[talk-au] Nearmap Sydney area imagery

2010-01-20 Thread John Smith
It looks like Nearmap have started processing imagery from beyond just the Sydney area down towards Wollongong... http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NearMap_PhotoMaps#Current_coverage ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org

Re: [talk-au] Nearmap Sydney area imagery

2010-01-20 Thread John Smith
2010/1/20 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com: It looks like Nearmap have started processing imagery from beyond just the Sydney area down towards Wollongong... http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NearMap_PhotoMaps#Current_coverage More imagery seems to be being processed round Geelong area

Re: [talk-au] JOSM on handheld device

2010-01-20 Thread Andy Owen
Ive tried a few packages such as opencitymap and OSM-tracker, but they all seem to have pre-requesites that arent identified on the download sites. I figure I cant be the only person who wants to edit OSM from my GPS device, so Im hoping someone might have a few ideas for apps worth a

Re: [talk-au] Boat ramp

2010-01-20 Thread Steve Bennett
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:02 AM, John Henderson snow...@gmx.com wrote: Has anyone got a better suggestion for showing a boat ramp than extending a highway=service out into the water?  The leisure=slipway tag is meant to apply to nodes, not ways. I would suggest tagging the way leisure=slipway.

Re: [talk-au] Boat ramp

2010-01-20 Thread Roy Wallace
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: I would suggest tagging the way leisure=slipway. If you need to break the current specification to do so, then make a note on the wiki page. Yeah, how strange that a slipWAY can supposedly only apply to a NODE.

Re: [talk-au] Boat ramp

2010-01-20 Thread David Murn
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 10:35 +1100, Steve Bennett wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:02 AM, John Henderson snow...@gmx.com wrote: Has anyone got a better suggestion for showing a boat ramp than extending a highway=service out into the water? The leisure=slipway tag is meant to apply to nodes,

Re: [talk-au] Boat ramp

2010-01-20 Thread John Henderson
Steve Bennett wrote: I would suggest tagging the way leisure=slipway. If you need to break the current specification to do so, then make a note on the wiki page. Tagging it highway=service seems wrong. Service roads do not go underwater... The tagging system is supposed to be flexible and

Re: [talk-au] Boat ramp

2010-01-20 Thread Stephen Hope
2010/1/21 David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au: Also, from the wiki for 'service': Generally for access to a building, motorway service station, beach, campsite, industrial estate, business park, etc.. This doesnt sound wrong to me, if a service road can lead to a beach or campsite, why not to

Re: [talk-au] Blue?

2010-01-20 Thread Arie Paap
Yes, the background throughout most of metro Perth is blue. At higher zoom levels any tiles that don't have blue background will become blue when submitted for rendering (by requesting the tile with /dirty added to the URL). From a brief look the coastline appears to be intact and I can't see any

Re: [talk-au] Boat ramp

2010-01-20 Thread John Smith
2010/1/21 Stephen Hope slh...@gmail.com: A service road can lead to a boat ramp.  But the boat ramp itself is not a point, it's a line. It's usually pretty clear where the ramp starts - where it ends is usually harder to find unless you go wading. Assuming you don't go head over tail on the

Re: [talk-au] Boat ramp

2010-01-20 Thread John Henderson
Stephen Hope wrote: A service road can lead to a boat ramp. But the boat ramp itself is not a point, it's a line. It's usually pretty clear where the ramp starts - where it ends is usually harder to find unless you go wading. Don't worry if it doesn't currently render. Record it in the

Re: [talk-au] Boat ramp

2010-01-20 Thread David Murn
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 13:51 +1000, Stephen Hope wrote: 2010/1/21 David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au: Also, from the wiki for 'service': Generally for access to a building, motorway service station, beach, campsite, industrial estate, business park, etc.. This doesnt sound wrong to me,

Re: [talk-au] Boat ramp

2010-01-20 Thread David Murn
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 16:53 +1100, John Henderson wrote: How about tagging boat ramps as: highway=service service=boat_ramp I think a slipway is different from a boat ramp. I know a slipway as a track (perhaps with rollers) for launching boats and for winching them ashore for repairs.