> does the landuse=forest assignment make sense on the National Forest
boundary,
No. The boundary indicated USNF ownership, not landuse/landcover.
or should it be on the forested areas within?
Yes, that's a more appropriate use for that tag.
Similar situation exists in the George Washington
More suited to planimetrics than transportation.
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A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely
of jokes. --*Ludwig Wittgenstein*
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 7:20 PM, David Chiles wrote:
> both the
I typically correct the geometry and delete the 'TIGER:reviewed=no', but
leave the rest because I'm superstitious...
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A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely
of jokes. --*Ludwig Wittgenstein*
On Fri, Jun 3,
Martijn & all,
This is just an awesome tool and it keeps getting better. A happy
by-product of this: I'm finding this particular challenge useful in
cleaning up road misalignments left over from the 2008 import of TIGER. So
great to see this re-deployed. Thanks to you and the team.
Cheers,
-- SEJ
+1.5 for the maproulette suggestion.
--SEJ
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> On 2016年3月16日, at 19:47, Charlotte Wolter wrote:
>
> Martijn,
>
> The Arizona Dept. of Transportation (ADOT, www.azdot.gov) has
> extensive information on both proposed and
Hi all,
The government of St Lucia is sponsoring their first ever Map St Lucia day
on 28 February. To encourage greater mapping activity in the Caribbean and
to support this emerging community, we'd like to encourage mappers with an
interest in the Caribbean basin to participate. TeachOSM will be
Dale & list,
TeachOSM has initiated a project with the US Census Bureau we've been
calling 'Missing America', dedicated to mapping those marginal areas and
vulnerable populations. We're just getting organized, but anticipate local
communities playing a part in both mapping as well as community
Yes, I'm participating in the HOT Training WG to provide overlap & continuity.
Thanks,
--SEJ
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> On 2016年1月12日, at 17:16, Ray Kiddy <r...@ganymede.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>> On 1/12/16 5:23 AM, Steven Johnson wrote:
>> Dale
> I assume that you have got legal advice on the COPPA related consequences
> of your activities and are willing to share this with the OSMF?
>
> Simon
>
>
> Am 17.11.2015 um 02:45 schrieb Steven Johnson:
>
> Hello list,
>
> Just in time for #OSMGeoweek, TeachOSM with s
keep your hands off beans!" - v.141, *On Nature,
*Empedocles
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote:
> Steven,
>
> On 11/17/2015 02:45 AM, Steven Johnson wrote:
> > Just in time for #OSMGeoweek, TeachOSM with support from Mapstory.or
Thank you, Paul & Henk and congratulations to the board. It's going to be a
good year.
--SEJ
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> On 2015年10月21日, at 17:28, Paul Norman wrote:
>
> As one of the independent scrutineers for the OSM US Election, I have
> completed counting
+1 Great idea. I would think USGS might even be interested in some sort of
collaboration to clean up all the GNIS points.
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There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate from
incomplete data.
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 5:25
I just like the surprise way in which the issue was resolved. Good work all
around!
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There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate from
incomplete data.
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Minh Nguyen
Hi Ian,
In a word, yes. Start w/ the case studies on TeachOSM[1] and Shawn Goulet's
presentation at this year's SOTMUS. More tomorrow...
[1] http://teachosm.org
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There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate from
The nodes w/ place names are good to have to support a healthy gazetteer
function. Much harder to make a case for keeping CDP boundaries.
--SEJ
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On 2015年5月19日, at 20:47, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote:
On 5/19/15 8:35 PM, Clifford Snow wrote:
I
Yes, U.S. Census Bureau treats them as statistical, not aim boundaries.
--SEJ
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On 2015年5月19日, at 21:33, stevea stevea...@softworkers.com wrote:
On 5/19/15 Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote:
they probably shouldn't be in an administrative boundary
Hi Harald,
It's great to see more events like this popping up all over. Is it due to
the spring thaw? Or greater community interest?
Generally, your plan sounds good. A few points that may help:
* I'm a vocal proponent of using local libraries from start to finish for
these events as they provide
Hi all,
Just a timely reminder that we're returning to Minnesota Ave this weekend
to map POIs and conduct a street survey using Mapillary.
Please sign up here: http://www.meetup.com/MappingDC/events/219960381/
See you Saturday,
-- SEJ
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-- skype: sejohnson8
There are two
Happy 2015, mappers!
We're returning to Minnesota Ave for the first mapping party of the year.
I've reserved space at the Benning Rd Library from 1pm - 4pm on 24 January.
We'll be mapping local small businesses and neighborhood institutions, as
well as refining our photo survey techniques using
Hello listers,
As some of you know, we recently launched the TeachOSM website[1] to
provide resources for the TeachOSM initiative. Because the aim of TeachOSM
is to provide teachers and instructors with resources to teach basic
geography using the OpenStreetMap platform, we're looking for
1)
I share Sarah's skepticism about importing ZCTAs. ZCTAs are generalized
polygons created by the US Census Bureau and derived from *point* data
furnished by the US Postal Service. Given the variability of ZIP codes in
general, and the fact that OSM is two steps removed from the source data
makes
For those of you in the Washington, DC area, we're having a mapathon this
Saturday (18 Oct). The crucial details here:
http://www.meetup.com/MappingDC/events/211868782/
This is the second event in our series of collaborations with DC Great
Streets program and local community development group,
Paul list,
Interesting point. The most recent (and only) survey of OSM contributors
that I'm aware of is the survey put together last spring by Severin Menard
to measure motivations of those contributing to HOT/OSM.[1] It asks for
very little by way of demographic characteristics (e.g. race,
+1 Hear, hear! Thank you, Robin for an eloquent response.
--SEJ
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On Oct 4, 2014, at 12:42, Robin Tolochko robin.toloc...@gmail.com wrote:
I considered not running for the board because of the low number of edits
that I've done, but ultimately decided that
Hello list,
Here’s a quick update on plans for this year’s Geography Awareness Week[1],
which kicks off on 17 Nov. This year’s theme is ‘The Future of Food’ and
we’re targeting colleges/university communities across the country to host
events. If you have an affiliation with a college/university
(Sorry for the re-post; forgot to include subject line.)
Here’s a quick update on plans for this year’s Geography Awareness Week[1],
which kicks off on 17 Nov. This year’s theme is ‘The Future of Food’ and
we’re targeting colleges/university communities across the country to host
events. If you
This is really great seeing building footprints in some of the more rural
areas and I hope we see more imports of rural areas in the future. Great
job, Elliot.
-- SEJ
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There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate from
Hello list,
Saturday, 6 September, MappingDC is collaborating with Great Streets DC,
the Georgia Avenue Business Association, and local community development
organization, MOMIES TLC to map the Georgia Avenue corridor.[1] This is a
great opportunity to use your OpenStreetMap skills for community
Hi Tanya,
Yes, there are good leads. Interest in using OSM to teach geography has
been growing of late and I've been devoting a larger share of my time to
establish a 'TeachOSM' capability, specifically to provide resources to
teachers who want to use OSM to teach geography.
First, timing is
A few years ago, I mapped beach access paths, too: http://ow.ly/yZT3G
But I did not map along the beach as there was no clearly defined path or
boardwalk, nor could I see a compelling case for doing so. I can see a
reason if driving, horses, bikes compete for access, or there are areas
that
It's not too early to start thinking about this summer's (July?) editathon
and I'd like to propose we turn this one be a family/youth-oriented event
and give it a theme: OpenStreetMap Summer Camp. The idea is simply to
conduct the editathons much like we have in the past, but make a concerted
Certainly your first move should be to contact the user, gently point
her/him to the consensus method for tagging sidewalks, and ask the mapper
to correct their work. Hopefully, an appeal to enlightened self-interest as
well as the quality of the map, will prevail.
-- SEJ
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Hi all,
I created a Hackpad[0] to consolidate my (loose) notes from Sunday's
birds-of-a-feather session at State of the Map. Surely there are things I
left out so please feel free to add your thoughts, make revisions,
clarifications, etc.
[0]
Formally, the Census product is called ZCTAs - Zip Code Tabulation Areas,
and they are polygons. They are useful in a variety of operations internal
to Census Bureau, and externally as part of the transportation planning
program but, as others have pointed out, they are NOT official Zip codes.
The
Whoa, nice work, Martijn! Thanks for calling it out, Clifford. This is
really useful.
-Steven
-- SEJ
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There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate from
incomplete data.
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Clifford Snow
Excellent post, Richard. +1 to your suggestion that we all assume good faith.
We should all collaborate and encourage camaraderie between mappers.
--SEJ
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On Nov 18, 2013, at 12:12, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:
When you find a suspicious edit, try
CDPs are used by Census and other Federal agencies, OMB in particular. They
are used as a tool to administer programs, for example Federal block
grants. I'm not sure they have much use beyond that.
State/tribal/county/municipal boundaries OTOH are much more useful and
likely to reflect a consensus
Yes, another ringing endorsement for Battlegrid. I used it quite a bit at
yesterday's DC #editathon. It's very helpful in finding alignment needles
in haystacks of TIGER/OSM data.
Also, thanks to Mele for pulling together a great #editathon how-to. Lots
of good stuff there.
SEJ
-- SEJ
--
When tagging boundaries, I think you'll find it worthwhile to look at the
US Census Bureau's 2012 Census of Governments[0], which lists all
incorporated governmental units by state. It's is a comprehensive listing
by state, of all governmental units. It's indispensable for understanding
the
participated
Richard Welty
Elections for OpenStreetMap US Board of Directors 2013/2014
Results
Alex Barth 60
Martijn van Exel54
Ian Dees43
Kathleen Danielson 41
Mele Sax-Barnett34
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Steve Coast 31
Alyssa Wright 31
Steven
It does appear that these copyright clauses exist to protect the local
jurisdiction from any liability regarding (mis-)use of the data. Back in my
paleo-GIS days, we were always concerned that someone would mis-construe
the data and hold the County liable and were careful to put a disclaimer on
I am strenuously in favor of keeping whichever feature ID enables us to
know the lineage and provenance of the GNIS point. That bit of metadata can
be useful for downstream uses.
There are instances where the ele tag is useful, even if only as a rough
guide, but I don't have strong feelings about
I'm almost certain that Mikel was involved in one, or both of those '08/'09
efforts to map Black Rock City. Worth contacting him about what it would
take to re-do it for 2013.
-- SEJ
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-- skype: sejohnson8
There are two types of people in the world. Those that can
If the data are to be released under the terms and provisions of Maryland
public records law, you should probably cite the section of the code that
applies to the data. States often have conditions that specify which
records are in the public domain (e.g. real estate transactions) and which
are
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote:
At SOTM-US (State of the Map US) I spoke to Steven Johnson of the Census
Bureau on the issue of what data USPS actually has internally (as the
Census Bureau has some special licensed access to this data).
Yes, just
To amplify what Serge said about Washington, no distinction was made for
the behind-the-house, 1-2 vehicle private space versus large public lots.
So if you were to look at the WashDC map, you'd be misled into thinking
there is parking everywhere! I rather like the suggestion of addressing it
Hi all,
(Cross-posting to talk-us the *brand-spanking new* diversity-talk list...
Yay.)
I'm following up on our great discussion at #sotmus about diversity and, in
this specific case, outreach/education to broaden the community base. I
want to point out this upcoming National Youth Summit on
Nathaniel Kelso David Blackman's presentation at #sotmus on Quattroshapes
might offer some guidance, at least with respect to a method. They used
Foursquare checkins and geotagged Flickr photos to calculate some
boundaries. Now, I am more likely to check in at Arlington (my city) than I
am in
Hi Amy,
Great to have you and happy to see more educational institutions
contributing to the project. If you're looking for inspiration, you might
want to take a look at TerpNav [1] and see how Univ of Maryland has used
OpenStreetMap to create an interactive campus map. Looking forward to
seeing
I think Alex' inquiry was meant the other way round. That is, governments
using OSM data for whatever purpose. The example I'm most familiar with is
TriMet in Portland, OR, which uses OSM as a basemap for their TripPlanner.
[1] Are there other examples?
[1]
Martijn,
This is quite an achievement and I, for one, thank you for your ingenuity.
Beers on me, next time we meet!
Do you have any metrics/stats on the MapRoulette tasks? Like, how many
errors at the beginning, how many contributors, how long it took to
eliminate the errors? and so on? That
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Serge Wroclawski emac...@gmail.com wrote:
Sweet.
I wish more local governments took this approach.
I agree. I'm looking at several local governments in Virginia (including
Arlington). Nearly all of them have some boilerplate language such as this,
from
/Sample_Data_Request
- Jeff
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Mike N nice...@att.net wrote:
On 12/11/2012 1:49 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
Interested to hear what experiences other mappers have had in other
parts of the country.
My county has virtually the same copyright, and sells a GIS DVD
I'm wholeheartedly behind this effort as address data have long been an
interest.
So I just had a quick look at obtaining data for Arlington, VA. The data
(current as of May 2012) are available on CD for cost of reproduction
($125) and includes address points, plus parcels, zoning, flood control
Yes, in that the carriageways are effectively separated. But in a very
tortured sort of way.
-- SEJ
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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. --
Einstein
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Richard Welty
, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Brian May b...@mapwise.com wrote:
On 11/29/2012 1:11 PM, Richard Welty wrote:
On 11/29/12 1:03 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
The
data are copyrighted and Arlington County owns all rights to the data and
allows use ...as an acknowledged source to produce maps or analysis
Let me pose something to help clarify what we're talking about when we say,
importing addresses
First, are we talking about
1) Address *ranges*, which are linear features and apply to streets/roads?
TIGER has address ranges, useful for interpolation. But TIGER does not
contain individual
This speaks to the message I just posted to the list: I believe Richard F's
inspiration was SteveC's post suggesting we import TIGER (*range*) data,
and apply it to ways. OTHO, I believe Ian (also prompted by SteveC) is
suggesting importing local address (*point*) data, and applying it to
Okay, so we're talking about importing address *points*. Good.
Now, are we talking strictly about *postal* addresses? Or *site* addresses?
In some cases (cities, typically) they're typically the same. But in rural
areas not always the case.
-- SEJ
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I don't know if it's helpful in this particular case, but there is a
diagram of the hierarchy of the Census geography here:
http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/hierarchy.html
-- SEJ
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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age
Hi all,
Two things:
First, thanks Mark, for a very useful suggestion. I need to think about it,
but I think it has merit from the standpoint of streamlining the address
assignment process, as well as keeping address points in sync with their
associated streets.
Second, Richard, please see
I understand what you're saying. It is a nice solution, but it's not
without trade offs. In the very short run, relations are difficult for new
mappers, both conceptually and using the existing tools to create and
maintain them. In the longer run, I think our editing tools will improve,
hopefully
Thanks for all the constructive, if skeptical responses. I can't respond to
each of them individually, but I'll try to respond to the most pointed
comments here.
Bill R Washburn (dygituljunky) asked:
Would you be opposed to just splitting off the directional prefixes and
suffixes, thereby
are treated as secondary, discardable information in local speech.)
On Nov 18, 2012 3:09 PM, Steven Johnson sejohns...@gmail.com wrote:
Richard Serge,
Thanks for the comments. Let me see if I can clarify...
The problem: Unlike other (mostly European) countries, there are at least
4 street
Hi all,
Following up on an action from SotM-PDX, I've posted a proposal for
expanded tagging for addresses, primarily in the US (though it may have
application in other countries). The intent of the tags is to 1) improve
the description of US addresses, and 2) provide greater flexibility for
local
Jeff,
A couple thoughts...
With respect to best practices, I presented some ideas for US mappers at
this year's State of the Map on improving address tags[1]. Feel free to
review my presentation and comment (here or on the Talk-US list). I still
intend to put together an RFC and solicit more
-- SEJ
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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. --
Einstein
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Steven Johnson sejohns...@gmail.com wrote:
Jeff,
A couple thoughts...
With respect to best practices, I presented some
For those interested in putting together a bid, you may want to review the
bid criteria and some of the past bids to get a sense of content and level
of detail. The ones for 2012 are here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_U.S._2012/BIDS
-- SEJ
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-- skype:
Just FYI...
Re: the stuff Thea shipped to GeoIQ: it disappeared into the ether as far
as anyone knows. Andrew and I looked for it, but could never find it, so
that's a dead end. Better to concentrate on Steve C as a source.
-- SEJ
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-- skype: sejohnson8
Common sense is the
It appears Josh and Ian are making incremental, but significant advances
toward much-needed conflation tools. Echoing Martijn's comment, I look
forward to finding some spare time to test these out. Good going, guys...
-- SEJ
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-- skype: sejohnson8
Common sense is the
sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. --
Einstein
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 20:45, Steven Johnson sejohns...@gmail.com wrote:
Oops! I meant to reply to the list, not off list! Sent in haste, I
suppose...
-- SEJ
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-- skype: sejohnson8
Common
Yaa, a FOIA request is very unlikely to yield results.
There is a glimmer of hope, though. State and local governments have been
asking the Census Bureau for their address data (Master Address File) for
years. The Census Bureau, through their partnerships and liaisons with
state local govt, are
Doubt very seriously a FOIA request would work. Since the data are subject to
Title XIII restrictions, it will likely take an act of Congress to make them
available.
Sent via telepathy.
On Nov 5, 2011, at 17:13, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote:
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Val Kartchner
In my experience, railway data in TIGER is much less likely to be up
to date than road data, presumably because census workers need to visit
people that live along roads, but railways are just convenient reference
points. There are railroad rights-of-way in Maryland that were
abandoned in
Would next Thu (20 Oct) work for an annual meeting/presentation from the
outgoing board? That would at least give us a chance to prepare (i.e. gather
our wits).
-- SEJ
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-- skype: sejohnson8
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. --
Einstein
Two critical elements of a successful mapping party are the people and
publicity.
WRT publicity, I have learned (the hard way) that publicity materials need
to convey enough information to get people curious enough to show up. Also
you need to disperse publicity through as many channels as you
Hi all,
I'd like to announce a broad-based project to improve addresses in OSM. The
project page is here:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Address_Improvement
The purpose of this project is to improve the tagging and better reflect
local addressing practice, particularly in areas where the
,
-- SEJ
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-- skype: sejohnson8
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. --
Einstein
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 21:08, Serge Wroclawski emac...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Steven Johnson sejohns...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all
We're overdue to host a mapping party in the DC area. We'll organize one at
a meetup to be held sometime in the next two weeks (likely coinciding with
WhereCampDC, 10-11 June). So look for an event in WashDC before end of
June...
I helped organize and conduct a very successful mapping party at
I'd be glad to help out with pamphlets. And yes, we'll want to make tweaks
to localize the document for a US audience. I'd be happy to take a crack at
that.
Jim, perhaps we should consider eventually posting softcopy with GeoBus
materials?
-- SEJ
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-- skype: sejohnson8
A
I, too, have been thinking that a core+layers approach would be useful in a
number of contexts, primarily conflation between different
databases/datasets. But the same qualities that make it useful for
historical (i.e. Civil War battlefield mapping) might also be useful for
mapping of ephemeral
+1
Please discuss errors with users off-list first. There may be occasions for
publicly shaming someone, (e.g. deliberate vandalism) but honest mistakes do
not meet this threshold.
Thanks,
-- SEJ
t: @geomantics: sejohnson8
A serious and good philosophical work could be written
I would definitely be interested. We had a mapping party at Manassas
Battlefield last June, but there are so many other battlefields within an
easy drive of WashDC that need greater visibility on the map. And now that
the weather is moderating, it would be a great time to do some historical
would seem pretty unreasonable to attempt in OSM
as it is now (e.g., showing all the unit locations during the day at
Antietam
as they appear on the 1908 Cope maps).
On 3/8/11 3:39 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
I would definitely be interested. We had a mapping party at Manassas
Battlefield
in a significant way from current names without too much trouble. this
wouldn't
add clutter.
On 3/8/11 5:05 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
FWIW, when we mapped at Manassas, we mapped what's on the ground now. Not
to say there couldn't be other approaches, but we didn't really have a plan
in hand to do
In the US, addresses are typically assigned by local (sometimes state)
governments and NOT by the USPS. The USPS is agnostic with respect to the
actual house number, as long as it is correctly encoded in their Delivery
Sequence Files (the DSF, which tells the postal worker where the delivery
point
Josh,
I like Katie's idea of breaking the data up into manageable chunks
(counties?) and importing in incrementally. I'd be interested in helping
with a few chunks. I'm in Arlington, too. Perhaps we'll meet at a DC area
event?
SEJ
A serious and good philosophical work could be written
Hi Brad list,
Well, you mentioned working groups. Have you considered standing up a
US-based Tagging working group? Perhaps the WG could take on highway
tagging as a first project.
Here's where to go to get started:
Hello list,
Just want to make everyone aware of an upcoming two-day mapping party in
Raleigh/Cary/Research Triangle (NC) next weekend (2 - 3 October). If you're
in the area, please bring your GPS (or Walking Papers) and come out!
*Where are we going to be mapping? *There will be 2 main areas:
Here's the wiki page for the Denver bid to host SotMUS. Much of the material
can probably be re-purposed for a SotM2011 bid.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States/US_SOTM/BIDS/Denver
SEJ
Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from beans. -Empedocles
On Thu, Sep
Been on vacation and (mostly) unplugged the last ten days. What a treat to
return to the SOTMUS conference videos. Thanks for all your hard work, Dave.
SEJ
Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from beans. -Empedocles
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:20, David Carmean d...@halibut.com wrote:
If you want to see the mother of all street naming trainwrecks, have a look
at Hickory, NC. Story goes that sometime back in the '30's, the city
fathers/mothers thought they would rationalize street naming. But what makes
sense on gridded streets makes an *awful* mnemonic device for wayfinding,
Virtually all geospatial data obtained from government agencies in the US,
-local, state, or Federal is subject to either Federal or state public
records law, and therefore in the public domain. (Note however that some
states have stronger public records law than others). Of course, there are
I'm not an expert on either of these data sets, but I know enough to say
that USGS sponsored the development of the NHD, largely to replace the old
digital line graph (DLG) products. NHD serves as a multi-purpose inventory
of surface waters, grouped by watershed. OTOH, FWS sponsored development of
Well, hang on a tic... I don't know if you can really say, ...no one will
manually enter in all those parts, especially since the distinction would be
meaningless to most people. Just like breaking out the prefix, I think
breaking out the address into a finer granularity makes the address more
There's a good map geek read to accompany these fine images, entitled, The
Fourth Part of the World by author Toby Lester. Here's a review from the
Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103002866.html
SEJ
Wretches, utter wretches, keep your
I like the way Jim has broken out the components of US OSM pages. Some of
these are probably better as wiki pages, others as more static pages. But
having it in 'bite sized chunks' makes it easier to divide the work and
manage the tasks.
SEJ
Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from
I'll bet it could be re-used at the OSM booth at the Where2.0 conference,
no?
SEJ
Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from beans. -Empedocles
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 22:10, Blars Blarson
openstreetmap-talk...@scd.debian.net wrote:
After SCALE, I wound up with the OSM sign. About
Alright then, I'm throwing my hat into the ring...
I accept the nomination to run for the temporary board of the U.S. Chapter
of OSM.
I have been active in the Washington OSM community since late 2008. I have
both helped organize and participate mapping parties in the Washington, DC
area,
Had you considered QGIS? QGIS has the ability to import/export GPX so you
could conceivably import into QGIS, do your editing, and export the newly
tailored traces.
SEJ
Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from beans. -Empedocles
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:14, Steve Bennett
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