Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Ian Dees
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Jaakko Helleranta.com jaa...@helleranta.com wrote: I don't have a good enough internet access at hand here but a few thoughts: * excellent! * if/since u go the open source way for the book (which LearnOSM.org is too, eih?): It is open source right now.

Re: [Talk-us] Signed shared roadway

2011-10-23 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, 2011-10-22 at 20:33 -0400, Metcalf, Calvin (DOT) wrote: This is something that I've been wondering in ma, would on road sign posted routes (there is a sign on a post next to the road) be tagged differently the on road shared use (there is a picture of bicycle in the lane but cars

[Talk-us] REST Services

2011-10-23 Thread Randal Hale
I know there's probably a better list to send this to... The county (Hamilton County, TN) I reside in is pumping out their 2010 Imagery over a REST Service or whatever I'm supposed to call it. I can completely use this in Arcmap. Can I use this in Merkaartor or JOSM? So far I have found a few

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] boundary import Update

2011-10-23 Thread Metcalf, Calvin (DOT)
Well the idea behind the git was that muliple people or just me st miltiple times would be able to work on the edit with out having half finished things showing up on the map. I also plan to download data we need to edit, and include it there . (i.e. download a county relation and way replace

Re: [Talk-us] REST Services

2011-10-23 Thread Randal Hale
http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/geoservices-rest-spec.pdf This was on my list to learn aboutI guess I can start marking this off the list. I get a feeling I'm about to learn. I can use ESRI's OSMEditor to take advantage of this new found image goodnessI prefer JOSM

Re: [Talk-us] boundary import Update

2011-10-23 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Calvin, I'm glad you're on the list talking with folks, but I'm a little concerned that you're not heeding much of the advice of the experts on imports, such as Richard Weait and Ian Dees. Listen to these people, they're not only very smart, but they (like myself) have been through imports, good

Re: [Talk-us] boundary import Update

2011-10-23 Thread Metcalf, Calvin (DOT)
Ah so #1 I've got most of and am in the process of fixing, I think there are only a few left. #2. good idea it hadn't occured to me. #3. I'm trying to come trying to come up with a method for doing these that can prevent issues like this coming up. I think a download edit post to github

Re: [Talk-us] REST Services

2011-10-23 Thread Randal Hale
Yes - they're an ESRI shop - it's arcserver 10. I had no idea they were sharing out their data in this manner. It's actually quite shocking considering if you look at their prices for data. I've seen talk of a plugin for JOSMand I've searched and haven't found one. I figure this has the

Re: [Talk-us] REST Services

2011-10-23 Thread Ian Dees
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Randal Hale rjh...@northrivergeographic.com wrote: I know there's probably a better list to send this to... The county (Hamilton County, TN) I reside in is pumping out their 2010 Imagery over a REST Service or whatever I'm supposed to call it. I can

Re: [Talk-us] REST Services

2011-10-23 Thread Ian Dees
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Randal Hale rjh...@northrivergeographic.com wrote: I know there's probably a better list to send this to... The county (Hamilton County, TN) I reside in is pumping out their 2010 Imagery

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Ian Dees
That would be great. I also saw that someone cloned it to do a French translation. On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 5:14 AM, Tomi Toivio t...@flossmanuals.net wrote: We have been thinking about translating it to Finnish on the Finnish FLOSS Manuals. That OK with you? :) 2011/10/23 Ian Dees

Re: [Talk-us] REST Services

2011-10-23 Thread Randal Hale
http://maps.hamiltontn.gov/ArcGIS/services Hopefully this is correct - this is how I access it from ArcGIS. On 10/23/2011 11:11 AM, Ian Dees wrote: On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com mailto:ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Randal Hale

Re: [Talk-us] REST Services

2011-10-23 Thread Ian Dees
http://tile.osm.osuosl.org/tn_hamilton_2010/13/2155/3243.png ... is an example tile proxied from the county's ArcGIS server. I need to catch a bus so it would be great if someone could update the Imagery wiki page I linked to earlier. On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Randal Hale

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Mike Dupont
besfort was working on a book as well in albanian, http://besiguri.wordpress.com/libri-book-openstreetmap-krijoni-harten-tuaj/ mike On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: That would be great. I also saw that someone cloned it to do a French translation. On Sun,

Re: [Talk-us] REST Services

2011-10-23 Thread Randal Hale
Let me get to a stopping point with what I am doing and I will update it. Thanks much Randy Randal Hale, GISP North River Geographic Systems, Inc. ESRI Business Partner and Certified Trainer http://www.northrivergeographic.com 423.653.3611 rjh...@northrivergeographic.com On 10/23/2011

[Talk-us] One of the strangest TIGER screwups I've seen

2011-10-23 Thread Nathan Edgars II
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/17161384/history Alte Eisenbahn is German for old railway, which is a correct description of the way. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] One of the strangest TIGER screwups I've seen

2011-10-23 Thread Mike N
On 10/23/2011 2:07 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Alte Eisenbahn is German for old railway, which is a correct description of the way I don't have any reference, but locals do seem to use the German designation as the name: http://www.fuzzyworld3.com/3um/viewtopic.php?f=5t=4485 In the

Re: [Talk-us] One of the strangest TIGER screwups I've seen

2011-10-23 Thread Richard Welty
On 10/23/11 2:07 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/17161384/history Alte Eisenbahn is German for old railway, which is a correct description of the way. why do you think it's a screwup? do you have local knowledge of the situation. richard

Re: [Talk-us] One of the strangest TIGER screwups I've seen

2011-10-23 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 10/23/2011 2:24 PM, Mike N wrote: On 10/23/2011 2:07 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Alte Eisenbahn is German for old railway, which is a correct description of the way I don't have any reference, but locals do seem to use the German designation as the name:

Re: [Talk-us] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Martijn van Exel
Great, absolutely great. I just ordered a hard copy but I see you have a stash right there?! It would make an awesome welcome gift for new OSM (-US) members. Welcome package: the book, an OSM surveying vest and a list of 10 1-hour cleanup projects in your own area. Martijn On Sat, Oct 22, 2011

Re: [Talk-us] One of the strangest TIGER screwups I've seen

2011-10-23 Thread Richard Welty
On 10/23/11 2:45 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 10/23/2011 2:34 PM, Richard Welty wrote: On 10/23/11 2:07 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/17161384/history Alte Eisenbahn is German for old railway, which is a correct description of the way. why do you think

Re: [Talk-us] One of the strangest TIGER screwups I've seen

2011-10-23 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 10/23/2011 2:59 PM, Richard Welty wrote: from Mike's comment, the name appears to likely be correct local usage. Mike's link is from Wisconsin; the way is in Connecticut. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] One of the strangest TIGER screwups I've seen

2011-10-23 Thread Richard Welty
On 10/23/11 3:02 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 10/23/2011 2:59 PM, Richard Welty wrote: from Mike's comment, the name appears to likely be correct local usage. Mike's link is from Wisconsin; the way is in Connecticut. ok, fine, but you're still making an assumption that may turn out to be

Re: [Talk-us] One of the strangest TIGER screwups I've seen

2011-10-23 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: On 10/23/11 3:02 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 10/23/2011 2:59 PM, Richard Welty wrote: from Mike's comment, the name appears to likely be correct local usage. Mike's link is from Wisconsin; the way is in

Re: [Talk-us] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Ian Dees
Thanks for the kind words, Martijn. One of the questions we have yet to answer is how we should distribute the books that Google bought for us. I would prefer to give them to people that are a) likely to talk/blog about them (and thus OSM), b) not completely aware of OSM, c) have limited internet

Re: [Talk-us] REST Services

2011-10-23 Thread Ian Dees
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Josh Doe j...@joshdoe.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Randal Hale rjh...@northrivergeographic.com wrote: I know there's probably a better list to send this to... The

Re: [Talk-us] REST Services

2011-10-23 Thread Randal Hale
Wiki page updated... Imagery displayed in JOSM ...and I can no longer complain If I only had the newest imagery. Randal Hale, GISP North River Geographic Systems, Inc. ESRI Business Partner and Certified Trainer http://www.northrivergeographic.com 423.653.3611

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Ian Dees
The book will never be finished. :-) As I mentioned earlier we are happy to see further changes or suggestions for more topics. It's very easy to publish another version for printing. On Oct 23, 2011 1:05 PM, Besfort Guri besig...@gmail.com wrote: The Book is finished ? or need more for the end

Re: [Talk-us] One of the strangest TIGER screwups I've seen

2011-10-23 Thread John F. Eldredge
Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: On 10/23/11 3:02 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 10/23/2011 2:59 PM, Richard Welty wrote: from Mike's comment, the name appears to likely be correct local usage. Mike's link

Re: [Talk-us] One of the strangest TIGER screwups I've seen

2011-10-23 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: Can someone check TIGER 2010 to see what it currently says? I just did. It's TLID 611694054. The name has been removed. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Ian
Jochen, In regard to the other books already available: - Had we known we were going to write a book, I might have thought twice about creating a third one. - Once we did know we were writing a book, we decided that having an open source, low-cost alternative to the existing $40+ books was a

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Ian ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: The existing books don't serve the beginner's guide purpose. I disagree. The RTC book goes well beyond my first mapping survey, but also includes that. The Bennett book is almost entirely my first mapping survey plus many

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Ian ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Jochen, In regard to the other books already available: - Had we known we were going to write a book, I might have thought twice about creating a third one. How did you get surprised by the goal of the event? Who changed the

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Ian Dees
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Ian ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Jochen, In regard to the other books already available: - Had we known we were going to write a book, I might have thought twice about creating a third

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Mike Dupont
It is not the price that matters, but the freedom to derive translations. what good is a book that we cannot translate. Why would you ever translate your book to some obscure language, and then who would print it? thanks, mike On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Jochen Topf joc...@remote.org wrote:

[Talk-us] High-visibility Vests

2011-10-23 Thread Paul Norman
In another thread, the subject of high-visibility vests came up and I was wondering if there were any of these in North America. The wiki says the existing ones are sold by the OpenCycleMap shop, but they are listed as temporarily unavailable. In any case, shipping clothing from Europe is likely

Re: [Talk-us] High-visibility Vests

2011-10-23 Thread Ian Dees
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: In another thread, the subject of high-visibility vests came up and I was wondering if there were any of these in North America. The wiki says the existing ones are sold by the OpenCycleMap shop, but they are listed as

Re: [Talk-us] High-visibility Vests

2011-10-23 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, 2011-10-23 at 17:22 -0700, Ian Dees wrote: I don't think we really need to meet any standards. After all, we're just mapping enthusiasts, not performing an official government sponsored duty in any manner of the word. On the other hand, when you're out surveying, it's less suspicious

Re: [Talk-us] High-visibility Vests

2011-10-23 Thread Martijn van Exel
I have about a dozen of them and am happy to lend them for mapping party purposes. They look like this: http://schaaltreinen.nl/openstreetmap-hi-viz-vest If it looks a little wrinkly, that's because I brought them from Europe ;) Martijn On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Paul Norman

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] The Open Source OpenStreetMap Book

2011-10-23 Thread Martijn van Exel
What I like so far about this book over the other ones - that I have not read, but I have seen their ToC - is the scope which is decidedly more limited. That makes it a better guidebook for the aspiring mapper than the other two that are undoubtedly more comprehensive, but for that reason also