Re: [OSM-talk] route pub_crawl

2007-12-29 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Alex S. wrote: Michael Kugelmann wrote: looking at the map features page I foundroute = pub_crawl . I didn't find anything in the wiki about the tag. [...] Some pubs offer one free drink on your birthday. A pub crawl is an attempt to get as many free drinks as possible

Re: [OSM-talk] Post SOTM: Mapping Party and Accommodation in Germany

2009-05-19 Thread Michael Kugelmann
As there has been only few feedback, crosspost to talk-de regarding the mapping party question... To falk-de: sorry for englisch. Nick Whitelegg wrote: Immediately after SOTM I plan to take a trip for two weeks or so through Germany and then down into the Alps. Back in the 1980s I stayed in

Re: [OSM-talk] Automatically Matching Photos to GPS traces in JOSM - EXIF data needed

2009-05-23 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Niklas Cholmkvist schrieb: In JOSM I'm trying to match photos with my gps traces, but my camera doesn't save any EXIF data, so I use exiftool to add EXIF data to it. Which operating system do you use? On windows I strongly advice to use geosetter (www.geosetter.de) to get Geo-Information

Re: [OSM-talk] Automatically Matching Photos to GPS traces in JOSM - EXIF data needed

2009-05-23 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Additional comment: some hints are available also in the OSM wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Geotagging_Source_Photos Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] best GPX collection tool for Palm Treo 650

2009-06-07 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Joe Richards wrote: What's the best tool for collecting GPX trails and adding OSM waypoints for Palm OS? A search for PALM in the OSM wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Palmgo=Go leads to: -

Re: [OSM-talk] best GPX collection tool for Palm Treo 650

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Fabrizio Giudici schrieb: I wrote and maintain windRose (http://windrose.tidalwave.it). Added to the Wiki at Making Tracks with Homebrew-ware in the section Palm. Also added: GeoNiche. Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] best GPX collection tool for Palm Treo 650

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Hello, I wrote and maintain windRose (http://windrose.tidalwave.it). BTW: does anybody know where to get the IBM Java runtime which is required for windRose? It is no longer downloadable from the PALM homepage nor from IBM... :-( Thanks for your help, Michael.

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging hazardous routes

2009-06-15 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Andy Street schrieb: I'd like to include these paths in OSM[1] as they do exist on the ground but would like to tag them in such a way that their use is discouraged (e.g. higher cost in routing, warning signs on walking maps). Has anyone mapped something similar we discussed in talk.de just

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM 08: Talks Panel debates

2009-06-24 Thread Michael Kugelmann
SteveC schrieb: So does anyone know if the rest will be put up? BTW: I don't find any list of the Talks Panel debates of the SOTM08. For the SOTM07 the list is in the wiki, but not for 08. IIRC it was present on http://www.stateofthemap.org/ but is not available any more due to the '09

Re: [OSM-talk] keepright! and NoScript in FF

2009-07-20 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Claudius wrote: 1. Open NoScript setting [...] works. Thanks for help! Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Does this mean we could launch our own OSM satellite?

2009-08-02 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Patrick Aljord schrieb: http://spacefellowship.com/2009/08/01/interorbital-syatems-tubesat-personal-satellite-kit/ From the article: Total Price of the TubeSat Kit including a Launch to Orbit is $8,000! ... The article also says: It has three-quarters of the mass (0.75-kg) and

Re: [OSM-talk] Does this mean we could launch our own OSM satellite?

2009-08-03 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Ulf Lamping wrote: That's a small step for openstreetmap, one giant leap for quadcopters ;-))) Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Redefine the highway-key from scratch

2009-08-06 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Konrad Skeri wrote: we should redefine the syntax of the highway-tag from scratch. I don't think this is not at all a good idea. This affects on of the basics of mapping OSM and is considered as having an larger impact than inventing a new API. Maybe we should just add more/additional

[OSM-talk] Status of the Local Chapter working group

2009-08-06 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Hello, looking at the foundation web site and the wiki, there is very few information on the local chapter working group - only a draft of the federation agreement is linked withought an information on the version or date it was created! Additionally there are no meeting minutes available at

Re: [OSM-talk] radioactivity

2009-08-11 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Paul Houle schrieb: The level of radiation may be so low that it is not harmful to humans +1 Radioactivity is just one of many man-made hazards, and, overall, people overestimate it's danger compared to other hazards and often don't understand the real hazards. +1 @Liz: If you

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM status POIs?

2009-08-13 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Morten Kjeldgaard schrieb: I find I sometimes have to skip roads, tracks or paths, because I am too tired, don't have time, or that I'm going at good speed downhill and don't want to stop. I've tried to make mental notes to return and map those missing roads at a later time but as time

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM videos

2009-08-20 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: David Earl wrote: Any chance it could be available any time soon? +1 +1 This would als help the people who have not been able to join, to get more information what was going on there. This would provide more transparency about OSM and the

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM videos

2009-08-25 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Erik Johansson wrote: BTW. Getting good video audio is hard, it takes money with lots and lots of time. As I already wrote, the Chaos Communication Congress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Communication_Congress also succeeds in producing appropriate videos. If the videos at SOTM would be

Re: [OSM-talk] How to get a notification email for a change on a watched wiki page

2009-08-27 Thread Michael Kugelmann
lulu-...@gmx.de schrieb: Here is how to get a notification email Please allow me one comment on notification emails (this is not directly addressed to Lulu-Ann). Preface: I use it since some time and shure they are usefull. BUT: how many definition pages are you willing to put on your watch

Re: [OSM-talk] GPS gadgets can get you jailed and fined

2009-08-31 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Roman Neumüller wrote: In Russia they seemingly don't have no problems using GPS in planes... ;-) I tend to use GPS all the time while I'm in a plane. How should I geolocate my pictures taken out of the plane w/o With my neighbours I speak open about the devices (WBT-201 and/or Garmin

Re: [OSM-talk] Vanuatu

2009-10-21 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Andrew Errington schrieb: I received some GPS traces from someone in Vanuatu. as Vanuatu is large (lots of islands) and I was curious I looked around a litte bit to find the traces. Here is an area where some GPS traces are present and where work seems to make sense: [output from JOSM log

Re: [OSM-talk] more accurate open-source gps hardware

2009-11-18 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Alex S. wrote: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/diy_real_time_kinematic_gps.html I would be interested not in a GPS that is very accurate but which is coupled with a gyro to be able to also work in tunnels like an underground line. Did anybody read something like that? I mean:

Re: [OSM-talk] Bridge on Hiking Trails

2009-11-25 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Dave F. schrieb: on the way use highway=footway; bridge=yes; layer=1. I didn't think the layer=1 was necessary when there's only one bridge - it defaults to display above other objects. I only use in there a multiple bridges crossing each other. I don't trust any more on defaults:

Re: [OSM-talk] Revisited: how to edit GPX tracks?

2010-01-31 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Steve Bennett schrieb: I posted this question a few weeks ago and got some answers. two programs friends of mine or myself use: - routeconverter (GPL) can display GPS tracks on OSM maps and do some basic editing= www.routeconverter.de - TTQV (commercial, Windows) Best regards,

[OSM-talk] OSM @ FOSDEM?

2012-01-04 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Hello, ist there any OSM activity at the FOSDEM (4.+5.2.2012) this year? Happy new year, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM @ FOSDEM?

2012-01-10 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 06.01.2012 17:30, Norbert Wenzel wrote: On 01/06/2012 04:52 AM, Michael Kugelmann wrote: Does anybody have English flyers or something like that to hand over to interested persons? Sorry, no international flyers from my side. I'll check at least for some German flyers. But if you

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM @ FOSDEM?

2012-01-10 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 10.01.2012 11:06, schrieb Frederik Ramm: I have a bunch here, from Andy's stock. Someone could pick them up in Karlsruhe or I could ship them, preferably to a .de address. Printouts are also possible. see PM. Best regards, Michael. ___ talk

[OSM-talk] SOTM-EU 2012 ???

2012-01-23 Thread Michael Kugelmann
[Deutsch unterhalb] Hello, after a great SOTM-EU in Vienna in 2011 and the decission to host the SOTM 2012 in Tokio: are there any ideas/plans for a SOTM-EU 2012? I really hope that the SOTM in Tokio has a good sucess and lots of participants. But for some people from the big mapper

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM @ FOSDEM?

2012-02-01 Thread Michael Kugelmann
update of the current state: I'll check for a large printout of Brussels and mybe a world map, I'll feed back on this (we had these at the 28C3). I have both at home since some days, thanks to Frederik! Does anybody have English flyers or something like that to hand over to interested

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM @ FOSDEM!

2012-02-13 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Hello all, following my short summary of the FOSDEM 2012 at the first weekend in February at Brussels. As discussed in advance we had an OSM stand at the FOSDEM. See e.g. at http://www.openstreetmap.fr/f/IMG_3746_web.jpg * we had quite a lot of interest on the stand on completeley different

Re: [OSM-talk] No attribution on osm.org?

2012-03-09 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 09.03.2012 13:22, schrieb Andrew Ayre: I think the OSM site should set a clear example for correct usage, rather than implying it. +1 I really can encourage to add it if it is not there. Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Help! Widescale mass problems introduced by user exMajor

2012-04-28 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 28.04.2012 14:00, Charlie Ferrero wrote: User exMajor (http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/eXmajor) has been causing a lot of trouble in the UAE. [...] if necessary please contact the Data Working Group ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Data_working_group ) via d...@osmfoundation.org.

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikimapia data now under cc-by-sa

2012-06-15 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 14.06.2012 15:24, schrieb Arun Ganesh: wikimapia for clarification: * Wikimapia has nothing at all to do with Wikimedia foundation, it is held by a private company (see e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiMapia) * CC by SA is something which is not in our interrest as we want to move

Re: [OSM-talk] Garmin .fit

2012-07-03 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 03.07.2012 17:16, Shaun McDonald wrote: The Garmin Edge 800 stores in some .fit format rather than GPX. I've still not found some tools to batch convert from that format to .gpx. I am not sure about .fit but Routeconverter (http://www.routeconverter.de, GPL) is aware of a lot of formats.

[OSM-talk] New study on OSM from the University of Heidelberg (OpenStreetMap study shows around 192, 000 active users)

2012-07-31 Thread Michael Kugelmann
FYI: there is a new study available from the university of Heidelberg regarding OSM. Please see http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenStreetMap-study-shows-around-192-000-active-users-1656609.html (English Info from Heise)

Re: [OSM-talk] New study on OSM from the University of Heidelberg (OpenStreetMap study shows around 192, 000 active users)

2012-08-01 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 01.08.2012 18:54, pavithran wrote: More SOTM's in Asia [...] could change things in Asia I'm not sure about that: * somebody who is not active in OSM doesn't know about a SOTM or doesn't join it as it doesn't seem relevat to him * The big SOTM does maybe not addess the needs of a local

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF Board auto industry / What's the story?

2012-08-09 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 09.08.2012 22:17, ThomasB wrote: The german forum is disussing with a employee of a manufacturer. could you please send a link to that discussion her into the mailing list? Thanks, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Policy in mapping military installations

2012-08-23 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 23.08.2012 22:01, schrieb Jonas Häggqvist: He makes his thoughts quite clear in his diary: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Wikipod/diary I'm not sure whether Israelian right is valid e.g. in the UK... = I don't see any reason someone should not map things in a different country. If we

Re: [OSM-talk] Licence change

2012-09-12 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 2012-09-12 11:11, Richard Fairhurst wrote: OSM data downloaded after 9am today is now licensed under the Open Database Licence. at first: a big thanks to all involved in the whole process of licence change! It was a long time effort which came to a good end finally. To nag a little bit

Re: [OSM-talk] Licence change

2012-09-13 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 13.09.2012 01:06, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: announcements (in means of lessons learned): within a multinational worldwide project it is recommended to add a time zone if a time is given. I'd expect it to be either zulu-time-zone (UTC+0) or British summer time (UTC+1) (because the seat of

[OSM-talk] {urgent} wrong licence information!

2012-09-17 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Hello, if you export data on www.openstreetmap.org (via Export = XML-data) the given license information is wrong (at least if you have German language): == Lizenz Die von OpenStreetMap zur Verfügung gestellten Daten sind unter der Creative

Re: [OSM-talk] {urgent} wrong licence information!

2012-09-17 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 17.09.2012 21:43, Tom Hughes wrote: As always, translations are there to be edited - head over to TranslateWiki and help us out! I checked there but I didn't find any untranslated German text. And: I'm not sure whether this is in the TranslateWiki: the information is simply wrong, this is

Re: [OSM-talk] {urgent} wrong licence information!

2012-09-17 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 17.09.2012 23:30, wrote Ed Loach: Looks like it has been done. http://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Osm:Export.start.export_detai ls/dediff=4223004oldid=1509470rcid=curid=1065143 Short: http://is.gd/vzKO8e I still get the old attribution = I'm not sure whether the English text is

Re: [OSM-talk] Import guidelines OSMF/DWG governance

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 18.09.2012 18:24, schrieb Richard Weait: The one account involved started this little thread was asked to use an import account three times. Then they created their import account. I just can second Richard and Grant: if a person is contacted three times by any working group and seems not

Re: [OSM-talk] Import guidelines OSMF/DWG governance

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 18.09.2012 15:42, Pieren wrote: The user had been contacted by DWG beforehand because he had imported several millions of objects under his account, Sounds as a mass, uncontrolled import but is not. Didn't you read what Frederik and others wrote? This user is very active and well known in

Re: [OSM-talk] Import guidelines OSMF/DWG governance

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 18.09.2012 20:56, Gert Gremmen wrote: [...] Plonk! Sorry, Michael. :-( ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Import guidelines OSMF/DWG governance

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 19.09.2012 09:05, guig...@free.fr wrote: Perhaps, because the user doesn't understand English please use google translate or any other translating tool available on the web or use a printed dictionary or ... Best regards, Michael. ___

Re: [OSM-talk] Import guidelines OSMF/DWG governance

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 19.09.2012 12:04, Richard Fairhurst wrote: As a few people have already said [...] cheers Richard applause for this comment! And to clarify it already now: there is no irony behind this statement. Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Import guidelines OSMF/DWG governance

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 19.09.2012 11:22, Christian Quest wrote: We're voting proposed tag scheme. ... or not. Frequently nowadays a new value or scheme is invented w/o voting. No statement by myself whether I think this is good process or not... So these hard rules are coming from nowhere ? There's no process

Re: [OSM-talk] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 19.09.2012 17:03, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: I believe that dedicated accounts are generally better for imports a very clear +1from my side. Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 19.09.2012 18:51, Richard Weait wrote: More likely, and more often, what happens is that a well intentioned mapper uses a source for which he believes he has permission. Imports, then finds out that he didn't have (sufficient) permission for the current license. This has happened many times.

Re: [OSM-talk] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 19.09.2012 18:42, sly (sylvain letuffe) wrote: Although I agree we shouldn't forget the past to avoid repeating the same mistakes but since every cases beeing different, I'm proposing to let local communities decide what they think is good for them. But only if it is not completely opposed to

Re: [OSM-talk] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 19.09.2012 23:45, Vincent de Chateau-Thierry wrote: The only criteria for removing French Cadastre data will be the value of the source tag. That's a bad idea: if someone for what ever reason just decides to remove (or change) the source=cadastre tag of a object (and don't change anything

Re: [OSM-talk] Any OSM social activities in Europe in the next 2 weeks?

2012-09-21 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Hello Toby, I'm about to leave for a 2 week trip to Europe and wondered if there were any local OSM gatherings I could drop in on. the only general hint that I can provide is to have a look at the calender in the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Calendar A lot of regular

Re: [OSM-talk] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-21 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 20.09.2012 13:43, schrieb sly (sylvain letuffe): which isolated processes ? You are the guy that requests that the French community is doing things different than the rest of the OSM-word. So you must answer your question by yourself... Best regards, Michael.

[OSM-talk] Message forwarding within accounts (was: Re: Proposal for import guidelines)

2012-09-25 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 25.09.2012 21:55, Paul Norman wrote: Speaking as someone who both maintains multiple (four) accounts and frequently has to contact separate accounts, [...] I regularly check my main account but I normally only check the others on demand. this triggers an idea at my side: wouldn't it be

Re: [OSM-talk] Who Did It?

2012-09-29 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 29.09.2012 10:24, schrieb Ilya Zverev: WHO DID IT? nice! Thanks for inventing. Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-fr] Continued aggression against French contributors (cadastre integration)

2012-10-18 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 18.10.2012 15:02, THEVENON Julien wrote: it means that we cannot distribute raw data coming from Cadastre alone. We are allowed to distribute them only if they are part of composite dataset/work ( = mixed with data coming from other sources ) and only if we add to them the information that

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-fr] Continued aggression against French contributors (cadastre integration)

2012-10-18 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 18.10.2012 14:19, Frederik Ramm wrote: In the end, we have no choice but to block them; if, even though we tried, someone doesn't want to play by the rules then he can't play at all. Just because you are not convinced that a certain rule is good, doesn't mean it doesn't apply to you. I

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-fr] Continued aggression against French contributors (cadastre integration)

2012-10-18 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 19.10.2012 00:02, schrieb Apollinaire: Now, I let you play with your favorite tool : translate.google.com Bonjour, [...] Gaëtan auch wenn die Gramatik nach FR = DE dort sehr schlecht ist: it is readable to just fly over it understanding sufficient content and quicker to read it it in

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-fr] Continued aggression against French contributors (cadastre integration)

2012-10-18 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Sorry: is going it's complete way in basic issues: is going it's complete seperate way in basic issues: ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-fr] Continued aggression against French contributors (cadastre integration)

2012-10-19 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 19.10.2012 10:14, schrieb Elena ``of Valhalla'': what you should do as a local community is to setup a translation team that translates important messages / threads from this (and other important global mailing lists) to and from the local one. +1 Just as an example: not every person in

Re: [OSM-talk] China's maps to be closely monitored for more accuracy - China Daily

2012-10-20 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 19.10.2012 15:22, Christian Quest wrote: Next SOTM in China ? You want ho hold a free conference in a non free country with strange rules for GPS and Geo-issues? Just to remember: the FOSS4G 2012 Beijing has been cancelled... Regarding these rules for GPS (as far as I'm aware of them): *

Re: [OSM-talk] China's maps to be closely monitored for more accuracy - China Daily

2012-10-20 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 20.10.2012 13:32, schrieb Christian Quest: Humor is definitely not universal... It would be nice to add a smiley, I can't see your face... ;-) Have a nice weekend, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] China's maps to be closely monitored for more accuracy - China Daily

2012-10-20 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 20.10.2012 16:54, Jaakko wrote: So, entering China with any GPS-capable phones [...] This time just due to the GPS. I'm sure they can't track that sufficiently, so currently I rate the danger as low for that. But my guess (!) is that if you behave conspicuous somewhere with your mobile

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] uMap Project: OSM everywhere

2013-01-21 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 03.01.2013 22:51, Yohan Boniface wrote: sorry for the late feedback, I was offline for some days. This email for introducing the uMap project. TL;DR: http://umap.fluv.io/ (demo site). the name umap is not very well chosen: there is already a project called uMap which exists since long

Re: [OSM-talk] Recent edits in the wiki / Trademark issue

2013-02-02 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 01.02.2013 22:07, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: The verb 'to geocode' is generic English language word and I'll stand by that even if a US court decides otherwise. +1 And there was also mentioned that tradmark was rejected in EU. Additionally: if i search for the some information in the WWW I

Re: [OSM-talk] Please test this Native wikipedia link - feature

2013-06-26 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 26.06.2013 03:04, schrieb Tirkon: If we link from OSM as a international project to a Wikipedia article there is the problem, that we cannot link everybody to the article of his native language. did you take care about WIWOSM? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WIWOSM - This already works

Re: [OSM-talk] Please test this Native wikipedia link - feature

2013-06-26 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 26.06.2013 19:09, schrieb Tirkon: But as soon as you want to use the interlanguage links as a database - just like OSM - then it is suboptimal. For my point of view that's not a problem of OSM. It's the same as we don't map for the renderer. So this needs to be solved by another tool or in

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik Lowzoom TIles - proof of concept

2013-07-04 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 04.07.2013 11:18, schrieb Christian Quest: Here is zoom 7 (others are in the render_list queue): to me this looks really nice and a huge improvement to the current OSM default lowzoom rendering! Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list

[OSM-talk] [Off] iPad app

2010-08-20 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Andrew Ayre schrieb: Sadly flash won't work on the iPad. Greetings from Steve Jobs. ;-( That's what I don't like at the Apple things: one single man decides what is running on your machine or not. But that's a political discussion which basically does not belong to this list. Sorry,

Re: [OSM-talk] iPad app

2010-08-21 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Dave F. wrote: Aren't Android devices out selling iThingys? Currently there are more iThings in the market compared to android devices. But the growth of Android is much (!) stronger than the increase of iThings = it's just a matter of (few) time until there are more Android devices in the

Re: [OSM-talk] NearMap Community Licence and OSM Contributor Terms

2010-08-22 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Chris Browet wrote: The fact that many key players (SteveC, Frederik, Richard(?)) in the project also have commercial interests in the OSM data also make me nervous and doubtful. looking at Frederik this statement sounds offending to me! HINT: I don't want to comment on the other persons

Re: [OSM-talk] Massive import of airports

2010-12-17 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 17.12.2010 15:24, schrieb Katie Filbert: On Dec 17, 2010, at 9:09 AM, Peter Körner osm-li...@mazdermind.de wrote: It's not only about data quality but about how we interact with each other. +1 +2 Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] What phone survey results

2011-01-06 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 05.01.2011 23:45, SteveC wrote: Results from my crude little survey; For my point of view this is somehow the same as the distribution of phones sold. Except: the very low number of BB-Devices. Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] BBC News Coverage of Map Kibera

2011-01-18 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 18.01.2011 09:23, Chris Jones wrote: BBC News Coverage of Map Kibera - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12164081 Also on German Tagesthemen: http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/sendungsbeitrag91100_res-.html Best regards, Michael.

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] active contributor

2011-06-17 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 17.06.2011 20:47, schrieb Richard Weait: 3) Hypothetically, a contributor could upload gpx tracks and never edit. [...] I think 3) could be valuable, but is not necessarily a contributor. Does anybody know if there are any accounts / users in category 3? while a holiday last year i

[OSM-talk] Sotm-EU11: thanks to the organisation committee

2011-07-18 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Hello, as the conference is over I want to thank to the organisation committee for their good work: from my point of view we had a very nice conference with a lot of very interesting talks, everything was very well organised. As I understood Henk didn't get any complains, so this seems to be

Re: [OSM-talk] data reconciliation tools

2011-07-20 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 21.07.2011 00:00, schrieb Oleg: hmmm, can't figure out if it works - looks like regular OSM tiles, can't see any status coloring... - any permalink? The information is visible in a second layer above the mapnik layer. Which system/browser do you use? Best regards, Michael.

Re: [OSM-talk] Data reconciliation. Removing CT/ODbL declined users.

2011-07-20 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 21.07.2011 00:27 MEST, Nathan Edgars II commented: [...] ...don't feed the trolls... [Plonk] Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] data reconciliation tools

2011-07-23 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 21.07.2011 10:28, schrieb Fabian Schmidt: So, a way will change it's colour after a user accepts the license. But it will stay in the old colour for some weeks if the way is recreated with a new ID. I for my personnal view think that's way too slow for current demands: we should see at

Re: [OSM-talk] [spam]Re: data reconciliation tools

2011-07-25 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 24.07.2011 00:57, Shu Higashi San wrote: Can someone please tell me the meaning of the colours in Potlatch2 license status option? Sorry, I don't use Potlatch. Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] data reconciliation tools

2011-07-25 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 23.07.2011 18:35, I wrote: I for my personnal view think that's way too slow for current demands: we should see at least a daily update for the demands of the current work which is necessary to replace ways. Is there a way to speed up e.g. by getting closer to the main database or so? No

Re: [OSM-talk] data reconciliation tools

2011-07-25 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 25.07.2011 09:47, Fabian Schmidt wrote: Am 23.07.11 schrieb Michael Kugelmann: I for my personnal view think that's way too slow for current demands: we should see at least a daily update for the demands of the current work which is necessary to replace ways. Is there a way to speed up

Re: [OSM-talk] *** GMX Spamverdacht *** Re: data reconciliation tools

2011-07-25 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 25.07.2011 11:45, Andy wrote: No comment at all? You're entirely at liberty to write something yourself :-) Please read my post sent out a few seconds before. Unfortunately I'm neihter a server admin nor a programmer. In that meaning I'm a simple user. But I can turn the knife in the wound

Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF elections

2011-08-26 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 26.08.2011 10:59, schrieb Frederik Ramm: I would like to see a rule that says: [...] in my first thoughts this sounds as a good idea in my point of view. Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Using Openstreetmap in books

2011-08-29 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 29.08.2011 12:46, Erik Johansson wrote: I wonder if someone has some information material catered for this kind of audience? What about licence issues? According to my understanding, this is/was one of the reasons for the licence change from OSM to OBDL. Best regards, Michael.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of mates rates

2013-08-29 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 30.08.2013 00:38, schrieb Gregory: Confirmed the programme worked on: Linux: Chrome (incognito mode so logged out) and Firefox. I object this statement above: with my FF on Windows it does not show. More background: for privacy and security reasons I use Noscript. One of the sites I block

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM 2013 videos

2013-09-26 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 26.09.2013 16:00, schrieb Peter Barth: as it's taking so long time, I cut the videos myself. THANKS A LOT! Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Welcome box on the new map page

2013-11-30 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 30.11.2013 16:02, schrieb Frederik Ramm: Anyway, I think nobody will be hurt if we have a little [X] button in the top right corner of that welcome message, which then sets a cookie and kills the message. I'm sure someone who is bothered enough will submit a pull request for that. +1000 And

Re: [OSM-talk] SRTM Elevation Data

2014-02-27 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 28.02.2014 02:24, schrieb Joel Znamenacek: Is all the 1 sec (30m) SRTM data already imported into OSM? Don't import the SRTM elevation data to OSM! Instead keep it in another database as the community does this since years. Best regards, Michael.

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Isn't All That Open, Let's Change That and Drop Share-Alike

2014-03-13 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 13.03.2014 15:26, schrieb Alex Barth: Looking forward to your comments, No! Stay at Share alike to avoid misuse of open data! Compare it to the GPL which is frequently used in OS-Sortware. Best regards, Michael. ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Isn't All That Open, Let's Change That and Drop Share-Alike

2014-03-15 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 14.03.2014 12:43, schrieb o...@k3v.eu: IMHO, share alike is just like DRM on music What??? Come on, don't be foolish! DRM tries to prevent any reuse of date whereat Share Alike just requests to offer the data under the same conditions as you got them. This is a fundamental difference!

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap Isn't All That Open, Let's Change That and Drop Share-Alike

2014-03-17 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 17.03.2014 04:53, schrieb Hans Schmidt: If I, as a company, would use some map provider, I would definitely go for at least everywhere a minimum level of coverage instead of only a few places with excellent coverage. There was a comparison about Google and OSM a fow years ago. It showed that

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap Isn't All That Open, Let's Change That and Drop Share-Alike

2014-03-17 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 17.03.2014 23:05, schrieb Johan C: So we're wondering why OpenStreetMap, being better (superior?) than Google in map data, is not used by commercial companies like BMW. Is there a native German on this list who can ask BMW why they're not using OSM? for Navigation it's not only about having

Re: [OSM-talk] UK is turning blue?

2014-06-17 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 18.06.2014 00:41, schrieb Colin Smale: why the UK is turning blue on openstreetmap.org? Flood due to massive rain? Heavy tide?;-) Maybe the coastline is broken (or was changed) or something like that... Cheers, Michael. ___ talk mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] Come back Osmarender, all is forgiven!

2014-06-23 Thread Michael Kugelmann
on 23.06.2014 13:56, SomeoneElse wrote: A number of abandoned railways near me were edited from abandoned to disused; I'm guessing that it might be because of the recent changes. Changeset comments along the lines of changed to X so that it renders and I know we're not supposed to tag for the

Re: [OSM-talk] Come back Osmarender, all is forgiven!

2014-06-24 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 24.06.2014 10:57, schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: this obviously belongs to [tagging], [...] Please check the detailed description on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dgolf_course how to tag e.g. bunkers (also by surface!) And if it is not rendered please add a feature request

Re: [OSM-talk] Early History of OSM

2014-08-04 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 04.08.2014 18:27, schrieb Clifford Snow: But I'd really like some images of the very earliest OSM maps. There is a animated gif of Munich available in the OSM wiki: Ein animiertes Bild http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Munich_0608to0709b_small.gif zeigt die ersten

Re: [OSM-talk] Adding Wikidata tags to 70k items automatically

2014-08-30 Thread Michael Kugelmann
Am 29.08.2014 20:10, schrieb Rob Nickerson: Lets just step back and reflect on this for a minute. If we end um in this discussion with a general yes for this import: why not use systems like maproulette to verify the data? This sounds better to me than a bulk import. Just my 2 cents,

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