Re: [OSM-talk] openBmap - open geodata project seems to need help
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 09:50:14PM +, David Ebling wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to the mailing list here, though a long-time OSM contributor (user > daveemtb). I have tried to search the archives to check this hasn't been > covered recently but sorry if I missed it. > > There's a really interesting project at http://www.openbmap.org/ which is an > open database of WiFi access points and mobile phone cell locations, IDs etc. > it also makes use of OSM maps. > > I think it has a lot of potential to allow location based services to operate > on a wide variety of devices without relying on closed geodata from Google > etc (sound familiar?) > > Unfortunately the project seems to be struggling from a lack of help from > people with the relevant technical expertise. (I contacted the people > currently running the project). > > They are currently unable to update the maps of cells etc - there seems to be > plenty in the database that isn't showing on maps yet, and I know from OSM > how important rendering data is in encouraging people to contribute. > > Is there anyone who would be able to help these guys out? Unfortunately my > web coding and Android app writing skills are absolutely non-existant or I'd > chip in myself. I've been looking the source code trying to help but they only have the binaries in sourceforge Its an interesting project and i will try to help -- Celso González (@PerroVerd) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Driver dies in reservoir after following SatNav
On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 01:49:04PM +0100, Patrick Weber wrote: > Here's another of these stories now common of drivers blindly > following their satnav, unfortunately this time, the driver drowned! > > http://www.reghardware.com/2010/10/05/satnav_error_man_drowns/ > > I looked up the place in Google Maps, and low and behold, all the > roads pre-reservoir are still there ! Thanks TeleAtlas for not having > checked your road network for the last 30 years (the reservoir was > built in 1989!) Its very common with "new" reservoirs http://kcy.me/bka -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Languages, OSM, scripts and all that.
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 04:29:22PM -0400, Paul Houle wrote: >I just recently pointed my nooscope at places outside the U.S. and > was quite amused to see arabic letters in the tile maps around Tunis... > > http://ookaboo.com/o/pictures/topic/82500/Tunis > >Looking around a bit more I find Japanese writing w/ Romanized text > around Tokyo The name tag is always in the official name of the region being mapped. But you can add name:LANG tag to get your local name of a distant region, i think even was one of the Project of the Week recently. Ok, so we have the data (or we have the option to add proper data) but we dont have the rendering. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Internationalization Anyway is easy to setup a tile server using your language. Best regards -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] tagging Greenways
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 03:33:41PM +0100, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: > Greg Troxel wrote: > > Paul Johnson writes: > > > >> Sam Vekemans wrote: > >> > >>> Where the only way i know to map it is to use a relation and call it > >>> "route=greenway" and dont have it render on the cyclemap. Just map the > >>> sections as appropriate. > >> Greenway is the US/Canadianism for "cycleway." > > > > I don't follow this. I think that in the US a cycleway would be called > > either a "bike path" or "rail trail", depending on origin. > > In France, we have "voie verte" which is the litteral translation of > "greenway". It is usually a major dedicated cycleway - sometimes on the > former path of a disused and removed railroad track. Same thing in Spain. Here we are tagging that ones as routes * type = route * route = bicycle * name = foobar * network = viasverdes-ffe ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Suggestion for JOSM
On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 01:59:10PM +, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > I have nothing against good UI design which would make this sort of > thing easy. Doing this in JOSM currently is much harder than it should > be. What I usually do when I want to do this is: > > 1. Import the GPX track > 2. Convert it to OSM > 3. Split up the bit I need & select it > 4. Search for "-selected" to invert selection > 5. Delete (nukes all the bits I don't want > 6. Merge to main datalayer > 7. Manually connect the track to other roads > 8. Manually clean it up (e.g. getting rid of self-intersections) > 9. Maybe simplify it. But sometimes the automatic utilsplugin > simplify process sucks so I'd rather do it myself Instead using this workflow maybe its better to use the editgpx plugin 1. Import the GPX track 2. Use the editgpx plugin to clean it up 3. convert egpx to gpx 4. convert it to OSM and continue in 6. Merge to main datalayer -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] source=(survey, yahoo, gps...)
On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:22:48PM +, Valent Turkovic wrote: > On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:06:28 +1000, Liz wrote: > > > It's actually quite easy in JOSM > > you mass select them and add the tag > > I know it is possible, but I would love if JOSM would offer options like > Potlach does. Its easy to create an .xml file and add it to the presets. -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Thousands of small changesets by Tim Proegler
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 07:00:55PM +0100, Christoph Böhme wrote: > Thomas Wood schrieb: > > > Can we ban it, the stuff its uploading is completely useless. > > (single nodes with only note tags and no other useful metadata) > > All the nodes I have looked at are for german petrol stations. The > script does not seem to check if the station has already been mapped > and only setting the note tag is really not much help in sorting this > out later. Importing single nodes its not a bad thing, we made a similar import of spanish fuel stations and schools. By the way, its difficult to check if there is another fuel station in the same zone. In our case we imported everything and sent a message to the mailing list asking people to check the fuel stations near. The question, its more about the license of the source rather than the import. Regards -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] How to present OSM to an audience of potential newbies?
On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 11:17:13PM +0100, Tim Morley wrote: > In a few weeks, I'll have the chance to present OSM to an audience of > youngish (18-30), intelligent, open-minded people, who more than > likely haven't yet come across the project. There may well be people > who are familiar with free and open source software, but that > probably won't be everybody present. > > Are there wiki pages, slideshows, materials, ideas, etc. that you can > show me to help me prepare the presentation? I recommend to open or close the presentation with the great video from ito. Its a very easy way to show how huge, active and worldwide its the project. http://vimeo.com/2598878 -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] GPS logger
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:25:29AM +0200, Torsten Mohr wrote: > Hi, > > can anybody give me a hint on a GPS logger? I'd just like to track the > position on SD card. > It would be great if the battery would last for a week or even longer. > > That should also be much cheaper than e.g. Garmin GPS devices. Royaltek RBT-2300 http://www.semsons.com/rorbgpsdalos.html Logger with 64Mb internal memory, no SD card, all the operational is done through Bluetooth. Pros: -Very light -Nokia standard batteries, duration good -Good chipset Cons: -Plastic like -No way to mark POIs -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Multilingual map
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 08:01:42PM +0800, D Tucny wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been thinking about how it would be good to have the map available in > multiple languages... I think the easiest way to do this with what we have > is using a captionless base layer and transparent caption layers for each of > the languages... So... I put this thinking into practice and put together a > proof of concept at http://osm.newportcoastsoftware.com > This is just a proof of concept, it will likely disappear at some point... > > If anyone has any suggestions, or sees any problems, let me know... Could you post some of the xml used to generate the tiles? -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Front page design and SEO
On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 09:16:21AM +0100, "Jonas Krückel (John07)" wrote: > Ian Dees schrieb: > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:51 PM, SteveC > <mailto:st...@asklater.com>> wrote: > > > > > > I asked the CM designers for some quick hacks on what different front > > pages could look like which you can see on the wiki page below. There > > are some very quick ideas there but it's not a full picture by a long > > way. > > > > > > To get some conversation going: > > > > I really like the Fp4.jpg[1] example on the URL you gave, Steve. It's > > important to make the map (and thus its data) the largest GUI element > > on the page. The buttons along the top draw my eye up there to see > > what's available. I also like the "Shop" link idea. > > > > After looking at all of the examples, Fp4.jpg seems to be the one that > > is the simplest and most eye-catching. > > > > [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image:Fp4.jpg > I also like that. Unfortunately i can´t find a link to the wiki :-) I > think the wiki is very important and must get a big link. Yep in fp4 Wiki is missing and we have User diaries, News and Blog. Without entering in the opengeodata blog war i think they are similar things > I also like Fp1.jpg because of the news section. I would change "Edit" > to "Edit Map"! I prefer fp1. Anyway I think the greatest thing of the new designs is to show the 'Map Legend' -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] oneway yes or true
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:37:30AM +0100, Elena of Valhalla wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:20 AM, sly (sylvain letuffe)
> wrote:
> >> What would really add additional information to oneway is: 0, 1 and -1.
> >> These values additionally give a direction relative to the direction of
> >> the way. Imho only 0, 1 and -1 are the true options for the oneway tag.
> > I don't, for the exact same reason you gave above :
> > "Lean towards humans"
> > "shame on software unable to parse yes/no"
Agree, yes/no or even true/false are more human friendly than 0/1
> values in {0,1,-1} give more information than both {true,false} and
> {yes,no}, so they may be worth choosing over them. Of course values in
> {yes,no,reversed} would work as well, even if the "reversed" value
> sounds less natural than -1 to me.
I dont understand the -1 or reserved value, what that means?
one way yes/true/1 but in the opposite direction of the way?
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[OSM-talk] ref in roundabouts
Hi In the IRC we opened a discussion about the need of the ref tag in roundabouts. The wiki only says things about the highway tag http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapping/Features/Roundabout but not the ref one Two options here: -ref is the one or ones that are used in the highway -ref is not needed at all -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] clean gpx tracks
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 02:35:49PM +0200, Lambert Carsten wrote: > Maybe someone can point me to some editor with which I can easily clean up > the > tracks without clearing out the time stamps (personally I don't have a > problem uploading that info). I use viking (http://sourceforge.net/projects/viking/) you can use it to split tracks, get nice graphics about altitude and speed, and also to check against osm maps, (Add new map layer, select osm maps, alpha 150 or so, and autodownload maps) and also you can submit the gpx to osm from the same program. The only thing i miss is to merge several gpx layers -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] first pictograms of the 2020 iconset, place_of_workship
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 01:00:22PM +0200, sergio sevillano wrote: > > first pictograms of the 2020 iconset, place_of_workship > they are public domain svg intended for 20x20px size > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/User:Sergionaranja/Es:Map_Icons_Design_Standards#2020_iconset:_plantillas_y_ejemplos Its good to have a pastafarian place of workship :D -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Overhaul of voting process (was: Road crossings proposal - status?)
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 08:42:55AM +1200, Robin Paulson wrote: > 2008/5/8 Christoph Eckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > For those who think the RFC/vote process represents the > > > consensus on how things should be done, what needs to happen to > > > change that process? > > > > IMO map features should be built on top of tagwatch. This way tagging > > recommendations would be built on top what's actually used. Much more > > democratic than the current process IMO :) . I agree with that, i think we still need the Proposed_Features just as a reference to clarify ideas and when a tag reaches a significant amount of use in Tagwatch move it to Map_Features. -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] ifw proxy
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 10:08:42AM +0100, 80n wrote: > Kyle > > Done :) > > I know some people have copied the html from the informationfreeway site in > the past, so it's possible that there may be other sites out there that > might have a reference to glasgownet in them. If they don't see this thread > then you'll probably need to chase them yourself. Yep, my case, now done. I have removed the osm.glasgow reference as well -- Celso González (PerroVerd) http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] OSMF announcement: Copyright Easter Eggs
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 10:22:32AM +0100, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > > Interesting. Theres a rumour going around about there being similar > > villages in Scotland. > > The problem is, though, that the namefinder is too good at spotting them. > > With just a few queries I've used it to identify: > > Fake Minaret Road > Rossie the Fake Dam > Lie North Service Road > Joke Smitlaan > Imaginary Old Road > and > April Fool Hill Also Morlock City with tag layer=-8 layer -8 enforces mapnik to hidden the main place -- Celso González http://mitago.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
