Re: [talk-ph] request for flickr map to use OSM in Manila and Davao
Excellent. The guy who put together the code that flips from Yahoo map tiles to OSM ones for certain parts of the world gave a talk at SOTM 2009. They host the tiles themselves and do not update them often. Since Flickr is partly or wholly owned by Yahoo, he admitted that they were not exactly in a hurry to convert to OSM, so it will be nice if they use Manila. We do have a great map now. He said that they first did it to get out of an embarassment in time for the Beijing Olympics. Their map of Beijing had two roads and the name Beijing, and that was about it. They have now extended to 16 cities as I recall, including Sydney. Mike At 04:38 AM 29/07/2009, maning sambale wrote: >Hi, > >I use flickr.com all the time (maybe I should get a pro account). >They have this cool feature to geocode pix within yahoomaps. But the >yahoo! streetmap is not very good here. > >So I sent a message to flickr's senior engineer (summary below, orig >message was more polite): > >"Yahoo! streetmap not good in the Philipines, OSM wy better! >Please use OSM data" > >They said they will look into next week. Hope they do it since they >are doing it in other cities anyway. >-- >cheers, >maning ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
Re: [talk-ph] request for flickr map to use OSM in Manila and Davao
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: > Hmmm... aren't you using the satellite imagery to geocode? Doh! Oo nga no! Anyway, just got a message from flickr devs that they are downloading the tiles and will be available by next week pending the "usual craziness". I suggested Manila including adjacent provinces and Davao, if you want other areas covered. Just let me know, maybe we can request more. > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:38 AM, maning sambale > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I use flickr.com all the time (maybe I should get a pro account). >> They have this cool feature to geocode pix within yahoomaps. But the >> yahoo! streetmap is not very good here. >> >> So I sent a message to flickr's senior engineer (summary below, orig >> message was more polite): >> >> "Yahoo! streetmap not good in the Philipines, OSM wy better! >> Please use OSM data" >> >> They said they will look into next week. Hope they do it since they >> are doing it in other cities anyway. >> -- >> cheers, >> maning >> -- >> "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden >> wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ >> blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ >> -- >> >> ___ >> talk-ph mailing list >> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > > > -- > http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com > -- cheers, maning -- "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
Re: [talk-ph] request for flickr map to use OSM in Manila and Davao
Hmmm... aren't you using the satellite imagery to geocode? On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:38 AM, maning sambale wrote: > Hi, > > I use flickr.com all the time (maybe I should get a pro account). > They have this cool feature to geocode pix within yahoomaps. But the > yahoo! streetmap is not very good here. > > So I sent a message to flickr's senior engineer (summary below, orig > message was more polite): > > "Yahoo! streetmap not good in the Philipines, OSM wy better! > Please use OSM data" > > They said they will look into next week. Hope they do it since they > are doing it in other cities anyway. > -- > cheers, > maning > -- > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > -- > > ___ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > -- http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
Re: [talk-ph] request for flickr map to use OSM in Manila and Davao
nice! can't wait :) On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:38 AM, maning sambale wrote: > Hi, > > I use flickr.com all the time (maybe I should get a pro account). > They have this cool feature to geocode pix within yahoomaps. But the > yahoo! streetmap is not very good here. > > So I sent a message to flickr's senior engineer (summary below, orig > message was more polite): > > "Yahoo! streetmap not good in the Philipines, OSM wy better! > Please use OSM data" > > They said they will look into next week. Hope they do it since they > are doing it in other cities anyway. > -- > cheers, > maning > -- > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > -- > > ___ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
[talk-ph] request for flickr map to use OSM in Manila and Davao
Hi, I use flickr.com all the time (maybe I should get a pro account). They have this cool feature to geocode pix within yahoomaps. But the yahoo! streetmap is not very good here. So I sent a message to flickr's senior engineer (summary below, orig message was more polite): "Yahoo! streetmap not good in the Philipines, OSM wy better! Please use OSM data" They said they will look into next week. Hope they do it since they are doing it in other cities anyway. -- cheers, maning -- "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
