Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Computer advice

I agree with all of this, josm, streetcomplete, Vespucci etc. speaking of which, what's the best way to quit out of Vespucci? there's got to be something better than using the task manager to kill it !:-) cheers Ken On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 11:13, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > > > 18 Nov 2019,

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] What are your 'must map' features?

my wife has a bad back - so I map speedbumps and general quality and surface of the road (asphalt good, cobblestones & potholes bad). we've dogs - so I map public bins, even down to whether they're specifically for dog excrement. oh and osmand has this nice feature where it displays a speed limit

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Failte Ireland map using OSM

re https://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/tools.html there is attribution - but you need to click on a stylised "Info" button to view it. On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 15:28, Brian Hollinshead wrote: > Please to see recently that the Failte Ireland Sligo and Mayo visitor map > both used OSM data

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Teaching location - Ballyhalbert, Co. Down

also most places around Kilshanny in Co. Clare... to be fair it's a "one church, one pub & one school" sized village all the best, Ken On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 at 23:21, Colm Moore wrote: > Hi, > > If anyone is looking for an unmapped location so they can teach OSM to > people, then Ballyhalbert,

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Email privacy

yes You may have noticed before you signed up to this open mailing list the link to prior postings to the mailing list that does not require a login to view them. """This list provides a forum for discussion those parts of openstreetmap that are relevant to Ireland. It is not a substitute for

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Lack of attribution to OSM by ESRI on Carlow maps

This is fantastic work guys, well done. On 10 August 2016 at 16:08, Brian Hollinshead wrote: > Carlow have had the attribution added and will be published in next day or > two. > > I had asked if they had the text copyright free source for the Two > Municipal Districts of

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Operator=*

On 2 July 2015 at 11:29, Colm Moore colmmoor...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, I've been tidying up a lot of these, using http://stat.latlon.org/ie/latest/tags-o.html and the likes. There are a handful of entries for First Trust and First Trust Bank which are **names**. The **operator** is AIB

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Design competition for a new logo

I agree. the osm_ie account is older and has a lot more history/tweets/followers attached to it which is why I'd suggest keeping it in use and ditching the _irl one. On 2 July 2015 at 12:49, ke...@vool.ie ke...@vool.ie wrote: Site looks good, but why the second twitter account ?

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] mapping roads

On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 6:09 PM, da fo43 daf...@outlook.com wrote: Thanks for the replies so far, anyone else want to gibe an opinion? To address some of the points: snip Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:36:42 + From: Ken Guest kgu...@php.net ... Changing the tagging of roads based

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] mapping roads

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 6:27 PM, da fo43 daf...@outlook.com wrote: Hello All, First time posting on the mailing list but I've spoken individually to a number of you already. There can't be too many roads still to map in Ireland now so I guess the next step would be to improve the quality by

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Mapping of farmland

-, Ken Guest kgu...@php.net wrote: I've added one or two names to fields myself and I don't see what the issue is that our chap in Killyfoyle has with field names being added. There are those of us that add reference numbers of streetlamps and post boxes to OSM, this isn't much different

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Wicklow town street names added

Sounds like great work Dan! Ken On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Daniel Cussen d...@post.com wrote: Hi, I added all the street names in Wicklow town, and most of Rathnew using lots of local knowledge and a quick spin in the car. It's now more accurate than google maps and garmin. Thanks

Re: [OSM-talk] Keypad-Mapper 3 released - highly efficient app for house number mapping

I also get a message saying that I can't install it: This app is incompatible with your O2 Samsung GT-S5363. k. On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Jeffrey Ollie j...@ocjtech.us wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Markus Semm ms...@enaikoon.de wrote: the new version 3 of the well known

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM Gift Ideas

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:39 PM, malenki o...@malenki.ch wrote: Kate Chapman wrote: [gifts,] looking for additional ideas. What about stickers? http://seixahd.notlong.com If you were really close I'd suggest a mapkin or blanket. Bit pricey though. http://softcities.net/ Regards malenki

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Dublin Bus RTPI Site using OSM

If you're going blind as regards attribution on that site - then so am I. On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Richard Cantwell manaboutco...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, You might have seen this site built as part of the RTPI (Real Time Passenger Information) project which Dublin Bus are rolling

Re: [OSM-talk] Which software are people using on Symbian?

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Jeremy Stocks jeremyl...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi there, + I'm a newbie to OSM but and oldie in GIS, and am trying to find a decent app for my Nokia 6230 Nuron phone. I currently use Trek Buddy but I wondered what others use? I'm not sure what version symbian

Re: [OSM-talk] Released: OpenMaps for iOS v4.0. An idea how to increase OSM awareness.

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Zsombor Szabó zsom...@gmail.com wrote: Wasn't expecting so poor reception on behalf of the OSM community. No one commented on the idea of sharing and checking into OSM places on Twitter with OpenMaps for iOS to increase OSM awareness. Does this mean that you

Re: [OSM-talk] Announcing the Open Brewpub Map

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Sven Geggus li...@fuchsschwanzdomain.de wrote: Tagging is easy. Just add microbrewery=yes to the node or building area object of your local brewpub. Whee. Now, please define

Re: [OSM-talk] POI Collection as a Competition

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Shaun McDonald sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.ukwrote: I fear that it would just be gamed and bad data would be entered instead. That too would be my main worry - unless there was a procedure in place to verify that data. k. Shaun On 10 Jun 2010, at 21:34, Ian

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

A nice example of using non-geographic tags (business name, contact details, opening hours etc) would be to point out openstreetbrowser ;-) On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:45 AM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: Is it worth doing a small article on OSM for them? It might be worth pointing

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: Hey All, Yesterday Richard Weait and I got an email about an opportunity to put an ad for OSM in a Canadian Business Journal.  Unfortunately the turn around was only a couple hours (I'm assuming some advertiser dropped

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (Trolley)

oh yes please. almost all trolleys I've encountered around home require 1 euro coins - except the ones at Aldi where 2 euro coins are required. Perhaps then I can expand on my script (and someone can update openstreetbrowser) to filter stores by what denomination of coin is required for using

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (Trolley)

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Adrien Pavie dr...@laposte.net wrote: Alex S. : Why would shops have light-rail trains? Yes, it's for shopping cart or caddie, trains in a shop could be strange ^^'. could be? ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Promotional OSM Materials

http://blogs.linux.ie/kenguest/2010/03/25/openstreetmap-posters/ and http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Portal:Press#Resources might be of use to you. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Ciarán Mooney general.moo...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I have just volunteered to run a stall at the Brixton

Re: [OSM-talk] Using OSM Maps on a Nokia Phone without online updates?

Out of the other apps that I have tried on my S80 nokia (a 9310i) whereAmI did seem the best suited. Not sure if it's still in active development though. k. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:25 PM, AssetBurned openstreet...@assetburned.de wrote: Hi, I tried to figure out the best way to use OSM

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreet Maps in Word press

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:52 AM, John Yumbya jyum...@yahoo.com wrote: Ho do I have an open street map on my wordpress blog. Thanks Use this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/osm/ Ken -- http://blogs.linux.ie/kenguest/ ___ talk mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] osm funny poster

the one that I tend to use is at http://svn.openstreetmap.org/misc/pr_material/recruitment_poster/poster.pdfhttp://short.ie/osmposter k. On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Valent Turkovic valent.turko...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:52:40 +, Valent Turkovic wrote: Great and

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap cheat mug now available

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:55 AM, maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.comwrote: Can we request permission use the design to produce mugs locally? and to perhaps print out and laminate the design for use as a general OSM cheatsheet? ;-) btw, there is no mention of shipping charges on

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap cheat mug now available

done. it's a wiki so if anyone wants to tweak what I wrote go ahead and do so... k. 2009/9/15 Iván Sánchez Ortega i...@sanchezortega.es El Martes, 15 de Septiembre de 2009, Frederik Ramm escribió: a German company specialising in Open Source paraphernalia has produced an OpenStreetMap

Re: [OSM-talk] source=(survey, yahoo, gps...)

http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/newbies/2007-October/000625.htmlmay be of interest - if it isn't in the wiki. just discovered this myself now too. k. On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Lennard l...@xs4all.nl wrote: Valent Turkovic wrote: Presets speedup many things, so it would be

Re: [OSM-talk] Business listings - a website

When I expound on why I'm so passionate about contributing towards OpenStreetMap is this is one of the reasons: 1/ Consider that you've moved into a new area and need to know * which pharmacy is open the latest * where the nearest health care centre is * the quickest route that isn't obstructed

Re: [OSM-talk] Path to Health/Slí na Sláinte route s

thanks Ture - I'll have a look so I can check I'm not entering them wrong ;-) On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Ture Pålsson t...@lysator.liu.se wrote: 2009/7/12 Ken Guest k...@linux.ie: [ ... ] So anyway...my questions are: 1//how should these be tagged in OSM 2//Has anyone already

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] [OSM-talk] Path to Health/Slí na Sláinte routes

thanks Ture - I'll have a look so I can check I'm not entering them wrong ;-) On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Ture Pålsson t...@lysator.liu.se wrote: 2009/7/12 Ken Guest k...@linux.ie: [ ... ] So anyway...my questions are: 1//how should these be tagged in OSM 2//Has anyone already

[OSM-talk] Path to Health/Slí na Sláinte route s

It occurred to me while looking for examples of what constitutes Completeness with regards to the mapping of a town, and also after checking whether my attempts at marking up a portion of a cycle-route between Nenagh and Cloughjordan were correct, that there are also established walking routes in

Re: [OSM-talk] SteveC; C = Cool

and it's far too noisy... On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: At 00:06 08/07/2009, Russ Nelson wrote: On Jul 7, 2009, at 5:53 PM, SteveC wrote: On 7 Jul 2009, at 23:26, Stefan de Konink ste...@konink.de wrote: After the years of iterations don't you

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping Photos

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Frankie Roberto fran...@frankieroberto.comwrote: On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.comwrote: Here are a bunch of very large correctly georeferenced images images I've taken during mapping parties: Nice! I tend not to

Re: [OSM-talk] AAAA openstreetmap still doesn't use ipv6

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:17 AM, John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Thu, 2/7/09, Thomas Schäfer tschae...@t-online.de wrote: Your horse isn't high? I prefer soap boxes personally, they don't tend to shy ;) or kick... :( k. -- http://short.ie/osminguardian

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposed Amenity Reorganization

A better exercise, I think, would be to create an A4 sized cheatsheet of common POIs and how they should generally be tagged - something that people can print out and laminate to either use themselves or distribute at mapping parties that could be used as an aid for when one is out mapping and

Re: [OSM-talk] Move the Map

You're correct. Everybody knows it should centre on Dublin... k. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Eric Wolf ebw...@gmail.com wrote: It's just the Brits trying to re-establish their imperial dominance over the world. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Shaun McDonald

Re: [OSM-talk] tagging tyre/tire services?

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Gleb Smirnoff gleb...@glebius.int.ruwrote: Hi! Didn't find in Map Features page how to tag a service that can mount, unmount and repair motorcar tyres. This is a quite important POI for a car traveller. Looking at tagwatch, I've found a small usage of

Re: [OSM-talk] Using Garmins nüvi 550 for OSM

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Garmin comes to mind, if anyone wants to update it ;-) ken On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Ingo Lantschner listen2...@lantschner.namewrote: Hi, anyone here, who has experiences on using Garmins nüvi 550 for collecting data and exporting this for use in

Re: [OSM-talk] Castles and Palaces

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/6/5 Ed Loach e...@loach.me.uk: Burg: a fortress or a walled town (according to my 1990 vintage Chambers English Dictionary). So I'd say the English for burg is burg, and yes this is pointless.

Re: [OSM-talk] R: RFC: amenity=mortuary (and amenity=emergency_room)

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:39 PM, David Paleino d.pale...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 13 May 2009 18:16:59 +0200, Fabrizio Carrai wrote: I agree for the morgue term. Well, ok. I'm not particularly in favour of one version over the other ;) I would say something to key amenity an why I would

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

. No vague direction giving or forgetfulness to worry about! k. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Dermot McNally derm...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/5/1 Ken Guest k...@linux.ie: Has anyone else been asked similar questions, and what was your response? Why does a painter paint? Why play football

[OSM-talk] Deriving reference numbers for L roads

I've come across a handy trick for determining the reference number for a L road here in Tipperary - the county council publishes the Speed Limit By-Laws; and nicely refers to most roads by the L-ref value. The by-laws are available for free download off their website. In most cases this makes it