Re: [talk-au] Data for OSM + talk at UNSW

[cam_daw]

Hi Mike,

I presented a talk at MLUG (Melbourne Linux User Group) 3 years ago
about OSM, it was very well received back then.
I used a presentation template that was given to me around 4 (or 5?)
years ago from another fellow OSM contributor in Australia (sorry, can't
remember his name).

Anyway, if you want to use it and improve it by all means, it is rather
old (pre odbl licence change, when OSM was still cc-by).
You can grab it all here: http://rhubarb.us.to/osm_presentation/ (119MB)
- it'll be a little slow to download.

University of Western Sydney - Campbelltown was originally mapped out by
myself a few years ago, and since then has been refreshed with much more
accurate data (possibly from their cartography / GIS / property
department, not sure). With all the building numbers it'll help new
students and visitors find where they need to go without trying to find
notice boards.
See here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/-34.0708/150.7878

Lastly, if you want to show off an example of flashy 3D OSM, show them
this:
http://demo.f4map.com/#lat=-37.8164876lon=144.9644073zoom=16camera.theta=61.379camera.phi=19.194
- But it is possible to import OSM into supertuxkart, and flightgear
(free flight simulator) as well.

Cheers,
Cam.

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[talk-au] Data for OSM + talk at UNSW

[Michael Gratton]

Hey all,

A while ago I was dissatisfied with the state of UNSW's Kensington 
campus in OSM, especially after all of the recent redevelopment along 
High St it is really out of date in parts, and inaccurate in many 
places elsewhere. Being a student there I have tried to remedy it by 
surveying and imagery, but the canyons formed by the buildings render 
GPS somewhat unreliable and with the out-of-date imagery, progress was 
difficult. Also, things like street names are hardly signposted, so 
it's hard to know what the ground truth is.


So I thought that it would be useful to be able to use the University's 
own maps as a source, and initiated a discussion with the Facilities 
Management (FM) here who maintains infrastructure, buildings grounds, 
etc to clarify the copyright status. After a lot of fair bit of to/fro 
and patient waiting, it seems they are happy for OSM to use their data 
(presumably under the ODbL, I have been stressing that all along). So 
I'm going to meet with some people from FM tomorrow and see what they 
have got and what their terms are.


They are also interested in my presenting an intro and demo for OSM, so 
I need to plan what to do there. I was thinking of roughly the 
following:


* Introducing the default slippy map and various standard layers, 
talking about licensing that makes things like MQ Open possible
* Going through some other applications (mobile apps, GNOME Maps, 
Nominatum, GraphHopper)

* Introducing the data via the Map Data layer on the slippy map
* Demoing editing using ID2 and JSOM and maybe Vespucci
* Introducing the wiki and feature documentation
* Talking a bit about different modes of contributing, and the 
importance of maintenance, and talking up the possibly of FM 
contributing to it.


What do you think, does that all sound reasonable? Any suggestions of 
resources/nifty things to demo in the presentation gratefully accepted.


//Mike

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Re: [talk-au] Data for OSM + talk at UNSW

[Nick Hocking]

Maybe you could get some students at UNSW to fire up a quad-copter with a
go pro on it and get some up-to-date rectified imagery
to check against their maps, then edit in any changes/improvement.

Nick
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