[Talk-us] US road class

2009-02-24 Thread Nicholas Vetrovec
we are in the proccess of better defining the US road class system. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:United_States_roads_tagging The reason behind this is because it differs from page to page.Also it needs to differ slightly from Key=Highway discription because of the US grid layout. If an

Re: [Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question

2009-02-24 Thread Russ Nelson
A good summary,Chris, and I incorporate your disclaimer by reference. It's all very complicated, made more so by supreme court decisions which make it clear that facts about the world are not subject to copyright. You can't copyright the blue of the sky. It simply is; not something anyon

Re: [Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:39:46PM -0500, Dale Puch wrote: > Sorry, I typed without refreshing my memory. > Here is a link that applies to California regarding state GIS data due to > their public records act > http://geodatapolicy.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/are-government-parcel-gis-data-subject-to-

Re: [Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question

2009-02-24 Thread Dale Puch
Sorry, I typed without refreshing my memory. Here is a link that applies to California regarding state GIS data due to their public records act http://geodatapolicy.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/are-government-parcel-gis-data-subject-to-open-records-law/ For Florida http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.

Re: [Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 06:19:07PM +, Dale Puch wrote: > For some quick visualization with OSM data, Merkaator now can read shp files > as well, but less options for the display. > > Asking the GIS department about the data is generally the best way to find > out about the data. As a general

Re: [Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question

2009-02-24 Thread Dale Puch
For some quick visualization with OSM data, Merkaator now can read shp files as well, but less options for the display. Asking the GIS department about the data is generally the best way to find out about the data. As a general rule US local, state and national GIS data should be in the public do

Re: [Talk-us] The Greening of Georgia

2009-02-24 Thread Adam Schreiber
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Adam Schreiber wrote: >> >> Has anyone else noticed some kind of import of park/forest data for >> Georgia going on?  Does anyone know that source of the data? >> >> http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=34.043&lon=-84.

[Talk-us] The Greening of Georgia

2009-02-24 Thread Adam Schreiber
Has anyone else noticed some kind of import of park/forest data for Georgia going on? Does anyone know that source of the data? http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=34.043&lon=-84.233&zoom=9&layers=B000FTF Cheers, Adam ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@opens

Re: [Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 07:38:03AM -0800, Spencer Riddile wrote: > Christopher, > > I sent an email to the GIS Coordinator of Blacksburg to check whether the > data is public domain. > > Cool! Do you have your own hosted version of OSM and that is how you were > able to add the buildings? If

Re: [Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 06:43:00AM -0800, Spencer Riddile wrote: > The town of Blacksburg, VA has some GIS data publicly available on a > website. I'm assuming you're looking at these: http://www.gis.lib.vt.edu/gis_data/Blacksburg/GISPage.html Using qgis, I tossed together a quick snapshot o

Re: [Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 06:43:00AM -0800, Spencer Riddile wrote: > The town of Blacksburg, VA has some GIS data publicly available on a > website. > > There is also U.S. Forest Service data for the George Washington and > Jefferson National Forest. > > I would like to upload some of this to OS

[Talk-us] Public Domain Non-GPS Data Question

2009-02-24 Thread Spencer Riddile
The town of Blacksburg, VA has some GIS data publicly available on a website. There is also U.S. Forest Service data for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest. I would like to upload some of this to OSM. Is that OK? Any advice? Thanks!__

[Talk-us] Micro Mapping Party in Blacksburg, VA

2009-02-24 Thread Spencer Riddile
I am organizing a micro mapping party in Blacksburg, VA. We will be targeting biking related features. Is it worth adding a wiki page for this event? How do I get in touch with other OSM contributors in my area? Spencer ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk