[OSM-talk] Votes for 2009-2010 OSM Foundation Board
Hey fellow OpenStreetMappers!I wanted to officially announce I’m running for election for the OpenStreetMap Foundation.You can read my platform and manifesto here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:HurricaneMcEwen#Foundation_boardI will work to create a stronger, collaborative organization and encourage better communication across and through the OSM community (think language and media barriers crumbling).I also plan to fire up social media use and public relations to bring OpenStreetMap to the masses and the masses to mapping!It’s also an honor to help organize a bigger and better State of the Map for next year … your ideas and comments are welcome!Best,Hurricane McEwenwww.hurricanemcewen.com___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] OpenPisteMap Down?
Hey, I just went to visit openpistemap.org and I get a blank map. Anyone run in to the same issue? -- Hurricane McEwen Community Ambassador skype: hurricanecloudmade twitter: hurricanemcewen ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Mapping Party in Denver!
Howdy y'all! Wanted to invite you and your best mapping buddies to a Mapping Party in Denver, CO: Wynkoop Brewery 17th and Wynkoop Downtown www.wynkoop.com Mapping parties are events where anyone can come and participate in the OpenStreetMap project. OpenStretMap is a free, open source map that can be contributed, edited and used by anyone anywhere!! Improve the hiking trails, locate the bike paths or create the best Coffee Shop or Pub crawl map ever!! Mapping parties are social events where experienced and new mappers can meet to share and learn more about the project. The events are generally held in a public place, and allow time for discussion, mapping and editing. The event is open to all. They are relaxed events and you're supposed to have fun. Often we grab a beer or a glass of wine after the event, and this is no exception! The general run of the day looks like this: 12pm Introduction to mapping and send experienced mappers out on their way! 12:30 loan out GPS and a short intro on how to use them 12-4 map map map ;) 4 Meet back up and upload data 4ish and on-- brew time?? you can RSVP and check out more info at: Saturday: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1797724/ Sunday: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1797728/ Hurricane McEwen Central Mountain Community Ambassador hurric...@cloudmade.com skype: hurricanecloudmade twitter: hurricanemcewen ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Is it me?
I am having the same issue on windows... I can't select the box to type in my username and password. Hurricane McEwen Central Mountain Community Ambassador hurric...@cloudmade.com skype: hurricanecloudmade twitter: hurricanemcewen On Feb 13, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Tom Hughes wrote: > Gregory Williams wrote: > >> I can't place the focus in either the username or password fields. I >> note also that donation image seems to be a very strange spot >> (hovering >> over the map), so wonder whether the two could somehow be related. > > Hmm... I wonder if you've got a stale stylesheet? Try forcing a reload > with ctrl+shift reload and see if that fixes it. > > Tom > > -- > Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) > http://www.compton.nu/ > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Fwd: Interesting Project
GPS tracks of skiing in the backcountry, helicopters and ski areas. http://www.avalanchemapping.org/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] OSM on The Reg
I agree with Gert on the fact that 'the concept is good for geeks' but it IS time to create a user interface for the rest of the world. I have held a few mapping parties, trying to get more hikers, cyclists, retired folk who love maps, involved with OSM but with the barrier that OSM isn't user friendly for these folks. One small example on Potlatch would be the light grey on white background-- for most, this gives the look of 'inactive'. Also, the icons are small and it's not 'obvious' that one must click on the car icon to change it to a person, to a boat (etc.) to change to type of feature you are tagging. Yes! There is the wiki and it is very, very helpful... but also remember that the average attention span is about 2.2 seconds, and if it isn't seriously simple, we lose people... There's more from where this comes... and I'd be happy to pass it on to the OSM community or to the appropriate person! I would love to be involved with helping build a great 'user friendly' editor for the 'rest of the world' :) Hurricane Hurricane McEwen Central Mountain Community Ambassador hurric...@cloudmade.com skype: hurricanecloudmade twitter: hurricanemcewen On Feb 11, 2009, at 5:31 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Gert Gremmen wrote: The current concept is good for geeks , like you and me, and people that are really interested. The geeks are on-board (> 1). Now it's time to create a user interface for the rest of the world. Yes, I agree absolutely (wow, Gert and I agree on something :) ). http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/dev/2008-July/010994.html http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-November/ 031778.html Kenneth: does *any* mapping app have an option like 'add road'? Do you know any mapping application accessible for everyone having internet ??? Yes on both counts: Google MapMaker. I personally don't want to write the editing interface that the rest of the world uses, and it's slightly insane that somehow I've ended up doing so (or, at least, what we have so far) - I mean, I'm not even a programmer, I'm a magazine editor with not a whole lot of free time. If future- Potlatch were to become _an_ editor available on the main site rather than _the_ editor, I'd be very happy. Of course, CloudMade might already be working on this - can anyone from CM confirm/otherwise? Would help the rest of us in knowing what to do next. cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OSM-on-The-Reg-tp21951170p21953743.html Sent from the OpenStreetMap - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk Hurricane McEwen Central Mountain Community Ambassador hurric...@cloudmade.com skype: hurricanecloudmade twitter: hurricanemcewen ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Railways hierarchy
I can also see this being important for US Railways, as many railways are just freight lines here, while it might be handy to be able to label AMTRAK and it's stations separatelyand with minor stations in a different zoom like Shaun recommends... Hurricane McEwen On Jan 18, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Shaun McDonald wrote: > I'm more interested in the hierarchy of railway stations, which is > similar to place name hierarchy problem. With the new rail maps that > are showing up, the minor stations are showing up when the major > stations are hidden at low to mid zoom. > > Shaun > > On 18 Jan 2009, at 21:25, Joe Hughes wrote: > >> This may be of interest to the new talk-transit list. >> >> Joe >> >> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Jose M. Duarte >> wrote: >>> Is there a standard way of tagging railways hierarchically? I can't >>> find anything in the wiki about this. >>> >>> As with roads it would be nice to have data for what kind of railway >>> line we are tagging. In many countries in Europe, e.g. Spain, >>> different lines differ widely in the speed they can manage. There >>> are >>> high speed lines (max 300km/h or more), fast ones (max 200km/h), >>> 19th >>> century-like ones (80km/h or less)... >>> >>> Looking at tagwatch in France it seems that highspeed=yes has been >>> used quite often. Of course that's cool but tagging with specific >>> max >>> speed would be better as there is no clear definition as to what >>> high-speed rail is [1]. >>> >>> Also it is not only about speed, it would be good to have some kind >>> of >>> hierarchy that indicates whether a line is trunk, primary, secondary >>> as with roads. >>> >>> That would help a lot in having sensible open rail maps, somebody >>> posted recently in this list about a project to create rail maps for >>> Europe, so I suppose there is some interest in this. >>> >>> What are people doing about this? Anybody can share their >>> experiences? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Jose >>> >>> >>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail >>> >>> ___ >>> talk mailing list >>> talk@openstreetmap.org >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >>> >> >> ___ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
