That is a great idea. What about making video as well, on how to use OSM/JOSM/Potlatch how to get started. Video Screencasts? mike
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Peteris Krisjanis <[email protected]>wrote: > For one of OSM GSoC'10 projects I would like to suggest "unofficial > guide" for mapping. We all know that there is a little haos in tagging > (some says it's good, some says it bad), but so far biggest confusion > comes from not how to tag things, but how to tag complex situations or > how to even map complex situations (and that's without even taking > micro mapping into account). > > What we need is nice guide where is said - basic roads are maped like > this, crossroads created this way, this must be connected with that, > etc. It would also create a nice little base for futher experiments > and ideas. There's nothing wrong with seeking out alternative tags or > ways of mapping, but this at least should be documented somewhere. > > More or less everyone who would take this task would have to go trough > all archives, look for discusions and conlusions (and even if there is > no conlusion, writing down all sane opinions would help greatly) and > write it down in casual user manual style. > > Just a idea, but I think worth to explore, > cheers, > Peter. > > 2010/3/11 Graham Jones <[email protected]>: > > Mike. > > Thank you for your suggestion. > > I do not know where the apache licence ref comes from. This year's > > application says GPL with a note saying some is PD. > > > > Graham > > > > On Mar 11, 2010 7:36 AM, "[email protected]" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My GSOC suggestion : > > > > Get the potlatch running without any Adobe software, use gnash. > > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GSoC_Project_Ideas_2010#Porting_of_Potlatch_to_use_FLOSS_tools_and_viewer > > > > Also why does google list OSM as being apache licensed? > > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/streetmap/about.html > > Preferred license: Apache License, 2.0 > > Since when? > > > > I am putting all my new code under the affero GPL 3.0. > > > > mike > > > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Rajan Vaish <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > Thanks Graham, > >... > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > > -- > mortigi tempo > Pēteris Krišjānis >
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