Re: [talk-au] Talk-au Digest, Vol 76, Issue 21

2013-10-29 Thread Li Xia
Hi james, Marking out a track is a reasonable approach. On 29 Oct 2013 05:02, talk-au-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Send Talk-au mailing list submissions to talk-au@openstreetmap.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit

Re: [talk-au] vicmap data licensing

2013-10-14 Thread Li Xia
to do a 1-off import, or maybe include a tag on the imported data matching a unique identifier for the same feature in the vicmap data. The US Tiger import did something like this. - Ben Kelley. On 10 Oct 2013 17:12, Li Xia m...@lixia.co wrote: Hi everyone, I'm meeting Vicmap and data.gov

Re: [talk-au] vicmap data licensing

2013-10-14 Thread Li Xia
import, or maybe include a tag on the imported data matching a unique identifier for the same feature in the vicmap data. The US Tiger import did something like this. - Ben Kelley. On 10 Oct 2013 17:12, Li Xia m...@lixia.co wrote: Hi everyone, I'm meeting Vicmap and data.gov

Re: [talk-au] Talk-au Digest, Vol 76, Issue 8

2013-10-14 Thread Li Xia
. On 10 Oct 2013 17:12, Li Xia m...@lixia.co mailto:m...@lixia.co wrote: Hi everyone, I'm meeting Vicmap and data.gov http://data.gov staff tomorrow to get their blessing on importing vicmap data into OSM. Once the licensing is squared away, we can move onto discussing

Re: [talk-au] Talk-au Digest, Vol 76, Issue 5

2013-10-11 Thread Li Xia
difficult to resolve. You could either plan to do a 1-off import, or maybe include a tag on the imported data matching a unique identifier for the same feature in the vicmap data. The US Tiger import did something like this. - Ben Kelley. On 10 Oct 2013 17:12, Li Xia m...@lixia.co wrote

Re: [talk-au] Talk-au Digest, Vol 76, Issue 5

2013-10-11 Thread Li Xia
elements to integrate the datasets and keep them updated. Even if that is simply merging the datasets in josm. We need to get the vicmap data in a form that will have maximum utility to OSM mappers. Ian. On 12 October 2013 09:09, Li Xia m...@lixia.co wrote: Hi Nick, Yes, vicmap data does

[talk-au] obtaining permission to import vicmap datasets

2013-10-11 Thread Li Xia
Quick update... I met with data.vic and vicmap yesterday for permission to import vicmap data into OSM. data.vic has requested that we include attribution in the wiki pagehttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#Australian_government_public_information_datasets, and then they will request

[talk-au] vicmap data licensing

2013-10-10 Thread Li Xia
Hi everyone, I'm meeting Vicmap and data.gov staff tomorrow to get their blessing on importing vicmap data into OSM. Once the licensing is squared away, we can move onto discussing techniques of importing the data. Snapshot data in shp format is available from data.vic.gov.au. Alternatively a

[talk-au] vicmap has given the thumbs up for import

2013-10-09 Thread Li Xia
Gday, I had a meeting with Vicmap staff today in regards to importing Vicmap data into OSM under the CC license. They are very excited about the community showing interest in their data and are have clarified that importing it is fine. I also asked about obtaining a letter of authority so they

Re: [talk-au] vicmap has given the thumbs up for import

2013-10-09 Thread Li Xia
Hi Nyall, Jodee Cook is the correct person, we are on the same page. How is the progress? Li. On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Nyall Dawson nyall.daw...@gmail.comwrote: On 10 October 2013 14:07, Li Xia m...@lixia.co wrote: Gday, I had a meeting with Vicmap staff today in regards

Re: [talk-au] Vicmap licensing

2013-09-17 Thread Li Xia
Gday everyone, I've been talking to DSE about importing vicmap data into OSM under the CC license. Got this reply today... The Creative Commons licence requires you to Attribute the work/data as being Vicmap Data. We would like to sit down with you at some stage in early October and discuss the

Re: [talk-au] Vicmap licensing

2013-09-17 Thread Li Xia
them the odbl licence and position it as 'is this ok with your open government stance? ' neatly avoids cc by confusion, gives them an attitude to address, and likely ends up with 'let it be free' On 17/09/2013 4:53 PM, Li Xia lisxia1...@gmail.com wrote: Gday everyone, I've been talking

Re: [talk-au] Talk-au Digest, Vol 74, Issue 7

2013-08-19 Thread Li Xia
Is marking source:GeoScience Australia considered attribution? Li. On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:00 PM, talk-au-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Send Talk-au mailing list submissions to talk-au@openstreetmap.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit

Re: [talk-au] Vicmap data released on data.gov.au

2013-07-08 Thread Li Xia
Sweet, very exciting and willing to lend a hand in the import process. Also have a few contacts in Vicmap, and will email Nyall Dawson directly. What tools are available for importing data (and removing duplicates) Li. On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:00 PM, talk-au-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote:

Re: [talk-au] Talk-au Digest, Vol 72, Issue 9

2013-06-17 Thread Li Xia
Hi Brett, I'm Li, founder and developer of Mud Map 2. You bring up great points. We have a small development team, the app was released 6 weeks ago and it's just the start. Heaps of feature upgrades are planned. Upload your tracks as a GPX trace to OSM from the app is one of them. Are you able

Re: [talk-au] Talk-au Digest, Vol 71, Issue 25

2013-05-27 Thread Li Xia
Provided that licensing is all good, how can the data be imported into OSM? What can be done to ensure there's minimal duplicates? Li. On 26/05/2013, at 10:00 PM, talk-au-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Send Talk-au mailing list submissions to talk-au@openstreetmap.org To subscribe

Re: [talk-au] Talk-au Digest, Vol 71, Issue 26

2013-05-27 Thread Li Xia
Russell) 4. Re: Talk-au Digest, Vol 71, Issue 25 (Li Xia) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 22:26:34 +1000 From: Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com To: Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com Cc: OSM - Talk-au Talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Major 4WD tracks

2013-05-10 Thread Li Xia
Significant was what I meant. Using route relation makes sense. — Li On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Li Xia lisxia1...@gmail.com wrote: Major 4wd tracks such as Birdsville track Old telegraph track Wonagatta rd Etc

Re: [talk-au] Gates and access

2013-05-09 Thread Li Xia
it). https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features Is there a particular reason why you'd want to see it there? If you find the tag has utility, then use it. Ian. On 9 May 2013 15:29, Li Xia lisxia1...@gmail.com wrote: Cool, but it's not listed in the main map features page? http

Re: [talk-au] Gates and access

2013-05-08 Thread Li Xia
://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/seasonal#map However, I also agree with Andrew's note, that if you have detailed information on access, then the opening_hours syntax and conditional restrictions is quite expressive. Ian. On 7 May 2013 14:01, Li Xia lisxia1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mappers

[talk-au] Major 4WD tracks

2013-05-08 Thread Li Xia
Hi Mappers, Is there a tag that's officially recognised that can be used to highlight major 4WD tracks. Similar tags for hiking, cycling existing under route:xx Li. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org

[talk-au] Offline OSM vector map engine for iOS

2013-05-06 Thread Li Xia
Gday mappers, I'm Li from Mud Map. We've just launched Mud Map 2, an iOS app that includes a OSM based vector map engine that works completely offline. It's been developed with a focus on outdoor recreational use, for example 4WDing, touring, hiking etc. Being vector, map data is fairly compact

[talk-au] Gates and access

2013-05-06 Thread Li Xia
Hi Mappers, Gates in many regional, state reserves or national parks have seasonal access. There's no official tag for this in the OSM wiki, right now options are access=yes or no If someone knows of the accepted way seasonal access should be tagged, that would great, Alternative, i'm

Re: [talk-au] Talk-au Digest, Vol 66, Issue 16

2012-12-17 Thread Li Xia
Hey Russell, At the node where the way changes traversibility, split the way into 2. Then tag each way with the appropriate tag. Li. On 16/12/2012, at 11:00 PM, talk-au-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Send Talk-au mailing list submissions to talk-au@openstreetmap.org To subscribe

Re: [talk-au] 4WD only tags

2012-11-07 Thread Li Xia
and sadly probably won't. But other applications will still be free to note one or the other of course. How they cope if they actually observe both and note the conflict I guess is up to the app it self. David On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 23:32 +1100, Li Xia wrote: Hi David, Just scanned your

Re: [talk-au] 4WD only tags

2012-11-06 Thread Li Xia
On Mon, 2012-11-05 at 17:28 +1100, Li Xia wrote: No probs david, and you'll be getting plenty of input from me, watch out ;-) A draft would be great. Let me know when it's ready to review. Li. On 05/11/2012, at 9:10 AM, David Bannon wrote: Thanks Li, I have not put that proposal

Re: [talk-au] 4WD only tags

2012-11-04 Thread Li Xia
that if you and I spent a couple of weeks having some driving fun, we'd agree on the vast majority of the tracks we graded. David - Original Message - From: Li Xia lisxia1...@gmail.com To: David Bannon dban...@internode.on.net Cc: OSM Australian Talk List talk-au

Re: [talk-au] 4WD only tags

2012-11-04 Thread Li Xia
. And when I do, I'll not be wanting just your vote, it will be your input I will really need ! Maybe I should put a draft up on my personal page while we wait ? David - Original Message - From: Li Xia lisxia1...@gmail.com To: David Bannon dban...@internode.on.net Cc

[talk-au] 4WD only tags

2012-11-03 Thread Li Xia
Hi David, just my 2 cents on 4WD_only tags. By adding a 4x4 recommended tag will add to the complexity because it's kind of subjective as to which roads/tracks are traversable in a 2WD vehicle, therefor adding another option for this key will further complicate the issue. Li.

Re: [talk-au] Optimising map rendering for recreational use

2012-11-01 Thread Li Xia
render hints, but I think that becomes a matter of preference pretty fast. Especially when OSM data can be rendered in a number of ways. I think it is worth considering what about a road makes you want to render it as a different type of road. - Ben Kelley. On Nov 1, 2012 3:01 PM, Li

Re: [talk-au] Optimising map rendering for recreational use

2012-11-01 Thread Li Xia
Hi John, Why would it be limited to just 1 purpose? Any rendering engine can take advantage of these hints? Li. On 01/11/2012, at 5:11 PM, John Smith wrote: On 1 November 2012 15:01, Li Xia lisxia1...@gmail.com wrote: What do you guys think? what you are really after is a custom

Re: [talk-au] Optimising map rendering for recreational use

2012-11-01 Thread Li Xia
Thanks for the suggestions, I couldn't agree more for static rendering. However this approach has some massive draw backs in terms of performance. Any suggestions in this region? Li. On 01/11/2012, at 5:13 PM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: What do you guys think? It's non trivial to do it this

Re: [talk-au] Optimising map rendering for recreational use

2012-11-01 Thread Li Xia
Importance is of most interest. In regional areas where density is much lower, rendering lower class roads earlier on in the zoom level would improve the usability of the map much more. Li. On 01/11/2012, at 5:32 PM, Ben Kelley wrote: You can change how mapnik renders by defining different

[talk-au] Rendering hint suggestions

2012-11-01 Thread Li Xia
Hey Stephen, Appreciate the suggestions, I also thought about doing something similar to the idea of utilising density. The issue is one of performance, and sorting data no the fly is an expensive operation. Right now, data is sorted at compile time and stored in tiles based on the number of

[talk-au] Offline iOS rendering engine

2012-11-01 Thread Li Xia
Hey guys, Since we are on the topic of rendering, I should explain my background. I'm the Founder of Mud Map and we develop iOS app for outdoor recreational navigation, 4wd, hiking etcs. We've been working on a offline rendering engine for a while now and it works well with OSM data. Would

Re: [talk-au] Optimising map rendering for recreational use

2012-11-01 Thread Li Xia
Hi John, Why would it be limited to just 1 purpose? Any rendering engine can take advantage of these hints? On 01/11/2012, at 5:11 PM, John Smith wrote: On 1 November 2012 15:01, Li Xia lisxia1...@gmail.com wrote: What do you guys think? what you are really after is a custom rendering

Re: [talk-au] Optimising map rendering for recreational use

2012-11-01 Thread Li Xia
Thanks for the suggestions, I couldn't agree more for static rendering. However this approach has some massive draw backs in terms of performance. Another idea was using routes to define the importance, what do you guys think about this approach? Li. On 01/11/2012, at 5:13 PM, Daniel O'Connor

Re: [talk-au] Optimising map rendering for recreational use

2012-11-01 Thread Li Xia
Importance is of most interest. In regional areas where density is much lower, rendering lower class roads earlier on in the zoom level would improve the usability of the map much more. Li. On 01/11/2012, at 5:32 PM, Ben Kelley wrote: You can change how mapnik renders by defining different

Re: [talk-au] Rendering hint suggestions

2012-11-01 Thread Li Xia
related to at which zoom level each road class is been rendered. Issues lies in the difference in density. A config that works well for metro areas doesn't work in regional areas. Li. On 01/11/2012, at 7:46 PM, John Smith wrote: On 1 November 2012 19:32, Li Xia lisxia1...@gmail.com wrote

[talk-au] Optimising map rendering for recreational use

2012-10-31 Thread Li Xia
Hey everyone, have an idea about map rendering and want to get your thoughts. One of the challenges is in rendering a useful map for recreational use is displaying roads, tracks, trails and to some degree water lines at appropriate zoom levels in more remote regions where the density is lower