Re: [Talk-ca] OSM PEI Canada
For Android, you can use several tools: -*Vespucci *works like JOSM : Download of a defined area, editing, then upload the set of data *-OS Map Tunner *: unlike Vespucci, this tools is *really *designed for mobiles: very friendly and easy editing of items on the current Map. You can also add new POI with categories of tags, just like Potlach. 2012/12/3 Robert Shand b...@shand.org.uk Hi Danny, The apps you mention could be doing a variety of things with the data…. they may have old data, and as you say they may only be rendering certain things to their tiles (I'm assuming that they're rendering their own tile data). The beauty of OSM is that the data can be there in the OSM db - but you get to pick and choose what to render for your use case. PEI is probably missing lots of data, which could equally be true for any other location. That's part of the the fun - adding useful stuff to it. I'm not aware of great tools for Android - but JOSM ( http://josm.openstreetmap.de ) on a PC/Mac is a great tool for seeing what's actually available in the OSM data. It can be fairly complex. As for the province having lots of data - yes it does. But we have to be careful what data we import into OSM - that's a fairly complex thing. I wouldn't go importing things into the database until the community has reached a consensus on the data you wish to import. It's great that you want to get involved, and it's great that you're asking questions. Perhaps we could go for a coffee and I can help point you in the right direction for a bunch of OSM stuff. Best wishes Bob On 2012-12-03, at 8:44 PM, Danny Lane lane...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Folks I'm new to the OSM - using my Nexus 7 Android device I find that depending on the program you use, you get different results. All these programs are using the Open Street Map - some have no POI, City name, etc while others appear to be better. My observation are for Prince Edward Island, Canada. Free Android Apps *NavFree *- with OSM Canada 2012 Postcodes Canada -Is really poor, few city name's, no POI, missing lots of streets, etc *OSMAnd* - using OSM prince-edward-island northamerica OSM map - has alot of POI, street names, etc... So my assumption that OSM for PEI Canada was missing alot of data may not be correct - just that some companies maybe using only a subset of the available data. What is the best tool on Andriod or Windows to do some verification of the OSM maps for Prince Edward Island? The Province has alot of GIS data that could be imported into OSM - but they use a different format ie: NTX and I don't know how to convert NTX to OSM format? Danny ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca -- Bruno Remy ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] OSM PEI Canada
Hi Folks I'm new to the OSM - using my Nexus 7 Android device I find that depending on the program you use, you get different results. All these programs are using the Open Street Map - some have no POI, City name, etc while others appear to be better. My observation are for Prince Edward Island, Canada. Free Android Apps NavFree - with OSM Canada 2012 Postcodes Canada -Is really poor, few city name's, no POI, missing lots of streets, etc OSMAnd - using OSM prince-edward-island northamerica OSM map - has alot of POI, street names, etc... So my assumption that OSM for PEI Canada was missing alot of data may not be correct - just that some companies maybe using only a subset of the available data. What is the best tool on Andriod or Windows to do some verification of the OSM maps for Prince Edward Island? The Province has alot of GIS data that could be imported into OSM - but they use a different format ie: NTX and I don't know how to convert NTX to OSM format? Danny ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] OSM PEI Canada
Hi Danny, The apps you mention could be doing a variety of things with the data…. they may have old data, and as you say they may only be rendering certain things to their tiles (I'm assuming that they're rendering their own tile data). The beauty of OSM is that the data can be there in the OSM db - but you get to pick and choose what to render for your use case. PEI is probably missing lots of data, which could equally be true for any other location. That's part of the the fun - adding useful stuff to it. I'm not aware of great tools for Android - but JOSM ( http://josm.openstreetmap.de ) on a PC/Mac is a great tool for seeing what's actually available in the OSM data. It can be fairly complex. As for the province having lots of data - yes it does. But we have to be careful what data we import into OSM - that's a fairly complex thing. I wouldn't go importing things into the database until the community has reached a consensus on the data you wish to import. It's great that you want to get involved, and it's great that you're asking questions. Perhaps we could go for a coffee and I can help point you in the right direction for a bunch of OSM stuff. Best wishes Bob On 2012-12-03, at 8:44 PM, Danny Lane lane...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Folks I'm new to the OSM - using my Nexus 7 Android device I find that depending on the program you use, you get different results. All these programs are using the Open Street Map - some have no POI, City name, etc while others appear to be better. My observation are for Prince Edward Island, Canada. Free Android Apps NavFree - with OSM Canada 2012 Postcodes Canada -Is really poor, few city name's, no POI, missing lots of streets, etc OSMAnd - using OSM prince-edward-island northamerica OSM map - has alot of POI, street names, etc... So my assumption that OSM for PEI Canada was missing alot of data may not be correct - just that some companies maybe using only a subset of the available data. What is the best tool on Andriod or Windows to do some verification of the OSM maps for Prince Edward Island? The Province has alot of GIS data that could be imported into OSM - but they use a different format ie: NTX and I don't know how to convert NTX to OSM format? Danny ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] OSM PEI
Anybody doing OSM on Prince Edward Island, Canada? Danny___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] OSM PEI
I've done some off and on. And I know of a few people who make use and contribute now and again too. B On 2012-11-26, at 12:29 PM, Danny Lane lane...@gmail.com wrote: Anybody doing OSM on Prince Edward Island, Canada? Danny ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
