Re: [Talk-GB] Opening hours from opening-times.co.uk

2010-03-12 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
keep the OSM IDs as part of the information about each location, and provide a web service to search by OSM id. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkua2pgACgkQz

Re: [OSM-talk] Still interest in an Android POI collector?

2010-03-08 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
managed to mangle my track to the right format, convert to GPX using GPSbabel, and load it into JOSM to add my work, but the resulting file still won't upload to OSM because it has no timestamps. It's also missing HDOP, which would be useful. Robert (Jamie) Munro

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Still interest in an Android POI collector?

2010-03-08 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
that integrating these features into Navit (perhaps as plugins), rather than having a separate app would be of much greater benefit. Robert (Jamie) Munro Robert, I am not sure that adding more features to another application is the best way to do it - To be useful something like POI and photo

Re: [OSM-talk] Still interest in an Android POI collector?

2010-03-05 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
nearby on the map. I think that integrating these features into Navit (perhaps as plugins), rather than having a separate app would be of much greater benefit. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

[Talk-GB] Pronouncing numbers of UK roads

2010-03-05 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
, doesn't sound quite right) A four double oh four? A four thousand and 4? (what I would say) A four oh ten? (generated by above, doesn't sound quite right) A four oh one oh? A forty ten? (what I would say) Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment

[Talk-GB] [OT] No 10 postcodes petition

2010-01-22 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
, and that it is due to be released by them to a greater or lesser degree in due course. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktZvoEACgkQz+aYVHdncI0/jQCg+VilHfte/NFL7jluaIBOX/WA

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Error (was Re: NaPTAN import status - update and question)

2009-11-26 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
reach an error and let you leave a voice note for yourself to be able to correct the error later. It should also let you leave voice notes, and start recording a track, when your GPS lock is good (low HDOP) but you are not close enough to a way that it knows about. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN

Re: [OSM-talk] Software Freedom Day

2009-09-05 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-of-osmify-bookmarklet/ I've just tested it on the Software Freedom Day site, and it works well. The only site it doesn't work on is Google's own main maps site. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the NameFinder

2009-08-27 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
not accurate and it's pointing to the whole area. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEUEARECAAYFAkqWf5kACgkQz+aYVHdncI3BWACg8SalbIGx2j8eCFSo4+Skeuoq F/kAmP+u2eS7SKSEzqBMCuk4v10Btng= =h8fE

Re: [Talk-GB] Roundabout, ways and relationship policies

2009-07-23 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
one road. This one has 2 dual carriageways running through it perpendicular to each other, and a third dual carriageway that ends at the roundabout: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.497691lon=-0.45292zoom=18layers=B000FTF Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] License Telephone Debate

2009-03-16 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
have under CC-BY-SA. The data will (AFAIK) continue as dual licensed in future. The worst case scenario is that people get to use the data for more purposes than we intend to allow. These people will stop being able to update their database when version 1.1 of the license comes out. Robert (Jamie

Re: [OSM-talk] Multilingual map

2009-03-09 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
for the individual language layers to fall back to local where a name is not given in a particular language? How much storage do the caption layers take compared to the data? Thanks, Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Front page design and SEO

2009-03-05 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
confident that the resources required are not huge - particulary as introducing new layer servers reduces the load on the existing single tile server. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Front page design and SEO

2009-03-04 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
. It would be nice to have a lowzoom map to look at that is just Mapnik z12 without captions repeatedly stitched and scaled, though - I just love the Osmarender lowzoom layers (when/where they work). Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using

Re: [OSM-talk] Adding architect names to buildings

2009-02-18 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
it match old_name? Your not describing a name of the object, you are referencing the designer of the object. Unless you want architect_name, architect_address, architect_date_of_birth, architect_..., it seems pointless. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin

Re: [Talk-GB] English administrative divisions cleanup/fixup

2009-02-17 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
reproducing the original boundary, then add those points to the schools (and any other points) before regenerating. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmauDgACgkQz

Re: [OSM-talk] NZ LINZ data import and attribution

2009-02-04 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
for the map. Also, what about mapping software for blind people, like loadstone http://www.loadstone-gps.com/. How often should it read out the attribution? Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [OSM-talk] name tags on place=country and how they're rendered on lowzoom

2009-01-19 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
. There is a Welsh one, for example here: http://sucs.org/~rollercow/cyosm/ and probably other languages around the place. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl0ioMACgkQz

Re: [OSM-talk] can your yournavigation support inter-island routing

2008-12-05 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
/ It won't take the Channel Tunnel, or any UK - Mainland Europe ferries yet: http://www.yournavigation.org/?flat=50.938668flon=1.903311tlat=51.176453tlon=0.82v=motorcarfast=1layer=mapnik Is this because the database is partitioned or something? Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] Name tag for amenity=bank and amenity=atm

2008-12-05 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
, add both tags with the same value. But don't leave operator out. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkk5K5MACgkQz+aYVHdncI0ROQCfQx2iPS9lccQhwaqOcqJPDwuR

Re: [OSM-talk] building and other amenities author (architect=[name])

2008-11-06 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
a proposal on the wiki? Not only historical monuments, also modern buildings. Was it Richard Rogers or Norman Foster who designed the millennium bridge? I think it's a great idea, and have seen it before, so I'd say start a proposal on the wiki. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OSM-talk] data plucked from who-knows-where?

2008-11-03 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
software that lets you drag control points in the area, and morphs all the points tagged as estimated towards their real locations. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Requiring free of charge for db redistribution on Internet

2008-10-27 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
, and it is likely people will combining the data with other data, e.g. SRTM, which could be much larger. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkFv0AACgkQz+aYVHdncI1lnwCgnE656BpPWqX+Rd7s2EPx

Re: [OSM-talk] barrier=gate, run a script?

2008-10-22 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
that has been voted for, because I know that several people have thought about the issues and more of them thought one option was better than the other. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [OSM-talk] barrier=gate, run a script?

2008-10-22 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
. That's normally how democratic systems work. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkj/MVMACgkQz+aYVHdncI1FkgCdHabNY7VsDRSSYE6VgpiHVz8v LosAoISBThcto3QS6+QVNk3h+YTVhoDf =ySac

Re: [OSM-talk] Video with all OSM contributors

2008-10-21 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
originals directly. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkj90+0ACgkQz+aYVHdncI1sCgCfRVx4dGJUgH8tV5MCVaYSaeOx 9FAAoJWRlW5rHrJnLRRXN0a3AMat40k2 =9HQW -END PGP SIGNATURE

[OSM-talk] What happend to the tube line overlay map?

2008-10-20 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
this in different parts of the world, and they were all visible on the main map, the overlay selector would get ridiculously long. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [Talk-GB] URGENT: potential stand at Linux Expo Live

2008-10-20 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
/OSM_at_London_Linux_Expo_2008#Participants I think it would be good if we had more volunteers, especially on Saturday. You really need 2 people on a stand at events like this, and it would be good if there were more people than that so that people get a chance to have a look at other stands around the show. Robert (Jamie

Re: [Talk-GB] URGENT: potential stand at Linux Expo Live

2008-10-17 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
of the days. What about display materials? I know there was stuff printed for State of the Map - is any of that available? Will there be any internet connectivity at the event? Should we bring laptops to demo stuff? Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin

Re: [OSM-talk] Own maps with hill shading and routes using mapnik

2008-09-16 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
on a fully automated, global basis ;-) ). I thought that the point of open street map was that we have lots of labour available from volunteers. :-) Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Corporate Cartographers accused of demolishing history. (make press release?)

2008-08-29 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAki33goACgkQz+aYVHdncI0oAQCfcKlMdpCVb2vxy9Q3mg1/3gOu mtAAn2l+h6JR9ZyJN8neMI7O6fypfsR+ =xY5Q -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OSM-talk] [tech/API] Accessing tags set by a user for traces

2008-08-29 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
, or would it lock up the database for ages just to query them? Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAki4KgQACgkQz+aYVHdncI27QgCgyRJcAiCYhP3su6p0AKNDIQS

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Corporate Cartographers accused of demolishing history. (make press release?)

2008-08-29 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAki33goACgkQz+aYVHdncI0oAQCfcKlMdpCVb2vxy9Q3mg1/3gOu mtAAn2l+h6JR9ZyJN8neMI7O6fypfsR+ =xY5Q -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [Talk-GB] Garmin Serial Cable

2008-08-23 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
version: http://gpsbitz.co.uk/shop/index.php?act=viewProdproductId=22 Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiv7mkACgkQz+aYVHdncI3q/wCfcYOET+1lDL75Z9nZbhrl/Xo

Re: [OSM-talk] superways as relations ?

2008-08-18 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
. Personally, I believe that most tagging should be on relationships not ways. Only small physical things like layer, bridge and tunnel should be specified at a way level. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Easy to use system for countryside surveying

2008-08-16 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Whitelegg wrote: Hello everyone, Have thought of an approach to make countryside OSM mapping using phones with inbuilt GPS (N95, etc) easy to the end user. A user could survey their walk using an N95 or similar, and then, using a very

Re: [OSM-talk] Why OpenStreetMap is not Wikipedia

2008-07-29 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
, MusicBrainz and possibly dmoz.org and similar projects are a lot closer to us than Wikipedia is. voxforge.org is also building something interesting which will have similar issues to us. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla

Re: [OSM-talk] House numbers... One more suggestion

2008-07-28 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
| to know) how to use relations in the editors. | | Then use a relation instead. It's a free world ;-) No, it's definitely a way, because the houses are spread along the feature. If there was a node for every house, they should be related. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: [OSM-talk] Namefinder priorities

2008-07-25 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.68061lon=0.00565zoom=16 which is the kind of thing you get now. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiJ7jgACgkQz

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM - MS Access

2008-07-18 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio wrote: | Perhaps OSM -- CSV, then open it with Ms Excel as a spreadsheet then | import from Ms Access ? | | http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/utils/export/osm2csv/ Why use Excel? Access has perfectly good CSV import

[Talk-GB] Oxford meet-up TONIGHT

2008-07-17 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
us what happened at State of the Map etc. If you don't know anyone, just look for MacBooks and GPS kit on the table to recognise us. :-) Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Oxford meetup

2008-07-15 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
it since this e-mail from about 6 weeks ago. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkh8x7IACgkQz+aYVHdncI3p7ACgxhF/gFFM4FlEYbDqcOgWtNLu W5sAoJqnWMCq9sqIRVZOHte6dpSHZIgo =6W35 -END

Re: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands

2008-05-29 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
may want different (or extra) tags in the database on the grounds that it's a completely different situation, but they could be rendered the same. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [OSM-talk] simplifying mapnik layout definition

2008-05-27 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
it YAML code and it returns lists and dictionaries. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkg8nTUACgkQz+aYVHdncI29mgCgrD/zYFV0lX3PYTIDgNYXP01P AqsAn2NoU5OqWFbwpuQ7tG4rkzdFJhrw =FDPf

Re: [OSM-talk] Rights of way (was: Vote: highway=path)

2008-05-17 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
on a way. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkguvKQACgkQz+aYVHdncI2oCgCfaAgpf3RL4tHolDoJcdF6iVYO kpwAn3vrWTFoVYReKNhi7AP6NTV2WEoh =arHg -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OSM-talk] Unknown road classifications

2008-05-12 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
of the way. Sometimes, e.g. if you pass under a bridge, but haven't gone back to pass over it, you may have a way with arrows on both ends. That is fine. I'd allow and render towards=[name of place], but that get's confusing in the 2 ended passing under a bridge case. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP

Re: [OSM-talk] street traits

2008-05-12 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
know this. :-) Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIKHaaz+aYVHdncI0RAmOnAKCYFIgMwGpsg26hxpLCyzw93H6figCg21Rd nTqJfFcyehIb2eqUup7zLKQ= =13AL -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OSM-talk] contours on main map

2008-05-10 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
between the two at the openLayers level. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIJYuez+aYVHdncI0RAivMAKC95QGcxp7jbtwe+kMBZN+u/KNU3gCfVvKv Rf80HPgAHgwMVEpUMdMIhzY= =Fugf -END PGP

Re: [OSM-talk] Vandalism in Trumpington

2008-04-27 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
to have a play there. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIFQM9z+aYVHdncI0RAttyAJsFd/SQsn12hHZGH4SEFZk5/mQ9PwCgzZH3 RW8Pq/Wi6kQ6kaAB1QlDFSw= =ECJY -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Popper attribution on mobile map?

2008-04-26 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
requires something on screen whenever a map is visible, we need to change license. I hope that it doesn't but I am not a lawyer. Robert (Jamie) Munro Ps. I think it's completely legit to talk about it here, but I wouldn't take what people say here as definitive - check with the foundation

Re: [OSM-talk] Static maps using the new export function

2008-04-25 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
But you're a bit limited in where you can draw the edges of your maps, unless you do CSS things to hide them under other elements (which is how openlayers does it). Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Beyond Zoom 18 - (Some scratchspacing ideas concerning siteplans)

2008-04-22 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
and tested. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIDb6Gz+aYVHdncI0RAufMAJwIf0KbjWDZzSUDfCQagHe4UadBeQCg1jTw aMORH+rq4stxiFbdzzlU914= =PO1c -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] Printing the slippy map

2008-04-20 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
aren't as good as real paper ones just because they are first on the list. Will the postscript output work as an EPS? If so, could we call it EPS as that's a filetype graphic designer types will recognise. But again: Nice work!!! Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: [OSM-talk] tagging and rendering highways in the USA and elsewhere

2008-04-19 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jo wrote: | Robert (Jamie) Munro schreef: | | When I look at the USA, I want interstates to be blue. When an American | looks at the UK, they want to see motorways to be a colour other than | blue, because then they will understand instinctively what

Re: [OSM-talk] tagging and rendering highways in the USA and elsewhere

2008-04-18 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
the USA style tiles by default, but have the UK tiles on the layer switcher. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFICSf/z+aYVHdncI0RAsnVAKDQMXTqQ1140PMQj7tqae25Ua3HywCgh9Hu vgv5

Re: [OSM-talk] Yahoo updates aerial imagery

2008-04-16 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martijn van Exel wrote: | Hi all, | | Yahoo announced the 'single biggest imagery update' update for Yahoo! | Maps yesterday. See the post here -- http://ylocalblog.com/blog/2008/04/11/see-more-on-yahoo-maps/ | It doesn't say anywhere specifically

Re: [OSM-talk] Relations not always brilliant

2008-04-08 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
reasons. It just makes sense. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH+2n1z+aYVHdncI0RAoTHAJ4z5w2EMqidGE35QRPA+/RrqAU4TgCbBafK YD48YNWofcgIc6cmmcRPVCI= =JauA -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OSM-talk] Relations not always brilliant

2008-04-08 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Stubbs wrote: | On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Robert (Jamie) Munro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | | Steve Hill wrote: | | Putting all of the separate bits of the UK's M11 in a single relation

Re: [OSM-talk] Relations not always brilliant

2008-04-07 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Fairhurst wrote: | Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: | | If that is the case, then the relationship is essential to convey the | route of the A11 information. If the road just has 2 numbers, then it | isn't - just a semi-colon in the ref would do

Re: [OSM-talk] Relations not always brilliant

2008-04-07 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Stubbs wrote: | On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Robert (Jamie) Munro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | Richard Fairhurst wrote: | | | Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: | | | | If that is the case

Re: [OSM-talk] Relations not always brilliant

2008-04-07 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
is a really bad idea. It will get out of sync, and some renderings will show one version, others will show others. Use of relations allows us to reduce duplication. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Relations not always brilliant

2008-04-06 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
- just a semi-colon in the ref would do. Robert (Jamie) Munro (who thinks that relationships are so brilliant that long term we shouldn't tag ways at all - only relationships) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [OSM-talk] [josm-dev] Coastline checker / fixer

2008-04-03 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Williams wrote: | Dave Hansen wrote: | On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 17:31 +, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: | I vaguely remember months ago when the coastline checker at | http://tile.openstreetmap.nl/coastlines.html was quite new, someone | [] | You

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping Mottram and Tintwistle proposed bypass

2008-04-02 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
in the future, meaning we will no longer need the: x=y = x=z,z=y hack (where z is proposed or disused or whatever) Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH85qqz+aYVHdncI0RAtSyAKCs2y

Re: [OSM-talk] Mottram Bypass - proposed roads

2008-03-31 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
than say, opening Summer 08. Tag it with start_date=2008-08 approx - Summer 2008. (summer being June to August, give them the benefit of the doubt and put it at the end). On the day it opens (or when the opening date is announced), change it to the date of that day. Robert (Jamie) Munro

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping Mottram and Tintwistle proposed bypass

2008-03-28 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
or start_date=2010 proposed or other unforeseen uses. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH7OSOz+aYVHdncI0RAuWKAKD8Zfojnl07nhH78z72H4bs4pgRGQCfZLnl s1g5bSrPwSpHRz899DtZc20= =kaiQ

[OSM-talk] Possibly interesting GPS navigation product for symbian phones

2008-03-28 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Loadstone Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH7Qroz+aYVHdncI0RAoT4AKDdV8t5+UNLaLuo616RTclCq8ZWowCgv5cL AEBNwXaiorafPQ9h6vFzSUw= =nl6k -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM update

2008-03-28 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
| that are not public. Why expose the timestamps of private tracks. Expose the order, but please don't expose the timing - apart from the positions themselves, this is the most private part of the data. Thanks, Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Including OSM maps in leaflets

2008-03-27 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
on OSMarender output, then loaded into Illustrator, tidied up, and then have things added and edited. But either way, the printed map is not the data, it's derived from the data. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] RFC: railway=incline

2008-03-27 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Geggus wrote: | rag-and-pinion Surely you mean Rack and pinion? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_and_pinion Someone else said rag=yes for a tag, and I had no idea what they were on about until now. :-) Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP

Re: [OSM-talk] Cycle lanes

2008-03-26 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
of the | road... Neither OSM wise, nor in the real world. Yes it does, because the side of the road determines which direction the busses go, which is a pretty important piece of information. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla

[OSM-talk] Coastline checker / fixer

2008-03-26 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
and Firefox to try to work out which small island is the one that is backwards. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH6ohvz+aYVHdncI0RAtCHAJ0d8hNLV/o46CNgR64C9yraErLdWQCgpZYn

Re: [OSM-talk] Recruitment/Community Poster.

2008-03-25 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
license the maps from the original providers. | OpenStreetMap.com is different... AFAIK, it's usually OpenStreetMap.org, not .com. I think we should participate in and encourage the this is not for profit meaning of .org. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6

Re: [OSM-talk] railway=incline?

2008-03-25 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
a funicular railway? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Funicular_railway I'd prefer railway=funicular than railway=incline. Incline sounds like it's just a railway on a slope. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM and scale

2008-03-25 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
of max and min scale could be shown - perhaps with another scale bar at the bottom of the screen. Thanks, Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH6TXDz+aYVHdncI0RAtzYAJ9kTtZ3RtnH0UA4

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey: Bad Map Rendering

2008-03-24 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
turn into a thick road with a thin border-coloured line down the middle when the two sides of the road are close enough to touch at a particular zoom level. Currently they just blend into a single carriageway. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment

Re: [OSM-talk] How to perfect the map

2008-03-23 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
) may help. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_moving http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_from_motion See also PTStereo (http://www.panotools.org/) Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMXapi

2008-03-22 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
will be interrelated. Please make this a non-default option. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH5PVxz+aYVHdncI0RArH9AJ4w5n48/0/h5SVA0XbUV4eQcEKOOQCffODj OZxyn9rdG78vWPr1xRF11/s= =FSj7

Re: [OSM-talk] Rendering power lines: black is beauty

2008-03-20 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
the track at certain zoom levels. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH4oZ1z+aYVHdncI0RAmTPAJ9Q+DLXJT+ugT46puaSEnfSRc6OjwCg4CdF 56JxDZrLPDVGmoZ2RROw304= =hWsr -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag proposal/approval system is too heavyweight

2008-03-19 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
of all approved tags (i.e. Map Features) would be generated periodically by tagwatch (or some clever mediawiki feature). Also run tagwatch on OSM's servers, perhaps on virtual domain tagwatch.openstreetmap.org. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment

Re: [OSM-talk] Blind People and OSM

2008-03-18 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
? There was this post about a year ago. I don't think anyone responded. http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/dev/2007-July/005807.html Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH3+J+z

Re: [OSM-talk] Coastline checker back online

2008-03-16 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
validator one, but it still goes wrong in some places like this: http://tile.openstreetmap.nl/coastlines.html?zoom=11lat=24.029lon=-74.473 Any idea what went wrong there? Thanks, Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla

[OSM-talk] Coastline checker

2008-03-13 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
, according to http://hypercube.telascience.org/~kleptog/last_update.txt it hasn't been updated for nearly 2 weeks. It's a really useful thing - if someone could have a look at it, that would be great. Thanks, Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin

[OSM-talk] Cities with grids

2008-03-02 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
. What do other people think of this idea? Would a tag floating=yes on nodes be a good way to impliment it? Does someone have the ability to write a tool to realign all floating nodes? Thanks, Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG

Re: [OSM-talk] How to correct logical errors in some effective way?

2008-03-02 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
| ... I'm sure there used to be a script that someone ran on every weeks planet dump that looked for errors like these and fixed them. I thought that the list of errors it corrected was in the wiki, but I can't find it. Nowadays, it could probably run on the hourly osmosis dumps. Robert (Jamie

Re: [OSM-talk] Cities with grids

2008-03-02 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom Hughes wrote: | In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Robert (Jamie) Munro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | What do other people think of this idea? Would a tag floating=yes |on | nodes be a good way to impliment it? Does someone have the ability

Re: [OSM-talk] Cities with grids

2008-03-02 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
scratch this morning(*) before I added the roads above as I had been trying out someone's custom branch, and had tried to install a new version of validator only to find it kept crashing. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla

Re: [OSM-talk] Parking symbols: YUCK!

2008-02-26 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lester Caine wrote: | Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: | | On that list, my vote would be, in order of preference, 1,3,2 | | I've made a wiki page to collect votes, if people think that's a good idea. | | http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Car_park

Re: [OSM-talk] Parking symbols: YUCK!

2008-02-26 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
' ~ and p.amenity='parking' ~ and a.way p.way ~ and intersects(a.way, p.way) ~group by a.osm_id ~having count(p.osm_id) 1 ~ ) ~ and p.amenity='parking' ~ and a.way p.way ~ and intersects(a.way,p.way); Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6

Re: [OSM-talk] Parking symbols: YUCK!

2008-02-25 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Stubbs wrote: | On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Robert (Jamie) Munro | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | | Tom Hughes wrote: | | In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | David Earl [EMAIL

Re: [OSM-talk] Raw GPS layer

2008-02-25 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
? It's just a | webpage with javascript? We're talking about density mapping millions of points across huge areas. See this: http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~random/gps/ Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Parking symbols: YUCK!

2008-02-25 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Stubbs wrote: | On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Robert (Jamie) Munro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | | | Dave Stubbs wrote: | | On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Robert (Jamie) Munro | | [EMAIL

Re: [OSM-talk] Parking symbols: YUCK!

2008-02-24 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
or python script to take this list and delete or relate the nodes. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHwfo4z+aYVHdncI0RAiLwAKDknPqP+m3PP6okGzOsJl8r4g5LnwCg+iZv CZ/eiOlZbSRqpDOW0QDId4A

Re: [OSM-talk] Pint symbols: YUCK!

2008-02-24 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
overlay. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHwfxwz+aYVHdncI0RAi6XAJ9pKtNr8b/GVpPuzMFTnE4Ec/Aq4QCePYeA BA3lHwnflfB6tigz4kvcjH4= =P6n3 -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch really hacks me off because...

2008-02-20 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
GPS tracks and existing ways semi-transparently. * Align imagery * (optionally) hide GPS tracks * Then start editing Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHvCIAz

Re: [OSM-talk] correctly mapping avenues

2008-02-14 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
at every junction - - without causing duplication. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHtNn2z+aYVHdncI0RAhBRAJ9XK0il1W4tAiAumfcKqWDqY/NR2ACg3eGx nHl5J7hXD+iNpOOSyKADb+4= =58IA -END

[OSM-talk] FYI: Yahoo Fire Eagle

2008-02-13 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
data. I can't wait to see what people end up doing with Fire Eagle and I'm hoping that we can come up with some interesting applications too. Robert (Jamie) Munro -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHsxQ

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] Progressing OSM to a new dataLicence regime

2008-02-08 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gervase Markham wrote: | Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: | It's been proposed by me several times in the past. I think it's | essential. I don't know of a similar major project that doesn't do some | kind of assignment. Wikipedia is the nearest

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] Progressing OSM to a new dataLicence regime

2008-02-06 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gervase Markham wrote: | Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: | Long term, we can avoid the ambiguity by making it clear that all data | belongs to OSM, whoever that is (probably the foundation), then we can | let the foundation change the license whenever

Re: [OSM-talk] Recent Edits

2008-02-05 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom Hughes wrote: | In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tom Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Robert (Jamie) Munro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | What does the separate object type gain us exactly, apart

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