Re: [OSM-talk] Hitting reset on talk-au

2011-07-12 Thread Shalabh
contributions or do you just believe in OSM because it is open and good? And to echo Steve Bennet's comment, I am at a loss to find anything bad enough said by any Richard to justify this rant. Regards, Shalabh Some non aussies came onto the aussie list and stirred up a few big arguments, so

Re: [Talk-in] NRSC Landuse data in public domain

2011-07-06 Thread Shalabh
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:58 PM, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.comwrote: I managed to download the LULC layer but when I try to download in JOSM, I get a message Sorry! No data available in this scale. This is for very low zoom levels i.e.1 inch = 1 km Any idea why? Shalabh

Re: [OSM-talk] Crisis mapping - assistance requested for infrastructure mapping in Tohoku/Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Shalabh
? Cheers, Shalabh On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Daniel Kastl dan...@georepublic.dewrote: I heard from several foreigners, that one problem to help is that they often can't read what's written on Japanese websites. Some convenient tool, that is easy to install as extension for Chrome is called

Re: [OSM-ja] [OSM-talk] Crisis mapping - assistance requested for infrastructure mapping in Tohoku/Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Shalabh
? Cheers, Shalabh On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Daniel Kastl dan...@georepublic.dewrote: I heard from several foreigners, that one problem to help is that they often can't read what's written on Japanese websites. Some convenient tool, that is easy to install as extension for Chrome is called

Re: [OSM-talk] mountain_pass=yes: combination with place=locality and rendering

2010-08-14 Thread Shalabh
prominently than surrounding peaks. I dont see mountain passes rendered on Mapnik at any zoom levels. Osmarender renders them but it does not render 'stream' tag (it does render 'river' though). Am I missing something? Cheers, Shalabh ___ talk mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] Replication stopped

2010-08-12 Thread Shalabh
Not sure whats wrong but a couple of streams I mapped 4-5 hours ago are not rendering as yet. Shalabh On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: I was just trying to figure out why a lake I traced last night hadn't been rendered yet. After double checking tagging

Re: [OSM-talk] Replication stopped

2010-08-12 Thread Shalabh
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: Yay! My lake is in the process of being rendered right now. Thanks for greasing the gears! Toby Lucky you, I cant see the fruit of my labours yet. Patience is the greatest virtue! Shalabh On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12

Re: [OSM-talk] Fwd: Mapping/Naming mountain ranges, valleys, other geographic areas

2010-08-11 Thread Shalabh
Thanks a ton, will take this forward. The Stavanger transformation on OSM is an inspiration, I hope to improve my hometown's situation to a similar extent. :) Cheers On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Gorm E. Johnsen osml...@gorm.cc wrote: Shalabh 1. As someone aptly described us, we are a do

Re: [OSM-talk] What could we do to make this licences discussion more inclusive?

2010-07-18 Thread Shalabh
used by anyone and everyone else, much like Frederik Ramm. So, if someone could, in real layman terms explain to me what all this means, I would appreciate. And I assume and hope, there are many more users like me. Cheers, Shalabh -- e: m...@chrisfleming.org w: www.chrisfleming.org

[OSM-talk] Is it down?

2010-07-10 Thread Shalabh
Been unable to access openstreet.org and access the database for 30 minutes now. Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Is it down?

2010-07-10 Thread Shalabh
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Peter Körner osm-li...@mazdermind.de wrote: Am 10.07.2010 15:08, schrieb Shalabh: Been unable to access openstreet.org and access the database for 30 minutes now. http://www.openstreetmap.org/ is available fom here (Germany) as well as the api is. I don't

Re: [OSM-talk] openstreetmap.org down

2010-06-15 Thread Shalabh
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: Unscheduled maintenance, I like it. :) On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: Presumably someone knows about

Re: [OSM-talk] openstreetmap.org down

2010-06-15 Thread Shalabh
at SOTM. In the mean time, have a go at this: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_purity_self-test -- Gregory o...@livingwithdragons.com http://www.livingwithdragons.com Not good enough. I have miles to map before I sleep. Shalabh

Re: [OSM-talk] openstreetmap.org down

2010-06-15 Thread Shalabh
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 5:17 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.comwrote: On 15 June 2010 21:40, Shalabh shalab...@gmail.com wrote: Not good enough. I have miles to map before I sleep. You could pull an extract from one of the XAPI servers and then use JOSM to add/edit/delete then save

Re: [OSM-talk] openstreetmap.org down

2010-06-15 Thread Shalabh
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.comwrote: On 15 June 2010 12:52, Shalabh shalab...@gmail.com wrote: Wont need that, its back up. :) Not yet. We are currently looking at 10pm GMT tonight. Regards Grant Yup, the site is up, the database is still

Re: [Talk-in] Yet another GPS-mapper-terrorist

2010-02-07 Thread Shalabh
seems to mention 'without a proper sanction'. Even for residential areas which have boards of 'No Trespassing', what constitues sanction? Regards, Shalabh -- Regards Srikanth.L http://j.mp/SrikanthL ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk

Re: [OSM-talk] New Video Tutorial: Presets in Potlatch

2010-02-04 Thread Shalabh
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org wrote: Dave F. wrote: Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: Margie Roswell wrote: I admit to being disappointed in viewership on this one. Can anyone help to get the word out about this video? Those who know about the video are

Re: [OSM-talk] Suggestion: fallback tag

2009-12-17 Thread Shalabh
to render a superset of all tags. Regards, Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Suggestion: fallback tag

2009-12-17 Thread Shalabh
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Shalabh shalab...@gmail.com wrote: 1. And what if even the 'fallback tag' is not rendered by the renderer? That's the current situation. So, the worst case scenario, with this tag

Re: [OSM-talk] Suggestion: fallback tag

2009-12-17 Thread Shalabh
on with my life. Renderers will catch up whenever. Bye Frederik +1 Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Suggestion: fallback tag

2009-12-17 Thread Shalabh
for the renderers to catch up. Regards, Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Suggestion: fallback tag

2009-12-17 Thread Shalabh
they are supposed to render without adding layers of complicacy, it will be welcome. Cheers, Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Ditches

2009-12-15 Thread Shalabh
look at it 1. A group of really useless people with nothing better to discuss or 2. A group of really diligent people making the world's map better and being assinine about it. I would take something between 1 and 2. :) Regards, Shalabh ___ talk mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] Opinion poll about the new licence Odbl 1.0

2009-12-12 Thread Shalabh
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Brendan Morley morb@beagle.com.auwrote: Anthony, I realise no analogy is perfect. In this case a problem is that if somebody breaks into the OSM data, he is not depriving the previous owners of it. And it is an Open street map after all - we're *inviting*

Re: [OSM-talk] Why the BSD vs GPL debate is irrelevant to OSM

2009-12-12 Thread Shalabh
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 11:18 PM, andrzej zaborowski balr...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/12/11 Shalabh shalab...@gmail.com: Ok, heres a question I have been meaning to ask for long. What is the big deal if the big, bad G takes a chunk of data from OSM and uses it? Do I care? No. If anything, I

[OSM-talk] My Experiments with Mapping

2009-12-11 Thread Shalabh
as part of the interview. After we chatted a bit, she wanted to see how we mapped. Shalabh in the driving seat, French girl next to him, Nishant relegated to the back seat with the moronic GPS and we were off. Off to a residential area managed by DLF, a building company whose tagline says

Re: [OSM-talk] My Experiments with Mapping

2009-12-11 Thread Shalabh
There I am caught unawares again!! Silly me :) Anyway, what is done is done. So long post will torture a lot of you and I hope please some of you. On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: Shalabh wrote: And because OSM does not have a blog... http

Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Fwd: Re: Why PD is not better for business

2009-12-11 Thread Shalabh
, Shalabh On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Peter Childs pchi...@bcs.org wrote: 2009/12/11 paul youlten paul.youl...@gmail.com: Peter, That sounds bad. Can you give us some examples? PY On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Peter Childs pchi...@bcs.org wrote: 2009/12/11 paul youlten

Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Fwd: Re: Why PD is not better for business

2009-12-11 Thread Shalabh
and thats what freedom is all about. Regards, Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Why the BSD vs GPL debate is irrelevant to OSM

2009-12-11 Thread Shalabh
, Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Fwd: Re: Why PD is not better for business

2009-12-11 Thread Shalabh
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, Shalabh wrote: While I am not advocating a fork (I am anyway voting a yes to ODBL), I dont think a single community is always the answer. Single communities tend to get static for the lack of competition

[Talk-in] My Experiments with Mapping

2009-12-11 Thread Shalabh
as part of the interview. After we chatted a bit, she wanted to see how we mapped. Shalabh in the driving seat, French girl next to him, Nishant relegated to the back seat with the moronic GPS and we were off. Off to a residential area managed by DLF, a building company whose tagline says

Re: [Talk-in] [OSM-talk] My Experiments with Mapping

2009-12-11 Thread Shalabh
, the closest road is many km away and I barely manage to keep the GPS in hand. :) Yeah point taken for driving but most of my mapping is walking, so any more bulk is not feasible. Regards, Shalabh ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-in] [OSM-talk] My Experiments with Mapping

2009-12-11 Thread Shalabh
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.orgwrote: On Saturday 12 Dec 2009 8:58:12 am Shalabh wrote: Car?? Antenna?? I am talking of walking in deep Himalayas on treachrous slopes with a 20kg backpack, the closest road is many km away and I barely manage to keep

Re: [OSM-talk] Mountain Passes - Display Issue

2009-12-10 Thread Shalabh
Still does not appear on the mail OSM maps. Any clue on when is that likely to happen? Regards, Shalabh On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.comwrote: Patrick Kilian schrieb: Hi all, Just to bring to the group's notice. I added a few mountain passes

Re: [Talk-in] ESRI shape file for India's official borders

2009-12-10 Thread Shalabh
. :) Ofcourse, no reference to OSM or mappers here but just a thought on how we are conditioned and brought up to 'make believe'. Regards, Shalabh On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:54 AM, talk-in-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Send Talk-in mailing list submissions to talk-in@openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] Deleting Sections of AND data for India

2009-12-09 Thread Shalabh
Hi All, This is Shalabh, one of the 'cheap Indians', as Stefan referred to us in the license change talk. Now, I have been mapping parts of a mountain state called HP (Himachal Pradesh) in India for the last 2 months. Google's data for the state is barely basic, OSM's is not even that. Most

Re: [OSM-talk] Deleting Sections of AND data for India

2009-12-09 Thread Shalabh
Thanks John, works, should have figured it out myself. Regards, Shalabh On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:21 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/12/9 Shalabh shalab...@gmail.com: Is there anyway the AND data can be segmented such that it can be deleted in sections and a new track

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Shalabh
in the last couple of months, it hasn't been on the general list. I agree with this. I have been on the mailing list for roughly the same time and no talk of license change. Regards, Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [OSM-talk] [Announce] OSMF license change vote has started

2009-12-05 Thread Shalabh
to the Wiki page may not be enough because most people (like me) wont understand complicated copyright laws and will make neither head nor tail of a technical discussion. Regards, Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

[OSM-talk] Bridge on Hiking Trails

2009-11-25 Thread Shalabh
Was mapping a few hiking trails with foot-only bridges on the trail and could not figure out a way to mark these bridge since the only bridge waypoint needs the same parameters as a highway. Any pointers on how to do this best? Regards, Shalabh

Re: [OSM-talk] Bridge on Hiking Trails

2009-11-25 Thread Shalabh
Dont think my question was specific enough. I am using JOSM for this and using highway tag means giving speed limits. I am using the path=hiking trail for the trail and would ideally need a bridge attribute 'yes' within the hiking trail. Regards, Shalabh On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Russ

Re: [OSM-talk] Bridge on Hiking Trails

2009-11-25 Thread Shalabh
in the middle of it. Am I missing something here? Regards, Shalabh On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org wrote: Shalabh wrote: using highway tag means giving speed limits. You don't have to - it is optional. I am using the path=hiking trail for the trail and would

Re: [OSM-talk] Addressing Question

2009-11-12 Thread Shalabh
in the last week and replaced with the new ones. And I know there are thousands more to go. I doubt if roads like these actually add any value, either from a mapping or routing point of view to OSM. Regards, Shalabh On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli

Re: [OSM-talk] Suggestion for JOSM

2009-11-02 Thread Shalabh
. Anyway, to get them even slightly accurate, I end up drawing at very high resolution, which means spending hours just drawing the track already drawn by the GPS. Regards, Shalabh Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Richard Fairhurstrich...@systemed.net wrote: I

[OSM-talk] Suggestion for JOSM

2009-11-01 Thread Shalabh
this to everybody's notice, so JOSM can be made more user friendly. Regards, Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Suggestion for JOSM

2009-11-01 Thread Shalabh
Hi Nop, thanks for your email. I take your point, it would be difficult to delete and then we would be purely depending on the mapper's diligence. So yeah, I think I would rather use the suggestions given by Dan than advocate an auto track feature. Regards, Shalabh On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:15 PM

[OSM-talk] Garmin eTrex Vista Hcx

2009-10-31 Thread Shalabh
like to figure out if any of you have had the same issue with this model or any other Garmin GPS. Regards, Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Garmin eTrex Vista Hcx

2009-10-31 Thread Shalabh
Mike, thanks for the response. I would like to clarify that the 150 metres error is a (x,y) distance error. There is an additional altitude error of around 70 meters. Regards, Shalabh On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Mike N. nice...@att.net wrote: 3. I parked my car near a village a day

[OSM-talk] Mountain Passes - Display Issue

2009-10-26 Thread Shalabh
the reason for not displaying on the renderer? Regards, Shalabh ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk