Re: [OSM-dev] [OSM-talk] Let's put more wikipedia-tags in OSM WAS Re: Some Questions about the Collaboration of OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia

2011-02-27 Thread Zhijie Shen
Hi Andrzej, What is the EPA hazards import? I'm not aware of it. Would you please give a brief introduction or link? I've written an automatic Wikipedia entry crawler, using name and coordinate to retrieve the appropriate entry (there often exists "coord" section in "infobox" or stand-alone in a

Re: [OSM-dev] [OSM-talk] Let's put more wikipedia-tags in OSM WAS Re: Some Questions about the Collaboration of OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia

2011-02-27 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 25 February 2011 17:20, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2011/2/25 Zhijie Shen : >> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:16 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer >> wrote: >>> display them as an overlay. We cannot (AFAIK) import those coordinates >>> into OSM because we believe that they were mainly created from >>> Googl

[OSM-dev] Introducing OSM2World: 3D models from OSM data

2011-02-27 Thread Tobias Knerr
Hello devs, my current project, OSM2World, generates 3D models from OSM data and exports them to formats usable by other applications. The program is written in Java and published under LGPL. It can be used as a stand-alone tool or built into other Java programs as a library. Learn more about it

Re: [OSM-dev] [OSM-talk] XAPI and using a home server

2011-02-27 Thread Graham Jones
Roland, I have compiled osm3s and imported the latest planet file. I think this was successful - no errors anyway and took about 24 hours as you suggested and ended with > 1298749171 w 1298757489 max_role_id on load 0 > Id: 229678 . 1298757506 max_role_id 2928 > max_written_role_id 0 > R 1298757

Re: [OSM-dev] Mediawiki extension to check relations

2011-02-27 Thread Andrew
Frederik Ramm remote.org> writes: > Probably you cannot rely on a an unquie set of extact features but some > sort of fuzzy match together with perhaps a location hint seems to be > the best option for external links into OSM - not only relations, also > ways or points ("a restaurant or simila

Re: [OSM-dev] Mediawiki extension to check relations

2011-02-27 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Andrew wrote: A variation of the approach would be to search the database for a unique set of tags that identify the relation. Probably you cannot rely on a an unquie set of extact features but some sort of fuzzy match together with perhaps a location hint seems to be the best option fo

Re: [OSM-dev] Mediawiki extension to check relations

2011-02-27 Thread Andrew
Frederik Ramm remote.org> writes: > Yes. They shouldn't have them. Nobody should link to a relation by > number from the outside and it is a very bad example we're setting in > the Wiki. This makes people believe that relation IDs are constant which > they aren't. > A variation of the approa

Re: [OSM-dev] Mediawiki extension to check relations

2011-02-27 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Andrew wrote: Many project pages in the OSM wiki have lists of route or boundary relations. Yes. They shouldn't have them. Nobody should link to a relation by number from the outside and it is a very bad example we're setting in the Wiki. This makes people believe that relation IDs are c

[OSM-dev] Mediawiki extension to check relations

2011-02-27 Thread Andrew
Many project pages in the OSM wiki have lists of route or boundary relations. I am wondering whether a Mediawiki extension to detect corruption of the relations would be useful. Boundary relations are easy to check because a well-formed boundary consists of one or more complete rings. Routes are l