[OSM-talk] Thousands of small changesets by Tim Proegler
Does anyone know why Tim Proegler http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/timproegler/edits has made so many small edits under the name of KMLManager in such a short space of time (1 day as a member)? The recent changes page was at one point full of his changesets. Is this legitimate, or a mistake? Regards Steve ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Possible new source of data
I have noticed a potential datasource from an article in the Economist about distributed computing. http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10202635 More details at http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/setiathome/setiathome_20080115.html A project called [EMAIL PROTECTED] is planning to use volunteers to geocode roads, rivers and other key features from UNOSAT mapping. Whether or not OpenStreetMap would be able to use the resulting data or not I don't know, but at least people on here who might like to help them are aware (not that I'm trying to get people to leave OSM!). Also, it is probably the case that people who sign up to an initiative like this are interested in maps, and if takeups of other distributed computing projects are anything to go by, it could be a great marketing opportunity for OSM. Don't know if the project is up and running yet, I can't find any further info. __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] osm2pgsql.exe
Artem, Thanks very much for the Windows version of osm2pgsql. It's very fast and I have successfully used it to to create a Post GIS database. I don't know much about this, so excuse my ignorance if it is to lengthy to write about, but could you detail the steps you went through to compile the program for Windows. I I am interested in possibly making a slightly customised version of the program that includes more tags in the database - i.e. not just for Mapnik use. Many thanks Steve __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Cuba maps
I am planning on visiting Cuba in April, and have heard one of the problems with car hire is that road signs are truly awful. Which gave me the idea to take a GPS and kill two birds with one stone - use existing data to know roughly where the roads were and help with naviagation, and also to use the traces from the GPS to improve the maps for the country. I have two reservations with this strategy: 1) There is very little current data available. Since most of the Western have of the island has been recently accidentally deleted along with some other streets, Cuba looks bare. To remedy this I was planning on importing some VMAP0 or DCW data, no mass import, but just a few roads that might make the map more useful if I do download it onto a GPS. Does anyone object to this? 2) I'm not sure how a GPS reciever would be percieved in Cuba, particularly at Customs. I don't think the regime is particularly paranoid about these things, but bearing in mind history and politics, does anyone have any experience with their import and use Any help gratefully appreciated Steve __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail.. The World's Favourite Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Mapping with a data logger
Dear All, I'm going to Cuba in early April, and would like to map some of the roads there. Unfortunately, I have discovered that GPS equiptment is not permitted and anything found during searches will be confiscated, or at the very least impounded until departure. I have looked into purchasing a data logger, due to it being less conspicuous and less expensive should it "disappear on departure", however an exhaustive search of the internet has failed to find anything below about £50, when delivery to the UK is taken into account. I know that doesn't sound like much, but it seems a lot to map somewhere when I already have a perfectly good GPS. Does anyone know of anywhere that I could beg, rent, buy or borrow a low-value data logging unit? I thought as these are getting much more mainstream, particularly with businesses, there must be a second hand market, but it would appear not. Regards and Happy Easter Steve ___ Rise to the challenge for Sport Relief with Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] osm2pgsql.exe on Win32
Artem, As a follow up I managed to get Boost Build to work with simple files, but am stuck with something so complicated as osm2pgsql. I know this is way out of my depth, as I don't have the expertise to start playing around with compiling files meant for Linux systems, so I would appreciate any of the files you used to create the Windows build. By all means go and tell me to get Linux, but I'll probably wait until I can get one of those decent Asus Eees. Many thanks for your help Steve - Original Message From: Artem Pavlenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: S Knox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: OpenStreetMap Openstreetmap Sent: Wednesday, 23 January, 2008 12:14:35 PM Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] osm2pgsql.exe Hi Steve, My mail client junked your email - your date/time setting a bit ahead of time ?? Artem, Thanks very much for the Windows version of osm2pgsql. It's very fast and I have successfully used it to to create a Post GIS database. I don't know much about this, so excuse my ignorance if it is to lengthy to write about, but could you detail the steps you went through to compile the program for Windows. I I'm using Boost.Build.v2 and VC++ express for all win32 builds I had to modify osm2pgsql i.e. getopts was missing on win32 etc etc Also, I had to compile most of dependencies (geos, libxml, ??) from source to ensure they are linked to correct runtimes. My plan is to commit changes + Jamfiles to main osm svn at some point but I'm short of time at the moment. I am interested in possibly making a slightly customised version of the program that includes more tags in the database - i.e. not just for Mapnik use. Do you want to build it yourself ? I can gather bits and email it to you (possibly this weekend) Let me know. Many thanks Steve Cheers Artem Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Forbes Article on Data Collection for map services
There is an article in Forbes about the increasing lengths data providers are going to to collect data for mapping. Link here: http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/10/gps-navigation-autos-tech-personal-cz_jb_1010nav.html?feed=rss_news Quote "'I laugh when I hear that you can make a map by community input alone,' says Tele Atlas founder De Taeye. He says that if tens of thousands of users travel a road without complaining, then Tele Atlas can be fairly certain that its map of the road is correct." Not sure if that's strictly true, given the quality of some of there maps, but anyway Regards Steve ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Potlatch on Asus EEE 901
Dear All, Just sharing some experiences on the above. I have to admit that this is the first time that I've had Linux installed on a computer, so there may be something I'm missing through lack of experience. I've got the default Xandros installed with Firefox 2.0.0.14 and Flash 9, and also Mint Linux 6 with Firefox 3.0.5 and with flash 10. I found that the Mint Firefox was very slow with Potlatch, and the player kept locking up and having to refresh the page. It worked slightly better with Xandros, and after some research I discovered that some people were having a lot of problems with Flash 10 on Linux. This prompted me to downgrade to Flash 9 http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb406791 . That seemed to fix the worst of the problems. I still find it very slow compared to Windows both on IE 7 and Firefox 3, but from what I have read that is to be expected. One thing I can't get working on the EEE is the Yahoo imagery, which is a shame. Does anyone have any ideas - it seems to be something related to the screen size. I've seen the wiki page at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Eee so will try and update that too. Best Steve ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Tag for "dry river"
Hi, I've just been doing some mapping in South East Spain (very near Europe's only desert in fact in Tabernas, Almeria), where there are a lot of riverbeds that only become rivers very occasionally after heavy rain. An alternate term would be "wadi" I suppose. A very brief glance around the area shows some normal rivers, but do we have a tag for dry or seasonal rivers, which could be rendered using the standard blue dashed line on the map? If not then I'll propose one. Quite useful as clearly for the majority of the time these rivers are walkable and even drivable, although I imagine not all have clear paths or tracks. Regards Steve ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
