[Talk-GB] geomob podcast
Have you found the excellent geomob podcast yet? If not, it is worth checking it out. This week's episode showcases the cartographic career of Steve Chilton, and more importantly his work with and for the OpenStreetMap project over many years, including his thoughts on the good, and not so good, aspects of OSM. [And will he have got a mention in for his fell running books?!] Episode at: https://thegeomob.com/podcast/episode-6 Geomob is a series of regular events in European cities for location based service creators and enthusiasts.___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Vector OSM
I saw there was a discussion about vector tiles from OSM (…. at the SOTM 2018 BOF session with Richard Fairhurst?). I am giving a talk about OSM in June and wondered what the latest situation is. So, is there any moves to free server space and do the work to generate vector tiles directly. Likewise is any third-party delivering vector tiles from OSM data that I may have missed? Cheers Steve ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] More imagery
All, Following on from Rob's email the contact person for Getmapping is: Jake Lauder - jake.lau...@getmapping.com mailto:jake.lau...@getmapping.com Web:http://www.getmapping.com Address: Virginia Villas, High Street, Hartley Wintney, RG27 8NW If making contact I suggest you mention the discussion that he and Steve Chilton had recently at the GeoForum2019 meeting at Lancaster University. Also stating the obvious: The request should outline what OSM plan to do (tracing) and where the data will be used. Cheers Steve Chilton (Steev8) > On 06 March 2019 at 22:12 Rob Nickerson wrote: > > Sounds good. Although it is worth noting that OSM UK is us - i.e. the > OpenStreetMap community in the UK. Yes it does happen to be a registered > company which helps in some conversations (some companies like to speak with > other companies) but to get things moving fastest we welcome help from fellow > OSMers. If not then it will fall to the OSM UK board, of which there are 5 > people (I am one) with limited volunteer time. > > To get things started I have written to OSMF's advisory board to see if > any of the local groups or organisations that form part of that have > experience with getmapping imagery. If you can pass contact details from > getmapping then we can start enquiries. > > P.S. If anyone reading this wants to jump in and help, please let me know. > > With best regards, > Rob > > > On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 21:14, chilton steve < > steve.chil...@blueyonder.co.uk mailto:steve.chil...@blueyonder.co.uk > wrote: > > > > > > Rob, > > > > Thanks for the response. > > > > In fact I would prefer to hand over to OSMUK or some more formal > > part of the project, particularly if they have experience of such > > discussions/negotiations. > > > > I don't know what the level of content is. They market themselves > > as leading provider in UK so I don't think global. > > > > I will email OSMUK first before going to the company, just to see > > how the land lies (pun intended!). > > > > Cheers > > > > Steve > > > > > > > On 06 March 2019 at 19:54 Rob Nickerson < > > rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > > > >Would OSM benefit from another imagery source? Getmapping > > > have tentatively offered theirs. See: > > > https://itsahill.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/edina-geoforum-2019/ and get > > > back to me via any of the normal methods. > > > > > > > >Cheers > > > >Steve Chilton (@steev8) > > > > > > It's certainly worth exploring and I think this is something > > > that OSM UK company can assist with if they prefer to discuss with a > > > registered company rather than an individual (could still be you, just on > > > behalf of, and with the support of OSM UK if that helps with discussions). > > > > > > What are the next steps? I guess confirming it is unique > > > content is a good step - rather than a copy of Digital Globe imagery > > > already available to us for example. Do you want to start an email > > > discussion with them cc'ing bo...@osmuk.org mailto:bo...@osmuk.org in and > > > we can arrange a call / meeting with them if that helps. > > > > > > P.S. Are we speaking UK or global? > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > > ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] More imagery
Rob, Thanks for the response. In fact I would prefer to hand over to OSMUK or some more formal part of the project, particularly if they have experience of such discussions/negotiations. I don't know what the level of content is. They market themselves as leading provider in UK so I don't think global. I will email OSMUK first before going to the company, just to see how the land lies (pun intended!). Cheers Steve > On 06 March 2019 at 19:54 Rob Nickerson wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > >Would OSM benefit from another imagery source? Getmapping have > tentatively offered theirs. See: > https://itsahill.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/edina-geoforum-2019/ and get back > to me via any of the normal methods. > > > >Cheers > >Steve Chilton (@steev8) > > It's certainly worth exploring and I think this is something that OSM UK > company can assist with if they prefer to discuss with a registered company > rather than an individual (could still be you, just on behalf of, and with > the support of OSM UK if that helps with discussions). > > What are the next steps? I guess confirming it is unique content is a > good step - rather than a copy of Digital Globe imagery already available to > us for example. Do you want to start an email discussion with them cc'ing > bo...@osmuk.org mailto:bo...@osmuk.org in and we can arrange a call / meeting > with them if that helps. > > P.S. Are we speaking UK or global? > > Best regards, > Rob > ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] More imagery
Dan, Thanks for response. Don't know specifics at the moment. That is part of the discussion that needs to take place. Cheers Steve > On 06 March 2019 at 16:55 Dan Stowell wrote: > > Yes, I'm sure it would. Are there any specific nicenesses of these > aerials - eg hi red, recent, different time of day? > > I'm currently having discussions about mapping solar panels in the UK. > Both manually and semi automatically. (Don't worry, no weird imports!) > Although existing imagery might be fine for this, the more the merrier... > > Best > Dan > > Op woensdag 6 maart 2019 schreef chilton steve via Talk-GB < > talk-gb@openstreetmap.org mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org >: > > Would OSM benefit from another imagery source? Getmapping have > tentatively offered theirs. See: > https://itsahill.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/edina-geoforum-2019/ > > and get back to me via any of the normal methods. > > > > Cheers > > Steve Chilton (@steev8) > > -- > http://www.mcld.co.uk > ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] More imagery
Would OSM benefit from another imagery source? Getmapping have tentatively offered theirs. See: https://itsahill.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/edina-geoforum-2019/ and get back to me via any of the normal methods. Cheers Steve Chilton (@steev8)___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
