Re: [talk-au] Incorrect entry to BP service station
Richard Colless wrote: The route instructions asked me to travel to west to Birch Street, make a right turn, proceed north to Debrincat Avenue, then turn left into Glossop and proceed south to the service station -travel right round the block instead of using the service station entrance in Kurrajong Road. I've put my Garmin Nuvi 1350 into simulation mode, positioned myself near the Kurrajong Boronia Rd intersection, enabled screenshot, and told it to go to the BP POI. I've attached the screenshot. When I run it as a real-time simulation, it takes me to a spot on Kurrajong Rd closest to the servo, and that's it (end of journey). Who's Garmin maps are you using? I made mine using mkgmap. John H Your screenshot is what I expected to get. I'm using the maps downloaded from OSM Australia http://www.osmaustralia.org/index.php. They work well in most instances, although the address search facility is non-existent. I'm running them in a Garmin Etrex Venture CX, so the routing software may be a bit different. Richard C. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Incorrect entry to BP service station
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Sam Couter s...@couter.id.au wrote: Trying to drive or route to disconnected nodes is nonsensical. A question, then: what proportion of OSM POI's are disconnected? Should we be taking steps (in terms of mapping guidelines) to ensure POI nodes and buildings (and anything else likely to be a routing target) are connected to the road grid? Presumably this has come up before - but this question seems to be the key issue here. I've been looking at dozens of POI's, mainly servos, over the last few weeks, checking that mapped locations match with reality. I have yet to find a single one that's actually on a road. The POI location is usually mapped to the middle of the main building. Richard ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Incorrect entry to BP service station
2010/1/13 Richard Colless fire...@ar.com.au: I've been looking at dozens of POI's, mainly servos, over the last few weeks, checking that mapped locations match with reality. I have yet to find a single one that's actually on a road. The POI location is usually mapped to the middle of the main building. Depends if they've been re-positioned or not, when I was updating the positions after the BP import there were all sorts of obviously wrong locations, middle of highways 20km out of Moree, middle of roundabouts etc... ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
[talk-au] Canberra - last white spot on the map
Canberra seems to be fairly well covered OSM-wise although there are still lots of detail that could be added. But there is one obvious blank bit that might be fun to fill in - the Australian National Botanic Gardens. It is a public place so you do not really have to get permission to wander around, and it has it all: roads, fences, swing gates, boom gates, areas, paths, service roads, several different surface treatments, bridges, buildings, speed bumps, pedestrian crossings, directional signs, interpretive signs, POIs, car parking, parking meters, shared roads, benches, shelters, water bubblers, fire hydrants, standpipes, a shop and importantly, a cafe. And all condensed into a manageable area. Given this concentration of OSM features in microcosm, mapping the ANBG might be a good OSM training ground. What would Canberra OSMers think of this as a map-up project? We could just do it although I think it would be a good idea to talk with the management about it first if it is considered worth doing. Disclaimer. I work there :), which might be a good or a bad thing in terms of negotiating access and support from the organization. For instance a classroom with an internet computer and projector might be useful for training in the editing tools or arguing about (sorry, discussing) presentation features and tags, etc. The place has been surveyed a number of times and it should be possible to get permission to use some of this information. jim -- _ Jim Croft ~ jim.cr...@gmail.com ~ +61-2-62509499 ~ http://www.google.com/profiles/jim.croft 'A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.' - Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963) ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
