Re: [talk-au] Copyright in Australia (Was: Tagging questions)

2008-02-12 Thread 80n
any particular source then it should discounted out of hand. If people have to visit every single street on the planet, then so be it - that's the fun part of the project anyway. 80n On Feb 11, 2008 9:29 PM, Ian Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I reckon

Re: [talk-au] Tracing items.

2008-06-05 Thread 80n
are not going to run out of unmapped space any time soon. 80n Or fix the coastline. There's still lots of areas where the coastline is not accurate and needs to be fixed up. Anyway just my 2c's. Cheers Ross ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au

Re: [talk-au] How to extract street names from OSM data

2008-10-20 Thread 80n
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 4:34 PM, David Groom [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: You could use OSMXapi http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmxap something like: http://xapi.openstreetmap.org/api/0.5/[bbox=lefthttp://xapi.openstreetmap.org/api/0.5/%5Bbbox=left, bottom,right,top]way[highway=*]

Re: [talk-au] Wild guess surveying

2008-12-16 Thread 80n
to be good mapping at the moment will get improved over time as better technology and better sources come along. A straight line between two places is better than no line. 80n The other issue is a potentially nastier one, especially given that landsat supports something approximating

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread 80n
That looks good, but... penStreetMap It's not obvious to the layman that the magnifying glass is supposed to be an O. And because pen is a common word many people will misread this as penStreetMap which makes about as much sense as OpenStreetMap if you've never heard of either. I'd strongly

Re: [talk-au] Database licence

2009-12-05 Thread 80n
then they will stop accepting contributions on that site unless you agree to the new terms (the OSMF Contributor Terms). This is likely to be disruptive. 80n Sadly, I'd like to say that I will not be supporting the proposed new licence. It is designed around European law, and gives database

Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-talk] That license change link

2010-07-08 Thread 80n
, but the timescale is also undefined. This is designed to win by attrition. No matter how slow the uptake eventually the CC-BY-SA content will be insignificant. 80n ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

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

2010-07-22 Thread 80n
known entries missing, please add them. LWG has put out a request for this earlier, but it may not have reached talk-au shores. Grant What's the lower limit for inclusion on this list? It says rather vaguely more than a few hundred nodes. 80n Regards Grant This page is more

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

2010-07-23 Thread 80n
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.comwrote: On 23 July 2010 00:08, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalog *snip* Grant What's the lower limit for inclusion on this list? It says rather vaguely more than

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

2010-07-29 Thread 80n
users need to be very careful about modifying existing CC only licensed work, which includes almost everything that is already in OSM, don't they? 80n ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] NearMap

2010-09-15 Thread 80n
damages etc? Is this compatible with section 6.2 of the Contributor Terms? If I understand it right 6.2 excludes any liability. Isn't this contrary to Geogratis's stipulation in 4.3? Can you explain please? 80n [1] http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/licence.jsp

Re: [talk-au] NearMap

2010-09-16 Thread 80n
the recipient or even how that satisfies the claim in the CTs that OSMF agrees to attribute You. Can you explain please? 80n Regards Grant ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] OSMF elections

2010-11-28 Thread 80n
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:48 PM, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 15:12 -0800, Richard Fairhurst wrote: OSMF is a democratically elected body. Candidates welcome. I guess 2011's

Re: [talk-au] Tragedy of the commons...

2011-04-26 Thread 80n
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:49 AM, 4x4falcon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote: On 24/04/11 19:54, John Smith wrote: Once upon a time it used to be almost a race to map out new areas from Nearmap coverage, now whole areas of coverage go untouched for months or longer... Even from bing there is not

Re: [talk-au] Active Australian OSM contributors in light of CT/license changes

2011-07-07 Thread 80n
process and will result in fosm being degraded needlessly. We've talked about mechanisms for watching areas where this might happen and for users who might be doing this. We can revert such edits in fosm and get the good stuff back providing we notice that it has happened. 80n

Re: [talk-au] Active Australian OSM contributors in light of CT/license changes

2011-07-07 Thread 80n
go on, but those are the big ticket items. Everyone should be aware of the theater show that 80n is running merely to disrupt the community, and it's very sad that so far he's been successful. You seem worried, Steve. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au

Re: [talk-au] What A Day

2011-07-09 Thread 80n
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Andrew Harvey andrew.harv...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Sam Couter s...@couter.id.au wrote: I personally cannot seem to be able to get any joy from fosm.org, at the moment I am just getting a 500 Internal Server Error message. Me too.

Re: [talk-au] Princes Highway (Relation 538443)

2011-09-06 Thread 80n
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 September 2011 19:49, Andrew Harvey andrew.harv...@gmail.com wrote: That reminds me.. I've just updated the name of the Princess Highway through Engadine based on the signed name via ground survey. I've made the

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-09-23 Thread 80n
? 80n ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-09-26 Thread 80n
what they think they've granted as a right, rather than what permissions you think they've given. 80n ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-09-26 Thread 80n
hand documentary evidence for any claim, either way, to have any value. 80n ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-09-27 Thread 80n
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Andrew Harvey andrew.harv...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 2:48 AM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: Andrew, that's great that you've had a response from AGIMO. Yes it is, I made sure to thank them for this. Would it be possible for you to share

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-09-27 Thread 80n
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.comwrote: On 27 September 2011 12:09, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Andrew. I wonder if Grant received a similar answer but interpreted it in a different way. Grant? Hi 80n, yes the responses

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-10-31 Thread 80n
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:39 PM, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com wrote: On 27 September 2011 12:09, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Andrew. I wonder if Grant received a similar answer but interpreted

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-10-31 Thread 80n
reason that you can't then you need to explain yourself. 80n ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] [sharedmapau] Re: ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-10-31 Thread 80n
guessing. Based on the reply that I received from Grant, he appears to have no intention of providing any information to back up his claims. It's over a month since he was asked to provide the supporting evidence. I think we can conclude that he doesn't have it. 80n

Re: [talk-au] ODbL data.gov.au permission granted

2011-10-31 Thread 80n
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Chris Barham cbar...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 19:51, waldo000...@gmail.com waldo000...@gmail.com wrote: +1. Surely forwarding the emails is less work for you anyway than transcribing parts of the emails (?!). Did you consider why