Re: [OSM-talk] Massive import of airports

2010-12-20 Thread Blake Crosby
Hi Alan, I would like to go one step further. For an example of what I mean, check out my home airport, CYKZ (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=43.86025lon=-79.37129zoom=16). You will notice nodes for things like: - Windsocks - VASI/PAPI And other details like runway width, and surface (on

[OSM-talk] Massive import of airports

2010-12-17 Thread Blake Crosby
Hello, I'm responsible for the massive import of airports yesterday. First of all, I would like to apologize for its outcome. My intention was to map some of the missing airports from OSM. My methodology was as follows: - Check to see what data is already in OSM. Download the data from the

Re: [OSM-talk] Massive import of airports

2010-12-17 Thread Blake Crosby
On 17/12/2010 9:42 AM, Peter Körner wrote: The community has to decide it the changes should be reverted. How many nodes did you import? There were 23,013 nodes: Of those: 3,680 were Heliports/Helipads 19,333 were Aerodromes The general consensus with other users who have e-mailed me

Re: [OSM-talk] Massive import of airports

2010-12-17 Thread Blake Crosby
On 17/12/2010 10:57 AM, David Paleino wrote: I'd say also near, not only inside, if you can :-) My first round of deletions have completed (changeset 6688755). It resulted in the deletion of 921 nodes. Any of the nodes that I added that was within 0.1' of any existing node/way tagged as

[Talk-ca] Fire Hydrant Data for Toronto

2010-12-17 Thread Blake Crosby
Hello, I'm currently working with the Open Toronto group (www.toronto.ca/open) to get fire hydrant data for the City of Toronto. Would anyone have any objection to me importing this data? Blake ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-ca] Fire Hydrant Data for Toronto

2010-12-17 Thread Blake Crosby
Hi John, Thanks for the info. I will keep that under advisement. Blake On 17/12/2010 10:56 AM, john whelan wrote: Check the license on this data very carefully their idea of Open currently doesn't align with OpenStreetMap. They have a working group looking into the matter currently. Also

Re: [Talk-ca] Fire Hydrant Data for Toronto

2010-12-17 Thread Blake Crosby
On 17/12/2010 10:42 AM, G. Michael Carter wrote: Got my vote, I like lots of data... although why would anyone other than the fire department need to know where the fire hydrant's are? One reason I can think of has to do with house insurance. Insurance rates are based on how close you are to

[Talk-ca] Airports

2010-07-23 Thread Blake Crosby
Ahh... it's nice to be back on the list. From the archives I see there are some new faces. Let me re-introduce my self. I'm user bcrosby and started mapping the town of Aurora, Ontario back in 2008. I've been busy since then with another project called World Flight Planner

Re: [OSM-talk] More easter eggs in Google Maps

2008-04-23 Thread Blake Crosby
Andrew, It looks like they got the information from the TTC website. Maybe the TTC addresses and/or the geocoder to use aren't perfect? I'm hoping this is the first step in providing a route planner for the TTC. Blake Andrew MacKinnon wrote: Looking at Google Maps today, I noticed that they

Re: [OSM-talk] Spot Satellite Messenger

2008-04-01 Thread Blake Crosby
I own one of these units and it would not be useful for OSM. The upload rate is only every 10 minutes when you are using the tracking option. Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: El Martes, 1 de Abril de 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Don't know what they are using for the uplink, claims 100%

Re: [OSM-talk] GeoGratis - Low accuracy Waterways.

2008-03-26 Thread Blake Crosby
All of the offending data has been removed. Please let me know if you see anything odd or of the data in your area of Canada is still there. Blake Blake Crosby wrote: Just an update... Ways have been removed, I'm in the process of removing the nodes should be done in about 2 hours or so

Re: [OSM-talk] GeoGratis - Low accuracy Waterways.

2008-03-25 Thread Blake Crosby
Just an update... Ways have been removed, I'm in the process of removing the nodes should be done in about 2 hours or so. I will post another update when the removal process is complete. Blake Blake Crosby wrote: The history also doesn't show a user for the intial way, though this data

Re: [OSM-talk] GeoGratis - Low accuracy Waterways.

2008-03-24 Thread Blake Crosby
The history also doesn't show a user for the intial way, though this data does NEED to be removed immediately. I am in the process of removing the data now. This was imported BY MISTAKE, by my self. I didn't even realize it until the post by Simon. I'll be more careful in the future. Blake

Re: [OSM-talk] Tourist/Leisure Trails

2008-03-17 Thread Blake Crosby
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, There is already a page in the wiki for trails (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapping/Features/Trail), but this is really just tagging a way with permitted usage (such as footpath, cyclepath, etc.). Is there any way of marking a 'trail', where a

Re: [OSM-talk] How do we tag passing/slow lanes?

2008-03-13 Thread Blake Crosby
To further illustrate what Simon is talking about, check out this page: http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section2.7.4.shtml Also known as climbing lanes. Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm a new comer working in/on Southern Alberta. Just getting to grips with the

Re: [OSM-talk] Free aerentical data

2008-03-11 Thread Blake Crosby
There is a source of data that might be helpful. http://www.ourairports.com/ contains information about most of the official airports in the world, plus some ones that are not documented. I'm unsure of the type of license, however, if you contact the site owner, he will be glad to help you

[OSM-talk] New Mapping Effort: Aurora, Ontario, Canada

2008-02-27 Thread Blake Crosby
Hello, This is just a note to let any interested parties in a new mapping effort that is being organized by me. There is a lack of data for the York Region area of southern Ontario. I figured we could start in Aurora, since is where I live. I have details outlined at: