Re: [Talk-in] Gandhinagar Mapped!
Looks beautiful, Shravan! Didn't realise that Gandhinagar was such a planned city. Keep up the effort. On 16 April 2015 at 16:58, shravan shravan.s...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, With the help from Arun Ganesh (PlaneMad), I have managed to map almost the whole of Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Here's the link - Gandhinagar http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/780536498#map=14/23.2235/72.6583. Thanks, Shravan ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] Mapbox opening in Bengaluru
That's great news, Arun! Hoping that vision of Mapbox becomes a reality soon! Good days are coming. Aditya Nag. On 24 February 2015 at 01:22, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: Hey everyone! I'm excited to announce that I have just joined Mapbox as a member of their new data team that will be based out of Bengaluru. The team here will focus on improving the quality and coverage of OSM data worldwide to a level that makes it the best street map of the world. We are opening our new office space with a party on Thursday, 26th February, and it would be wonderful to have all map contributors celebrating the event together with the data team and the larger open source and open data community. We will also be hosting our first mapmaking workshop on Saturday, 28th February at the new office for those interested in map design and creating interactive maps. Please try to make it and feel free to share this invitation in relevant open source/data/map groups who can benefit from the workshops. Details below: Feb 26th Office opening party: https://www.mapbox.com/blog/opening-bengalru/ Feb 28th Mapmaking workshop: https://www.mapbox.com/blog/make-a-map-blr/ -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] SoI / DST complain against Google.
I feel that this problem cannot be solved just by having a separate server for OSM India: (A) We would most probably be using OpenStreetMap's tile servers which use planet.osm (B) Even if we use our own tile server, we cannot fork the planet.osm file to just change the borders of India. If we do that, we would have to change the borders every time we update planet.osm file. The borders would have to be resolved by consulting with the higher powers in OSM. Aditya Nag. On 17/12/2014, Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowledge.org wrote: On Tuesday 16 Dec 2014 9:04:12 AM H. S. Sudhira wrote: I am sure most of you are aware and keeping track of this. Survey of India / DST takes a step on digital maps representing the country's boundary, files a complaint against Google! It will be interesting to keep a tab on this. More troubles to Google, as this comes after the Mapathon event! Here is the official word on this from their Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=894090357277177id=277739 112245641fref=nf It is observed that M/s Google Map is wrongly depicting external boundaries of India on maps hosted by them on different domains, namely http://www.google.cn/maps/@25.7377892,88.726647,4z and https://www.google.com/maps/@25.1367452,80.1073483,4z , which are not equivalent to Government of India authentication. The correct official boundaries of India has been shown at http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/fil.../Correct_India_Map_1.pdf http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveyofindia.gov.in%2Ffiles %2FCorrect_India_Map_1.pdfh=WAQGS5vQhenc=AZNiarC7YaARtZIxN5apmQDyhCrncT0hQ 421xHVoYOMJyElRbJHsUeVdEovbwRg31QZYnJ6Nlxdp-UCqmSLCX3ld8SB53waywyaF2gItaG0Td ekJc3MYlcWOAa79FSP9FFg_KjEMmyIev-1WTmU3DOW9nPxYwx-2JM6D7QOUkFDVxw In this regard, on the instructions of Department of Science Technology, Survey of India has officially filled a FIR with SHO, PS Dalanwala, Dehradun on 12-12-2014 at 18:00 hrs requesting them to take appropriate legal action against M/s Google Maps for displaying incorrect map of India. osm may also get such a notice if we get popular. Let us take the need to create a separate server for osm.in asap. -- GN ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] Tag for wedding hall/kalyan mantap
In a town/city, certain number of weddings are held in rented halls/buildings. These buildings can also be rented for other functions, gatherings, meetings etc. For example, the functions held to celebrate the coming of age of a Hindu Brahman, the reception held after the marriage are also conducted there. Thus, we can tag wedding halls as amenity=community_centre http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcommunity_centre. Additionally, building=yes http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building can demarcate the structures within which the weddings happen. And the ubiquitous *name=** tag might also be necessary. Some of the buildings have a permanent *mandap*, some don't. I think the presence or absence of a *mandap* can be explicitly mentioned using an additional *mandap=yes/no* tag. However, to make this widespread and India-specific one has to consult with the other community members first. But again, openstreetmap is a free map :) Can you list all such India-specific POIs in a separate thread? Maybe one can start providing solutions for them. Regards, Aditya Nag On 3 July 2014 14:59, Srividya Bharadwaj srividyabharadwa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Which tag do I need to use for mapping wedding hall or kalyan mantaps. I couldn't find one here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_features. There are some more Indian relevant POIs for which there are no presets in osm. thanks, -- Srividya C ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] Unable to create Wiki ID
Hello Prasanth, Essentially, the Wiki is denying to create your account because it thinks that you are sending spam or providing means to do so. This may be because your IP address is Blacklisted (that's what DNSBL means :) by the Wiki. These sorts of Blacklists are also used by antivirus software to block spam reaching you. Try changing your IP address. If possible, use a dynamic IP address instead of a static one. Personally, if I face such problem, I would have used my smartphone (connected to the internet via the SIM network, not via WiFi) to create the Wiki account. That way, the IP address of the phone is bound to be different from the IP address of the desktop/laptop you are using. Regards, Aditya Nag. On 19/06/2014, Prasanth Rajan rajanp...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. I am trying to create a Wiki ID (my OSM ID does not work); I get the following error message when trying to do so: *Account creation error* Your IP address is listed as an open proxy in the DNSBL used by OpenStreetMap Wiki. You cannot create an account . Could anyone help with the possible problem and resolution. I have tried creating from two different networks but end up with the same problem. Thanks and regards. Prasanth ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] OSM workshop in Mumbai tomorrow morning
Too bad I wouldn't be able to attend it. Mumbai is too far away from home and this was announced in too short a notice. I've always wanted to attend one of these workshops since I started contributing to OSM. Maybe next time. Regards, Aditya Nag. On 05-Dec-2013 7:55 PM, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: Since I'm in the city, I'm taking hand on session on contributing to OSM to those interested at the Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Anushakti Nagar. Its open for public, but please RSVP to Amit. What I expect to cover: * Paper mapping using field papers * Geo referencing and digitizing map scans * OSM editing using iD * Loading OSM data in Quantum GIS * Creating basic visualization with QGIS -- As a part of NUSSD Digital Literacy Trainers' Training Programme, Gnowledge Lab is organising a one day hands-on workshop on Contributing to Open Street Map (OSM) on 06-12-2013 OSM is community driven and an open data effort to build maps with data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world. The project uses diverse methods for contribution from the people and also emphasises on local knowledge. Local area mapping and contributing to OSM is one of the projects for the NUSSD Digital Literacy course. The workshop will cover the basics of mapping, and some advanced topics. For more information about the project please visit: http://www.openstreetmap.org The workshop will be guided by Arun Ganesh. Arun is an expert in mapping and has been contributing to the OSM project for a long time. Time: 10 am to 3 pm Date: 06-12-2013 Venue: Room No 217, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education Tata Institute of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd Mumbai, 400088 INDIA Please bring your laptops for the workshop. Please forward this mail to people who might be interested. Those who miss this workshop will be trained by those who attend this workshop. RSVP: Amit Dhakulkar | dam...@gnowledge.org | 9819350953 -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] Usage of www.surveykshan.gov.in
Guys, this is the reply I got from Survey of India office when I asked for clarification of usage of surveykshan website- We would like to inform you that Web Map Service portal of Survey of India i.e. www.surveykshan.gov.in is designed keeping in mind that one can view / print their area of interest / location without purchasing entire map i.e. for individual use only. However, for such purpose digital data can be purchased from Survey of India by duly signing License Agreement / MOU. I think the second paragraph was a reply to my query about updating place names from surveykshan into osm database. Aditya Nag. ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] Usage of www.surveykshan.gov.in
Thanks Kiran for clarifying. I'm glad that they have taken this initiative to bring SOI's data accessible to people. I think they should take the next step to make data more open given that lots of (taxpayers') money was utilized to create that database for development purpose. Anyway, I have sent them a mail regarding this issue. Let us see how they respond :-) Aditya. PS - The last time I sent them an email, they responded after 2 months. This is going to be a long dialogue :-( On 4 October 2013 13:46, Kiran Jonnalagadda j...@pobox.com wrote: Government data is not public domain in India. It's copyrighted and owned by the government. However, government bodies haven't quite figured out the concept of a copyright license, so good luck explaining that to SoI. Kiran -- Kiran Jonnalagadda http://jace.zaiki.in/ http://hasgeek.com/ (Sent from my phone) On Sep 30, 2013 7:27 PM, Aditya Nag aditya.nag.2...@gmail.com wrote: Guys, I've just now stumbled upon a site from Survey Of India herehttp://www.surveykshan.gov.in. It seems pretty useful and accurate. Can we use it to update data in India? And is it in the Public Domain? ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] Usage of www.surveykshan.gov.in
Jaisen and Yogi, It seems to me that that website can only be opened in Windows. Linux users need to access it via a browser on a cloud (Or via wine, but why go thorough the hassle?). I can access it in Linux using a copy of Windows in a virtual machine (But again, why to go through the hassle?) Aditya. On 1 October 2013 19:21, Jaisen Nedumpala jaisuv...@gmail.com wrote: I have similar problem Yogi reported. And the Firefox IE Tabs or IE Tabs version 2 are not available for my platform (I use Debian Wheezy). IMHO, if they are making something with public money, they should consider cross platform support, seriously. :( 2013/10/1 Aditya Nag aditya.nag.2...@gmail.com Well I managed to run it inside Firefox using the IE Tabs version 2 plugin. Remember to add www.surveykshan.gov.in to the filter settings. Otherwise one has to manually switch the browser engine each time the page is refreshed. The site remains down for most of the time. The Utilities and Habitation layers seem the most useful to me though. But can anyone confirm whether we can use that data in OpenStreetMap? On 30 September 2013 19:45, Aditya Nag aditya.nag.2...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, and it loads pretty slowly in Internet Explorer 8. But I think its okay, given the massive dataset it has to load on every change in zoom level or when panning. The habitation dataset is nice. One has to zoom to a very high level to see the village names clearly though. On 30 September 2013 19:39, Yogi yog...@kalike.org wrote: On Monday 30 September 2013 07:25 PM, Aditya Nag wrote: Guys, I've just now stumbled upon a site from Survey Of India herehttp://www.surveykshan.gov.in . And it asks only Internet Explorer 6 and above.:( Maps are not shown in firefox/chromium.! ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ - നെടുമ്പാല ജയ്സെന് - ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·* . Jaisen . *..´¨`» (¸.·'´(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)`'·.¸) ¸.·´^.`'·.¸ ¸.·'´ ( `·.¸`·.¸ `·.¸ )`·.¸ ¸.·(´ `·.¸ ¸.·(.·´)`·.¸ ( `v´ ) `v´ ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] Usage of www.surveykshan.gov.in
Yes, and it loads pretty slowly in Internet Explorer 8. But I think its okay, given the massive dataset it has to load on every change in zoom level or when panning. The habitation dataset is nice. One has to zoom to a very high level to see the village names clearly though. On 30 September 2013 19:39, Yogi yog...@kalike.org wrote: On Monday 30 September 2013 07:25 PM, Aditya Nag wrote: Guys, I've just now stumbled upon a site from Survey Of India herehttp://www.surveykshan.gov.in . And it asks only Internet Explorer 6 and above.:( Maps are not shown in firefox/chromium.! ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] Moving place=village tags in Odisha
I do not know the exact location of those villages nor the accuracy of AND data. Neither can I easily verify the location of those villages. Hence I propose the following workaround : 1. Create a new node very close to the original village node, so that the new node is not connected to any way. 2. Copy all tags from the original node to the new node. 3. Delete all tags from the original node. Will that be fine? On 02-Sep-2013 8:56 AM, doc.ane...@gmail.com doc.ane...@gmail.com wrote: The AND places are off by several kilometres and sometimes wrong.. Make sure it's right though... ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
[Talk-in] Moving place=village tags in Odisha
A large number of place tags in Odisha are imported from AND. Most of these tags are on nodes which are part of a way. The OSM wiki recommends to place a node at the center of a settlement and tag it appropriately. Can I remove such erroneous nodes from the middle of the way and move them to the settlement center? Most of these nodes are very close to the actual settlements. Hence, there is minimal confusion about where to place those nodes. Regards, Aditya. ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
[Talk-in] Tagging convention for internet shops
Hello, I want to tag internet cafes in my city. However, the said shops are not strictly cafes. They mostly offer a terminal connected to the internet and/or a WiFi hotspot, but there is no seating arrangement for drinking coffee or having snacks. I just want to know what the tagging convention is in India for such shops. And if it is possible, please add a list of such conventions for India in the wiki. Regards, Aditya. ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
