Re: [talk-au] TidyMyStreet

2009-09-24 Thread John Smith
2009/9/24 : > Another thing I'd like to do is to generate a street map (with a grid > reference of all the roads) of a council boundary, there's a few > utilities that can do that already, but they're not terribly well > supported / user friendly just yet, but in time they will be better :D Any

Re: [talk-au] TidyMyStreet

2009-09-24 Thread Liz
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, cam_...@fastmail.fm wrote: > Another thing I'd like to do is to generate a street map (with a grid > reference of all the roads) of a council boundary, there's a few > utilities that can do that already, but they're not terribly well > supported / user friendly just yet, but in

Re: [talk-au] TidyMyStreet

2009-09-24 Thread cam_daw
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:41 +1000, John Smith wrote: 2009/9/24 : > > > Very good point, in which case perhaps a mobile phone interface can omit > > the address field, but a full computer web based interface could include > > the address field? (or perhaps come up with some sleek interface > > th

Re: [talk-au] TidyMyStreet

2009-09-23 Thread John Smith
2009/9/24 : > Very good point, in which case perhaps a mobile phone interface can omit > the address field, but a full computer web based interface could include > the address field?  (or perhaps come up with some sleek interface > that'll work for both phone and computer platforms) Timeliness s

Re: [talk-au] TidyMyStreet

2009-09-23 Thread cam_daw
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:18 +1000, "John Smith" wrote: > 2009/9/24 : > > I didn't know that was possible :P > > geocoding sounds quite good, but approximation isn't usually good > > enough. > > The approximations, depending on the data set, can range from quite > good to quite poor. > > eg > > h

Re: [talk-au] TidyMyStreet

2009-09-23 Thread John Smith
2009/9/24 : > I didn't know that was possible :P > geocoding sounds quite good, but approximation isn't usually good > enough. The approximations, depending on the data set, can range from quite good to quite poor. eg http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=-33.83561,151.20276 Comes up with 28 Bay Rd

Re: [talk-au] TidyMyStreet

2009-09-23 Thread cam_daw
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:15 +1000, "John Smith" wrote: > 2009/9/24 : > > - As for starters there are very few council / contractor staff that > > have GPS units (and are able to use them). > > I think you misunderstood me, geocoding turns lat/lon into street > addresses, you can see examples of

Re: [talk-au] TidyMyStreet

2009-09-23 Thread John Smith
2009/9/24 : > - As for starters there are very few council / contractor staff that > have GPS units (and are able to use them). I think you misunderstood me, geocoding turns lat/lon into street addresses, you can see examples of this when you type a lat/lon into google maps it will give you an ad

Re: [talk-au] TidyMyStreet

2009-09-23 Thread cam_daw
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:34 +1000, "John Smith" wrote: > 2009/9/24 : > > As I actually work for a council, and would very much like to start > > using tidymystreet, can I make a few suggestions? > > I'd like a date stamp when a bug is submitted, so that I can prioritise > > jobs that need to be don

Re: [talk-au] TidyMyStreet

2009-09-23 Thread John Smith
2009/9/24 : > As I actually work for a council, and would very much like to start > using tidymystreet, can I make a few suggestions? > I'd like a date stamp when a bug is submitted, so that I can prioritise > jobs that need to be done. We store the time stamp of created/updated and we have a fie

[talk-au] TidyMyStreet

2009-09-23 Thread cam_daw
>> However now all the errors I've submitted have disappeared just as I was >> about to ring up the next local council to introduce them to the site? Also >> I can't seem to add any more errors? What is happening? > >The site is currently in development, the DB shouldn't have been >messed with but