Re: [OSM-talk] OSM and Microgrants, an independent OSM project needs your support now
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 8:10 PM john whelan wrote: > > After reading the link I'm unclear what the aim is. > > Modern DEM data I suspect is available to OSM under licence is there > something special about the historical data? It seems unclear if it is > licenced in such a way it could be used by OSM. > I don't really know what his aim is exactly other than to preserve this resource and probably make available as large seamless TMS layer. But I trust Grant knows what he is doing and why as he has done this before. One use case a DEM does not address is place and feature names and locations, old topo maps have that information usually, DEM does not. I have used them extensively in the past with GNIS data points which are gridded to like 30" arcs or something like that, topo maps are not. The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection is one such example of a similar very valuable resource. https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa.html And again, if Grant is asking, I am supporting even if he wants to just make them his desktop wall paper. Cheers, Blake ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] OSM and Microgrants, an independent OSM project needs your support now
After reading the link I'm unclear what the aim is. Modern DEM data I suspect is available to OSM under licence is there something special about the historical data? It seems unclear if it is licenced in such a way it could be used by OSM. Cheerio John On Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 7:38 PM Blake Girardot Dear friends, > > The topic of OSMF and Microgrants is a long discussion. Let us look > forward to having that discussion. > > But in the meantime, there is an independent OSM project trying to > raise 1000 British Pounds in the next week or so to save some Topo > maps from disappearing down the memory hole. > > You know the person, or probably should know the person, Grant Slater, > aka firefishy, a long time member of the OSM Ops team. > > Please take a few minutes to read what Grant is doing and if you are > at all able, donate to his project, any amount helps. > > https://www.gofundme.com/namibian-topographic-maps > > Grant is asking for relatively little support for those that are able > and I think we should just pitch in and help him get it done. It is an > important project and it is a way to support Grant after all of the > support he has given us, whether you know him or not, he has made your > OSM experience possible. > > I hope everyone has a nice rest of the year where ever they may be. > > Respectfully, > Blake > > -- > > Blake Girardot > OSM Wiki - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Bgirardot > skype: jblakegirardot > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] OSM and Microgrants, an independent OSM project needs your support now
Dear friends, The topic of OSMF and Microgrants is a long discussion. Let us look forward to having that discussion. But in the meantime, there is an independent OSM project trying to raise 1000 British Pounds in the next week or so to save some Topo maps from disappearing down the memory hole. You know the person, or probably should know the person, Grant Slater, aka firefishy, a long time member of the OSM Ops team. Please take a few minutes to read what Grant is doing and if you are at all able, donate to his project, any amount helps. https://www.gofundme.com/namibian-topographic-maps Grant is asking for relatively little support for those that are able and I think we should just pitch in and help him get it done. It is an important project and it is a way to support Grant after all of the support he has given us, whether you know him or not, he has made your OSM experience possible. I hope everyone has a nice rest of the year where ever they may be. Respectfully, Blake -- Blake Girardot OSM Wiki - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Bgirardot skype: jblakegirardot ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
