Re: [Talk-us] National Park Mapping Party?
All, I would be really interested in organizing a National Parks Mapping Party event. It would be great to have them going on throughout the US during the summer months. Does anyone have contacts with NPS staff? It would be ideal to get on their programs,. Maybe have group hikes that are mapping? I live in the Bay Area, and would volunteer to organize a Yosemite Trip for last August/early September. OSM at Yosemite could use some work (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.85&lon=-119.568&zoom=10&layers=B000FTF ) I have never been out there, so send advice if you are interested and want to help me in planning. If Yosemite is a bit too far for bay area folks, we could start with a focus on Point Reyes (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.997&lon=-122.705&zoom=11&layers=B000FTF ). Cheers, Sarah On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Jeffrey Ollie wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Ian Dees wrote: >> >> If there is significant interest in it, I can quite easily adapt my >> shp-to-osm to read .e00 files. I believe the GIS file reader >> library I'm >> using has a plugin for .e00 files. > > That'd be awesome if you would. The NPS has a lot of data available > in .e00 format. I'd like to at least get the park boundaries > imported. > > -- > Jeff Ollie > > ___ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us Sarah Manley Community Ambassdor sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 415-254-3050 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] National Park Mapping Party?
> > do you have a link for a USGS WMS server for JOSM? Is there a topo layer > available in WGS84? > Do I ever. http://terraservice.net/ogcmap.ashx?version=1.1.1&request=GetMap&Layers=drg&Styles=&SRS=EPSG:4326&format=image/jpeg&; from http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Beej71#Terraserver_Aerial_Photos_with_the_JOSM_WMS_Plugin see also: http://columbo.nrlssc.navy.mil/ogcwms/servlet/WMSServlet for many, many, many, more WMS data sources (remember be sure to check the licensing on data) ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] National Park Mapping Party?
> > Do I ever. > > > http://terraservice.net/ogcmap.ashx?version=1.1.1&request=GetMap&Layers=drg&Styles=&SRS=EPSG:4326&format=image/jpeg&; > this one isn't in wgs84 for drg layer. viewing is ok but can't be used in josm areal photo layer is working in wgs84 > > from > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Beej71#Terraserver_Aerial_Photos_with_the_JOSM_WMS_Plugin > > see also: http://columbo.nrlssc.navy.mil/ogcwms/servlet/WMSServlet for > many, many, many, more WMS data sources (remember be sure to check the > licensing on data) > > huge list will try to find some useful and license free one. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] National Park Mapping Party?
Just a caution. I was just checking this out and noticed that the highest zoom level was shifted for the spot I checked. The second highest matched yahoo aerials, and existing OSM data pretty well. So always verify your reference data. Dale On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Tyler wrote: >> do you have a link for a USGS WMS server for JOSM? Is there a topo layer >> available in WGS84? > > Do I ever. > http://terraservice.net/ogcmap.ashx?version=1.1.1&request=GetMap&Layers=drg&Styles=&SRS=EPSG:4326&format=image/jpeg&; > from http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Beej71#Terraserver_Aerial_Photos_with_the_JOSM_WMS_Plugin > see also: http://columbo.nrlssc.navy.mil/ogcwms/servlet/WMSServlet for many, > many, many, more WMS data sources (remember be sure to check the licensing > on data) > > ___ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > -- Dale Puch ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] National Park Mapping Party?
Apollinaris wrote: > this one isn't in wgs84 for drg layer. viewing is ok but can't be used in > josm areal photo layer is working in wgs84 All of the http://terraservice.net/ WMS data can be automatically re-projected into WGS84 (the SRS=EPSG:4326) whether or not it's all wonky from there is a different story, and when it is off I believe it is due to the underlying data. Dale wrote: > So always verify your reference data. Definitely, I think at the highest zoom the resolution of the image exceeds that of the data. I don't really like the USGS topo maps since in this area all of the data is no longer good (if it ever was) ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] US Interstate ways alignment
Some of the TIGER ways and nodes for Interstates in my area are way out of alignment. They are all over the map if you'll forgive the pun. I have several GPS tracks for most of the Interstate lanes. My question is what should I align the ways to? The center, inner or outside lanes? Is there some consensus for it which I have't found yet? -- Stephen Johnson ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] US Interstate ways alignment
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Stephen Johnson wrote: > Some of the TIGER ways and nodes for Interstates in my area are way out of > alignment. They are all over the map if you'll forgive the pun. I have > several GPS tracks for most of the Interstate lanes. > > My question is what should I align the ways to? The center, inner or outside > lanes? Is there some consensus for it which I have't found yet? When I'm working with Yahoo imagery, I try to align to the center of the road which is as close as I can get really. Cheers, Adam ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] US Interstate ways alignment
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Stephen Johnson wrote: > Some of the TIGER ways and nodes for Interstates in my area are way out of > alignment. They are all over the map if you'll forgive the pun. I have > several GPS tracks for most of the Interstate lanes. > > My question is what should I align the ways to? The center, inner or outside > lanes? Is there some consensus for it which I have't found yet? Ideally, the center of the carriageway (the middle of the paved area). In practice, on a 2-lane Interstate the right lane is essentially in the middle once you factor in the shoulder, while on 3+ lane highways it will be around the middle lane (where modern standards call for equal shoulders on both sides of the carriageway). Chris ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] US Interstate ways alignment
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 15:23 -0500, Stephen Johnson wrote: > Some of the TIGER ways and nodes for Interstates in my area are way > out of alignment. They are all over the map if you'll forgive the pun. > I have several GPS tracks for most of the Interstate lanes. > > My question is what should I align the ways to? The center, inner or > outside lanes? Is there some consensus for it which I have't found > yet? I'll echo Adam and Chris and say "align to the center of the driving width". Given one GPS track, it's easy to know where to put the line. Given more than one, plus aerial imagery, you might never be sure. ;-) Use your judgement. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] National Park Mapping Party?
nobody is perfect. terraserver has some major scanning errors in Yosemite and in other places too. so far havn't found any on yahoo images but others reported them On 17 Jun 2009, at 12:36 , Dale Puch wrote: > Just a caution. > I was just checking this out and noticed that the highest zoom level > was shifted for the spot I checked. The second highest matched yahoo > aerials, and existing OSM data pretty well. > > So always verify your reference data. > > Dale > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Tyler wrote: >>> do you have a link for a USGS WMS server for JOSM? Is there a topo >>> layer >>> available in WGS84? >> >> Do I ever. >> http://terraservice.net/ogcmap.ashx?version=1.1.1&request=GetMap&Layers=drg&Styles=&SRS=EPSG:4326&format=image/jpeg&; >> from >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Beej71#Terraserver_Aerial_Photos_with_the_JOSM_WMS_Plugin >> see also: http://columbo.nrlssc.navy.mil/ogcwms/servlet/WMSServlet >> for many, >> many, many, more WMS data sources (remember be sure to check the >> licensing >> on data) >> >> ___ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> >> > > > > -- > Dale Puch > > ___ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] [Geowanking] Public source for National and State Park and Forest boundaries?
I apologize for the cross-posting but there are relevant conversations now on both OSM-talk and geowanking regarding this data. I just took a quick look at a dozen or so different parks comparing the federal lands data I linked earlier with the data Andrew Turner just posted. Unsuprisingly the NPS data is of higher resolution at each of the sites I checked out, and in a couple of cases the federal lands data has huge inaccuracies (though it mostly looks like problems with borders between federal lands). The federal lands data also lacks a projection (appears to be NAD 1983). If you use the federal lands data, I also suggest you toss the NPS boundary data on there and use that where appropriate. -Tyler Ritchie On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Andrew Turner wrote: > Here is a full catalog of NPS GIS data: > > http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata/index.cfm > > particularly: http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata/datastore.cfm?ID=47653 > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Andrew > Johnson wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Is there a public data source that contains boundary files for all the > U.S. > > National Parks and Forests? Perhaps also state parks? > > > > Thanks, > > Andrew > ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
