Re: [Talk-ca] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-09 Thread Connors, Bernie (SNB)
Guillaume, IMHO all of your issues could be solved with applications of the OSM data. The goal of OSM is to create an open data set that can be used by anybody to solve all of the issues in your list. The goal of OSM is not to create a replacement for the Google Maps website but to

Re: [Talk-ca] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-09 Thread Harald Kliems
OpenStreetBrowser offers routing and clickable POIs. Higher zoom levels were experimentally implemented on a server by the French OSM community but I think it is no longer online. I can't remember the URL, but you should be able to find the related discussion in the archives of the general talk

Re: [Talk-ca] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-09 Thread Matthew Buchanan
I have been using OSM for a couple years now (coming up on 1000 changesets!) and this is the first I've heard of the OSMR website. Most new users will probably go to http://www.openstreetmap.org/ and not go any farther. I think the default page needs to be revamped and the default renderer

Re: [Talk-ca] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-09 Thread Daniel Begin
Completely agreed... Daniel -Original Message- From: Matthew Buchanan [mailto:matthew.ian.bucha...@gmail.com] Sent: July-09-13 12:04 To: OSM Talk-ca Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis I have been using OSM for a couple years now (coming up on 1000 changesets!)

Re: [Talk-ca] Open Government Licence - Canada

2013-07-09 Thread Paul Norman
From: Stewart C. Russell [mailto:scr...@gmail.com] Subject: [Talk-ca] Open Government Licence - Canada [I guess Bernie's original subject of ‘G8 leaders sign open data charter of principles’ might've made this important announcement sink without trace.] Bernie Connors wrote: Is there

Re: [Talk-ca] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-09 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-07-09 00:41, Guillaume Pratte wrote: Hello, I have been a serious user of OpenStreetMap for less than six months, and I am proud to recently have achieved my one hundredth contribution to the project. I really love the OpenStreetMap

Re: [Talk-ca] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-09 Thread Tony Toews
At 06:13 AM 2013-07-09, Connors, Bernie (SNB) wrote: IMHO all of your issues could be solved with applications of the OSM data. The goal of OSM is to create an open data set that can be used by anybody to solve all of the issues in your list. The goal of OSM is not to create a

[Talk-ca] Utilisation quotidienne d'OSM

2013-07-09 Thread dega
En réponse au fil de discussion initié par Guillaume Pratte Il est vrai que GoogleMaps offre un guichet unique et c'est ce qui le rend pratique et convivial. Mais le monde du logiciel libre n'a pas une culture centralisatrice et offre un éventail de solutions pour chacun des besoins de la

Re: [Talk-ca] Utilisation quotidienne d'OSM

2013-07-09 Thread Guillaume Pratte
Bonjour Dega, En fait j'ai posté le même message sur talk (la liste principale), et il y a eu des suggestions similaires. Je me permet de poster deux liens qu'on m'a fournis: - Une liste d'outils dérivés: http://osmtools.de/osmlinks/?page=mainlang=en - Le wiki contient également une liste