Re: [talk-au] Uluru naming consistency

2019-10-28 Thread Michael Gratton
' in alt_name instead of old_name. If you think about it Uluru *is* the old name...  Thirded! -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. ⚙ <http://mjog.vee.net/> ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/li

Re: [talk-au] Existing OSM precedent | Re: Aboriginal art sites

2019-04-03 Thread Michael Gratton
e has been a practice in OSM to *not* map certain things, such as private/non-publicized domestic violence shelters, or the nesting sites of endangered birds. So the same logic applies here I think. Both points seconded. -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. ⚙ <http:/

Re: [talk-au] Aboriginal art sites

2019-03-31 Thread Michael Gratton
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 09:37, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: Should that be documented as OSM (maybe AU?) policy, or left to the discretion of individual mappers? Definitely documented as such. -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. ⚙ <http://mjog.vee.

Re: [talk-au] Residential/commercial property boundaries

2016-01-03 Thread Michael Gratton
Yes, as I said landuse doesn't seem to be what I'm after here. What was the objection to fine grained land ownership in OSM? Seems like a particularly useful thing to have in. Is it just "imports suck"? //Mike -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. ⚙ <http://mjog.vee.net/>

Re: [talk-au] Residential/commercial property boundaries

2016-01-03 Thread Michael Gratton
rders would have been a useful way to indicate addresses - also seems more correct than using buildings, to my mind anyway. //Mike -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. ⚙ <http://mjog.vee.net/> On Sun, 3 Jan, 2016 at 10:30 PM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: On 3/01/2016 9:

[talk-au] Residential/commercial property boundaries

2016-01-02 Thread Michael Gratton
something like: area=yes addr:housenumber=... addr:street=... But then Karlsruhe says that buildings should be tagged with the addr:* tags instead? Any suggestions? //Mike -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. ⚙ <http://mjog.vee.net/> __

[talk-au] Data for OSM + talk at UNSW

2014-09-24 Thread Michael Gratton
that all sound reasonable? Any suggestions of resources/nifty things to demo in the presentation gratefully accepted. //Mike -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. ⚙ http://mjog.vee.net/ ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [talk-au] Wither Sydney suburb boundaries?

2014-04-29 Thread Michael Gratton
On Tue, 29 Apr, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Alex Sims a...@softgrow.com wrote: On 28 Apr 2014, at 1:53 pm, Michael Gratton m...@vee.net wrote: On a related note, what's the appropriate way to map suburb-sized areas that are partitions? A way for each suburb that share nodes along common borders

Re: [talk-au] Wither Sydney suburb boundaries?

2014-04-28 Thread Michael Gratton
On Mon, 28 Apr, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 April 2014 14:23, Michael Gratton m...@vee.net wrote: So you are saying the ABS suburb boundaries should be checked individually rather than imported en mass? How do you know that the quality of the GNB

Re: [talk-au] Wither Sydney suburb boundaries?

2014-04-27 Thread Michael Gratton
Hey Ian, On Sun, 27 Apr, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: I don't really agree. I think we need suburb boundaries to be as accurate as we can make them at the time we create them, and not do a mass import leaving us with thousands of FIXMEs. Importing data we know

Re: [talk-au] Wither Sydney suburb boundaries?

2014-04-21 Thread Michael Gratton
, however inaccurate, be better than nothing? //Mike Email sent to sds.copyri...@lpi.nsw.gov.au: On Mon, 21 Apr, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Michael Gratton m...@vee.net wrote: Hello, I am a contributor to Open Street Map (OSM)[1], a world-wide, collaboratively edited, open project to create a global

Re: [talk-au] path undre overhanging cliff?

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Gratton
Oooh! I'll bikeshed, err I mean bite! Is the path underground, so could you use layer=-1? If not, then layer=0 sounds good to me. //Mike On Fri, 4 Apr, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Frank sundowne...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Here is a nice puzzel? How would you tag a path that lies under an

Re: [talk-au] Growth in OSM usage.

2014-03-05 Thread Michael Gratton
On 5 March 2014 7:21:28 PM Dssis1 david.sisour...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, just letting you guys know that the East-West Link page now uses a OSM map to show drilling locations. Now if only we could get governments building /useful/ transport infrastructure, it would be a win-win! :/ --

Re: [talk-au] OpenStreetMap in Government

2013-05-10 Thread Michael Gratton
make use of them. //Mike -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. ⚙ http://mjog.vee.net/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] NSW Transport Data Exchange (TDX)

2013-02-20 Thread Michael Gratton
for use for a initial import to OSM? On 22/01/13 23:17, Michael Gratton wrote: From the sounds of it, one thing they are anxious is having old route/timetable data being out in public. I'm not sure whats wrong with keeping historical records... In my view, the less restrictions they place

Re: [talk-au] NSW Transport Data Exchange (TDX)

2013-01-22 Thread Michael Gratton
change, routes do seem to come and go more frequently. It wouldn't be too hard for someone to run a process on a server somewhere to keep tabs on changes in the feed and update the map as needed, but it seems like some coordination there would be a good thing. //Mike -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept

Re: [talk-au] NSW Transport Data Exchange (TDX)

2013-01-22 Thread Michael Gratton
in addition to stops. The data is there, it just needs a decent licence. //Mike -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. ⚙ http://mjog.vee.net/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org

Re: [talk-au] NSW Transport Data Exchange (TDX)

2013-01-22 Thread Michael Gratton
?), apply the change 4. Otherwise flag it as needing attention Similarly for additions, and deletions. So the bot acts much like an individual contributor, except that it uses the feed as a data source rather than GPS. //Mike -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. ⚙ http://mjog.vee.net

[talk-au] NSW Transport Data Exchange (TDX)

2013-01-21 Thread Michael Gratton
://tdx.131500.com.au/terms-conditions.php, I assume this would be a deal breaker for OSM? //Mike -- ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. ⚙ http://mjog.vee.net/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au