Re: [OSM-dev] SoC project idea: Wikifikation of OSM

2008-03-30 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 6:27 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, looking at that it seems like there are plenty of people already > working on this. Basically you have done all the thinking and on the > Hackathon people will get cracking on it plus there is funding to have > this be done so I

Re: [OSM-dev] Relations, landuse, and gml2osm mess

2008-03-30 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 06:04:04PM +0200, Stefan Keller wrote: > GML uses XML and you can use XLink to encode relationships - even > between layers. And "layers" can be put in one file. GML > purposely encodes polygons as separate object to support object > oriented handling. This does not exc

Re: [OSM-dev] SoC project idea: Wikifikation of OSM

2008-03-30 Thread jn
> I think we should start with change tracking and rollbacks *now*, based > > on the current system (also see > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Monitoring_and_Rollback_Hack-a-thon_London) > > - and still, in an unrelated, parallel move - analyse our options to > > switch to another system

Re: [OSM-dev] Relations, landuse, and gml2osm mess

2008-03-30 Thread Stefan Keller
Ivan, Frederic asked: >> Out of interest about the whole GML stuff - if you apply the XSLT from >> here [...] to your OSM file, does the result even remotely look like the GML >> that you originally put in? And you answered: > I won't even bother running it - it is missing things like linearRings

Re: [OSM-dev] GSOC application /OSM/ Improved GPS workflow with JOSM

2008-03-30 Thread Subhodip Biswas
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Subhodip Biswas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi ! > I have submitted my proposal regarding "Improved GPS workflow with > JOSM" for Open Street Map . > you can find the proposal here : > http://subhodipbiswas.googlepages.com/gsoc2008 > comments are welcomed . >

Re: [OSM-dev] SoC project idea: Wikifikation of OSM

2008-03-30 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, > I would like to contribute to wikifying OSM, that is building the features > that are typical for a wiki. As is pointed out in the wiki these are > mainly: > - tracking of changes with user comments > - enabling rollback of changes > - a reputation system [...] > 3.Investigate database

[OSM-dev] SoC project idea: Wikifikation of OSM

2008-03-30 Thread jn
Hi everyone, I have been an (extremely passive) user of OSM for quite a while. Now I’ve seen OSM on Google SoC and that triggered the thought that I might be able to help you guys with this very cool project. Here’s what I’d be interested in doing and a few questions about related things. I would

Re: [OSM-dev] Relations, landuse, and gml2osm mess

2008-03-30 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, >> I have heard people say that GML supports topology, > > Ha! > > Given my experiences with GML, it supports topology in some alternate > universe > only. Thanks. I was suspecting as much, but have often been told by GIS people that there is support, pointing to some obscure bit of GML

[OSM-dev] GSOC application /OSM/ Improved GPS workflow with JOSM

2008-03-30 Thread Subhodip Biswas
Hi ! I have submitted my proposal regarding "Improved GPS workflow with JOSM" for Open Street Map . you can find the proposal here : http://subhodipbiswas.googlepages.com/gsoc2008 comments are welcomed . -- Regards Subhodip Biswas GPG key : FAEA34AB Server : pgp.mit.edu http://subhodipbiswas.wo

[OSM-dev] Application for GSoC

2008-03-30 Thread Arindam Ghosh
Hi all, I submitted my GSoC proposal for OpenStreetMap yesterday regarding "Internationalization setup for OSM web pages and map tiles". Please put up your suggestions and comments for any sort of improvements. I have also published it on the OSM wiki: [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/User

Re: [OSM-dev] Relations, landuse, and gml2osm mess

2008-03-30 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Domingo, 30 de Marzo de 2008, Frederik Ramm escribió: > > If I use a relation of ways (making up a ring) as the outer (or inner) > > hull of a multipolygon relation[2], will it work? > > Don't think it would currently, but it sure could be arranged. Some > editors (*cough*) still have problems w

[OSM-dev] Application draft for Google SoC

2008-03-30 Thread Mario
Hi! I'm sending you the draft of my application about an osmarender frontend, so that you can comment on it if you want. Thanks again to you all for your help and suggestions throughout past week. Mario === *Project background* Actually OSM counts on two engines to render map data: Osmar

Re: [OSM-dev] [ GSOC ] Mapnik Stylesheet editor

2008-03-30 Thread Raghu Ram
aah i forgot the screenshot .. This is the link http://raghuram.nadiminti.googlepages.com/prototype.png On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Raghu Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Martijn Pannevis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi. > > I'm a big proponent of a

Re: [OSM-dev] [ GSOC ] Mapnik Stylesheet editor

2008-03-30 Thread Raghu Ram
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Martijn Pannevis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > I'm a big proponent of a WYSIWYG mapnik editor; I wrote a SWYG editor as > a start (where you can edit the XML, and see the result), as linked on > the SoC wiki page. > In your description you don't talk about whe

Re: [OSM-dev] Altitude data & (cycle) route profiles

2008-03-30 Thread Sjors Provoost
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 3:14 PM, MilesTogoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frederik Ramm wrote: > > Hi, > >> I was thinking about adding nodes to long ways. This may sound a bit > >> ugly at first, but not if you consider the fact that the SRTM actually > >> provides real information about these

Re: [OSM-dev] [ GSOC ] Mapnik Stylesheet editor

2008-03-30 Thread Martijn Pannevis
Hi. I'm a big proponent of a WYSIWYG mapnik editor; I wrote a SWYG editor as a start (where you can edit the XML, and see the result), as linked on the SoC wiki page. In your description you don't talk about whether you want to make this a desktop app, or an online tool. I would propose to make

[OSM-dev] [ GSOC ] Mapnik Stylesheet editor

2008-03-30 Thread Raghu Ram
Hi all, I am RaghuRam, a 4th year student in the department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. I have been working since an year on Mobile GIS and Map rendering stuff as a part of my BTech project. I am really awed at the amount of work being done voluntarily in the OSM communit