Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2009-01-01 Thread Claudius Henrichs
Am 31.12.2008 07:49, Kenneth Gonsalves: On Wednesday 31 Dec 2008 12:02:01 pm brendan barrett wrote: On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Tanveer Singhtanveer1...@gmail.com wrote: what is sad about it? In India only the very big cities have yahoo imagery - and work is going on fairly well there.

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2009-01-01 Thread Gregory
Anyway, I find mapping footpaths in forests much more interesting than plain old residential streets and roads This really depends on where you live. If you live in a major city then you don't have much option but to map residential streets. Otherwise it's a special trip out to the

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2009-01-01 Thread Ciaran Mooney
major streets in Shiraz [3]). I had the help of some locals who supplied some names for places and streets. Hi, How did you manage to contract the locals? Or did they pick up the fact that some roads were being put in without any names? Ciarán ___

[OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-30 Thread brendan barrett
I've only just joined the OSM Talk Mailing list and wanted to respond to this message... so i've pasted some of it below the jump. 80n... if you're bored in the evenings, how about thinking far away from home? South Africa has good aerial photography for the major cities (Yahoo Imagery)... wanna

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-30 Thread Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio
De: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org en nombre de brendan barrett Enviado el: mar 30/12/2008 18:03 Para: talk@openstreetmap.org Asunto: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? I've only just joined the OSM Talk Mailing list and wanted to respond

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-30 Thread brendan barrett
De: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org en nombre de brendan barrett Enviado el: mar 30/12/2008 18:03 Para: talk@openstreetmap.org Asunto: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? I've only just joined the OSM Talk Mailing list and wanted to respond to this message... so i've pasted

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-30 Thread Nic Roets
...@openstreetmap.org en nombre de brendan barrett Enviado el: mar 30/12/2008 18:03 Para: talk@openstreetmap.org Asunto: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? I've only just joined the OSM Talk Mailing list and wanted to respond to this message... so i've pasted some of it below the jump. 80n

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-30 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tuesday 30 Dec 2008 10:59:15 pm Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio wrote: there are lots of people in the first world mapping even the most irrelevant buildings in their villages, while in the third world there are large cities with good Yahoo imagery and nobody mapping them. Sad, isn't it what is

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-30 Thread Tanveer Singh
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: On Tuesday 30 Dec 2008 10:59:15 pm Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio wrote: there are lots of people in the first world mapping even the most irrelevant buildings in their villages, while in the third world there are large

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-30 Thread brendan barrett
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Tanveer Singh tanveer1...@gmail.com wrote: what is sad about it? In India only the very big cities have yahoo imagery - and work is going on fairly well there. The rest of the country is a big blank, and GPS instruments are not all that affordable. As the price

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-30 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 31 Dec 2008 12:02:01 pm brendan barrett wrote: On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Tanveer Singh tanveer1...@gmail.com wrote: what is sad about it? In India only the very big cities have yahoo imagery - and work is going on fairly well there. The rest of the country is a big

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-30 Thread Nic Roets
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: there is a guy in Germany who has been tracing a lot of Indian cities - although I am a bit ambivalent about the results. Sure, the roads *are* being traced, but without names and also with guesses as to the road type.

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-04 Thread Nick Whitelegg
however, the recent drop-off in mappers correlates very nicely with the fall in non-business sunshine hours. and is slightly correlated with mean daytime temperature (at least in the UK). If anyone out there who was contributing in the summer and has now stopped could share the reasons I might

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Christoph Böhme wrote: Sent: 01 December 2008 11:23 PM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? Hi! Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I reckon I have one more season of mapping to the north of Birmingham (Walsall

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
' Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: graham wrote: Sent: 01 December 2008 4:07 PM To: osm Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? I've just realised - I have a house to let in a beautiful largely unmapped

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-02 Thread Steve Chilton
Robinson (blackadder-lists) Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 12:59 PM To: 'osm' Cc: Subject: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? The latest charts are now online [1] and they show that the number of contributors has dropped

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-02 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
80n wrote: In my case I've run out of stuff to map. Can someone build some more roads please? ;) Same here. Or at the very least rename some roads please :-) spaetz ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-02 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tuesday 02 Dec 2008 4:23:23 pm Sebastian Spaeth wrote: 80n wrote: In my case I've run out of stuff to map.  Can someone build some more roads please? ;) Same here. Or at the very least rename some roads please :-) migrate to India ;-) -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS

[OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
The latest charts are now online [1] and they show that the number of contributors has dropped in the last couple of months. The number of new users signing up each day hasn't changed much. Is it the northern hemisphere winter kicking in? Has the credit crunch or fuel prices made a difference?

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread 80n
In my case I've run out of stuff to map. Can someone build some more roads please? ;) On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The latest charts are now online [1] and they show that the number of contributors has dropped in the last couple

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Donald Allwright
In my case I've run out of stuff to map. Can someone build some more roads please? ;) I think you'll find that if you start mapping footpaths, it'll at least partly solve the problem. Footpaths, by definition, cannot (legally) be cycled on so you have to do them on foot. Which means your

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Dave Stubbs
2008/12/1 80n [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In my case I've run out of stuff to map. Can someone build some more roads please? ;) There's the whole world of addresses open to you + you could always move house :-) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Chris Browet
2008/12/1 80n [EMAIL PROTECTED] In my case I've run out of stuff to map. Can someone build some more roads please? ;) Indeed, I think that the stat doesn't say much. In crowded areas like Germany or UK, there will be a time where there won't be anything left to map. The real interesting

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Ed Loach
Andy asked: If anyone out there who was contributing in the summer and has now stopped could share the reasons I might help shed some light. I've not stopped as such, but there are a number of factors that mean I can't contribute as much as I did initially. When I started mapping I went out

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Elena of Valhalla
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] If anyone out there who was contributing in the summer and has now stopped could share the reasons I might help shed some light. I have almost stopped mapping in the latest month or two for a couple

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread John McKerrell
On 1 Dec 2008, at 14:56, Elena of Valhalla wrote: On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] If anyone out there who was contributing in the summer and has now stopped could share the reasons I might help shed some light. My mapping

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Donald Allwright wrote: Sent: 01 December 2008 2:13 PM To: 80n; talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? In my case I've run out of stuff to map. Can someone build some more roads please? ;) I think you'll find that if you start mapping footpaths

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Donald Allwright
At 9:00am on a Sunday morning, the meaning of no cycling on urban footpaths mysteriously disappears :-) Unfortunately the mud doesn't, which if Saturday is anything to go by would have been a bit too much for my non-mountain bike :-) The real challenge as has been pointed out is the white

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Igor Brejc
How about covering your area with land use data using yahoo/landsat? It's something I do occasionally at the end of the work day when I'm totally exhausted - it's a nice dumb work which helps my brain turn off. And it comes handy for various hiking maps (example of my area:

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread graham
80n wrote: In my case I've run out of stuff to map. Can someone build some more roads please? ;) Surrey is finished??!! Congratulations, I missed that! I've just realised - I have a house to let in a beautiful largely unmapped part of Italy and was wondering where to find customers. Now I

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Igor Brejc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sent: 01 December 2008 3:57 PM To: Donald Allwright Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); 80n; talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? How about covering your area with land use data using yahoo/landsat? It's

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
graham wrote: Sent: 01 December 2008 4:07 PM To: osm Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? I've just realised - I have a house to let in a beautiful largely unmapped part of Italy and was wondering where to find customers. Now I know ;-) What part? How Big

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Donald Allwright
It's very common in Bolivia at least that river have very different water levels, is there a tag for this? Usually you have a large riverbed and then a very small river running in the middle for most part of the year, and then sometimes it will flood all the way up to the riverbanks. I have

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Inge Wallin
On Monday 01 December 2008 13:59:32 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: The latest charts are now online [1] and they show that the number of contributors has dropped in the last couple of months. The number of new users signing up each day hasn't changed much. Is it the northern

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread John07
Inge Wallin schrieb: On Monday 01 December 2008 13:59:32 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: The latest charts are now online [1] and they show that the number of contributors has dropped in the last couple of months. The number of new users signing up each day hasn't changed much.

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread sylvain letuffe
On Monday 01 December 2008 15:00, 80n wrote: In my case I've run out of stuff to map. Can someone build some more roads please? ;) +1 And I don't care about street numbers -- Sylvain Letuffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] qui suis-je : http://slyserv.dyndns.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread 80n
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:07 PM, graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 80n wrote: In my case I've run out of stuff to map. Can someone build some more roads please? ;) Surrey is finished??!! Congratulations, I missed that! To clarify, my immediate area is complete in every direction as far as

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
80n wrote: Sent: 01 December 2008 5:38 PM To: graham Cc: osm Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:07 PM, graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 80n wrote: In my case I've run out of stuff to map. Can someone build some more

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Gour
Andy == Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Andy, Andy If anyone out there who was contributing in the summer and has now Andy stopped could share the reasons I might help shed some light. I got my 1st GPS (76CSx) few days ago and do not own bike (yet), although

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread graham
Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: graham wrote: Sent: 01 December 2008 4:07 PM To: osm Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone? I've just realised - I have a house to let in a beautiful largely unmapped part of Italy and was wondering where to find customers. Now

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread maning sambale
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:00 PM, 80n [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my case I've run out of stuff to map. Can someone build some more roads please? ;) We need more volunteers in Metro manila ;) http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?lat=14.594717284692324lon=121.03235961646361zoom=11 You have

Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

2008-12-01 Thread Karl Eichwalder
Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This really depends on where you live. If you live in a major city then you don't have much option but to map residential streets. Otherwise it's a special trip out to the countryside. Not something you can easily do in a lunch hour