Re: [OSM-talk-be] Idea!
Here is another bicycle - 3D related project from someone in Geel. I invited him over to the mailing list to discuss his ideas and data needs: https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/41657/3d-world-generation-for-bicycle-simulation-with-cityengine regards m On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 4:00 AM, Nicolas Pettiaux nico...@pettiaux.be wrote: e dimanche 08 février 2015 à 10:01 +0100, Ben Abelshausen a écrit : Hello I have a new idea to get some funding for OpenStreetMap-Belgium. great Our biggest problem is that we have no budget to organize anything at the moment (I'm funding most things out of my own pocket still except part of the missing maps party). this is not normal imho This idea may also grow into an actual business based on OSM later. +1 Anyway, I'm just asking here for some people who are willing to either: - Do some scripting/programming with the purpose of quality checks in OSM. This can be complex stuff like public transit route relations, bicyle route networks, addressing but also more simple stuff like basic POI information. this is very interesting. I think we should try to make as much possible to improve the quality of OSM in Be. If the quality is good, we'll have more possibilities to advertise osm with respect to the other maps (google, bing, tomtom ...) and we'll have more opportunities to sell services on osm to communes and private companies. THis will help a positive circle. - Write messages to fellow mappers (with another useraccount, not your own) to help them after they make mistakes or help them to map better in the future. +1 You would actually get paid for this if I find customers. I'm pretty sure I will. If you are maybe willing to help out let me know. I am interested to help find people who can help. Eg some of my students, and get paid for such a work. I won't have the time to contribute and help personnally, other than doing some relationship. The details of the plans are a bit fuzzy at the moment. I'm just trying to get an idea of the one thing always limiting me, people willing to join in. Some of my students (at Ecole supérieure d'informatique) are looking for paid jobs. Either they go in Delhaize, Carrefour and do some silly jobs paid 10 €/hour or they help us in OSM, increase their work habilities and do something that I find more interesting. I would like to help them working for OSM. I have some other ideas too : I want to sell to Belgium and Vlaanderen that helping financially to build a good and precise openseamap with precise crowdsourced bathymetry would help develop the tourism on our coast. My idea is to have the institutions help us organize mapping parties on the sea, (that is sail, which is fun) and spread the equipment on privates boats who would gather datas. I would love that the sailing maps of the Belgium coast be based on OSM and be of better quality than the maps sold by IGN and the like (and this would also help with the use of opencpn , a free navigational program that now need to be ported to smartphone imho) Best regards, Nicolas ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
Re: [OSM-talk-be] Idea!
e dimanche 08 février 2015 à 10:01 +0100, Ben Abelshausen a écrit : Hello I have a new idea to get some funding for OpenStreetMap-Belgium. great Our biggest problem is that we have no budget to organize anything at the moment (I'm funding most things out of my own pocket still except part of the missing maps party). this is not normal imho This idea may also grow into an actual business based on OSM later. +1 Anyway, I'm just asking here for some people who are willing to either: - Do some scripting/programming with the purpose of quality checks in OSM. This can be complex stuff like public transit route relations, bicyle route networks, addressing but also more simple stuff like basic POI information. this is very interesting. I think we should try to make as much possible to improve the quality of OSM in Be. If the quality is good, we'll have more possibilities to advertise osm with respect to the other maps (google, bing, tomtom ...) and we'll have more opportunities to sell services on osm to communes and private companies. THis will help a positive circle. - Write messages to fellow mappers (with another useraccount, not your own) to help them after they make mistakes or help them to map better in the future. +1 You would actually get paid for this if I find customers. I'm pretty sure I will. If you are maybe willing to help out let me know. I am interested to help find people who can help. Eg some of my students, and get paid for such a work. I won't have the time to contribute and help personnally, other than doing some relationship. The details of the plans are a bit fuzzy at the moment. I'm just trying to get an idea of the one thing always limiting me, people willing to join in. Some of my students (at Ecole supérieure d'informatique) are looking for paid jobs. Either they go in Delhaize, Carrefour and do some silly jobs paid 10 €/hour or they help us in OSM, increase their work habilities and do something that I find more interesting. I would like to help them working for OSM. I have some other ideas too : I want to sell to Belgium and Vlaanderen that helping financially to build a good and precise openseamap with precise crowdsourced bathymetry would help develop the tourism on our coast. My idea is to have the institutions help us organize mapping parties on the sea, (that is sail, which is fun) and spread the equipment on privates boats who would gather datas. I would love that the sailing maps of the Belgium coast be based on OSM and be of better quality than the maps sold by IGN and the like (and this would also help with the use of opencpn , a free navigational program that now need to be ported to smartphone imho) Best regards, Nicolas ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
Re: [OSM-talk-be] Idea!
I'm already doing this, so you have my interest. Not exactly sure who the customers would be. Also, you say we would be remunerated and at the same time OSM Belgium gets funding. Those customers must have deep pockets, or I must have misunderstood. :-) Anyway, it sounds like a good idea. I'll start to make a wishlist of Garmin Virb and powerbanks, I'd love to obtain to seed Mapillary with photos... Jo 2015-02-08 10:01 GMT+01:00 Ben Abelshausen ben.abelshau...@gmail.com: Hi All, I have a new idea to get some funding for OpenStreetMap-Belgium. Our biggest problem is that we have no budget to organize anything at the moment (I'm funding most things out of my own pocket still except part of the missing maps party). This idea may also grow into an actual business based on OSM later. Anyway, I'm just asking here for some people who are willing to either: - Do some scripting/programming with the purpose of quality checks in OSM. This can be complex stuff like public transit route relations, bicyle route networks, addressing but also more simple stuff like basic POI information. - Write messages to fellow mappers (with another useraccount, not your own) to help them after they make mistakes or help them to map better in the future. You would actually get paid for this if I find customers. I'm pretty sure I will. If you are maybe willing to help out let me know. The details of the plans are a bit fuzzy at the moment. I'm just trying to get an idea of the one thing always limiting me, people willing to join in. Met vriendelijke groeten, Best regards, Ben Abelshausen ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
Re: [OSM-talk-be] Idea!
I'm being paid to keep ArcelorMittal site in Zelzate up to date, I actually receive detailed plans from AM to accomplish this. Especially all their emergency exist are very important to them. So there is a legit business case for these type of tasks. But it is an ongoing effort as from time to time, someone comes in and thinks I had it all wrong and changes my industrial (crane) rails into man_made=rail (whatever that last one is, it's not official). It gets a bit frustrating at time to keep an eye on it but the customer does pay. It took me 1 phone call to receive their site plans. That area was 1 giant landuse=industrial with no details. It was the biggest visible gap in belgium from higher zoomlevels. In fact the other site of the canal is still like AM site was before I started this. http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/51.1630/3.7928 Glenn On 08-02-15 10:27, Jo wrote: I'm already doing this, so you have my interest. Not exactly sure who the customers would be. Also, you say we would be remunerated and at the same time OSM Belgium gets funding. Those customers must have deep pockets, or I must have misunderstood. :-) Anyway, it sounds like a good idea. I'll start to make a wishlist of Garmin Virb and powerbanks, I'd love to obtain to seed Mapillary with photos... ___ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] Fwd: Idea: shp2osm2gpx2donateBYseparate login
2009/11/23 Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com: Hi everyone, What do you think of the idea to convert the shp files to OSM, then to GPX and upload it that way? I don't think this would be a good idea, they aren't GPS traces, it would also remove or make more difficult if things need to be attributed to know what to attribute to whom. It would be better to have a parallel system for things like shape files that could be loaded similar to GPS traces rather than show horning things into existing frame work. ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[OSM-talk] Fwd: Idea: shp2osm2gpx2donateBYseparate login
Hi everyone, What do you think of the idea to convert the shp files to OSM, then to GPX and upload it that way? This way, we (at a minimum) just have a gpx track of where the data that is available, geographically is. It doesnt mean that the features will end up being uploaded, it just provides a 'tracer'. This can be VERY handy for the leavely mapped areas, as well as not so heavely mapped areas. (since its a 'guide' 1 of many gpx tracks around) This way, i can create a separate login for this, and just upload these 'created' gpx tracks, and it will NOT interfer with ANY osm data. Would it be possable to allow me to upload these tracks? Thanks, Sam -- Forwarded message -- From: Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:15:27 -0800 Subject: Idea: shp2osm2gpx2donateBYseparate login To: impo...@openstreetmap.org Hi, I'm working on the Ontario Trails Network. Some of it list 'trails' as being 'on road with vehicles' so that would be a 'tertiary' or 'unclassified' instead, so im wondering if i could convert the file to gpx and upload that (under a different login) That way, it is all available, at the min. tracable. This can prove 'helpful' in any area, so that it can be 'traced' or used to correct (or re-align) tracks where people have already mapped. Thanks, Sam P.S. For each import source. I think that it's best if i create a new login for it? -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blog: http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans OpenStreetMap IRC: http://irc.openstreetmap.org @Acrosscanadatrails -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blog: http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans OpenStreetMap IRC: http://irc.openstreetmap.org @Acrosscanadatrails ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Fwd: Idea: shp2osm2gpx2donateBYseparate login
2009/11/23 Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com: Hi everyone, What do you think of the idea to convert the shp files to OSM, then to GPX and upload it that way? I don't think this would be a good idea, they aren't GPS traces, it would also remove or make more difficult if things need to be attributed to know what to attribute to whom. It would be better to have a parallel system for things like shape files that could be loaded similar to GPS traces rather than show horning things into existing frame work. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Application idea - OSMSiteMaker
On Friday 21 December 2007 09:04:54 Nick Whitelegg wrote: Was thinking that it might be an idea to develop an application to allow people to set up their own local OSM-based sites for very local areas e.g. 20x20 miles - in the UK, that could include, for example, the New Forest, the Lake District or Manchester. I was thinking of the scenario where people might not want to set up/be able to set up (due to their hosting) a full PostGIS database, but could instead run a Mapnik-based site off shapefiles - which, if I remember from tests, is efficient enough for a small area. Does this sound a good idea? However it is done - yes. The easier we can make it for people to use OSM the better, and putting a slippy map like that on your site is a bit of a faff at the moment from what I can see. Kind regards, Tom -- | Green Party Speaker on Intellectual Property and Free Software | | http://tom.acrewoods.net::http://www.greenparty.org.uk | ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
