Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap
Franc Carter wrote: Hi, Somethng that struck me recently is that in areas with NearMap coverage there is potential to do a much better job of mapping railway lines - i.e lines, sidings etc could be added. What's people opinions on doing so ? cheers I've been driving around some areas that are OSM mapped, but almost devoid of features except the road. I find that having extra non-drivable features makes the map more "comfortable" - gives you confidence in your location. (I've been adding small creeks and dams around SW Sydney). Railway lines would add the same detail, but precise accuracy wouldn't be needed, so they could be added quickly, without detailed surveying. Richard ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap
On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Richard Colless fire...@ar.com.au wrote: I've been driving around some areas that are OSM mapped, but almost devoid of features except the road. I find that having extra non-drivable features makes the map more comfortable - gives you confidence in your location. (I've been adding small creeks and dams around SW Sydney). I know what you mean. I wish we had better ways of indicating the difference between absence of feature and unmapped. I sometimes resort to drawing fences for similar reasons. I've also used landuse=residential to indicate areas that are indeed otherwise unmapped. (http://osm.org/go/uGys1CiI- for an example) Yesterday on a ride I ended up following a dead end bike path, because I gambled that the end of the path was simply unmapped, rather than non-existent. I've since added a forest at the end of the path to try and communicate that the path really doesn't continue. Steve ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap
John Smith wrote: 2009/12/26 Richard Colless fire...@ar.com.au: What's people opinions on doing so ? More information the better :) Just because it exists in the database doesn't mean it always has to be rendered, different renderings suit different people, which is why the OpenCycleMap tiles exist. I've been driving around some areas that are OSM mapped, but almost devoid of features except the road. I find that having extra non-drivable features makes the map more "comfortable" - gives you confidence in your location. (I've been adding small creeks and dams around SW Sydney). Railway lines would add the same detail, but precise accuracy wouldn't be needed, so they could be added quickly, without detailed surveying. If you do this, just add a note/fixme that the information you add isn't accurately surveyed, otherwise they may assume it has been. How do I do this in Potlatch? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap
2009/12/26 Richard Colless fire...@ar.com.au: If you do this, just add a note/fixme that the information you add isn't accurately surveyed, otherwise they may assume it has been. How do I do this in Potlatch? You can add a new tag manually, there is/was a plus icon to the right hand side of that pane. The key can be 'fixme' or 'note' and just set the value to something useful. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
[talk-au] railway lines and nearmap
Hi, Somethng that struck me recently is that in areas with NearMap coverage there is potential to do a much better job of mapping railway lines - i.e lines, sidings etc could be added. What's people opinions on doing so ? cheers -- Franc ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap
Hmm, speaking from experience of a ride today, I'd actually prefer less detail, but maybe that's a question for the renderer. Trying to follow a bike path that runs beside, then crosses over, a set of train tracks is really tough - all the lines look very similar. Anyway, that's just me grumbling - presumably mapping all the lines is the right thing to do. Steve On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 11:11 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/12/25 Franc Carter franc.car...@gmail.com: Hi, Somethng that struck me recently is that in areas with NearMap coverage there is potential to do a much better job of mapping railway lines - i.e lines, sidings etc could be added. What's people opinions on doing so ? Perth's imagery is so good you can see how the switch points are positioned. I've already been going through train lines in Brisbane and improving them where I could. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap
2009/12/26 Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com: Hmm, speaking from experience of a ride today, I'd actually prefer less detail, but maybe that's a question for the renderer. Trying to follow a bike path that runs beside, then crosses over, a set of train tracks is really tough - all the lines look very similar. If all you cared about was cycling information, why didn't you use OpenCycleMap tiles? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap
If all you cared about was cycling information, why didn't you use OpenCycleMap tiles? Shut up. And merry christmas, Steve. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap
2009/12/26 Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com: If all you cared about was cycling information, why didn't you use OpenCycleMap tiles? Shut up. And merry christmas, Steve. This is why you should put as much information into the database as possible, you may not care about railway lines, but railway enthusiests do and they might want to only render train tracks... OpenTrainMap? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] railway lines and nearmap
2009/12/26 James Andrewartha tr...@student.uwa.edu.au: Speaking of Transperth, anyone want to hazard a guess as what the license on http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/TimetablesMaps/SpatialDataAccess/tabid/254/Default.aspx means? I suspect non-exclusive, limited and revocable rights to use, reproduce, and redistribute isn't quite enough, as there's no right to alter the data. Maybe you could ask them to license it as cc-by the same as most data on data.australia.gov.au ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
