Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-19 Thread Michael Collinson
At 10:22 AM 5/17/2008, Steve Hill wrote: >Peter Miller wrote: > > > I agree. I think we need to adopt a Wikipedia concept of 'notability'. For > > example... A wood is notable, a large established solitary tree in a park > > might be notable, but a nettle is not. Is a rare plant notable? I would >

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-17 Thread Stephan Schildberg
Lars Aronsson schrieb: > Steve Hill wrote: > > >> Peter Miller wrote: >> >> >>> I agree. I think we need to adopt a Wikipedia concept of >>> 'notability'. For example... A wood is notable, a large >>> established solitary tree in a park >>> >> I'm afraid I see the notability criter

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-17 Thread OJ W
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Lars Aronsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It could also be useful to be able to validate (check, confirm) > older map features, e.g. this motorway was drawn by SteveC in 2006 > and was validated (timestamped but not altered) by LA2 in 2008. > It could be as simple

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-17 Thread Lars Aronsson
Steve Hill wrote: > Peter Miller wrote: > > > I agree. I think we need to adopt a Wikipedia concept of > > 'notability'. For example... A wood is notable, a large > > established solitary tree in a park > > I'm afraid I see the notability criteria as one of Wikipedia's > biggest problems so I

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-17 Thread Lester Caine
Steve Hill wrote: > Peter Miller wrote: > >> I agree. I think we need to adopt a Wikipedia concept of 'notability'. For >> example... A wood is notable, a large established solitary tree in a park >> might be notable, but a nettle is not. Is a rare plant notable? I would >> suggest it is not notab

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-17 Thread Steve Hill
Peter Miller wrote: > I agree. I think we need to adopt a Wikipedia concept of 'notability'. For > example... A wood is notable, a large established solitary tree in a park > might be notable, but a nettle is not. Is a rare plant notable? I would > suggest it is not notable in OSM itself. I'm afr

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-16 Thread Stephan Schildberg
Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio schrieb: > There's something suspicious about that bbc video. Those people look > like bad actors. I have the impression that they are simply trying to > call some attention, just to remind us (or remind you) that the > "National Trust" exists. mhmm, you know Britain a

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-16 Thread Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio
eard about such institution and now I have visited their website and read a couple paragraphs. Nice website, btw. Lucas De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] en nombre de Peter Miller Enviado el: vie 16/05/2008 13:21 Para: talk@openstreetmap.org Asunto: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap >

[OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-16 Thread Peter Miller
> Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:22:40 +0100 > From: Shaun McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap > To: elvin ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-16 Thread Chris Hill
elvin ibbotson wrote: > Anyone involved with the National Trust? Apparently they are mapping > every plant in their gardens all over Britain. Do they know they just > need OSM and a few new tags (plant=nettle for example). > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7395915.stm >

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-16 Thread Shaun McDonald
This data is a little bit on the specialised side for osm. I would say that it would be better to setup a separate database and site specifically for this purpose based on the current osm software and tools. Then if they want to map roads they deal with that from the osm data side. When i

[OSM-talk] OpenPlantMap

2008-05-16 Thread elvin ibbotson
Anyone involved with the National Trust? Apparently they are mapping every plant in their gardens all over Britain. Do they know they just need OSM and a few new tags (plant=nettle for example). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7395915.stm elvin ibbotson _