Re: [talk-au] New blogs on unsealed roads in Victoria

2022-01-11 Thread Dion Moult
Really enjoyed reading! Dion Moult ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 at 4:15 PM, Andrew Harvey wrote: > Neat, thanks for sharing. > > On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 15:59, Little Maps wrote: > >> Hi folks, for everyone interested in OpenStreetMap's f

Re: [talk-au] NSW LPI Data

2020-07-25 Thread Dion Moult
5. > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australia_NSW_Property_and_Address_Import >6. > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution/New_South_Wales_Government_Data >7. > https://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/sixmaps/PropertyAddress/MapServer/2 >

Re: [talk-au] OSM area measurement capabilities

2020-05-21 Thread Dion Moult
ystem and destroy any printed copies. >-LAEmHhHzdJzBlTWfa4Hgs7pbKl > > References > >1. http://www.wsp.com/ >2. http://www.wsp.com/ -- Dion Moult ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Question about houses

2020-03-28 Thread Dion Moult
Hello James! FYI those addresses you see were likely created as part of the NSW address import project - that is why they are in the middle of the lot :) Please feel free to improve on its accuracy by merging it into an actual building! Dion Moult ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Sunday

Re: [talk-au] RapID roads now available for Australia

2020-01-04 Thread Dion Moult
streetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > References > >1. mailto:p...@wyatt-family.com >2. > https://github.com/facebookmicrosites/Open-Mapping-At-Facebook/wiki/Available-Countries >3. mailto:Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >4. https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tal

Re: [talk-au] Did the Earth just move for you? RE WGS84

2020-01-03 Thread Dion Moult
of a GDA standard. However, my understanding on this topic is very poor, so if others can help explain the implications this has on OSM, if any, I'd really appreciate it :) On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 09:24:21PM +1100, Warin wrote: > > On 03/01/20 18:43, Dion Moult wrote: > > How does thi

Re: [talk-au] Did the Earth just move for you?

2020-01-02 Thread Dion Moult
How does this get solved? Can someone help explain to me how this affects the map? My limited understanding is that this is the change from gda94 to gda2020. However, does osm store things in wgs84? And that hasn't changed, has it? Original Message On 3 Jan. 2020, 6:26 pm,

Re: [talk-au] Addresses/street numbers

2020-01-02 Thread Dion Moult
Good morning Michael! Have you seen the NSW address import project? It uses the LPI web services: https://gitlab.com/dionmoult/osm-nsw-address-import There are a few contributors who occasionally upload suburbs! You will notice we have made quite a dent in a few areas. Dion Moult

Re: [talk-au] presenting #NorthernBeachesSolar pet project

2020-01-02 Thread Dion Moult
On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 08:49:04AM +1100, Sebastian S. wrote: >So far I have not worked out a good grid method. Today I came across https://www.damn-project.org/ on my Mastodon feed. Looks spiffy. Has anybody tried it? -- Dion Moult ___ Talk

Re: [talk-au] Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

2020-01-01 Thread Dion Moult
Not a tourist attraction. Vote deletion of the tourist tag :) Dion Moult ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, January 2, 2020 1:57 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > Just started on NSW & found a tag that I'm not sure what to do with? > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/no

Re: [talk-au] presenting #NorthernBeachesSolar pet project

2020-01-01 Thread Dion Moult
pping too! How easy is it to set a grid to know which areas have been mapped? -- Dion Moult ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] vic.gov.au lacking OSM attribution

2019-12-27 Thread Dion Moult
is not present. If others on this list agree, I can send an email to the NBN. Dion Moult ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, December 28, 2019 10:22 AM, Phil Wyatt wrote: > Hi Mathew, > > I would also be inclined to email frvquesti...@mfb.vic.gov.au and > fireservicesref...@cf

Re: [talk-au] LPI NSW Lot Boundaries—worthwile to request?

2019-10-23 Thread Dion Moult
, using the layer to check other things is OK, but just in case there is any misunderstanding my belief is that we should not map actual lot boundaries if they are invisible on the ground. If it coincides with an actual physical object, like a fence, then it's mappable :) Dion Moult

Re: [talk-au] International GIS Day Missing Maps Mapathon

2019-09-05 Thread Dion Moult
Hey Ritva! Based in Sydney and definitely happy to help and participate! What can I do? Sent from ProtonMail mobile Original Message On 5 Sep. 2019, 5:48 pm, Vilppola, Ritva wrote: > Hi Team, > > WSP is planning on holding a global Missing Maps Mapathon with our Australia,

Re: [talk-au] [FOSS4G-Oceania] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania

2019-08-08 Thread Dion Moult
I don't want to discourage from the local woodlands initiative, I think it's absolutely great to do. I did want to being up the Cool Earth charity[1], which has been through lots of independent evaluation as to their effectiveness. Independent analysis suggests that their rate is at 0.71 USD

Re: [talk-au] Street address: Corner

2019-04-13 Thread Dion Moult
Through the address import project, you should be able to see what is the legal address of that plot. If it hasn't been imported yet, try the download script in that suburb and check there perhaps? Sent from ProtonMail mobile Original Message On 13 Apr. 2019, 2:29 pm, Andrew

Re: [talk-au] Shout out

2019-04-10 Thread Dion Moult
Awesome work! The user in question is "balcoath" - it looks great! Dion Moult ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 1:43 PM, David Wales wrote: > Hi Talk-AU, > > I just noticed evidence of some serious mapping commitment around Revesby. > >

Re: [talk-au] Help with overlapping features

2019-03-29 Thread Dion Moult
Have you tried josm? It has a lot of powerful editing features? Maybe it can help. Sent from ProtonMail mobile Original Message On 29 Mar. 2019, 4:29 pm, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 at 15:21, David Wales wrote: > >> Hi Graham, >> >> What editor are you

Re: [talk-au] Bushwalking site using OSM

2019-03-27 Thread Dion Moult
This site looks fantastic Andrew! You should do a little blog post or something about the under-the-hood on how it all works. That can help others create the same :) Sent from ProtonMail mobile Original Message On 27 Mar. 2019, 11:17 pm, Andrew Harvey wrote: > I just

Re: [talk-au] Sydney mapathon

2019-03-20 Thread Dion Moult
tions + social is perfect, like > GeoRabble, https://georabble.org. I see that as a bit different to a > mapathon, which is a bit of into followed by actual hands on work. > > On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 at 19:08, Dion Moult wrote: > >> Hey all! I've started an event here: >> https://ge

[talk-au] Very cool NSW transport real time map

2019-03-18 Thread Dion Moult
Just thought I'd share this very cool real time map of transport in NSW that I found online - don't know who is behind it but it's awesome! And yes, it has OSM as a background. https://www.bgtdevhub.com/TfNSW/index.html Dion Moult ___ Talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Transport for NSW (TfNSW)

2019-03-18 Thread Dion Moult
to say hi - you can mark yourself as "not attending" but at least then you will be on the list so I can send updates when there is another meetup: https://gettogether.community/events/1001/sydney-osm-mappers/ Dion Moult ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, 19 March 2019 11:41 AM,

Re: [talk-au] Sydney mapathon

2019-03-18 Thread Dion Moult
on't be able to make it. > > Regards, > David Wales > > On 18/3/19 1:29 pm, Ben Kelley wrote: >> Practically it will probably need to be a weekday evening, as we are not >> open on the weekend. >> >> Also it will need to be a time I can make it. :) >> >

Re: [talk-au] Sydney mapathon

2019-03-17 Thread Dion Moult
Hey Ben! Thanks for the option! I'm going to tentatively suggest meeting this Saturday, 23rd March, say after lunch, so 2:30pm? Just for a very informal mapping session to see how things go, doesn't have to be a large crowd or anything? Ben, do you think it will be possible for us to use your

Re: [talk-au] Sydney mapathon

2019-03-14 Thread Dion Moult
Thanks for all the responses! Interested people in joining: - Dion Moult (myself) - David Anderson (coworker at HDR) - David Wales - Sebastian Currently Ritva is helping contact EWB to see if they are interested in running one in Sydney (as Engineers Without Borders is helping run one

Re: [talk-au] Sydney mapathon

2019-03-10 Thread Dion Moult
:38 AM >> To: OSM-Au >> Subject: Re: [talk-au] Sydney mapathon >> >> Hi Dion, >> >> I would be interested in participating. >> I don't know of I count as experienced, but I'm happy to help any newbies! >> >> Regards, >> David Wales >> >> On 11

[talk-au] Sydney mapathon

2019-03-10 Thread Dion Moult
Good morning all! I recently had a chat with Ritva from WSP in Brisbane, who told me how they organised mapathons as part of the missing maps initiative in Brisbane. I was inspired by this and checked the upcoming events page on missing maps (http://www.missingmaps.org/events/) but did not see

Re: [talk-au] NSW LPI address import

2019-02-17 Thread Dion Moult
ut I'll jump in later in the month. > > On 11/2/19 7:28 am, Dion Moult wrote: > >> Hey talk-au, >> >> This is just a reminder that the NSW LPI address import project is still >> going on, and that you can review any datasets in the following repo. Some >> of the

Re: [talk-au] NSW LPI address import

2019-02-10 Thread Dion Moult
me to > improve Open Street Map! > > On 18 December 2018 12:05:28 am AEDT, Andrew Harvey > wrote: > >> On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 23:38, Dion Moult wrote: >> >>> I also use OsmAnd a lot and lack of addresses is a big bugbear! Admittedly >>> >>>

[talk-au] Question on how to fix this intersection

2019-01-30 Thread Dion Moult
splits up Liverpool Road into two roads, OSMAnd tells me to turn left there, which is quite confusing. What is the appropriate way to fix this mapping? Or is it a problem with OSMAnd? Dion Moult ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [talk-au] Mapping opportunities along the Great North Walk

2018-12-29 Thread Dion Moult
und here (Newcastle) because of a lack >of a way to share them with others. I see that the Bathers Way is there >but incomplete so I’ll go fix that now. > > References > > 1. https://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/ -- Dion Moult __

[talk-au] Mapping opportunities along the Great North Walk

2018-12-26 Thread Dion Moult
M database that describes the Great North Walk. I considered mapping the sign posts, but they are quite plenty and probably of little benefit. Any ideas? -- Dion Moult ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/lis

Re: [talk-au] NSW LPI address import

2018-12-17 Thread Dion Moult
exclusively on my phone for navigation, and the only thing I really >miss is the lack of address data. > >On 17 December 2018 7:40:33 pm AEDT, Dion Moult >wrote: > > Hi David! > Sorry that I've been AWOL - I'll update the repository and respond to all your >

Re: [talk-au] NSW LPI address import

2018-12-17 Thread Dion Moult
t to the âuploadedâ directory? Or does it need more review > than that? > Regards, > David Wales >___ > > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > [1]https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > References > >

Re: [talk-au] Use of map data with no copyright?

2018-10-04 Thread Dion Moult
It is also my understanding that lack of mention of a license means no license, which means copyrighted by default: https://choosealicense.com/no-permission/ Dion Moult Original Message On 5 Oct. 2018, 12:17 pm, cleary wrote: > It is my understanding that copyright exi

Re: [talk-au] Thoughts on highway=toll_gantry proposal

2018-10-01 Thread Dion Moult
Sounds good to me :) Dion Moult Original Message On 1 Oct. 2018, 9:19 pm, Andrew Harvey wrote: > I supported the proposal, and see no harm in adding the tag on top of > the existing barrier=toll_both tag for the immediate future. It will > be nice to be able to di

[talk-au] Where did we get suburb boundary lines in NSW?

2018-08-20 Thread Dion Moult
Good morning all, In OSM in NSW there are administrative boundary lines which are marked as suburb boundaries and have names. I assume a long time ago these were imported from a government dataset, as tracing the LPI basemap would be very tedious. Where can I find the primary source (i.e.

Re: [talk-au] Mapping houses and addresses in Sydney

2018-07-01 Thread Dion Moult
is a link to the message online: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2018-July/005554.html ​Dion Moult​ ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On June 20, 2018 9:14 PM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 20/06/18 20:50, Dion Moult wrote: > > > So I

Re: [talk-au] Mapping houses and addresses in Sydney

2018-06-20 Thread Dion Moult
and follow the New Zealand approach of importing bit by bit - we can divide the dataset into an alphabetical list of suburbs, and then treat each suburb's import separately. Ideas? Dion Moult ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On June 18, 2018 9:23 PM, Dion Moult wrote: > On June 18, 2018 8:56

Re: [talk-au] Mapping houses and addresses in Sydney

2018-06-18 Thread Dion Moult
On June 18, 2018 8:56 PM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 18/06/18 20:30, Andrew Harvey wrote: > >> On 18 June 2018 at 19:21, Dion Moult wrote: >> >>> Thanks Andrew for your reply! >>> >>> 1. Thanks for the link to the import guideline

Re: [talk-au] Mapping houses and addresses in Sydney

2018-06-18 Thread Dion Moult
lex. Is it worth pursuing? What do you reckon? 4. It seems odd that they would provide an API but would prevent anything from using it. 5. Looks like they are doing the big data import. See 3. Dion Moult ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On June 17, 2018 9:57 PM, Andrew Harvey wrote: >

Re: [talk-au] Mapping houses and addresses in Sydney

2018-06-17 Thread Dion Moult
mer is already credited in the contributors page, but the latter is not yet - it will have to be added, I suspect. Looking forward to any feedback! Dion Moult ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On June 17, 2018 3:14 PM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > For knowing "whats mapped" at a hi

Re: [talk-au] Mapping houses and addresses in Sydney

2018-06-16 Thread Dion Moult
Wow, seems a little overkill to put the task there where it seems the objective is for humanitarian needs :) Australian house addresses are hardly humanitarian in nature :) Dion Moult ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On June 17, 2018 9:30 AM, Phil Wyatt wrote: > You could put a project

Re: [talk-au] Mapping houses and addresses in Sydney

2018-06-16 Thread Dion Moult
As a continuation of this thread just wondering if there was a way to divide up Sydney into a grid and automatically check the progress of whether that zone has been mapped or not. Is there a standard approach for this? Dion Moult Original Message On 6 Jun 2018, 09:39, Warin

Re: [talk-au] Mapping houses and addresses in Sydney

2018-06-05 Thread Dion Moult
! ​Dion Moult​ ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On 4 June 2018 5:12 AM, Andrew Harvey wrote: > On 3 June 2018 at 21:48, Dion Moult wrote: > > > I've started using OSM more and more and I find it frustrating that many > > house addresses are not available in OSM. I would like