Re: [talk-au] Petition to MP

2009-06-15 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Mon, 15/6/09, Jeff Price jeff.pr...@rocketmail.com wrote:   I definitely agree external data sources should be reviewed some how before being imported such that anything currently in place remains as the authoritative instance. I didn't mean to suggested that any govt provided data

Re: [talk-au] Petition to MP

2009-06-15 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Mon, 15/6/09, Jeff Price jeff.pr...@rocketmail.com wrote: Yep have the email history and a copy is on its way to you directly. Thanks for that, it's exactly what I was looking for, not planning to use it word for word, but it's given me a nice template to start from.

[talk-au] Petition to MP

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
I'm just wondering, nothing came up on google when searching, if there is any example letters floating about petitioning MPs for access to federal data and making it public domain. The reason I ask is the electorate, both state and federal, I'm in is currently held by independents and they

Re: [talk-au] Petition to MP

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Sun, 14/6/09, Paul Zagoridis pa...@zagz.com wrote: Pick up the phone and talk to your local member AND the electoral staff. I know from previous correspondence on issues they always tell me to put it in a letter and send it to the member, luckily they also accept emails these days.

Re: [talk-au] Petition to MP

2009-06-14 Thread Liz
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote: I'm just wondering, nothing came up on google when searching, if there is any example letters floating about petitioning MPs for access to federal data and making it public domain. The reason I ask is the electorate, both state and federal, I'm in is

Re: [talk-au] Petition to MP

2009-06-14 Thread b . schulz . 10
on? Brent - Original Message - From: Delta Foxtrot delta_foxt...@yahoo.com Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009 11:29 pm Subject: [talk-au] Petition to MP To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org I'm just wondering, nothing came up on google when searching, if there is any example letters floating about

Re: [talk-au] Petition to MP

2009-06-14 Thread Ross Scanlon
And the problem with importing things like roads from government databases is that they are the gazetted road position not the actual on ground road position. That's why google maps etc are so often incorrect. Thats why some of the ABS data does not line up with the actual plotted road.