[Talk-GB] Trying to upload postbox
Folks, I've recently tried to add a postbox to the OSM. I opened the GPX in JOSM and edited the relivant details. I then uploaded. The next day, I opened JOSM and downloaded the map section (at the suggestion of someone from the IRC channel) and I can see the postbox amungst the data pulled down. However, it has never appeared on the OSM. Am I doing something totally daft? The postbox is at 51.419319939 -0.167227853, on Devonshire Road and is tagged ref=SW19 77. Mike. signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Trying to upload postbox
-Original Message- From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: 21 January 2009 20:43 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Trying to upload postbox Folks, I've recently tried to add a postbox to the OSM. I opened the GPX in JOSM and edited the relivant details. I then uploaded. The next day, I opened JOSM and downloaded the map section (at the suggestion of someone from the IRC channel) and I can see the postbox amungst the data pulled down. However, it has never appeared on the OSM. Am I doing something totally daft? The postbox is at 51.419319939 -0.167227853, on Devonshire Road and is tagged ref=SW19 77. Mike. You're doing nothing wrong. It's there on the map: http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=51.419363364544196lon=-0.1673871 1848297zoom=17layers=0B000F000F I can think of two reasons that you couldn't see it: (1) I see that you entered the data last Friday (the 16th). You looked at the Mapnik rendering of the map (the default on www.openstreetmap.org), which is gets updated on a weekly basis some time starting each Wednesday. [It's on the Mapnik rendering now, though.] (2) You didn't zoom in far enough. Features like postboxes are only shown on zoom levels 17 and 18 for Mapnik and just level 17 (there isn't an 18) for Osmarender. Otherwise the maps would simply be too cluttered. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Efficient processing of map data for rendering (BOINC).
This is basically what ti...@home tries to do. It is much better to use more frequent updates with mapnik, which requires a lot of bandwidth and processing power. Shaun On 21 Jan 2009, at 22:38, Chris Andrew wrote: Hi, everybody. I notice that people often mention the delay in map edits being applied and made _live_. With the OSM community growing by the day, this problem can only get bigger. Does anyone know whether anyone has consider using a distributed client [1] such as BOINC [2] to do the _number crunching_? For those not familiar, it means that anyone's computer can use spare processing power to do calculations, without disturbing the normal work of the computer. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_computing [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boinc Just an idea. Cheers, Chris. -- Reasons why you may want to try GNU/Linux: http://www.getgnulinux.org/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Efficient processing of map data for rendering (BOINC).
2009/1/21 Chris Andrew cjhand...@gmail.com: With the OSM community growing by the day, this problem can only get bigger. Does anyone know whether anyone has consider using a distributed client [1] such as BOINC [2] to do the _number crunching_? The osmarender layers are done with a similar idea: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tiles%40home Not quite a neat little client like BOINC, distributed.net etc. but it works, and turns around within hours. Doing the same thing for the Mapnik layer would be a whole 'nother project! cheers, LT ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Efficient processing of map data for rendering (BOINC).
I just looked at the Tiles installation instructions, and it looks like a nightmare. It also seems strange that people struggle to install, when open source easy to install products exist. I looked at the install for Debian and Ubuntu, and having used GNU/Linux for 10 years, was surprised at how off-putting it is. I've got no idea of the history of Tiles, but are we trying to prove something by making it difficult to use (by the documentation's own admission)? This isn't meant to start flaming, it's just an OSM newbie's slant on things. BTW, loving the whole project and am aiming to slowly map the whole planet, then maybe beyond ;-) Cheers, Chris. 2009/1/21 LeedsTracker leedstrac...@gmail.com: 2009/1/21 Chris Andrew cjhand...@gmail.com: With the OSM community growing by the day, this problem can only get bigger. Does anyone know whether anyone has consider using a distributed client [1] such as BOINC [2] to do the _number crunching_? The osmarender layers are done with a similar idea: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tiles%40home Not quite a neat little client like BOINC, distributed.net etc. but it works, and turns around within hours. Doing the same thing for the Mapnik layer would be a whole 'nother project! cheers, LT -- Reasons why you may want to try GNU/Linux: http://www.getgnulinux.org/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
