Re: [talk-au] Large contribution to update OSM rural / offroad tracks in Australia

On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 16:00, James Nuccio wrote: > I'm relatively new to using and contributing to OSM but must say I'm > really getting into it. I am currently building a navigation app targeted > towards the 4wding market which makes use of OSM. Part of our offering is > to geo-track our

Re: [talk-au] Existing OSM precedent | Re: Aboriginal art sites

Hi, I'm not really concerned with the term. Or even wanting to discuss the philosophical arguments behind it. Happy to use a different word if that keeps the discussion focussed. Although, personally I don't think we should be frightened of it. What we're doing here is self-censorship to

Re: [talk-au] OSGeo Oceania as a not-for-profit entity? Your feedback, please

Hi all, I do welcome the initiative to put OSM and OSGEO interested people onto a more solid foundation. Personally I hope this can be a starting point for more face-2-face interactions and engagement. I did read through your proposal and I see no issues with Option2 as suggested as favourable.

Re: [talk-au] Large contribution to update OSM rural / offroad tracks in Australia

Hi James, first welcome to OSM and great that you reach out on the list. There are many ways you could 'get the data into' OSM, however if you rely on the help of others I doubt that they are willing to contribute under your account. I suggest you read and watch the FOSDEM talk

Re: [talk-au] Existing OSM precedent | Re: Aboriginal art sites

On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 10:38, Rory McCann wrote: On 01/04/2019 12:27, Ian Sergeant wrote: is this form of censorship practised anywhere else in OSM - maybe for other indigenous people - that we could copy their model? I don't think "censorship" is a helpful term here. But there has been a

[talk-au] Existing OSM precedent | Re: Aboriginal art sites

On 01/04/2019 12:27, Ian Sergeant wrote: is this form of censorship practised anywhere else in OSM - maybe for other indigenous people - that we could copy their model? I don't think "censorship" is a helpful term here. But there has been a practice in OSM to *not* map certain things, such

Re: [talk-au] Large contribution to update OSM rural / offroad tracks in Australia

Hi James, What license is that data under? Is it owned by the users or by your company? Assuming it is owned by your company, would you be releasing the data itself, or just using it within your company to add tracks to OSM? Do you know about the database of GPS tracks which is collected by