Re: [talk-au] Bing maps now has OSM layer...

2010-08-03 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:42 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: Just noticed a diary entry[1] pointing out that MS now uses a OSM layer on their Bing Map site[2] [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Paul%20Johnson/diary/11407 [2]

[talk-au] What makes a good change set comment?

2010-07-29 Thread Richard Weait
What goes in to a good change set comment? Should it include the nature of your edits, the sources used, edit theme, and location? What else? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Direction of flow, rivers and streams

2010-07-28 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: On Wed, 28 Jul 2010, Craig Feuerherdt wrote: In some cases it is pretty difficult to determine which way streams flow as pointed out by Liz and in these instances it may be worth putting a fixme=direction tag onto the stream. If

Re: [talk-au] tagging the source of edits

2010-07-28 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Ben Last ben.l...@nearmap.com wrote: If that's not feasible, I hope you use some other technique to make it very clear to users that they must not copy street names from a non-free map.

[talk-au] Mapping a blank spot

2010-07-20 Thread Richard Weait
Dear Liz, You said in a recent post to a list that you had mapped what was once a blank spot on the map. Have you seen the OSM History animations from GeoFabrik? http://www.geofabrik.de/gallery/history/index.html If the area that you mapped is not in a current animation, you might ask them to

Re: [talk-au] ODBL yet again, but from a pragmatic approach...

2010-07-10 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:18 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: As people should now be aware there is currently there is an issue, not so much with ODBL, but the new Terms and Conditions people have to agree to stating that OSM can change to other free licenses in future without

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-talk] That license change link

2010-07-08 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Richard Weait wrote: But to get back to the point of your question about the percentage required for changeover.  Do you have a preference or suggestion for percentage of contributors and or percentage of data

Re: [talk-au] cc-by not compatible with ODBL ?

2010-07-08 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:03 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:ODbL/Upcomingoldid=497888diff=next It's a good question and one that the LWG has posed to counsel for a legal opinion. You can see in minute item 2. at the fourth

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-talk] That license change link

2010-07-08 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 4:02 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 July 2010 23:30, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Simple percentage of contributors might be too limiting as a bright line as contributions follow a long tail. See the lowest graph on http

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-talk] That license change link

2010-07-08 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 4:47 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 July 2010 00:35, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: You can find 10% of users who contribute 90% of the data.  I would be really disappointed if only 10% of users accepted the upgrade. I'm not talking about

Re: [talk-au] How to tag a church without its own building

2010-07-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Mark Pulley mrpul...@lizzy.com.au wrote: I'm planning to add a local church, but rather than having its own building, it meets in a local primary school hall. What would be the best way to tag this? Should I place a node as usual over the building

[talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Calling all bulk importers

2010-06-16 Thread Richard Weait
Important information for folks who have imported data. -- Forwarded message -- From: Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz Date: Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:21 PM Subject: [OSM-talk] Calling all bulk importers To: t...@openstreetmap.org Hi, If you have been involved in bulk import of

[talk-au] State of the Map 2010 - Girona Spain

2010-06-16 Thread Richard Weait
Hello Australian list, Are any of you planning to attend SotM 2010? Because you should. Book your ticket to SotM now. http://stateofthemap.org/register-now/ If you are considering attending SotM but don't know if it will be worthwhile, I say this. Yes, it will be worthwhile. There is no

Re: [talk-au] Highway classifications

2010-06-13 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: Wondering if any experts here could elaborate a bit on the definitions of highway=primary, secondary, tertiary at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines . There were a few roads in my area (Glen

Re: [talk-au] Bridges and Tunnels

2010-06-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Ross Scanlon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote: Hi All, I've been looking at tagwatch again and find that there are lots of bridges and tunnels without layer tags. These are not assumed and need to be added. Before we all rush out and start amending the tags I've

Re: [talk-au] Making a Laptop GPS

2010-06-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Eraina and Richard jenkins richardvk...@gmail.com wrote: I have in mind a project that involves making my old laptop into a large-screen GPS.  Maybe someone on this list can refer me to where this has been mentioned before.  My OS of choice is linux, but the

[talk-au] Sydney: Random Hacks of Kindness

2010-05-31 Thread Richard Weait
Hi Talk-AU, If you'll be at Random Hacks of Kindness in Sydney on June 05-06, and really, you should be, say Hi to the Crisis Commons visitor from Toronto. http://www.rhok.org/events/rhok-1-0/sydney-australia/ About RHoK Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is all about using technology to make the

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