Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group!

2015-03-18 Thread Marc Ducobu
Thanks but I want to use a custom style. On 16 March 2015 at 23:47, Marc Coevoet wrote: > Op 16-03-15 om 23:21 schreef Marc Ducobu: >> >> Yes this is really nice to see the bicycle tags on a slippy map. We >> can present it during the mapping party. But ideally I'll want to have >> a tool for cre

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-18 Thread Marc Ducobu
I think it is this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsf4OxUDS44 It seems very simple. Maybe I'll go in this direction. Thanks a lot. Marc On 16 March 2015 at 23:41, Jo wrote: > The only one I can think of is Maperitive. > > There is also this article on QGIS that I should still read: > >

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group!

2015-03-16 Thread Marc Coevoet
Op 16-03-15 om 23:21 schreef Marc Ducobu: Yes this is really nice to see the bicycle tags on a slippy map. We can present it during the mapping party. But ideally I'll want to have a tool for creating PNG / PDF image for OSM with a nice presentation of the bicycle tags. Do you know such a tool ?

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-16 Thread Jo
The only one I can think of is Maperitive. There is also this article on QGIS that I should still read: https://twitter.com/martinstabe/status/573893617909108737 Jo 2015-03-16 23:21 GMT+01:00 Marc Ducobu : > Yes this is really nice to see the bicycle tags on a slippy map. We > can present it d

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-16 Thread Marc Ducobu
Yes this is really nice to see the bicycle tags on a slippy map. We can present it during the mapping party. But ideally I'll want to have a tool for creating PNG / PDF image for OSM with a nice presentation of the bicycle tags. Do you know such a tool ? Marc On 8 March 2015 at 21:53, Marc Zouten

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-09 Thread althio
Nicolas & talk-be, On Mar 5, 2015 6:25 PM, "Nicolas Pettiaux" wrote: > > >> - Communication, for example, weekly OSM and managing the > >> twitter-account/facebook group a bit better... ;-) Also a FR-speaking > >> volunteer would help a lot. > I volunteer for the French part. But I would very muc

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-09 Thread Jo
I'm organising a meetup in Leuven: https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/605667 Ben, can I also announce this on meetup.com and could you make me event host? So I can ask who is planning to eat à la carte. The venue needs to know this, if there are more than 12. The contribution for the venue is €2

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-08 Thread Marc Zoutendijk
Op 8 mrt. 2015, om 21:41 heeft Marc Ducobu het volgende geschreven: > A french cyclist association create this map : > http://bicyclette69.free.fr/carte/carte.html. This map is really nice. > But I think they use maperitive which is proprietary. For me, that site is not working at all. It resp

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-08 Thread Marc Ducobu
A french cyclist association create this map : http://bicyclette69.free.fr/carte/carte.html. This map is really nice. But I think they use maperitive which is proprietary. Why not create an XML mapnik style to have an equivalent map ? I think about starting with osm bright ( https://github.com/map

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-07 Thread Nicolas Pettiaux
Le sam. 7 mars 2015 à 8:54, Marc Gemis a écrit : Let's first do Brussels, see what works and what not. Adapt and then plan the next event (after summer perhaps). I also think that events on which people can just learn about OSM are more needed now that actual mapping parties. +1 The party on

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-06 Thread Marc Gemis
On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Marc Ducobu wrote: > It is nice to have some mapping party but I think that a Belgium > meeting (not only a mapping party is also interresing). The idea about > this meeting is to develop the community : meeting each other, talk > about how to develop the communit

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-06 Thread Nicolas Pettiaux
Hello, For April 25, we still need experienced mappers. For your information, a colleague of mine (Michel Willemse) who registered and will be present, is an active cyclist. He has already contacted Gracq, fietsersverbond ... GRACQ has reacted very positively ... but for the date : they alrea

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-06 Thread Marc Ducobu
Hello everyone. Here is my reflexion about this conversation. #Todo list Thanks Ben for the todo list. But we have to detail it like - what are the problems of the drupal website (blog language ? ). Also it is good to have a tool that permit to the list to progress, create new category (one of

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-06 Thread Marc Gemis
On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Jo wrote: > So what I'm saying is: we need more and better source material. It's not > difficult for people to help out with gathering / surveying this. > > Then during a mapping party, we can focus on using these pictures to add > details to the map. > > The mappi

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-05 Thread Jo
One of the problems I encountered when trying to add buildings from UrbIS, is that it's still necessary to be able to survey, even with excellent source data (that included the complete set of housenumbers and building contours) and great aerial imagery. The full picture needs the ability to have a

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-05 Thread Marc Gemis
I wonder how we can attract new mappers with mapping parties. I understand that a Missing Maps party like the one in Antwerp can work. I understand how people can be motivated by the promise that they will help organisations like the Red Cross or Doctors without Borders. Even a topic like "Map wh

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-05 Thread Jo
I was thinking about this location: http://www.wereldcafe.be/ The place is still available on Saturdays 21 and 28 of March. Due to personal limitations I'd want to get started at 16h. It's open until 23h. Of course, if people would want to start earlier, that's possible too, but somebody else w

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-05 Thread Nicolas Pettiaux
Hello I am very happy to read Marc and Ben proposals here under. I think we should use a project management tool to floow them in the most efficent way : who proposes what, what is done for when, who does what ... Le Jeu 5 mars 2015 11:37, Marc Gemis a écrit : > - I'm willing to help with one ma

Re: [OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-05 Thread Marc Gemis
- I'm willing to help with one mapping party/presentation every 2 months or so. The one in Brussels is my next appointment. - I could try to write some texts for osm.be on stuff that I do (e.g. middelheim, rose garden, heritage) similar to the presentation on OpenBelgium when that is useful to show

[OSM-talk-be] Helping out OpenStreetMap Belgium Working Group! (was: 'Mapper of the month')

2015-03-05 Thread Ben Abelshausen
Hi, Glenn asked to elaborate on the todo-list: Mapping parties/meetups: We need more of this! - Helping Nicolas with the mapping party: You can help him by advertising showing up of just email him and ask him what you can do: nico...@pettiaux.be and more information is here: http://wiki.openstre