On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Brett Russell brussell...@live.com.au wrote:
I used OSM on a nine day Overland Track Wall and found it very good with the
Garmins that I was using. Used the routable maps and found they were about
a one kilometre in ten understated on distance due to fewer
not take too much geek power to get most Garmins working with OSM. Even my
Fenix watch has OSM maps.
Cheers
Brett Russell
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:55:02 +1000
Subject: Re: [talk-au] Rivers that have dams on them
From: stevag...@gmail.com
To: brussell...@live.com.au
CC: talk-au
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Brett Russell brussell...@live.com.auwrote:
So I researched the web I went edit-preference select the WMS-TSM box and
entered the following using the URL option. Err it did not work. Above is
the screen dump.
Any pointers to what I have done wrong?
Sorry
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Brett Russell brussell...@live.com.auwrote:
Also for drawing in rivers and streams it would be good in JOSM to have
Contours Australia as a data layer so I can deal with rivers and streams
that run under forest cover.
What license is this Contours Australia
Hi.
I would run the main waterway=river way through the lake polygon, like you
run it through a riverbank polygon.
- Ben Kelley
On 12/06/2013 2:32 PM, Brett Russell brussell...@live.com.au wrote:
Hi**
I am now starting work on rivers and streams but would like some guidance
on
Hi
I am now
starting work on rivers and streams but would like some guidance on dealing
with rivers that have dams on them. A
good example is the Forth River in Tasmania.
I have started building up the river banks as it can be quite wide using
the polygon tagged riverbank and had no issues
]
Sent: Sunday, 20 June 2010 8:54 PM
To: Markus
Cc: OSM Australian Talk List
Subject: Re: [talk-au] Rivers and streams
On 20 June 2010 21:05, Markus marku...@bigpond.com wrote:
I am interested in adding some of the lakes and creeks in the national
parks
to OSM.
Just to confirm this source to be ok
On 21 June 2010 17:59, Markus marku...@bigpond.com wrote:
It does look like the data is from about 10 to 15 years ago.
Could I use this data instead.
https://www.ga.gov.au/products/servlet/controller?event=GEOCAT_DETAILScatno=64459
I couldn't see where to download it, the files some times
and lakes for the
SA National Parks. I plan to do it park by park.
Markus.
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From: John Smith [mailto:deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 21 June 2010 6:26 PM
To: Markus
Cc: OSM Australian Talk List
Subject: Re: [talk-au] Rivers and streams
On 21 June 2010 17:59
On 21 June 2010 19:43, Markus marku...@bigpond.com wrote:
The data is part of the GIG Dataset - 250K scale
Follow this link and choose Topography with Innamincka as an example for the
keyword and press show me results.
I can't comment about all datasets, but I downloaded that particular
On 22 June 2010 05:27, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
Unless otherwise noted, all Geoscience Australia material on this
website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5
Australia Licence.
You will need to tag at least all ways with:
source=Geoscience Australia
Thanks for that.
Regards,
Markus
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From: John Smith [mailto:deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 22 June 2010 5:05 AM
To: Markus
Cc: OSM Australian Talk List
Subject: Re: [talk-au] Rivers and streams
On 22 June 2010 05:27, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com
I am interested in adding some of the lakes and creeks in the national parks
to OSM.
Just to confirm this source to be ok to use.
https://www.ga.gov.au/products/servlet/controller?event=GEOCAT_DETAILScatno
=61307
Regards,
Markus.
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On 20 June 2010 21:05, Markus marku...@bigpond.com wrote:
I am interested in adding some of the lakes and creeks in the national parks
to OSM.
Just to confirm this source to be ok to use.
The data doesn't belong to ga.gov.au, they link to psu.edu and on that
page it says the data is quite out
On 20 June 2010 21:24, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote:
The data doesn't belong to ga.gov.au, they link to psu.edu and on that
page it says the data is quite out of date, did you look at the
rivers/streams data from data.australia.gov.au?
The dataset I was thinking about only covers
On Sun, 24 May 2009 11:42:48 +1000
Matt White mattwh...@iinet.com.au wrote:
There's a current position?
I just re-read the roundabout thread, and I couldn't see any actual
consensus - plenty of decent argument, which is good as it didn't
degenerate into a free for all - but no actual
Why are you using the source tag survey? There have been a number of
arguments that it should not be used as a tag unless you are actually
using survey equipment. It is suggested to use GPS instead, if that
is what you are getting your readings from. (These where on the talk
list, not the
--- On Fri, 22/5/09, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote:
Have a read of this:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Roundabouts
there are separate tags for traffic calming devices
and no, we don't have mini-roundabouts in australia, they
are all roundabouts.
Well according to the link you
On Sun, 24 May 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote:
Have a read of this:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Roundabouts
there are separate tags for traffic calming devices
and no, we don't have mini-roundabouts in australia, they
are all roundabouts.
Well according to the link you
On Sun, 24 May 2009 08:15:41 +1000
Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote:
Have a read of this:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Roundabouts
there are separate tags for traffic calming devices
and no, we don't have
Ross Scanlon wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2009 08:15:41 +1000
Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote:
Have a read of this:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Roundabouts
there are separate tags for traffic calming devices
and no,
On Sun, 24 May 2009 09:42:07 +1000
Matt White mattwh...@iinet.com.au wrote:
There's a current position?
I just re-read the roundabout thread, and I couldn't see any actual
consensus - plenty of decent argument, which is good as it didn't
degenerate into a free for all - but no actual
Ross Scanlon wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2009 09:42:07 +1000
Matt White mattwh...@iinet.com.au wrote:
There's a current position?
I just re-read the roundabout thread, and I couldn't see any actual
consensus - plenty of decent argument, which is good as it didn't
degenerate into a free for
Andy Owen andy-...@ultra-premium.com wrote:
I have a nokia n810 which I have used on foot to edit a map in the
middle of the day.
I have one of these too, with mounts for the car and motorcycle. I
haven't yet sorted out a mount for the pushbike, but given that all
urban and suburban areas
On Wed, 20 May 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote:
I tried JOSM briefly the other day but the entire background was black and
made it harder to use than potlatch.
All of that is completely configurable - all the colours can be changed and a
heap of other stuff.
Potlatch makes it hard to do some things
On Fri, 22 May 2009 20:52:47 +1000
Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote:
Having said that I have since found a mini-roundabout in
Mackay, next time
I'm there I'll take a photo and post it to the mailing
list. It is just
a low dome approximately 1m in diameter with appropriate
signage.
On Fri, 22 May 2009, Ross Scanlon wrote:
and no, we don't have mini-roundabouts in australia, they are all
roundabouts.
Agree totally Liz but I did find one that matched the description in the
wiki.
did it have a blue sign with white circulating arrows?
(rhetorical question)
I have a nokia n810 which I have used on foot to edit a map in the
middle of the day.
I used osm2go:
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/osm2go/
Which is actively developed, and lets you pick an area, download the osm
data for it, make offline changes (with the gps on) and then upload it
AFAIK it is only lat, long and elevation data. How
did you enter the name
and surface tags for the ways. The source tag is the
same.
GPX files can contain a lot of data and meta data, the schema for GPX 1.1
can be found here: http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1
Well aware of that, I've
To get imagery in Josm, you need to use the WMS menu at the top to add
an imagery layer. You may need to set it up first with some plug-ins.
It is certainly possible, though.
Stephen
2009/5/20 Delta Foxtrot delta_foxt...@yahoo.com:
I tried JSOM briefly the other day but the entire
I've drawn, probably wrong, at least one round about already, but that isn't
what I meant, I meant for uniform round abouts a few different round about
sizes would make less work for people.
I gather you mean the way at the intersection of Gwydir Highway and Byron
Street.
A few things
On Wed, 20 May 2009 02:36:35 -0700 (PDT)
Delta Foxtrot delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote:
--- On Wed, 20/5/09, Ross Scanlon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote:
You could also probably half the number of nodes in the way
as well, generally you only need 8 nodes to create a
suitable roundabout on the
--- On Wed, 20/5/09, Delta Foxtrot delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote:
After trawling for a bit I came across this:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/Surveyor
Pity they didn't document what they did specifically.
Actually if meta information (POIs/Street names) were saved as an
--- On Wed, 20/5/09, Ross Scanlon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote:
Well aware of that, I've been using them for osm uploads
for 2-3years.
However osm only uses a very limited set so lat, long and
elev are all
that is currently used by osm, you have to enter all other
tags manually.
After
--- On Wed, 20/5/09, ed...@billiau.net ed...@billiau.net wrote:
I've tried something like this in the car but daylight is
too bright to
see anything on the computer screen, and my sunglasses
don't have a
reading correction built in.
You could get something like the Panasonic Toughbook which
Delta Foxtrot delta_foxt...@yahoo.com
I recently started adding data to OSM,
Welcome.
but one thing that caused me
a little confusion was the fact that one of the towns I was mapping
round has a river running through it, but there is no river plotted
on the map, and now that I think about
--- On Tue, 19/5/09, Ian Sergeant iserg...@hih.com.au wrote:
Waterways should be mapped Sometimes
landsat or yahoo imagery can help.
What's the url for landsat or how do I make use of it, yahoo images are pretty
course in rural areas from what I've seen so far.
Sometime the ABS
Delta Foxtrot delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote:
What's the url for landsat or how do I make use of it, yahoo images
are pretty course in rural areas from what I've seen so far.
They are. I guess this is one of the reasons why your waterway hasn't been
mapped.
If you are using potlatch, then the
So what is the problem you are having, if not with the
location or the tag?
Making a river look like a river...
Put more nodes in the way that shows the river. Had a look at what you
have done but given the lack of hi-res images from yahoo there is not much
else that can be done.
Welcome
--- On Tue, 19/5/09, Ian Sergeant iserg...@hih.com.au wrote:
You may want to consider JOSM. It allows you to lock
the imagery scale at
the best available, and then zoom in. Sometimes that
makes things easier,
and I'm not sure if potlatch can do that. Still, I
would have thought that
Delta Foxtrot delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote:
I'm curious as to why yahoo sat images can be used and google ones can't?
Yahoo have sent an OSM contributor an email, confirming that their imagery
is okay for use in the way OSM uses it.
Google have not given their permission, and have given
--- On Tue, 19/5/09, Ross Scanlon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote:
The source tag is part of the OSM data not part of the GPS
information,
have a look at the source tag on Glen Innes Road.
I thought information could be included in the GPX files that would be imported
by something, JOSM or OSM
--- On Tue, 19/5/09, Ross Scanlon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote:
The source tag is part of the OSM data not part of the GPS
information,
have a look at the source tag on Glen Innes Road.
I thought information could be included in the GPX files that would be
imported by something, JOSM or OSM
--- On Wed, 20/5/09, Ross Scanlon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote:
AFAIK it is only lat, long and elevation data. How
did you enter the name
and surface tags for the ways. The source tag is the
same.
GPX files can contain a lot of data and meta data, the schema for GPX 1.1 can
be found here:
--- On Tue, 19/5/09, Ian Sergeant iserg...@hih.com.au wrote:
I would leave the river running down the centre, and mark
the lake area
polygons with natural=water. You can also
use waterway=riverbank to draw
a wider river. See how other people have tagged other
rivers.
Just looking at,
Delta Foxtrot delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote on 20/05/2009 03:36:26 PM:
Just looking at, I think, the Clarence river near Grafton:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-29.6174
lon=152.9053zoom=14layers=B000FTF
The river banks are listed as natural=coastline
Which is the better/correct way to
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