Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2022-03-15 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 08:19, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > As I said, I flicked an e-mail to the PM & C Department but so far, not > even an acknowledgement, let alone an answer :-( > After quite a delay, I finally received an answer! Basically confirms what we had already discussed: "the

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-17 Thread stevea
On Dec 17, 2021, at 3:25 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > Thanks again everybody for your thoughts, & apologies if the subject is > boring to you! You are welcome / it is my distinct pleasure. No apology necessary, I don't find this boring in the least, it's quite interesting.

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-17 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
Thanks again everybody for your thoughts, & apologies if the subject is boring to you! On Sat, 18 Dec 2021 at 08:25, stevea wrote: Agree entirely, Steve, that it's a hard one, that, same as many others, probably has no answer? However, I do love: > (Maybe I am a secret vexillologist and

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-17 Thread stevea
On Dec 16, 2021, at 1:49 AM, Phil Wyatt wrote: > My feeling is these two flags should be changed to flag:type=indigenous on > the wiki rather than national given what has been found during this > discussion. > > I am also not confident in changing the wiki but I think there is consensus >

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-17 Thread stevea
On Dec 17, 2021, at 2:46 PM, Phil Wyatt wrote: > I have found one example where the Australian aboriginal flag looks to have > been mapped as flag:type=cultural Yes, see, I don't wholly disagree with flag:type=cultural, as that is "also" true. What seems to happen (quite often with First

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-17 Thread Phil Wyatt
: Saturday, 18 December 2021 8:53 AM To: stevea Cc: OSM Australian Talk List Subject: Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags? On Sat, 18 Dec 2021 at 06:27, stevea mailto:stevea...@softworkers.com> > wrote: My goodness, there are hundreds of them! Thought there would have been! Do yo

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-17 Thread stevea
Whoops, I made a mistake: I meant to say that Navajo "Chapter Houses" are over a hundred years old, not that there are over a hundred of them. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-17 Thread stevea
On Dec 17, 2021, at 1:52 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > On Sat, 18 Dec 2021 at 06:27, stevea wrote: > My goodness, there are hundreds of them! > Thought there would have been! > > Do you know if many have been mapped, & if so, as what? > > I can see that most of those listed are for towns or

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-17 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Sat, 18 Dec 2021 at 06:27, stevea wrote: > > My goodness, there are hundreds of them! > Thought there would have been! Do you know if many have been mapped, & if so, as what? I can see that most of those listed are for towns or villages, which would be =municipal, but how about the

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-17 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 18:35, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are quite a few Australian flags ... some not 'official'. > > I was aware of this 'one', but not that it is the only flag in the world > for a river? > > http://www.murrayriver.com.au/about-the-murray/murray-river-flag/ >

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-17 Thread stevea
On Dec 16, 2021, at 2:19 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > Stevea, what do you have up there? Are there Apache & Navajo or any other > First Peoples flags? My goodness, there are hundreds of them! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_Native_Americans_in_the_United_States (there are a lot

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-17 Thread Warin
mailto:talk-au@openstreetmap.org>> *Subject:* Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags? On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 at 08:34, Graeme Fitzpatrick mailto:graemefi...@gmail.com>> wrote: I'll update the Oz Guidelines to include this info. & done: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wi

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-16 Thread Warin
good wiki editors out there? Cheers - Phil || *From:*Graeme Fitzpatrick mailto:graemefi...@gmail.com>> *Sent:* Monday, 13 December 2021 1:53 PM *To:* Andrew Davidson mailto:thesw...@gmail.com>>; OSM-Au mailto:talk-au@openstreetmap.org>> *Subj

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-16 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
i editors out there? > > > > Cheers - Phil > > > > > > *From:* Graeme Fitzpatrick > *Sent:* Monday, 13 December 2021 1:53 PM > *To:* Andrew Davidson ; OSM-Au < > talk-au@openstreetmap.org> > *Subject:* Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags? > > >

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-16 Thread Phil Wyatt
there? Cheers - Phil From: Graeme Fitzpatrick Sent: Monday, 13 December 2021 1:53 PM To: Andrew Davidson ; OSM-Au Subject: Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags? On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 at 08:34, Graeme Fitzpatrick mailto:graemefi...@gmail.com> > wrote: I'll update

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-12 Thread Warin
On 13/12/21 9:34 am, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: On Sun, 12 Dec 2021 at 17:23, Andrew Davidson > wrote: flag:name=Australian Aboriginal flag:wikidata=Q1285625 flag:name=Torres Strait Islander flag:wikidata=Q462621 Thanks for that info, Andrew.

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-12 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
e specific than > "Re: > > Contents of Talk-au digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > >1. Re: First Nations flags? (Graeme Fitzpatrick) > >2. Re: First Nations flags? (Graeme Fitzpatrick) > >3. Re: First Nations flags? (Warin) >

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-12 Thread Warin
On 13/12/21 4:38 pm, Mark Rattigan wrote: I may be nit-picking, but (as I understand it) the Australian Aboriginal Flag and Torres Strait Islander Flag have been recognised as the flags of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia and as flags of significance to the

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-12 Thread Mark Rattigan
------ > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 08:34:00 +1000 > From: Graeme Fitzpatrick > To: Andrew Davidson , OSM-Au > > Subject: Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags? > Message-ID: >mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charse

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-12 Thread stevea
Such stunningly beautiful flags you have in your corner of our globe! ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-12 Thread Phil Wyatt
From: Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, 13 December 2021 2:50 PM To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags? There is a claim of copyright ob the Aboriginal flag.. (foolish if you ask me)... Oh and also the Torres Strait Islander one too...

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-12 Thread Warin
There is a claim of copyright ob the Aboriginal flag.. (foolish if you ask me)... Oh and also the Torres Strait Islander one too... (sigh) Both are listed as copyright on wikipedia. So those are out for OSM? On 13/12/21 1:53 pm, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 at 08:34,

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-12 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 at 08:34, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > I'll update the Oz Guidelines to include this info. > & done: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Australian_Flags Having troubles with the example images of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander flags

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-12 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Sun, 12 Dec 2021 at 17:23, Andrew Davidson wrote: > > flag:name=Australian Aboriginal > flag:wikidata=Q1285625 > > flag:name=Torres Strait Islander > flag:wikidata=Q462621 > Thanks for that info, Andrew. & after a bit more searching last night, it turns out that they have both been

Re: [talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-11 Thread Phil Wyatt
How about flag:type=indigenous? That would seem the best in my opinion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples From: Graeme Fitzpatrick Sent: Sunday, 12 December 2021 5:43 PM To: OSM-Au Subject: [talk-au] First Nations flags? Just doing some mapping & spotted a g

[talk-au] First Nations flags?

2021-12-11 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
Just doing some mapping & spotted a group of flagpoles outside the building. First flag is Australian, which is fine, but the next two are the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander flags. What do we call them? flag:type wiki says choices are basically national ( the main civil flag of a nation)