Re: [OSM-talk] Should Bridges be independent of their ways?

2009-09-23 Thread Anthony
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2009/9/22 Anthony : > > It is possible to represent different surfaces and different maxspeeds > > without using more than one way. "maxspeed:lane=130;110"; > > "surface:lane=asphalt;concrete". That's not necessarily the best > solut

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Mike Harris
Right to roam in England and Wales exists only on Open Access Land - which is most unlikely to be cropped. Elsewhere our rights are only on public highways (which include public rights of way) or by permission. Where a public right of way crosses a crop it is likely to be a trespass too go around t

Re: [OSM-talk] trunk_link & ref=*

2009-09-23 Thread Dave F.
Florian Lohoff wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:16:14PM +0100, Dave F. wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I've trunk_link going form one trunk to another. They have different >> references. >> Do I add a ref=*. If so which one? The one it's leaving or the one it's >> going to? >> > > Just a thought

Re: [OSM-talk] trunk_link & ref=*

2009-09-23 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:16:14PM +0100, Dave F. wrote: > Hi > > I've trunk_link going form one trunk to another. They have different > references. > Do I add a ref=*. If so which one? The one it's leaving or the one it's > going to? Just a thought i had on this - Typically you'll have 2 trun

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetView - documentation?

2009-09-23 Thread Jeremy Adams
You'll find most of the documentation on the wiki at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org. This mailing list you've posted to is the primary source of discussion. There are other lists as well for more specific topics (newbies, legal, etc) as well as for specific countries. -Jeremy On Wed, Sep 23, 2009

[OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM (balloon-based aerial photography)

2009-09-23 Thread courtland . yockey
I briefly looked at the slide pack that was referenced in this thread ... this looks like a perfect high school science project (from a United States perspective). It would be awesome if we could introduce this as an annual school science project with the aim to photograph one area that has und

[OSM-talk] OpenStreetView - documentation?

2009-09-23 Thread courtland . yockey
I've signed up at the OpenStreetView site, but it does not appear that there is significant documentation available, nor a method for discussion. Could someone say something to this? Perhaps this is coming in the future - it would be helpful to known this. --openstreetmap login = ceyockey ___

[OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread courtland . yockey
I've been thinking a bit about this from a very different perspective - that of parks and other open public areas where you might not have a chance to walk the perimeter ... for instance, you've a dog who really doesn't want that boring walk around the edge, but bobs and weaves all about the spa

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] The OpenStreetMap website is now translatable at Translatewiki

2009-09-23 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: >> But which OSM components does this cover? I'm assuming this only covers the >> main OSM website (and the wiki indirectly since MediaWiki is already in >> TranslateWiki

Re: [OSM-talk] good news: shapefile usage of ramsar sites for openstreetmap.org

2009-09-23 Thread Morten Kjeldgaard
On 23/09/2009, at 13.46, Jason Cunningham wrote: > To repeat, I am not saying the data must not be used, I am simply > raising an issue because I think there may be a problem. I don't > trust the British Government and OS. I would genuinely surprised > (and pleased) if JNCC had paid OS to r

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Thread Ian Dees
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Matt Williams wrote: > >> Take a look at http://milliams.com/verticalitymetre/, >> http://milliams.com/verticalitymetre/stats.php and >> http://milliams.com/verticalitymetre/map.html. These were some tools I >>

[OSM-talk] trunk_link & ref=*

2009-09-23 Thread Dave F.
Hi I've trunk_link going form one trunk to another. They have different references. Do I add a ref=*. If so which one? The one it's leaving or the one it's going to? Cheers Dave F. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreet

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/9/23 paul youlten : > I've sent Dr Mund and Mr Tean Peang Seng an email inviting them to > join the discussion. sorry, the page I linkes seems outdated (2002 I guess from the context). There is more sites about him here: http://www.xing.com/profile/JanPeter_Mund and here: http://www.dlr.de/ca

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread paul youlten
I've sent Dr Mund and Mr Tean Peang Seng an email inviting them to join the discussion. :-) On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2009/9/23 paul youlten : >> This looks interesting: > +1 > >> http://www.slideshare.net/jpmund/aerial-photo-ballon-technique-mapasia2006 >> >>

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Someoneelse
Ed Avis wrote: > Someoneelse mail.atownsend.org.uk> writes: > >> >> http://maps.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/ >> NottsCC.InteractiveMapping.Web.Internet/ >> ?e=461177&n=360114&mpp=160&layers=SEA.PLA.FP.BR.RB.BOAT >> /&hLayer=&hField=&hValue= >> >> suggest that they might. > > Hmm, where do you see fie

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/9/23 paul youlten : > This looks interesting: +1 > http://www.slideshare.net/jpmund/aerial-photo-ballon-technique-mapasia2006 > > Does anyone know Jan-Peter Mund? don't know him, but he's not difficult to find (1st hit in g00gle ;-) http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/mund/index.html cheers, Mart

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Aun Yngve Johnsen
They record tracks so they can calculate the next leg on the field, the question is wether we can use the data for some reason or other. brgds Aun Johnsen On 23/09/2009, at 17:53, Liz wrote: > On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Ed Avis wrote: >> Perhaps >> we could install GPS devices on every tractor in

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Jack Stringer
Well if somone does map the fields please could they put the gates on there. It would be nice to route people to the nearest gate. We do have the right to roam but those of who live in the countryside have always had that option we just used our common sense by not walking down the middle of crops.

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Liz
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Ed Avis wrote: > Perhaps > we could install GPS devices on every tractor in the country where I live tractors have GPS devices already perhaps you just need to ask if they record where they have been? ___ talk mailing list talk@ope

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Maps v.s. OSM routing in Berlin

2009-09-23 Thread Liz
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Jeremy Adams wrote: > > The Cloudmade/OSM route is about 28 times longer. I expect it's just a > > simple missing connection but it make a big difference in the NY to > > Washington DC route (1.3 times longer). > > > > There's a large chunk of one lane of I-95 missing. I trac

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetView

2009-09-23 Thread Richard Bullock
> > [still not enough :)] > > For moderating: right now I moderated several photos until I cam onto a > visible license plate. This I masked and added the tag licenceplate, > left the masking area, clicked "mark as safe" and "save" - and then an > error showed up: > | There was an error saving your

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Maps v.s. OSM routing in Berlin

2009-09-23 Thread Jeremy Adams
> 2009/9/17 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason : > > Why doesn't OSM ever tell me to take a 270 degree turn into oncoming > > traffic on a 6-lane highway and get onto the motorway_link on the > > other side? > > > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=B2%2FB5%2FHeerstra%C3% > 9Fe&daddr=A115&geo

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetView

2009-09-23 Thread malenki
John McKerrell wrote: > >On 22 Sep 2009, at 17:44, malenki wrote: > >> | There was an error saving your changes >> >Odd, I'll take a look, can you paste the URL to the thumbnail to help >me identify it? Impossible at the moment, OSV looks like this both in opera and firefox: http://omploader.or

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Maps v.s. OSM routing in Berlin

2009-09-23 Thread Matt Williams
2009/9/17 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason : > Why doesn't OSM ever tell me to take a 270 degree turn into oncoming > traffic on a 6-lane highway and get onto the motorway_link on the > other side? > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=B2%2FB5%2FHeerstra%C3%9Fe&daddr=A115&geocode=FQQ6IQMdPXrK

Re: [OSM-talk] USB Serial converters - any recommendations?

2009-09-23 Thread Dave G
Nick It could be the problem, bash commands can be very fussy about whitespaces/switches/comamnd order etc. sometimes dave 2009/9/24 Nick Whitelegg : > Hello Dave, > > There is, though why would that make a difference? > > Nick > > > > > Dave G <9gerk...@gmail.com> > 22/09/2009 20:11 > > To >

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] The OpenStreetMap website is now translatable at Translatewiki

2009-09-23 Thread Mikel Maron
From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason > wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar > > wrote: > >> But which OSM components does this cover? I'm assuming this only covers the > >> main OSM website (and the wiki indirectl

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Thread Ian Dees
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Matt Williams wrote: > Take a look at http://milliams.com/verticalitymetre/, > http://milliams.com/verticalitymetre/stats.php and > http://milliams.com/verticalitymetre/map.html. These were some tools I > threw together to rate the photos on how vertical they wer

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Thread Matt Williams
2009/9/23 Ian Dees : > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Richard Fairhurst > wrote: >> Bev M Ewen-Smith wrote: >> >> > I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial >> > photos. Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do >> > to get them to show up under Potlach so that

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Thread Dave F.
Stratford-upon-Avon http://osm.org/go/euylwx@ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Thread Ian Dees
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Bev M Ewen-Smith wrote: > > > I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial > > photos. Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do > > to get them to show up under Potlach so that I can trace from them? > > Po

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread Mikel Maron
Note OSM can qualify for non-profit pricing on imagery, which can take the cost down to $12/km2. This is what we arranged for the Gaza imagery. - Original Message From: paul youlten To: John Smith Cc: Talk Openstreetmap Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:05:18 AM Subject: Re: [OS

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Thread Mikel Maron
Map Warper http://warper.geothings.net/ open source, and uses OpenStreetMap for setting of control points. - Original Message From: Bev M Ewen-Smith To: talk@openstreetmap.org Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:36:23 AM Subject: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos Hi, I am hoping to tak

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread paul youlten
This looks interesting: http://www.slideshare.net/jpmund/aerial-photo-ballon-technique-mapasia2006 Does anyone know Jan-Peter Mund? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Bev M Ewen-Smith wrote: > I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial > photos. Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do > to get them to show up under Potlach so that I can trace from them? Potlatch likes tiled maps/imagery, just like OSM itself, and in fact u

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] The OpenStreetMap website is now translatable at Translatewiki

2009-09-23 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: >> But which OSM components does this cover? I'm assuming this only covers the >> main OSM website (and the wiki indirectly since MediaWiki is already in >> TranslateWiki

Re: [OSM-talk] Aeroplane for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
Matt Williams milliams.com> writes: > > Maybe it would be possible to buy (build) a Camera, GPS,... Unit to > > mount at a plane and rent the plane. > > Many governments need orthophotos and maybe they are willing to sponsor > > the plane for some hours if > > they get usefull public domain imag

Re: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

2009-09-23 Thread Donald Allwright
>From: Eugene Alvin Villar >To: maning sambale >Cc: osm-talk >Sent: Wednesday, 23 September, 2009 14:57:38 >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the >database? > >This issue has cropped up with Wikipedia too. The view th

Re: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

2009-09-23 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
This issue has cropped up with Wikipedia too. The view there is that even though the copyrighted material is still available in the wiki page history, this should not be a big concern. Deleting the material from the current version of the page means that there is an intent to remove the infringing

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Thread Ian Dees
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Stefan de Konink wrote: > Bev M Ewen-Smith schreef: > > I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial photos. > > Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do to get > > them to show up under Potlach so that I can trace from them? > > For

Re: [OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Thread Stefan de Konink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Bev M Ewen-Smith schreef: > I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial photos. > Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do to get > them to show up under Potlach so that I can trace from them? For tracing and rectifi

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Ed Avis
Someoneelse mail.atownsend.org.uk> writes: >>In the UK, certainly large-scale Ordnance Survey maps show field boundaries. > >I suspect that it depends on region, but in my experience the Ordnance >Survey field boundary data as printed on their Explorer is based on >actual boundaries some consid

[OSM-talk] Own aerial photos

2009-09-23 Thread Bev M Ewen-Smith
Hi, I am hoping to take my own vertical/near-vertical aerial photos. Assuming that I can georeference them, what do I need to do to get them to show up under Potlach so that I can trace from them? Bev ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

2009-09-23 Thread Thomas Wood
The Data Working Group have the powers to ensure the data is removed permanently from the database and historical planet dumps. To my knowledge, the planet dumps have been patched once in the past to remove a serious copyvio. 2009/9/23 Donald Allwright : > >>From: maning sambale >>To: osm-talk >

Re: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

2009-09-23 Thread Donald Allwright
>From: maning sambale >To: osm-talk >Sent: Wednesday, 23 September, 2009 13:44:52 >Subject: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the >database? >Whenever we see copyrighted material in OSM, we try to remove it >immediately. But technically, it still in the database in

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Someoneelse
Ed Avis wrote: > In the UK, certainly large-scale Ordnance Survey maps show field boundaries. I suspect that it depends on region, but in my experience the Ordnance Survey field boundary data as printed on their Explorer is based on actual boundaries some considerable time in the past. That doe

[OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

2009-09-23 Thread maning sambale
Whenever we see copyrighted material in OSM, we try to remove it immediately. But technically, it still in the database including history and changeset. Am I right in my assumptions? -- cheers, maning -- "Freedom is still the most radical idea o

Re: [OSM-talk] embed picture with josm

2009-09-23 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 23 Sep 2009 5:53:45 pm SLXViper wrote: > Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > actually I was looking at sort of loading a non-tagged picture into > > josm and > > manually pasting it where I want - looks like this is not possible! > > > > This is what piclayer actually does... Haven't you lo

Re: [OSM-talk] embed picture with josm

2009-09-23 Thread SLXViper
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > actually I was looking at sort of loading a non-tagged picture into > josm and > manually pasting it where I want - looks like this is not possible! > This is what piclayer actually does... Haven't you looked at it? ___ talk

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM in Poland

2009-09-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, andrzej zaborowski wrote: > There's the forum at > http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewforum.php?id=23 with a tiny > community, it's rather silent but in the healthy way, meaning that > people are busy mapping :) I would have much preferred a mailing list > but others don't seem very enthusias

Re: [OSM-talk] embed picture with josm

2009-09-23 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 23 Sep 2009 1:55:24 pm SLXViper wrote: > Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > hi, > > can one embed images with josm? if so, how? > > > > by using either the piclayer plugin (for correctly projected and > rectified images, e.g. maps) or, when using own aerial imagery (not > rectified), by us

Re: [OSM-talk] Aeroplane for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread Matt Williams
2009/9/23 bernhard : > Hi All > > Satellite und balloon are not perfect to take orthophotos. > Why not buy an aeroplane for OSM? > > > Maybe it would be possible to buy (build) a Camera, GPS,... Unit to > mount at a plane and rent the plane. > Many governments need orthophotos and maybe they are wi

[OSM-talk] Aeroplane for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread bernhard
Hi All Satellite und balloon are not perfect to take orthophotos. Why not buy an aeroplane for OSM? Maybe it would be possible to buy (build) a Camera, GPS,... Unit to mount at a plane and rent the plane. Many governments need orthophotos and maybe they are willing to sponsor the plane for som

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread Jack Stringer
Get a Canon IS lens on a SLR, the ones I have are quite good and mixed with a f-stop of 2.8 it means plenty of light so fast shutter speeds are easier. Only problem is weight, the latest kit weights a few kilos 1.7Kg IRRC just for the lens. Jack Stringer _

Re: [OSM-talk] good news: shapefile usage of ramsar sites for openstreetmap.org

2009-09-23 Thread Jason Cunningham
2009/9/22 Morten Kjeldgaard > I am sorry, but I don't understand. Roman references an email from the > communications officer of Ramsar, and you are worried? You say the sites in > U.K. have "probably" been mapped by BOS? What kind of authority do you > represent to convince us that your concerns

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread Andrew Errington
On Wed, September 23, 2009 19:44, Robert Scott wrote: > On Wednesday 23 September 2009, paul youlten wrote: > >> How be difficult would it be to adapt their low-cost approach to give >> more useful images for mapping? > > Very. Getting steady images from a balloon would be very difficult, even > wi

Re: [OSM-talk] Evolution of a map

2009-09-23 Thread Francesco de Virgilio
2009/9/21 Valent Turkovic : > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:25:37 +0300, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > >> I've done something primitive based on some shell scripting and the >> mapnik render; the code isn't published yet, but I can publish it, if >> you want. > > > Please do. +1 -- Francesco de Virgilio *Ubun

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Chris Hill
The OS have their own aerial survey 'plane, currently based in Blackpool I think. A large part of their rural mapping updates comes from this hi res photography. They don't choose to release these photos for general use of course. An OS 'plane used to be based at an airfield I used to fly fr

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] The OpenStreetMap website is now translatable at Translatewiki

2009-09-23 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: > But which OSM components does this cover? I'm assuming this only covers the > main OSM website (and the wiki indirectly since MediaWiki is already in > TranslateWiki) but not Potlatch, and the other editors. It's only the website at th

[OSM-talk] Field boundaries (was: feasibility - different use of openstreetmap)

2009-09-23 Thread Ed Avis
In the UK, certainly large-scale Ordnance Survey maps show field boundaries. There is some incomprehensible (to me) information about 'field parcel numbers' at . It would be great to add them to OSM but I don't think walking

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread Robert Scott
On Wednesday 23 September 2009, paul youlten wrote: > How be difficult would it be to adapt their low-cost approach to give > more useful images for mapping? Very. Getting steady images from a balloon would be very difficult, even with a gimbal. The payload swings like a pendulum. You also wouldn

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetView

2009-09-23 Thread John McKerrell
On 22 Sep 2009, at 17:44, malenki wrote: | There was an error saving your changes Odd, I'll take a look, can you paste the URL to the thumbnail to help me identify it? Besides there seems to be no way (atm) to edit several pictures in a row. MArking some and clicking "mask sections" showe

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread John Smith
2009/9/23 paul youlten : >>The other question to be asked is the time, effort and money put into >>this be less than archived sat imagery which is about $14 per sq km. > > Yeah...but it would be fun to try! > > ... and while $14/sq Km doesn't sound a lot it would still cost $5376 > (£4900) just to

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread paul youlten
>The other question to be asked is the time, effort and money put into >this be less than archived sat imagery which is about $14 per sq km. Yeah...but it would be fun to try! ... and while $14/sq Km doesn't sound a lot it would still cost $5376 (£4900) just to get images of (for example) the Isl

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread John Smith
2009/9/23 Frederik Ramm : > I always thought that aviation regulations require the pilot - whether on > board or on the ground - to monitor the airspace around the aircraft and > take evasive action where necessary. It would be hard to do that on the > ground for an aircraft that far up. But maybe

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, paul youlten wrote: > Do modern RC controls have that sort of range? 3.5km seems a lot... an > alternative would be to control it with GPS and some sort of > electronic flight plan/autopilot. I always thought that aviation regulations require the pilot - whether on board or on the ground - t

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread John Smith
2009/9/23 paul youlten : >> RC blimp might also be more practical since you could steer it etc. > > Do modern RC controls have that sort of range? 3.5km seems a lot... an > alternative would be to control it with GPS and some sort of > electronic flight plan/autopilot. Do you need to go above 1km?

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM in Poland

2009-09-23 Thread andrzej zaborowski
Hi, 2009/9/23 Frederik Ramm : >    at the Intergeo trade fair, I spoke to a guy from the university in > Wroclaw, Poland, who was interested in getting in touch with the Polish > OSM community (with a view of asking his students, who have to do a lot > of surveying as part of their courses, to con

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread paul youlten
> RC blimp might also be more practical since you could steer it etc. Do modern RC controls have that sort of range? 3.5km seems a lot... an alternative would be to control it with GPS and some sort of electronic flight plan/autopilot. On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:16 AM, John Smith wrote: > 2009/9

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread John Smith
2009/9/23 paul youlten : > ... because you'd only sending it up to 3,500m (rather than 30,000m) > you wouldn't need to worry so much about low temperatures freezing the > batteries. At that altitude you wouldn't have to worry about the balloon bursting at that altitude either. The bigger issue wo

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread paul youlten
> Yes but almost none of the imagery would be useful for vectorising however. How be difficult would it be to adapt their low-cost approach to give more useful images for mapping? Is it just a matter of attaching the camera to some sort of gimbal? ... because you'd only sending it up to 3,500m (r

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM in Poland

2009-09-23 Thread Ciprian Talaba
Hi Frederik, On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > > So where does the Polish OSM community hang out? Checked the Wiki and > found nothing in terms of regular meetings or in fact any contact > address or real name. Do they perhaps have a forum or something? Is > there perhaps

[OSM-talk] OSM in Poland

2009-09-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, at the Intergeo trade fair, I spoke to a guy from the university in Wroclaw, Poland, who was interested in getting in touch with the Polish OSM community (with a view of asking his students, who have to do a lot of surveying as part of their courses, to contribute to OSM). I was about

Re: [OSM-talk] embed picture with josm

2009-09-23 Thread SLXViper
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > hi, > can one embed images with josm? if so, how? > by using either the piclayer plugin (for correctly projected and rectified images, e.g. maps) or, when using own aerial imagery (not rectified), by using metacarta's map recitifier or mapwarper and embedding these se

[OSM-talk] embed picture with josm

2009-09-23 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, can one embed images with josm? if so, how? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Project Officer NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread John Smith
2009/9/23 paul youlten : > Just noticed this on the front page of Wikipedia: > > "Did you know... > > ...that in 2009 two MIT students made a vehicle to take pictures of > the Earth from 93,000 feet (28,000 m) for US$148?" > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Icarus Yes but almost none of the

Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

2009-09-23 Thread paul youlten
Just noticed this on the front page of Wikipedia: "Did you know... ...that in 2009 two MIT students made a vehicle to take pictures of the Earth from 93,000 feet (28,000 m) for US$148?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Icarus PaulY On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Joe Richards wrote: > >

Re: [OSM-talk] intent to vandalize

2009-09-23 Thread Gregory Williams
> -Original Message- > From: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk- > boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of John Smith > Sent: 23 September 2009 07:53 > To: maning sambale > Cc: osm-talk > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] intent to vandalize > > 2009/9/23 maning sambale : > > http://www.ope

Re: [OSM-talk] feasibility - different use of openstreetmap

2009-09-23 Thread John Smith
2009/9/23 Peter Körner : >> Question: >> Would it be possible/feasible to setup a map server like openstreetmap >> that shows all the street/roads along with my aerial photography and >> field outlines, and then make a search for the field by customer, by >> legal description or by field name? > >

Re: [OSM-talk] feasibility - different use of openstreetmap

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Körner
> Question: > Would it be possible/feasible to setup a map server like openstreetmap > that shows all the street/roads along with my aerial photography and > field outlines, and then make a search for the field by customer, by > legal description or by field name? I'm unsure about the technical