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2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
I ended up filing a bug about this: https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/4236 ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/26 : > If we list more than ourselves then we do appear to be more co-operative, > and could save other people reinventing the wheel, a very popular OSM > activity Also I don't think it's a uniquely Australian thing to have a lot of different emergency services :) ___

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread edodd
> 2009/12/26 : >> Ambulance - diff types > > Most are state run, WA has outsourced to St Johns I think, and then > there is volunteer ones too I think... > >> Fire - diff types incl CFA and RFS > > There is also metro, which are full time paid employees rather than > mostly/all volunteer. > >> VRA

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/26 John Smith : > Also you have NRMA/RACQ/RACV etc which is a quasi emergency service, > and these can be contacted from phones along the sides of motorways > etc, when people break down. Oh and most/all motorways in Sydney have their own vehecals to tow people off motorways to the nearest

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/26 : > Ambulance - diff types Most are state run, WA has outsourced to St Johns I think, and then there is volunteer ones too I think... > Fire - diff types incl CFA and RFS There is also metro, which are full time paid employees rather than mostly/all volunteer. > VRA > SES > Australi

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread edodd
> 2009/12/26 : >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Emergency_service >> where the discussion page notes that we can't "just change" existing >> amenity tags. > > They aren't set in stone and the highway=path supporters have been > going about changing lots of stuff, so if we th

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/26 : > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Emergency_service > where the discussion page notes that we can't "just change" existing > amenity tags. They aren't set in stone and the highway=path supporters have been going about changing lots of stuff, so if we think there

[talk-au] Lismore Area

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
Is there anything in the Lismore area anyone wants mapped in particular? Currently in the area over xmas and have been improving somethings from the drive over here and some small trips about the area... ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.or

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread edodd
> 2009/12/26 : >> At the time I must have got emergency_service from somewhere >> where else is it used? >> I'm happy to change when we decide > > I'm just pointing out it goes against other emergency services, > although they should probably be grouped together properly instead of > lumped in as

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/26 : > At the time I must have got emergency_service from somewhere > where else is it used? > I'm happy to change when we decide I'm just pointing out it goes against other emergency services, although they should probably be grouped together properly instead of lumped in as amenities _

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread edodd
> 2009/12/26 : >> On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 21:08 +1000, John Smith wrote: >> How are people tagging these, they aren't like other emergency >>> services and you can't contact them by dialing 000 for that matter. >>> >>> Nothing came up in searching for SES/State Emergency Services... Well >>> apart f

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/26 : > On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 21:08 +1000, John Smith wrote: > How are people tagging these, they aren't like other emergency >> services and you can't contact them by dialing 000 for that matter. >> >> Nothing came up in searching for SES/State Emergency Services... Well >> apart from some

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread cam_daw
On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 21:08 +1000, John Smith wrote: How are people tagging these, they aren't like other emergency > services and you can't contact them by dialing 000 for that matter. > > Nothing came up in searching for SES/State Emergency Services... Well > apart from some spanish word that's

Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/26 James Andrewartha : > Speaking of Transperth, anyone want to hazard a guess as what the > license on > http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/TimetablesMaps/SpatialDataAccess/tabid/254/Default.aspx > means? I suspect "non-exclusive, limited and revocable rights to use, > reproduce, and redistr

Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap

2009-12-25 Thread James Andrewartha
2009/12/25 John Smith : > 2009/12/25 Franc Carter : >> Hi, >> >> Somethng that struck me recently is that in areas with NearMap >> coverage there is potential to do a much better job of mapping railway >> lines - i.e lines, sidings etc could be added. >> >> What's people opinions on doing so ? htt

Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/26 Steve Bennett : >> If all you cared about was cycling information, why didn't you use >> OpenCycleMap tiles? > > Shut up. > > And merry christmas, > Steve. > This is why you should put as much information into the database as possible, you may not care about railway lines, but railway e

Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap

2009-12-25 Thread Steve Bennett
> > If all you cared about was cycling information, why didn't you use > OpenCycleMap tiles? > Shut up. And merry christmas, Steve. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/26 Steve Bennett : > Hmm, speaking from experience of a ride today, I'd actually prefer less > detail, but maybe that's a question for the renderer. Trying to follow a > bike path that runs beside, then crosses over, a set of train tracks is > really tough - all the lines look very similar.

Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap

2009-12-25 Thread Steve Bennett
Hmm, speaking from experience of a ride today, I'd actually prefer less detail, but maybe that's a question for the renderer. Trying to follow a bike path that runs beside, then crosses over, a set of train tracks is really tough - all the lines look very similar. Anyway, that's just me grumbling

Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/25 Franc Carter : > Hi, > > Somethng that struck me recently is that in areas with NearMap > coverage there is potential to do a much better job of mapping railway > lines - i.e lines, sidings etc could be added. > > What's people opinions on doing so ? Perth's imagery is so good you can s

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/25 Alex (Maxious) Sadleir : > On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 10:08 PM, John Smith > wrote: >> How are people tagging these, they aren't like other emergency >> services and you can't contact them by dialing 000 for that matter. > On the wiki it is proposed that emergency_services=technical [1] i

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
2009/12/25 : > emergency_service=ses That's fine, but wouldn't that mean police/fire amenity=* (and no mention of ambulance on the wiki) should shift to that instead of being amenity=* ? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.o

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread Alex (Maxious) Sadleir
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 10:08 PM, John Smith wrote: > How are people tagging these, they aren't like other emergency > services and you can't contact them by dialing 000 for that matter. On the wiki it is proposed that emergency_services=technical [1] is the key for "technical services" such as Ci

[talk-au] railway lines and nearmap

2009-12-25 Thread Franc Carter
Hi, Somethng that struck me recently is that in areas with NearMap coverage there is potential to do a much better job of mapping railway lines - i.e lines, sidings etc could be added. What's people opinions on doing so ? cheers -- Franc ___ Talk-au

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread edodd
>> How are people tagging these, they aren't like other emergency >> services and you can't contact them by dialing 000 for that matter. >> >> Nothing came up in searching for SES/State Emergency Services... Well >> apart from some spanish word that's completely irrelevent. >> > > 13 25 00 > > > i'

Re: [talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread edodd
> How are people tagging these, they aren't like other emergency > services and you can't contact them by dialing 000 for that matter. > > Nothing came up in searching for SES/State Emergency Services... Well > apart from some spanish word that's completely irrelevent. > 13 25 00 i've put some i

[talk-au] SES Sheds

2009-12-25 Thread John Smith
How are people tagging these, they aren't like other emergency services and you can't contact them by dialing 000 for that matter. Nothing came up in searching for SES/State Emergency Services... Well apart from some spanish word that's completely irrelevent. _