Looks like we still have a quite a few to map,
http://wikitravel.org/en/Big_things_in_Australia
A rough count gave 134!
This list maybe incomplete, I seem to remember a big potato in Victoria.
On Thursday 03 Sep 2009 06:58:40 John Smith wrote:
I should have also included ID numbers:
2009/9/3 Evan Sebire e...@sebire.org:
Looks like we still have a quite a few to map,
http://wikitravel.org/en/Big_things_in_Australia
A rough count gave 134!
This list maybe incomplete, I seem to remember a big potato in Victoria.
This is why I gave ID numbers, you could then link from a list
great opportunity here
there's a nice giant strawberry just south of Tocumwal
http://www.thebigstrawberry.com.au/
and another one on the sunshine coast
http://www.bigthings.com.au/s.htm
Came across this by accident this morning, someone already has tagged
the big shell
2009/9/3 gehar...@gmail.com:
tourism=attraction
tourism=information
You can't have 2 tags with the same key, so you need to tag 2 nodes
usually to cover both.
I wonder how many Big Things have been tagged like:
select name from planet_osm_point where tourism='attraction' and name
ilike
could be the Java implementation on my installation. I don't mind
terribly much - I can use my desktop PC if I need to - but I just like
the idea of live GPS trackign and POI tagging (if this is possible).
For example - miss a traffic light and pop it on the map or whatever -
or a road
how much better?
I have heard kernel tuning can make a substantial difference... Maybe
this is worth considering for the netbook - but I hear Debian is very
conservative and slow to update with new applications?
And would the eeePC branch work on an MSI Wind? Their basically
identical as
2009/8/28 Cosmic Charade cosmichar...@gmail.com:
could be the Java implementation on my installation. I don't mind terribly
much - I can use my desktop PC if I need to - but I just like the idea of
live GPS trackign and POI tagging (if this is possible). For example - miss
a traffic light
2009/8/28 Cosmic Charade cosmichar...@gmail.com:
how much better?
I can't really make comparisions because I didn't use a stock kernel,
however some sites I read while installing said there was gains to be
had so I took that option :)
I have heard kernel tuning can make a substantial
2009/8/28 Evan Sebire e...@sebire.org:
I develop a commercial surveying package for powerline design and of course
use Qt, it is ideal for low power CPU's in the field with almost all of my
customers using a panasonic toughbook which is quite slow but can last a whole
day in the field,
2009/8/28 Evan Sebire e...@sebire.org:
I had an eee701 and would beg to differ on the screen readability, but LCD 's
have been improving at about the same rate that my eyes are failing! (lenses
getting thicker)
Yea well I have so far had the good fortune of not needing glasses or
other optical
Cosmic Charade cosmichar...@gmail.com wrote:
I use Ubuntu with xfce so a similar setup but it runs like a dog on
mine for some reason maybe I installed the wrong version of Java
or I need to run with some command line options?
My laptop is lower powered than yours and JOSM works okay. You
I use Merkaartor on my laptop and are happy with the speed. Its a C++ app so
appears more responsive than JOSM on my laptop.
http://www.merkaartor.org/
There are packages for ubuntu or you can compile from source if you have the
Qt libraries installed.
Evan
On Thursday 27 Aug 2009
--- On Thu, 27/8/09, Sam Couter s...@couter.id.au wrote:
My laptop is lower powered than yours and JOSM works okay.
You need the
Sun JRE, it won't work with OpenJDK. The only command line
options I use
are to set the HTTP proxy.
I run JOSM on my eeePC just fine, it's underclocked because
I have merkaartor - does this have similar capaiblity to JOSM?
How have you found it?
Evan Sebire wrote:
I use Merkaartor on my laptop and are happy with the speed. Its a C++ app so
appears more responsive than JOSM on my laptop.
http://www.merkaartor.org/
There are packages for ubuntu or
Overall it has less features than JOSM but is still very powerful. I have
only used JOSM less than 10 times and each time I end up thinking Java is
never going to replace C++ for graphical things.
This means placement of nodes, drawing of road/paths is better in Merkaartor,
and it's interface
Sam Couter wrote:
Atom is Intel's poor attempt at a low-power CPU, intended for embedded
devices. They're sick of ARM kicking their arse in that market. It runs
the same x86 instruction set as modern Intel laptop/desktop chips.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Atom
Works fine for me,
2009/8/28 Sam Couter s...@couter.id.au:
Atom is Intel's poor attempt at a low-power CPU, intended for embedded
devices. They're sick of ARM kicking their arse in that market. It runs
the same x86 instruction set as modern Intel laptop/desktop chips.
Fair enough, I just checked and the eeePC I
2009/8/28 Cosmic Charade cosmichar...@gmail.com:
I use Ubuntu with xfce so a similar setup but it runs like a dog on mine
for some reason maybe I installed the wrong version of Java or I
need to run with some command line options?
I don't know if this is relevent to you or not, but unlike
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Cosmic Charade wrote:
OSM however is stalling woefully on my humble 2GB Atom powered Ubuntu
netbook. Has anyone had any success with JOSM on such a platform?
yes, but I use debian and xfce as desktop.
however the screen is so small you need to learn about fullscreen, the
Liz wrote:
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Cosmic Charade wrote:
yes, but I use debian and xfce as desktop.
however the screen is so small you need to learn about fullscreen, the
keyboard shortcuts and see the optometrist as well
I use Ubuntu with xfce so a similar setup but it runs like a dog on
2009/8/23 David Clarke gadic...@pnambic.org
That's cutting in to our big attractions. So what're we left with, the
big
potato, merino, trout and oyster?
Big gallah in SA somewhere too (around Kimba? I don't remember...)
Big lobster *somewhere*. I know I've seen it, but buggered if I know
Big lobster is in Kingston, SE South Australia.
2009/8/25 Jason Stirk jst...@oobleyboo.com
2009/8/23 David Clarke gadic...@pnambic.org
That's cutting in to our big attractions. So what're we left with, the
big
potato, merino, trout and oyster?
Big gallah in SA somewhere too (around
On 23/08/2009 11:55pm, John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote:
That's cutting in to our big attractions. So what're we
left with, the big
potato, merino, trout and oyster?
A good reference for these big attractions is http://www.bigthings.com.au/.
I dont' think we would run out anytime
Sent: Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:27
To: Jason Stirk
Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-talk] How to tag giant acorn?
Big lobster is in Kingston, SE South Australia.
2009/8/25 Jason Stirk jst...@oobleyboo.commailto:jst...@oobleyboo.com
2009/8/23 David Clarke gadic
Jason Stirk jst...@oobleyboo.com writes:
At Ballina, and it's been announced in the last week or so that it will be
demolished some time soon, as it's in really bad nick.
That's cutting in to our big attractions. So what're we left with, the big
potato, merino, trout and oyster?
--- On Sun, 23/8/09, David Clarke gadic...@pnambic.org wrote:
That's cutting in to our big attractions. So what're we
left with, the big
potato, merino, trout and oyster?
The owners of the big pineapple (one near Nambour) were on tv the other day
complaining about it being heritage listed
Thank you for all the replies.
For the acorn, I think tourism=attraction is appropriate, and in this
case, it's apparently also a historic landmark (historic=yes). The
acorn has been around since the 1850s, which is around the time that
the town was established.
The description tag is also very
Bit late but punch Big Banana into the slippy map name finder. I saw Big
Banana on a map in the early '80s and just had to drive there to see what
was. Well, it was just that. Awe inspiring as bananas go but no explanatory
sign, nothing else. Now it is a developed tourist facility.
Mike
I probably would have gone with :
big_thing=yes
kitsch=yes\no (yes being the default)
Matt
Sam Vekemans wrote:
In Canada there is a giant plaster moose on the side of the highway.
But someone defaced it, and its missing its jaw.
Now that piece of jaw was found and its in the museum (visitors
At the last DC mapping party in Silver Spring, Maryland, I came across
a giant acorn that should be marked on OSM, but not sure the best way
to tag it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmf164/3814667470/
Also, how we should tag attractions like the world's largest
strawberry in Strawberry Point,
Hi,
I usually tag it as:
tourism=attraction
name=...
description=
Some other annotations (
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features#Annotation) can also be
useful.
Regards,
Igor
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Kate maps2w...@gmail.com wrote:
At the last DC mapping party in
--- On Wed, 12/8/09, Kate maps2w...@gmail.com wrote:
At the last DC mapping party in
Silver Spring, Maryland, I came across
a giant acorn that should be marked on OSM, but not sure
the best way
to tag it:
tourism=viewpoint ?
Also, how we should tag attractions like the world's
largest
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Craig Wallace wrote:
I would tag that as tourism=artwork
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dartwork
Along with an appropriate name, description, artwork_type etc
Now we can discuss artwork for the next two weeks
:-)
John Smith schrieb:
--- On Wed, 12/8/09, Kate maps2w...@gmail.com wrote:
At the last DC mapping party in
Silver Spring, Maryland, I came across
a giant acorn that should be marked on OSM, but not sure
the best way
to tag it:
tourism=viewpoint ?
To qoute Map Features about viewpoint:
A
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Ulf Lamping wrote:
I don't know, how a giant acorn therefore qualifies as a viewpoint ;-)
the one in the picture doesn't
but these sorts of roadside kitsch are quite popular in australia, although
some have been demolished, sadly
the Big Pineapple had a viewing platform, so
-- Forwarded Message --
Subject: [OSM-talk] How to tag giant acorn?
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009
From: Kate maps2w...@gmail.com
To: openstreetmap t...@openstreetmap.org
At the last DC mapping party in Silver Spring, Maryland, I came across
a giant acorn that should be marked on OSM
--- On Wed, 12/8/09, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote:
great opportunity here
there's a nice giant strawberry just south of Tocumwal
http://www.thebigstrawberry.com.au/
Big banana at coffs, big prawn somewhere else along the pacific highway, big
oyster also along the pacific highway.
The big
Free entry to go inside it too, so you can get a clear
reading from the top of it :)
Actually it's not far from Nambour, the guys coming up from
Brisbane will most likely be going past it.
I was talking about the big pineapple, sorry, I'll see if I can detour to do
the big shell on the way
I was talking about the big pineapple, sorry, I'll see if I
can detour to do the big shell on the way down.
The big pineapple in Gympie was torn down last year because of the road was
being upgraded to dual carriage way and the council was too cheap to move it to
some other site.
2009/8/12 John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com
big prawn somewhere else along the pacific highway
At Ballina, and it's been announced in the last week or so that it will be
demolished some time soon, as it's in really bad nick.
Not sure when though.
In Canada there is a giant plaster moose on the side of the highway.
But someone defaced it, and its missing its jaw.
Now that piece of jaw was found and its in the museum (visitors centre)
So they call the town 'Moose Jaw', in Saskatchewan.
tourism=manditory_photo_stop?
Have a nice day, :-)
Sam
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