Re: [OSM-talk] OSM in Kosovo - Free Software Conference
Ive added the conference in the events list and created a basic wiki entry http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Free_Software_Conference_Kosovo Thomas Szukala wrote: > Hi there, > > at the 29th and 30th of August there will be a Open Source Software > Conference in Pristina. > http://www.kosovasoftwarefreedom.org/ > > There is a call for papers. I think this conference would be a fantastic > place to introduce Openstreetmap with a talk or workshop. Either for > mapping or software developing. > > In our wiki ive found a Project Kosovo. So it seems, some people are > already active in this area :) > > It would be great if somebody would have time to join this conference. > > Perhaps a short talk about OSM and what its all about. > A booth with some information material > Some flyers and posters. > > Perhaps even a mapping party could be organized with some GPS units to lend. > > http://sfck09.blogspot.com/2009/06/openstreemaporg-process-started-for.html > > Any help is welcome > > Cheers > Thomas > > User:Schuk > > ___ > 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] OSM in Kosovo - Free Software Conference
Hi there, at the 29th and 30th of August there will be a Open Source Software Conference in Pristina. http://www.kosovasoftwarefreedom.org/ There is a call for papers. I think this conference would be a fantastic place to introduce Openstreetmap with a talk or workshop. Either for mapping or software developing. In our wiki ive found a Project Kosovo. So it seems, some people are already active in this area :) It would be great if somebody would have time to join this conference. Perhaps a short talk about OSM and what its all about. A booth with some information material Some flyers and posters. Perhaps even a mapping party could be organized with some GPS units to lend. http://sfck09.blogspot.com/2009/06/openstreemaporg-process-started-for.html Any help is welcome Cheers Thomas User:Schuk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Tim Berners Lee mentions OSM at TEDtalk
he obviously is named Tim Berners Lee sorry Thomas Szukala schrieb: > Hi, > > just wanted to share with you a TEDtalk by Tim Burners Lee on the > "future" web. > He uses osm as an example for linked data in wiki style and is pretty > psyched about it :) > > http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html > > Cheers > Thomas > > ___ > 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] Tim Burners Lee mentions OSM at TEDtalk
Hi, just wanted to share with you a TEDtalk by Tim Burners Lee on the "future" web. He uses osm as an example for linked data in wiki style and is pretty psyched about it :) http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html Cheers Thomas ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] osmosis and polygon download ...
Francois De Ryckel schrieb: > Message original > Objet: [OSM-newbies] osmosis and polygon download ... > De: "Francois De Ryckel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date:Mar 27 mai 2008 9:01 > À: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > > Hello Everyone, > > I'm trying to figure out how to build a nice polygon that would cover > Bangaldesh as a country. > I've checked Osmosis and found that one can "extract an area based on a > polygon as found on maproom.psu.edu." Unfortunately, everytime I go on > the maproom website and try to download the coordinate for BD, it fails > miserably. Did anyone has tried lately? > > Any advices on other way to draw a polygon for a country, so I would be > able to run Osmosis and download all the data of that country. > > Hi, I had the same Problem. Christoph Eckert, however does have a Backup of the Polygon files: http://christeck.de/stuff/Polygons.zip They work pretty well. They should be on the svn somewhere. But I dont know where. Cheers Thomas ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Stares
Nick Whitelegg schrieb: >> I tend to keep my GPS unit in my pocket when I encounter people. The >> accuracy probably suffers, but at least I don't get the stares :) >> > > To be honest I'd have thought keeping the gps unit out would mean you're > less likely to get harassed - it makes you look like you're kind of doing > something official. > > Luckily I've never really had any major trouble but my standard response > would probably be "Got the internet? Look up www.openstreetmap.org. Is > your street on there and named? No? Will it soon will be..." > > What about some flyers which you can give to somebody if he shows interest in what you are doing or is suspicous about it. You could even make custom flyers for the area you are mapping at the moment. This would show the person directly what you are working on and you can see for yourself where you still need to do some mapping. Some sort of scratchpad for yourself and others With some evidence in you hand it is much easier to show people what you are doing and even raise some interest in the project where you dont expect it. Photographers tend to have the same problem, when they want to photograph unusual (non touristic) places. I remember a story of a guy who was trying to photograph a highway by night (long time exposure). A policeman came by and was some kind of picky about what the strange guy with this strange equipment (DSLR, tripod, etc) was doing, unitl he showed him on the camera screen the results. Then the conversation started to go in the direction on how this was done and how he (the policeman) could do it by himself. Thomas ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Tag proposal/approval system is too heavyweight
Ulf Lamping wrote: > >> And you are arguing that somebody is trying to >> decrease other peoples power? >> >> > By sabotaging the voting process he's actively doing so, yes. Very > certainly not by intention but in effect. > Voting through the wiki is just one of several options to express what you think is right. Some people hesitate to take part in open discussions, some do not. So you have to keep in mind that by taking apart one way of voting mechanism, you dont sabotage the whole process to get on a common sense. You simply redistribute the voices, so that everybody shouts on the same level ;-) I like the idea to analyse the used tags and show the distribution of every tag. Pros and Cons could be listed directly there. So everybody could make a picture for him/herself what seems to be the perfect way to tag his molehill. The problem I see, is that some concerns about tags are not permanently stored as there is no explicit need to update the wiki. A voting process implicit creates these pros and cons as you legitimate your vote most commonly in one or two sentences. So you have to be prepared that some tags are more often discussed on the mailinglist then before, as some people wont take the formerly "official" tags as god given and not changeable. Cheers Schuk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
