Will, There are a lot of islands in the Philippines with no data. However, I'm starting to compile public domain topographic maps (1:250000) which I believe is better than vmap. I intend to add this as input to OSM database. I've been doing the rectification one sheet at a time. It would be great to have this as a wms like the NPE maps for JOSM. Can somebody provide me a link on how NPE was developed (I can't find the documentation in the NPE main site)
In short I am interested (seeding can really spark interest to casual browsers to contribute), but not for now. cheers, maning On 1/7/08, Will Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello again, > > Thanks everyone for your interest and opinions on this topic. Would there be > any objections if I started trying to add this data to areas where no data > exists yet, and would anybody be willing to help with this? Also, what do > you think would be the best approach for adding this data to OSM? Thank you > again for your input. > > -Will > > On Jan 6, 2008 3:21 PM, Igor Brejc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Karl Newman wrote: > > > On Jan 6, 2008 11:31 AM, Igor Brejc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>> Well, my perspective was as a data consumer. I was looking for data > > >>> which could be converted to routable Garmin GPS maps... I've done a > > >>> little bit of mapping, mostly along my commute route, and I try to > > >>> remember to take my GPS along any time we're going someplace I haven't > > >>> collected traces for yet (my wife rolls her eyes), but so far I've > > >>> been putting more effort into programming and guiding tag proposals so > > >>> that they're compatible with the GPS map requirements. > > >>> > > >>> Karl > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> Pretty much the same with me. I am especially interested in covering > > >> hiking trails because even commercial GPS maps for my area lack a lot > > of > > >> data. Unfortunately, with winter in our parts, not much can be done at > > >> the moment. As for roads, I covered as much as I could at the > > beginning, > > >> trying different routes to work, but I more or less exhausted the > > >> possible routes - it's not a big town :). So now I have time to > > >> concentrate on my other hobby - developing map rendering engines. > > >> > > >> Igor > > >> > > >> > > > Yes, that was the same with me--I was frustrated at the poor trail > > > coverage and especially lack of routable trails on most map products > > > (the only Garmin map that has it is the National Parks 24k topo, but > > > coverage is limited to US national parks only. OpenStreetMap gives me > > > the possibility to have a unified routable road + trail map on my GPS. > > > > > > I'm in California, so we don't generally worry about snow so much > > > (except if you're in the mountains, especially this weekend). Floods, > > > on the other hand, are currently a more likely obstacle... > > > > > > Karl > > > > > > > > Or maybe runaway tigers? :) > > > > Igor > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > -- |---------|----------------------------------------------------------| | __.-._ |"Ohhh. Great warrior. Wars not make one great." -Yoda | | '-._"7' |"Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden| | /'.-c |Linux registered user #402901, http://counter.li.org/ | | | /T |http://esambale.wikispaces.com| | _)_/LI |http://www.geocities.com/esambale/philbiodivmap/philbirds.html | |---------|----------------------------------------------------------| _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
