[talk-au] Google has dual carriage way where it's not built yet

2009-10-07 Thread John Smith
Maybe google is feeling a little intimidated by all the announcements of new roads turning up on OSM as soon as construction finishes! In this case they've jumped the gun and show dual carriage way where it's still under construction: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?ll=-26.186039,152.654761z=18

Re: [talk-au] Mapping railway lines

2009-10-07 Thread John Henderson
Liz wrote: I drew in railway line from landsat (hopefully that was marked as source) and lined it up with crossings and bridges. If you have better data, please move the railway. I haven't managed to get a trace on any railway because I seem to be limited to walk, bike, car, plane. If

Re: [talk-au] Mapping railway lines

2009-10-07 Thread John Henderson
John Smith wrote: On one of the wiki pages it talks about something like this with European trains, and unless you get a GPS lock before boarding the train you most likely won't get one at all, however once you have a lock it's easier to keep it. I've started using a amplified external

[talk-au] bike_training_track

2009-10-07 Thread Liz
got any ideas on tagging these? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] bike_training_track

2009-10-07 Thread John Smith
2009/10/7 Liz ed...@billiau.net: got any ideas on tagging these? leisure=track sport=cycling ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] bike_training_track

2009-10-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, John Smith wrote: 2009/10/7 Liz ed...@billiau.net: got any ideas on tagging these? leisure=track sport=cycling that suggests a velodrome to me or at least a racing track -- Your boss climbed the corporate ladder, wrong by wrong.

Re: [talk-au] bike_training_track

2009-10-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, John Smith wrote: 2009/10/7 Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net: On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, John Smith wrote: 2009/10/7 Liz ed...@billiau.net: got any ideas on tagging these? leisure=track sport=cycling that suggests a velodrome to me or at least a racing track

Re: [talk-au] Twitter like emails

2009-10-07 Thread Hugh Barnes
On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:24:26 +1000 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/6 Liz ed...@billiau.net: On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Jeff Price wrote: G'day all, Any chance folks could take some conversations offline, or batch up their 15 emails into a single email?  I presume I'm not

[talk-au] Mapping railway lines.

2009-10-07 Thread Nick Hocking
If you get on a heritage train then these have windows that can be opened and a gps trace is no problem. Last weekend I surveyed the track from Wollongong through to Moss Vale. (riding behind the relaunched steam locomotive - 3265) In sydney you can get a signal on the Tangara trains but I

Re: [talk-au] Twitter like emails

2009-10-07 Thread Jim Croft
gmail threads messages by topic by default which reduces clutter and takes a lot of the pain out of cleanup :) jim On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Hugh Barnes list@hughbris.com wrote: On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:24:26 +1000 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/6 Liz

Re: [talk-au] Twitter like emails

2009-10-07 Thread John Smith
2009/10/7 Hugh Barnes list@hughbris.com: On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:24:26 +1000 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/6 Liz ed...@billiau.net: On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Jeff Price wrote: G'day all, Any chance folks could take some conversations offline, or batch up their 15

Re: [talk-au] Twitter like emails

2009-10-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, Hugh Barnes wrote: I'm sorry, you've got the onus for change on completely the wrong side. The tweeters are the offending parties in this case, and also in the minority. They should adapt their behaviour to those of us who follow standard behavioural norms and who consider

Re: [talk-au] Twitter like emails

2009-10-07 Thread Roy Wallace
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: Suitable channels? suitable for what? I think those complaining about list activity need to be more specific about what is and what isn't acceptable. You can't just ask people to stop being twitter-like. Personally, I