Re: [talk-au] Tamworth, NSW
Quoting David Murn : > On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 07:54 +1000, Ben Kelley wrote: >> Just a quick note to say that the street mapping for Tamworth, NSW is >> now largely complete! http://osm.org/go/uY9yYCV-- > If youre still adding streets, then the mapping is hardly complete. The roads are 'largely' complete (meaning, as he said, still a few missing ones). There is still plenty left like no right turns, but at least it looks much better (last year there were whole suburbs missing). I'll be able to do some when I go up to Armidale in October (look for odd streets, complete Kootingal and Uralla, also add the Kamilaroi walking track in Tamworth if the weather is OK), but if anyone is up there sooner feel free to pitch in! Mark P. (Bathurst NSW) --- "They offered to transport me back to any point in history that I would care to go, and so I had them send me back to last Thursday night, so I could pay my phone bill on time." (Weird Al Yankovic, "Everything You Know Is Wrong") ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Tamworth, NSW
On 12 April 2010 10:20, David Murn wrote: > If youre still adding streets, then the mapping is hardly complete. How > do you define complete? Do you include the foot/bike paths? Do you > include tracks in the area, such as firetrails? What about slip lanes, > one-way streets, no right/left turns, crossings, etc? You shouldn't be so hard on him, there is a certain sense of accomplishment in being able to say that the area has most roads mapped and named, and that is no small feat, especially since there is very few mappers in regional areas, and distinct lack of aerial imagery that can be used. Sometimes it feels that there isn't enough acknowledgment of effort some people are putting into mapping, I've put some thought into how to improve this situation but so far I haven't come up with much. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Tamworth, NSW
On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 07:54 +1000, Ben Kelley wrote: > Hi. > > Just a quick note to say that the street mapping for Tamworth, NSW is > now largely complete! http://osm.org/go/uY9yYCV-- > > This includes Westdale and Calala. > > On the todo list are: > * Fix the odd missing street. (I keep finding them) > * Fix a few missing street names If youre still adding streets, then the mapping is hardly complete. How do you define complete? Do you include the foot/bike paths? Do you include tracks in the area, such as firetrails? What about slip lanes, one-way streets, no right/left turns, crossings, etc? David ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Tamworth, NSW
On 12 April 2010 07:54, Ben Kelley wrote: > Just a quick note to say that the street mapping for Tamworth, NSW is now > largely complete! There is always new stuff to map and little things to fix :) But I had a quick look and it now is a lot more complete than when I saw it last so good work on that :) ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Lonely Planet
On 12 April 2010 08:03, Roy Wallace wrote: > Sorry to be a party pooper, but do you think Lonely Planet would be > okay with this kind of use of their publication? I doubt she'd be copying it verbatim, more likely she's using it like a street directory for route planning and will use a GPS device for the location and can survey for names on signs at the same time. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Lonely Planet
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Liz wrote: > I bought a Lonely Planet book of Oz today. I thought that I would use it for > POIs - to try and put things on the map that are in the guidebook, as this > would make OSM more attractive to tourists. > I'm not starting at A and continuing to Z - just the places which I visit as I > travel around (preferably paid). Sorry to be a party pooper, but do you think Lonely Planet would be okay with this kind of use of their publication? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
[talk-au] Tamworth, NSW
Hi. Just a quick note to say that the street mapping for Tamworth, NSW is now largely complete! http://osm.org/go/uY9yYCV-- This includes Westdale and Calala. On the todo list are: - Fix the odd missing street. (I keep finding them) - Fix a few missing street names - More POIs - Tag the cycle routes (for the cycle map layer) - Survey some of the surrounding villages (Kootingal and Nemingha both need more work) Thanks to the people who have helped out with this. - Ben Kelley. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Lonely Planet
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010, John Smith wrote: > On 11 April 2010 19:51, Liz wrote: > > I bought a Lonely Planet book of Oz today. I thought that I would use it > > for POIs - to try and put things on the map that are in the guidebook, as > > this would make OSM more attractive to tourists. > > I'm not starting at A and continuing to Z - just the places which I visit > > as I travel around (preferably paid). > > All you have to do is visit tourist information centres, these would > make a good POI as well, and you can usually pick up hundreds of > pamphlets for the immediate area, and some centres also have > information for other areas as well. > The combinations of things are different to those in tourist brochures. Tourist brochures have more overall, but this gives me more ideas again. -- BOFH excuse #187: Reformatting Page. Wait... ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Lonely Planet
On 11 April 2010 19:51, Liz wrote: > I bought a Lonely Planet book of Oz today. I thought that I would use it for > POIs - to try and put things on the map that are in the guidebook, as this > would make OSM more attractive to tourists. > I'm not starting at A and continuing to Z - just the places which I visit as I > travel around (preferably paid). All you have to do is visit tourist information centres, these would make a good POI as well, and you can usually pick up hundreds of pamphlets for the immediate area, and some centres also have information for other areas as well. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
[talk-au] Lonely Planet
I bought a Lonely Planet book of Oz today. I thought that I would use it for POIs - to try and put things on the map that are in the guidebook, as this would make OSM more attractive to tourists. I'm not starting at A and continuing to Z - just the places which I visit as I travel around (preferably paid). Liz ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
