Re: [talk-au] Nearmap coverage plan

2010-07-18 Thread Peter Ross
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Ben Kelley ben.kel...@gmail.com wrote: That said, having had a look at the new coverage in the Hunter Valley, there is a huge amount of detail you can get from Nearmap that would be

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

2010-07-18 Thread John Smith
I sent an email to Nearmap today to clarify about licensing of derived data, the gist of the response was they won't accept anything less than a share alike license, while the ODBL may be compatible, the new Contributor Terms (CTs) aren't so on top of all the cc-by data going bye bye, all the

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

2010-07-18 Thread John Smith
It just got pointed out to me, but anyone that has ever derived data from Nearmap can't agree to the new Contributor Terms, not to mention new users that already agreed to the new CTs shouldn't be deriving data from Nearmap. ___ Talk-au mailing list

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

2010-07-18 Thread Grant Slater
On 18 July 2010 12:53, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: It just got pointed out to me, but anyone that has ever derived data from Nearmap can't agree to the new Contributor Terms, not to mention new users that already agreed to the new CTs shouldn't be deriving data from Nearmap.

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

2010-07-18 Thread John Smith
On 18 July 2010 22:10, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: On 18 July 2010 12:53, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: It just got pointed out to me, but anyone that has ever derived data from Nearmap can't agree to the new Contributor Terms, not to mention new users that

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

2010-07-18 Thread Markus
Where do we vote against the ODBL? Im sure not going to start again. Markus. -Original Message- From: talk-au-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-au-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of John Smith Sent: Sunday, 18 July 2010 9:06 PM To: OSM Australian Talk List Subject: Re:

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

2010-07-18 Thread John Smith
On 18 July 2010 22:19, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: On 18 July 2010 12:36, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: I sent an email to Nearmap today to clarify about licensing of derived data, the gist of the response was they won't accept anything less than a share alike

[talk-au] Lake Illawarra

2010-07-18 Thread Ken Bosward
I'm wondering how to fix up Lake Illawarra? http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-34.5213lon=150.8437zoom=13 This does not render as blue water in the OSM Australia maps when viewed in MapSource or my Garmin GPS. I suspect this is because the inlet is not closed off; also the northern side of

Re: [talk-au] Lake Illawarra

2010-07-18 Thread John Smith
On 18 July 2010 23:29, Ken Bosward kbosw...@bosward.net wrote: I'm wondering how to fix up Lake Illawarra? Does it need to be fixed, or does pre-processing software need to be fixed? Should it be the case that the coastline tag should only be on the actual coast (and should also be used to

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

2010-07-18 Thread Liz
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010, Grant Slater wrote: I used a PD data sets for creating the OSM coastline of Africa. It took me 3 months in 2006. I imagine if for example the much quoted CC-BY coastline of Australia was removed tomorrow it could be rebuilt within a week from new data with community

Re: [talk-au] Nearmap coverage plan

2010-07-18 Thread Ben Last
On 17 July 2010 13:02, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: I've also been finding the opposite. It's almost impossible to follow a signposted walking track from Nearmap. Even when you have a fair idea where the track goes, there are all kinds of red herrings that look just as visible