Re: [talk-au] Would anyone buy one of these?

2009-08-21 Thread Stephen Hope
I bought mine from Graham Smith in the UK (last year some time). He still uses sonicresolutions domain to host pictures and email etc, but you're not buying from the company as such. And that assumes he's even the person still selling them, which I'm not sure. It was Andy talking about them on

[talk-au] 4wd_only proposal

2009-08-21 Thread John Smith
Final tally was 12 yes v 9 no so it passed. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:4wd_only%3Dyes ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Sturt highway

2009-08-21 Thread John Smith
--- On Fri, 21/8/09, BlueMM bluemm1975-...@yahoo.com wrote: Maybe I'm a little confused, but given this discussion looking at a recent change to the Australian Tagging Guidelines on the wiki, has the network/ref tagging changed from your original proposal? I thought the network tag was for

Re: [talk-au] Would anyone buy one of these?

2009-08-21 Thread Liz
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, cam_...@fastmail.fm wrote: On the odd time I go surveying on foot / bicycle at night, I wear this: http://www.exeliteworld.com/recreational.html?product=lumisash Cars from a kilometer away down the road can see me at night time! :D and add some flashing red ankle bands and

[talk-au] Boundary names...

2009-08-21 Thread John Smith
I think I finally figured out where boundary names are coming from, can others confirm that boundary names are no longer being rendered please. I now only see one 'Curra' on the map compared to 2 or 3 :) http://maps.bigtincan.com/?zoom=14lat=-26.086308194794lon=152.57117074638 Also I can't see

Re: [talk-au] Would anyone buy one of these?

2009-08-21 Thread Greg Harper
I have a theory about hi-viz vests. Something I have noticed when geocaching. Younger people and busy office types ignore you but older people and those with too much time on their hands want to know what's going on. ___ Talk-au mailing list

Re: [talk-au] http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=662

2009-08-21 Thread Sam Couter
John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: I'd like to think things were that active in Australia map wise but I don't think that's an accurate picture :) I have around 800 messages in my mailbox from the past month from this list. That puts us soundly in the 549 - 2648 range (where did those

Re: [talk-au] OSMF

2009-08-21 Thread Gordon Smith
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Matt Whitemattwh...@iinet.com.au wrote: Liz wrote: Big flame war on the OSMF-talk list today and it didn't even need us Aussies to fuel it. If you are a member, please vote, it will make life easier for us all if as many potential voters as possible vote or

Re: [talk-au] Would anyone buy one of these?

2009-08-21 Thread John Smith
--- On Fri, 21/8/09, Greg Harper gehar...@gmail.com wrote: I have a theory about hi-viz vests. Something I have noticed when geocaching. Younger people and busy office types ignore you but older people and those with too much time on their hands want to know what's going on. I wondered

Re: [talk-au] Boundary names...

2009-08-21 Thread BlueMM
John Smith delta_foxt...@... writes: I think I finally figured out where boundary names are coming from, can others confirm that boundary names are no longer being rendered please. [SNIP] As you probably expected, I see the same as you... BlueMM

Re: [talk-au] Boundary names...

2009-08-21 Thread John Smith
--- On Fri, 21/8/09, BlueMM bluemm1975-...@yahoo.com wrote: As you probably expected, I see the same as you... I was hoping I excluded the right ones, but didn't know if I covered all possible cases, I've only seen postcode and suburb names, I can only assume there would be state and country

Re: [talk-au] Anyone do wikipedia edits?

2009-08-21 Thread Liz
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Liz wrote: I wouldn't start editing by replacing the base map i've made myself an account and if anyone can point me to a wikipedia page or two which incorporates a map then i could understand the editing style attempt one

Re: [talk-au] OSMF

2009-08-21 Thread James Livingston
On 21/08/2009, at 8:16 PM, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: 1. nominations open. 2. voting opens 3. nominations close (how can anyone vote if nominations aren't closed) 4. last minute registrations to vote 5. last minute call to vote (24 hours notice) Nomination closing after the voting had opened

Re: [talk-au] Mapping on a phone

2009-08-21 Thread chris smith
I'm using a HTC Diamond; mostly use BeelineGPS,BeelineGPS, as it also is good for geocaches. OSMtracker works well also. -Original Message- From: Franc Carter franc.car...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 10:18 PM To: OSM Australian Talk List talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject:

Re: [talk-au] http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=662

2009-08-21 Thread James Livingston
On 21/08/2009, at 8:13 PM, Sam Couter wrote: John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: I'd like to think things were that active in Australia map wise but I don't think that's an accurate picture :) I have around 800 messages in my mailbox from the past month from this list. That puts us

Re: [talk-au] http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=662

2009-08-21 Thread Matt White
James Livingston wrote: On 21/08/2009, at 8:13 PM, Sam Couter wrote: John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: I'd like to think things were that active in Australia map wise but I don't think that's an accurate picture :) I have around 800 messages in my mailbox from the

Re: [talk-au] http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=662

2009-08-21 Thread John Smith
--- On Fri, 21/8/09, Matt White mattwh...@iinet.com.au wrote: 393 by my count (20 Jul-20 Aug)... which is actually pretty impressive - that's more than all messages to the AU list between 01 Jan and 31 May 2009 The AU list is certainly more lively as a result, though. Keeps me out

[talk-au] OSM Server downtime reminder for this weekend

2009-08-21 Thread John Smith
Don't be surprised if most OSM services aren't working this weekend or you can't do edits and what not. period from approximately 5am GMT Saturday August 22nd until 10pm GMT Sunday August 23rd. 3pm Saturday till 8am Monday AEST time. ___

Re: [talk-au] OSM Server downtime reminder for this weekend

2009-08-21 Thread Liz
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, John Smith wrote: Don't be surprised if most OSM services aren't working this weekend or you can't do edits and what not. period from approximately 5am GMT Saturday August 22nd until 10pm GMT Sunday August 23rd. 3pm Saturday till 8am Monday AEST time. Oh no, I'll

[talk-au] New contributor

2009-08-21 Thread dominoconsultant
Hello, I hope to contribute to the OSM mapping project for Australia. I'm based in Murray Bridge, SA and work in Adelaide. If you're interested in my background you can read about me at my blog ( http://domiconsultant.org ). From there is a link to my LinkedIn profile. Mike Smith -- View

Re: [talk-au] New contributor

2009-08-21 Thread edodd
Hello, I hope to contribute to the OSM mapping project for Australia. I'm based in Murray Bridge, SA and work in Adelaide. If you're interested in my background you can read about me at my blog ( http://domiconsultant.org ). From there is a link to my LinkedIn profile. Mike Smith --

Re: [talk-au] Boundary names...

2009-08-21 Thread Matt White
John Smith wrote: I think I finally figured out where boundary names are coming from, can others confirm that boundary names are no longer being rendered please. I now only see one 'Curra' on the map compared to 2 or 3 :)

Re: [talk-au] Boundary names...

2009-08-21 Thread John Smith
--- On Sat, 22/8/09, Matt White mattwh...@iinet.com.au wrote: One thing I noticed is that your coastlines seem out of date (and in return, the main OSM map doesn't handle overflow of residential areas into coastline very well). I need to look into how the coastlines are done, I don't