains, Ben Fogle, Find-A-Fountain, and Google Maps
Hi, I don't use Twitter but this is relevant (disclaimer: friend of mine did this with my help): http://pintant.cat/2015/04/12/benches-app-iphone/ http://pintant.cat/2016/02/03/slides-benches-at-geomob/ Slides with screenshots: https://www.slideshare.net/cpina/benches-57485676 To install it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.evolutive.benches https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/benches/id962734704?mt=8 It shows benches, toilets and drinking fountains. iPhone and Android app. My friend did another one with the same content and only toilets... (marketing reasons). Cheers, On Jul/22/2017, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Yesterday, TV presenter Ben Fogle, who is (rightly) campaigning about > the wasteful use of plastic bottles, asked on Twitter: > >I think we should make a map of all public Drinking fountains >where we can refill bottles. Anyone willing to make a Water >fountain app? > >https://twitter.com/Benfogle/status/88832016344772 > > I've replied pointing out that OSM has this data under open licence, > but others have pointed to: > >http://www.findafountain.org/ > > which is adding pins to a Google-based map. > > I've reached out to them, too. > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > ___ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat GPG Key 0x8CD5C157 ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Benches (was Quarterly Project All things delivery-related - an update)
Hello, I've forgotten if I said this in this list, if so my apologies. A line got my attention As the map becomes more and more complete it becomes harder and harder to find something to map. I don't have lot of experience mapping and I do agree... in some areas is hard to find missing things. If you want: add benches, many are missing! I think that they are important for many reasons. Friend of mine (phone side) and I (mostly server side) wrote an iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/benches/id962734704?mt=8 (I think that we are pending Apple to approve an update) Motivation: http://pintant.cat/2015/04/12/benches-app-iphone/ In a nutshell, when I was doing the London LOOP I wondered should I eat here or wait for a bench. Also I've seen my grandad not being able to walk much without resting. So when I'll be old I'd like to have benches from where I'll live. Overpass for benches: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/9g4 Regards, On May/06/2015, Rob Nickerson wrote: That's interesting. Have just tried the app out. It gives you the postboxes in OpenStreetMap but not the ones that are missing (as shown by blue markers on Robert's comparison tool: http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ I really do feel like we are missing a trick here. As the map becomes more and more complete it becomes harder and harder to find something to map (example: I spend more time trying to find missing footpaths that I can map on a circular walk now than 2-3 years ago). An app that helps people find what's missing whilst out surveying could really help. I only wish I had the skills and time to do this. Regards, Rob On 6 May 2015 at 11:29, SK53 sk53@gmail.com wrote: Are you aware of the the PostBox Finder https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elbatrop.postboxeshl=enapp from Elbatrop? I had a quick play with it ages ago, adding some collection times to existing post boxes. Jerry On 5 May 2015 at 23:40, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Robert Whittaker has an excellent site http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ monitoring OSM data on postboxes in the UK. Here you can see progress (even a league table of who's contributing). From the history graph you can see there's been an increase in activity since the project got going. Perhaps Robert might provide some data analysis about the effect of the project. Enter a postcode and you can find all the missing and incorrect postboxes nearby. Wow there are loads of postboxes still missing. Wouldn't it be great if there was a smartphone app that you could load missing points in to and it would tell you about them as you travel around. It would be like a guide to where to go mapping! Geocaching for postboxes anyone? Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat GPG Key 0x8CD5C157 ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-gb-london] OSM pub meet-up TONIGHT
Hi, On Jan/22/2015, Harry Wood wrote: This is a big (and very grand) pub. We'll aim to get a table somewhere. We'll also aim to get organised with an OpenStreetMap sign and / or an orange OSM Surveyors Jacket / Polo shirts. I'm quite new, see you there! :-) -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat GPG Key 0x8CD5C157 ___ Talk-gb-london mailing list Talk-gb-london@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-london
[Talk-gb-london] source:pkey usage
Hello, TL;DR: I'd like to use source:pkey=xxx and source=app_name to remove local POIs that I create to OSM. Is this the correct way to do it? Or should I do something else? (e.g. fuzzy matching by location :-( ) Longer explanation: If this is not the the right list to ask this question please let me know - and I'll go to the correct place, apologies. I write to the London one because is where I live. Friend of mine and I are preparing an app that will use OSM map and data. We want to contribute back to OSM and I have a question regarding the workflow. The app will show some POIs and at least a few people will be able to add POIs that doesn't exist at the moment (let's assume that only trusted people will be able to add POIs, people that know how OSM works and the consequencies of adding POIs). I've been thinking of doing something like: a) we receive a POI from the user and then we add in our database (so it's available to ourselves) b) regularly we push the POIs to OSM (using the API) c) when we update OSM (once a week, automatic process): we should remove from our DB the POIs that already exists in OSM. I thought to tag the POIs that we create with source:pkey=$ID and source=name_of_app (this is similar to what it says on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmsync webpage). My question: what's the policy of using source:pkey=$ID, source=app_name ? Can be used this way or not recomended to be used this way. Thank you, -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat GPG Key 0x8CD5C157 ___ Talk-gb-london mailing list Talk-gb-london@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-london
Re: [Talk-gb-london] source:pkey usage
Hi Emilie, I like your variation of my workflow - I think that I'll implement this variation. I'm aware that the POI ID might change but as you said this could have happened using my workflow. Thank you for the idea. I'll read DWG and ask if needed there, I wasn't aware of them. I'm slightly new to the OSM project. You said this mailing list is very very low volume (probably the first email in years that I have seen).. Where is the best place for London-related OSM events? (usually I see them on Twitter or #osm-gb IRC channel). Sadly I've only attended once so far... Regards, On Dec/03/2014, Emilie Laffray wrote: Hello Carles, There is no definite way regarding the use of source:pkey and source in general but I believe that it is better to add the source to the transaction in this case. Source could be added to the POI in itself. Regarding automated push to OpenStreetMap, I would make sure that you have a mechanism to roll back specific POI if required because you are always at risk of having someone entering potentially bad data in OSM. I would recommend discussing with the DWG for better advice. I believe your logic should be revisited as I don't see why you would need to store your id in OSM in the first place. I would probably use the following flow instead: a) We receive a POI from the user and then we add in our database (so it's available to ourselves) b) We regularly push the POIs to OSM (using the API) c) When the API returns the id of the POI pushed, I update my database with OSM id d) When we update OSM (once a week, automatic process): we should remove from our DBs the POI that already exists in OSM Effectively roughly the same logic that you suggested except you don't export your own id and rely on OSM ids. Please be aware that relying on ids can be difficult in OSM in the first place as you are never sure that they may not change (Someone can delete it and recreate it). This is also true for your own ids if you import in OSM (someone can easily remove it and they will once they will realize it is an external id). I would argue that using OSM id would make your app slightly more resistant in the first place. By the way, this mailing list is very very low volume (probably the first email in years that I have seen). Emilie Laffray On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Carles Pina i Estany car...@pina.cat wrote: Hello, TL;DR: I'd like to use source:pkey=xxx and source=app_name to remove local POIs that I create to OSM. Is this the correct way to do it? Or should I do something else? (e.g. fuzzy matching by location :-( ) Longer explanation: If this is not the the right list to ask this question please let me know - and I'll go to the correct place, apologies. I write to the London one because is where I live. Friend of mine and I are preparing an app that will use OSM map and data. We want to contribute back to OSM and I have a question regarding the workflow. The app will show some POIs and at least a few people will be able to add POIs that doesn't exist at the moment (let's assume that only trusted people will be able to add POIs, people that know how OSM works and the consequencies of adding POIs). I've been thinking of doing something like: a) we receive a POI from the user and then we add in our database (so it's available to ourselves) b) regularly we push the POIs to OSM (using the API) c) when we update OSM (once a week, automatic process): we should remove from our DB the POIs that already exists in OSM. I thought to tag the POIs that we create with source:pkey=$ID and source=name_of_app (this is similar to what it says on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmsync webpage). My question: what's the policy of using source:pkey=$ID, source=app_name ? Can be used this way or not recomended to be used this way. Thank you, -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat GPG Key 0x8CD5C157 ___ Talk-gb-london mailing list Talk-gb-london@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-london -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat GPG Key 0x8CD5C157 ___ Talk-gb-london mailing list Talk-gb-london@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-london
[Talk-at] in Austria, good experience - thank you!
Hi, (sorry for writing in English here). Last week I went to Austria for tourism (Graz, Vienna, driving between Graz to Salzburg, etc.). I used OsmAnd application to have Open Street Map data off-line, as I usually do. You guys did an excellent job mapping! Austria! Hats off to you! Vienna has the house numbers and everything. The roads were good mapped. Hiking paths were there too. We enjoyed even more our time in Austria thanks to your good job. And by by the way, you have an amazing country :-) Regards and keep doing the amazing job, it's very appreciated. -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat ___ Talk-at mailing list Talk-at@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-at
Re: [Talk-at] in Austria, good experience - thank you!
Hi again, I was reviewing my notes and I noticed something in Vienna that confused me a little bit. It's here for example: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.194502890110016mlon=16.38637661933899#map=18/48.19637/16.38655 There are, in Vienna, many foot paths in places that I wouldn't expect. A more clear example: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/48.18925/16.37574 there seems to be footpaths on a normal street. I'm not an OSM expert but this seems unusual? See the attached screenshot: OsmAnd renders it a bit too red (see http://pinux.info/files/Screenshot_2014-10-30-00-14-45.png ). This is only in a few zones of Vienna. Regards, On Oct/29/2014, Carles Pina i Estany wrote: Hi, (sorry for writing in English here). Last week I went to Austria for tourism (Graz, Vienna, driving between Graz to Salzburg, etc.). I used OsmAnd application to have Open Street Map data off-line, as I usually do. You guys did an excellent job mapping! Austria! Hats off to you! Vienna has the house numbers and everything. The roads were good mapped. Hiking paths were there too. We enjoyed even more our time in Austria thanks to your good job. And by by the way, you have an amazing country :-) Regards and keep doing the amazing job, it's very appreciated. -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat ___ Talk-at mailing list Talk-at@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-at -- Carles Pina i Estany Web: http://pinux.info || Blog: http://pintant.cat ___ Talk-at mailing list Talk-at@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-at
