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

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

2009-09-23 Thread John Smith
2009/9/23 Peter Körner osm-li...@mazdermind.de: 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

[OSM-talk] feasibility - different use of openstreetmap

2009-09-22 Thread Tim Litwiller
Introduction: For my work we have a need for mapping fields agricultural sections of land for growing crops. We already put the legal description of the land in the our invoicing \ work order system and other information about the field, but we need a way to quickly print a high quality aerial

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

2009-09-22 Thread Ciarán Mooney
Hi, If this in not the correct group for this, then what group would I ask this question? I realize the your system is about street and I want to misuse it for land areas, but it is such a nice system and looks like a great framework to start building what I need from. I'm afraid I don't

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

2009-09-22 Thread Dave F.
Tim Litwiller wrote: Introduction: For my work we have a need for mapping fields agricultural sections of land for growing crops. We already put the legal description of the land in the our invoicing \ work order system and other information about the field, but we need a way to quickly

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

2009-09-22 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
Dave F. davefox at madasafish.com writes: I'm afraid I don't have your answer either Tim, But I'm interested that you got field outlines. One thing the UK is missing in rural areas are these. I guess the UK equivalent would be DEFRA? Does anybody know if they have this data? Every EU

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

2009-09-22 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Tim Litwiller t...@litwiller.net wrote: Introduction: For my work we have a need for mapping fields agricultural sections of land for growing crops. We already put the legal description of the land in the our invoicing \ work order system and other information