Re: [OSM-talk] OSM Aware, the state of the current pheromones

2008-05-14 Thread François Schnell
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Skywave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> http://skywave0.googlepages.com/osm-kml2.html?zoom=6&lat=46.43289&lon=1.51207&layers=B0T
>
> I hacked  (changed one line ;) ) on an example provided by crschmidt.


Thanks Skywave, I didn't realize it was that simple to import some KMLs in
OpenLayer with crschmidt script :)

I've added versions for World( day, hour and minute changes) and France
(minutes changes) for now:
 (http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/):

http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/web-osm-france-day-latest-v0.html
http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/web-osm-world-day-latest-v0-openlayers.html
http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/web-osm-world-hour-latest-v0-openlayers.html
http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/web-osm-world-minute-latest-v1-openlayers.html

The version2 kml (with the colored lines) also works (I'll add them a little
latter).
I'll also add some informations about the file and part of the summary stats
(number of nodes, users, etc)

I'm impressed by OpenLayers, I think I'm going to also use it also to
geolocate my pictures in GPicSync:
http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/

Thanks!

francois



>
>
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:38 PM, François Schnell <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks Tim for your feedback, I appreciate.
>>
>> Concerning "World Wind" it looks like you can visualize KML with
>> placemarks since version 1.3.4. I just had a quick try, it seems to work
>> fine for placemarks (but it doesn't seem to show the extrusion for lines in
>> my "v2" KMLs, just the top):
>> http://flickr.com/photos/frenchy/2490757820/
>>
>> I've also heard Microsft's "Virtual Earth"  supports KMLs now (but haven't
>> tried it).
>> It looks like KMLs are now spreading quickly since its 'Open Standard'
>> adoption:
>>
>> """
>> The KML 2.2 specification has been submitted to the Open Geospatial
>> Consortium to assure its status as an open standard for all geobrowsers. As
>> of November 2007, the OGC has a new KML 2.2 Standards Working Group.
>> Comments were sought on the proposed standard until January 4, 2008,[1] and
>> it became an industry standard on April 14, 2008.[2]
>> """
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language
>>
>> That said I could try other formats like GeoRss and GML.
>>
>> """ as an overlay over existing osm maps? """
>>
>> Yes that certainly would be nice :)
>> I'll look at it when I'll have some time for it (OpenLayers,
>> SlippyMap,...)
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> francois
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:13 AM, tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> just thought this was a lovely, brilliant visualisation of osm usage.
>>> Well done, good work!
>>>
>>> Would love to see some of this in non-kml formats, somehow (google
>>> earth doesn't work well for me). Or on the web.
>>> (GeoRSS? GML? Worldwind? etc)
>>>
>>> as an overlay over existing osm maps?
>>>
>>> tim
>>>
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[OSM-talk] OSM Aware, the state of the current pheromones

2008-05-14 Thread Skywave
http://skywave0.googlepages.com/osm-kml2.html?zoom=6&lat=46.43289&lon=1.51207&layers=B0T

I hacked  (changed one line ;) ) on an example provided by crschmidt.

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:38 PM, François Schnell <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Thanks Tim for your feedback, I appreciate.
>
> Concerning "World Wind" it looks like you can visualize KML with
> placemarks since version 1.3.4. I just had a quick try, it seems to work
> fine for placemarks (but it doesn't seem to show the extrusion for lines in
> my "v2" KMLs, just the top):
> http://flickr.com/photos/frenchy/2490757820/
>
> I've also heard Microsft's "Virtual Earth"  supports KMLs now (but haven't
> tried it).
> It looks like KMLs are now spreading quickly since its 'Open Standard'
> adoption:
>
> """
> The KML 2.2 specification has been submitted to the Open Geospatial
> Consortium to assure its status as an open standard for all geobrowsers. As
> of November 2007, the OGC has a new KML 2.2 Standards Working Group.
> Comments were sought on the proposed standard until January 4, 2008,[1] and
> it became an industry standard on April 14, 2008.[2]
> """
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language
>
> That said I could try other formats like GeoRss and GML.
>
> """ as an overlay over existing osm maps? """
>
> Yes that certainly would be nice :)
> I'll look at it when I'll have some time for it (OpenLayers,
> SlippyMap,...)
>
> Thanks
>
> francois
>
>
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:13 AM, tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > just thought this was a lovely, brilliant visualisation of osm usage.
> > Well done, good work!
> >
> > Would love to see some of this in non-kml formats, somehow (google
> > earth doesn't work well for me). Or on the web.
> > (GeoRSS? GML? Worldwind? etc)
> >
> > as an overlay over existing osm maps?
> >
> > tim
> >
>
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Re: [OSM-talk] OSM Aware, the state of the current pheromones

2008-05-13 Thread François Schnell
Thanks Tim for your feedback, I appreciate.

Concerning "World Wind" it looks like you can visualize KML with placemarks
since version 1.3.4. I just had a quick try, it seems to work fine for
placemarks (but it doesn't seem to show the extrusion for lines in my "v2"
KMLs, just the top):
http://flickr.com/photos/frenchy/2490757820/

I've also heard Microsft's "Virtual Earth"  supports KMLs now (but haven't
tried it).
It looks like KMLs are now spreading quickly since its 'Open Standard'
adoption:

"""
The KML 2.2 specification has been submitted to the Open Geospatial
Consortium to assure its status as an open standard for all geobrowsers. As
of November 2007, the OGC has a new KML 2.2 Standards Working Group.
Comments were sought on the proposed standard until January 4, 2008,[1] and
it became an industry standard on April 14, 2008.[2]
"""
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language

That said I could try other formats like GeoRss and GML.

""" as an overlay over existing osm maps? """

Yes that certainly would be nice :)
I'll look at it when I'll have some time for it (OpenLayers, SlippyMap,...)

Thanks

francois

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:13 AM, tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> just thought this was a lovely, brilliant visualisation of osm usage.
> Well done, good work!
>
> Would love to see some of this in non-kml formats, somehow (google
> earth doesn't work well for me). Or on the web.
> (GeoRSS? GML? Worldwind? etc)
>
> as an overlay over existing osm maps?
>
> tim
>
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Re: [OSM-talk] OSM Aware, the state of the current pheromones

2008-05-12 Thread tim
Hi,

just thought this was a lovely, brilliant visualisation of osm usage.
Well done, good work!

Would love to see some of this in non-kml formats, somehow (google
earth doesn't work well for me). Or on the web.
(GeoRSS? GML? Worldwind? etc)

as an overlay over existing osm maps?

tim

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Re: [OSM-talk] OSM Aware, the state of the current pheromones

2008-05-12 Thread François Schnell
Hello,
Just a quick update and I'm gone.

There's now a "light" v0 version:

V0:  one summarized placemark per user at the last known position (very low
fat, should work on all machines running Google Earth)
v1:  the most detailed one (a placemark per node). Without feedback I've
stopped pushing world daily v1 on the server (see archives or produce them
yourself if you want: it takes one or two minutes to crunch for a big world
day on my PC).
v2: no placemarks but lines (lighter that v1)

There's also a list of "live" network links on the site (
http://code.google.com/p/osmlab/)
If you want to refresh a link manually find the network link in the GE
folder, right click, "refresh"

http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/world-minute-v1-networkLink.kml
http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/world-day-v0-networkLink.kml
http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/world-hour-v0-networkLink.kml
http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/world-hour-v2-networkLink.kml
http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/france-day-v0-networkLink.kml
http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/france-day-v2-networkLink.kml

For info the network-links don't have yet the stats summary when clicking on
the name of the kml (that individual KMLs have).

-

I'll make a little pause here, having some OSM mapping to catch and more
"responsive" projects I want to invest my energy into. Nerver-the-less I
wonder how much the lack of interest in  "awareness" tools in OSM will have
an impact on the holes Ed Parsons predicts:
http://www.edparsons.com/?p=609
(Sure the OSM growth is exponential but among which population, only/mainly
alpha-geeks?)

Anyway, happy mapping ...>[] (I'm already gone)

francois

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:39 PM, François Schnell <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello list and fellow mappers. I guess it's my first post here even if I
> map and follow the list for over a year I think (I'm sometimes on IRC).
>
> 
>
> I love OSM but I miss a quick and easy way to smell your pheromones guys
> (ie recent activity around me to spot active mappers,
> adapt/motivate myself in consequence, have local statistics, eventually
> monitor/spot 'obvious' 'vandalism').
>
> I think a quick awareness is important for a project like OSM and I'd love
> to see that aspect more developed/encouraged in the future.
>
> For bottom-up emergent systems like a 'simple' anthill or a beehive it's
> even capital. The anthill is very efficient and well structured (nursery,
> cemetery,...) not because of a savant top-down architect but mainly because
> two conditions are met: critical mass (having enough ants) and the quality
> of the local communications/status between members (the pheromones). So I
> don't say we're ants-like and OSM is en emergent system but I think it
> certainly has some bottom-up stuff and a quick local mapping awareness could
> help.
>
> 
>
> Anyway, to fulfill my junkie need for pheromones I've played with the .osc
> files (change sets) provided here:
> http://planet.openstreetmap.org/
>
> The current - work in progress - result is here:
> http://code.google.com/p/osmlab/
> http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/
>
> So basically by charming the Python snake I extract informations from the
> .osc files (minutes, hours and days ) and produce a bunch of kml (for quick
> and "dynamic" visualization in Google Earth for example).
>
> Before any eventual ant get too excited be aware that:
>
> - the kml doesn't show "ways", the tool is not intended for mapping or
> comparing (I think an "OSMtoKML" tool already exist anyway). I'm just
> interested in seeing/smelling your current pheromones , that's all ;)
> - the Hour and Day kml are *big* since I render every node in the first
> version (either placemarks or lines). On my desktop Core2Duo2.4Ghz/2Go,
> VistaBox and MacBookLaptop, it's ok (but bellow 2Go I doubt it would be a
> nice experience. I'll produced a much smaller daily/hourly KML soon for
> those who don't have a "gaming" PC (by summarizing nearby nodes)
> - if you encounter a forbidden access on the latest daily/hourly kml retry
> in a minute (hours/days are still processed on my Vista desktop and send to
> the Ubuntu server through my ISP limited upload speed , you shouldn't
> encounter that with minutes which are processed directly on the server)
>
> - generally (yellow, blue, red) stands for (created, modified, deleted)
> - generally  clicking on the name of the KML in GE brings a statistics
> summary, you also can expand the folder to have more informations
> - clicking on a placemark gives information about the node and links to the
> associated user and the OSM map
>
> Minutes KMLs should be accessible to every machine.
> There's also a "live" world-minute network link here:
> http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/world-minute-v1-networkLink.kml
> In Google Earth it will automatically update itself with the latest minute
> available and you should see the latest mappers activity
>
> For developers or power users the command line tool is written in Python
> and should work on Win/OSX/Linux. If you have some Pytho

[OSM-talk] OSM Aware, the state of the current pheromones

2008-05-11 Thread François Schnell
Hello list and fellow mappers. I guess it's my first post here even if I map
and follow the list for over a year I think (I'm sometimes on IRC).



I love OSM but I miss a quick and easy way to smell your pheromones guys (ie
recent activity around me to spot active mappers,
adapt/motivate myself in consequence, have local statistics, eventually
monitor/spot 'obvious' 'vandalism').

I think a quick awareness is important for a project like OSM and I'd love
to see that aspect more developed/encouraged in the future.

For bottom-up emergent systems like a 'simple' anthill or a beehive it's
even capital. The anthill is very efficient and well structured (nursery,
cemetery,...) not because of a savant top-down architect but mainly because
two conditions are met: critical mass (having enough ants) and the quality
of the local communications/status between members (the pheromones). So I
don't say we're ants-like and OSM is en emergent system but I think it
certainly has some bottom-up stuff and a quick local mapping awareness could
help.



Anyway, to fulfill my junkie need for pheromones I've played with the .osc
files (change sets) provided here:
http://planet.openstreetmap.org/

The current - work in progress - result is here:
http://code.google.com/p/osmlab/
http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/

So basically by charming the Python snake I extract informations from the
.osc files (minutes, hours and days ) and produce a bunch of kml (for quick
and "dynamic" visualization in Google Earth for example).

Before any eventual ant get too excited be aware that:

- the kml doesn't show "ways", the tool is not intended for mapping or
comparing (I think an "OSMtoKML" tool already exist anyway). I'm just
interested in seeing/smelling your current pheromones , that's all ;)
- the Hour and Day kml are *big* since I render every node in the first
version (either placemarks or lines). On my desktop Core2Duo2.4Ghz/2Go,
VistaBox and MacBookLaptop, it's ok (but bellow 2Go I doubt it would be a
nice experience. I'll produced a much smaller daily/hourly KML soon for
those who don't have a "gaming" PC (by summarizing nearby nodes)
- if you encounter a forbidden access on the latest daily/hourly kml retry
in a minute (hours/days are still processed on my Vista desktop and send to
the Ubuntu server through my ISP limited upload speed , you shouldn't
encounter that with minutes which are processed directly on the server)

- generally (yellow, blue, red) stands for (created, modified, deleted)
- generally  clicking on the name of the KML in GE brings a statistics
summary, you also can expand the folder to have more informations
- clicking on a placemark gives information about the node and links to the
associated user and the OSM map

Minutes KMLs should be accessible to every machine.
There's also a "live" world-minute network link here:
http://www.fxfoo.com/osm/kml/world-minute-v1-networkLink.kml
In Google Earth it will automatically update itself with the latest minute
available and you should see the latest mappers activity

For developers or power users the command line tool is written in Python and
should work on Win/OSX/Linux. If you have some Python notions you should be
able to modify/extend the app. to create you own kml (or something else).
There are some handy parameters/variables available to change things like
the elevation,  colors, transparency, line thickness, icons... You can also
directly edit a kml in a text editor and change the styles at the beginning
of the files (colors, etc).

if you experience any bug thanks to let me know on the project site
'"issues" or send me a mail.
Thanks also for eventual feedback/ideas.

francois

PS:
What I plan to do "soonish" is:
- the slim-down daily/hourly
- networks links for daily/hourly
- getting the kml sexier and trying orher kml (density image overlay, use of
the time slider in GE)
- a web front-end
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