Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-09 Thread maning sambale
At zoom level 4, placenames for major cities appear, but no country names at any level. Perhaps, there should be one for levels 4-6. I do remember that we added a node tagged as country and name Philippines. Do I need to add an is_in tag for every island (7100 + high tide or low tide)? maning O

Re: [OSM-talk] Application for GSoC

2008-04-09 Thread Arindam Ghosh
Hi, As discussed in [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Talk:GSoC_Applications_2008]: I18n of OSM pages and map tiles * How many times should a tile be rendered: one per language defined in the system, or one per language defined in the zone? How to define zone

Re: [OSM-talk] Join OpenStreetMap group on LinkedIn

2008-04-09 Thread Rob
Today joined the 100rd member on the Openstreetmap Linkedin group nice achievement guys 2008/3/2, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > i have created a OpenStreetMap group on the LinkedIn network > if you want to join and give openstreetmap more exposure follow the link > below > > http://www.linkedin.com/

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting

2008-04-09 Thread Robin Paulson
On 09/04/2008, Andy Robinson (blackadder) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't expressed my view too much on this aspect of late. I think most > know that I'm an advocate of the "let it evolve" approach. me too. it should evolve - but settling on agreed ways of doing things does not prevent evo

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting

2008-04-09 Thread Paul Hurley
Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: >Frederik Ramm wrote: > > >> >> >>I've been critcised for not suggesting an alternative. So here's my >>suggestion: >> >>* Continue your discussion and voting as before >> >>* Give yourselves a name ("OSM Tagging Task Force" or whatever) and >>create a mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-09 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Lester Caine wrote: > I repeat - WHERE are you getting that information by zooming out. > Nothing says that this group of islands is the Philippines They're just right and down a bit from Hong Kong, which is where the Philippines are generally to be found. The easy way to distinguish them f

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-09 Thread Lester Caine
Chris Hill wrote: > Lester Caine wrote: >> Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: >> >>> >>> The map looks nice. But once again it took some detective work to establish WHERE in the world we were looking :( >>> By "detective work" you mean, like, zooming out? :-P >>> >> >>

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-09 Thread Lester Caine
Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: > >> The map looks nice. But once again it took some detective work to >> establish WHERE in the world we were looking :( > > By "detective work" you mean, like, zooming out? :-P No - where do you get the information on which Naga city we are looking at by zooming ou

[OSM-talk] Can't find what you're looking for?

2008-04-09 Thread paul youlten
Maybe I am being slow but I just spotted this on Google maps: * Add a place to the map (new) You can see it at the bottom of the links on the left hand side. then: * Provide location and details using the info window on the map. * Once you save your place, the whole world can find your additio

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-09 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
> The map looks nice. But once again it took some detective work to > establish WHERE in the world we were looking :( By "detective work" you mean, like, zooming out? :-P -- Iván Sánchez Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Un ordenador no es un televisor ni un microondas, es una herramienta compleja.

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-09 Thread Lester Caine
maning sambale wrote: > Beautiful! > http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=13.62397052773088&lon=123.18169016162223&zoom=17&layers=B000F000F > >> > > http://gis.naga.gov.ph/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Data > > Thanks to IvanSanchez and the NAGA City GIS team! > > More work cleaning up some missing

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-09 Thread Patrick Weber
Also, this is quite a powerful comparison: http://geo.topf.org/comparison/index.html?mt0=googlemap&mt1=mapnik&lon=123.1866717&lat=13.6237576&z=15 way to go Google ! maning sambale wrote: Beautiful! http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=13.62397052773088&lon=123.18169016162223&zoom=17&layers=B

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting

2008-04-09 Thread Dave Stubbs
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Robin Paulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/4/9 Dave Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > maybe someone should tell the government? apparently we're all wasting > > > > our time voting for them, and 'rough consensus' should be used to > > > > decide who's in

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-09 Thread Norbert Hoffmann
maning sambale wrote: >More work cleaning up some missing ways due to GML linestring errors. >Still, BEAUTIFUL! Looks really nice. But there seems to be something in the data, that prevents rendering since the 4th. There must have been hundreds of tries until now. >From http://tah.openstreetmap

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik: amenity=bus_station

2008-04-09 Thread Lester Caine
Nick wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Steve Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This is a difficult problem - I can't think of any way to tell (from >> existing data) whether a road is safe to cross without an explicit >> pedestrian crossing. You can't just go on whether it is primary,

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-09 Thread maning sambale
I was expecting it to first appear in osmarender but this the first time saw it first in Mapnik. Did I just said first 3 times? maning On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Steve Chilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice detail. > Already rendering in mapnik, due to super-fast turnaround of planet du

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik: amenity=bus_station

2008-04-09 Thread Nick
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This is a difficult problem - I can't think of any way to tell (from >existing data) whether a road is safe to cross without an explicit >pedestrian crossing. You can't just go on whether it is primary, >secondary, etc - th

Re: [OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-09 Thread Steve Chilton
Nice detail. Already rendering in mapnik, due to super-fast turnaround of planet dump this week. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=13.62464&lon=123.18707&zoom=16&layers=B0FT Cheers STEVE Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow Learning and Technical Support Unit Manager School of Health and Soci

[OSM-talk] Naga City in OSM Re: GML to OSM

2008-04-09 Thread maning sambale
Beautiful! http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=13.62397052773088&lon=123.18169016162223&zoom=17&layers=B000F000F > > > http://gis.naga.gov.ph/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Data Thanks to IvanSanchez and the NAGA City GIS team! More work cleaning up some missing ways due to GML linestring errors. St

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-dev] [OSM-talk] GSoC applications are in! MENTORS wanted

2008-04-09 Thread SteveC
On 8 Apr 2008, at 17:23, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > >> What? Geonames allows you to move and edit data which is overlaid >> onto a Google Map. Go to http://www.geonames.org/maps/cities.html >> and >> click on a city. > > You're right, there's a "move" link there which I had overlooked. > Non

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-GB] Birmingham mapping party - Radio Interview today

2008-04-09 Thread SteveC
On 9 Apr 2008, at 13:23, John McKerrell wrote: > Just listened, great interview (apart from the strange tunnel > discussion at the beginning ;-) Does make me think I should get > another Liverpool party arranged and perhaps get on the radio to > publicise it. yes! > > > Thanks for the multimap m

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting

2008-04-09 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Frederik Ramm wrote: >Sent: 08 April 2008 2:31 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: OSM-Talk >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Voting > >Sven, > >> I can't remember that ULFL ever claimed that. > >Ok. There we go again. Nobody has claimed anything, but the fact of the >matter is that a number of people seem to th

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-GB] Birmingham mapping party - Radio Interview today

2008-04-09 Thread John McKerrell
Just listened, great interview (apart from the strange tunnel discussion at the beginning ;-) Does make me think I should get another Liverpool party arranged and perhaps get on the radio to publicise it. Thanks for the multimap mention too :-) On 9 Apr 2008, at 06:25, Nick Black wrote: >

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting

2008-04-09 Thread SteveC
On 9 Apr 2008, at 12:37, Robin Paulson wrote: > 2008/4/9 Dave Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: maybe someone should tell the government? apparently we're all wasting our time voting for them, and 'rough consensus' should be used to decide who's in power. >> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting

2008-04-09 Thread Robin Paulson
2008/4/9 Dave Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > maybe someone should tell the government? apparently we're all wasting > > > our time voting for them, and 'rough consensus' should be used to > > > decide who's in power. > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Bruce Cowan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [OSM-talk] "A List Apart" does "Why Mashups Suck"

2008-04-09 Thread Steve Chilton
Picked up and commented/expanded on by Dan Catt: http://geobloggers.com/archives/2008/04/08/paul-smiths-thoughts-about-ma ps/ and a semi-thumbs-up for OSM from the Earth is Square on data comparison between online mapping sites: http://earthissquare.com/2008/04/08/missing-data-on-maps/ Cheers STE

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting

2008-04-09 Thread Dave Stubbs
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Bruce Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 14:57 +0300, SteveC wrote: > > Like, er, electing President Bush, or Prime Minister Gordon Brown (no > > election) ? > > I'm a pedant, but you never vote for a Prime Minister. You vote for your > loc

Re: [OSM-talk] Voting

2008-04-09 Thread Stephen Gower
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 12:31:02AM +0100, Bruce Cowan wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 14:57 +0300, SteveC wrote: > > Like, er, electing President Bush, or Prime Minister Gordon Brown (no > > election) ? > > I'm a pedant [...] Oh, if we're being pedantic, I'd like to point out that the British

Re: [OSM-talk] Recent (last few weeks) [EMAIL PROTECTED] render changes

2008-04-09 Thread 80n
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Norbert Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 80n wrote: > > >I've made the following changes: > >1) State borders are thicker > >2) Secondary roads are narrower and the colour saturation has been > reduced > >3) Railway lines are a little blacker. > > > >What do yo

[OSM-talk] "A List Apart" does "Why Mashups Suck"

2008-04-09 Thread Stephen Gower
"A List Apart" does "Why Mashups Suck" and briefly mentions OSM: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/takecontrolofyourmaps s ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik: amenity=bus_station

2008-04-09 Thread Steve Hill
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Steve Hill wrote: > I think this is the one I was thinking of: http://www.transportdirect.info No, sorry, it was probably http://www.traveline.org.uk/ - Steve xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nexusuk.org/ Servatis a periculum, servatis

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik: amenity=bus_station

2008-04-09 Thread Steve Hill
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Lester Caine wrote: > And the problem of pedestrian routing showing things like safe > crossing points adds another level of complexity. This is a difficult problem - I can't think of any way to tell (from existing data) whether a road is safe to cross without an explicit pe

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik: amenity=bus_station

2008-04-09 Thread Steve Hill
On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Cartinus wrote: > Up till now I used the "node in the road" method. But lately I have been > thinking about how routing applications would use osm data. I doubt bus > companies will be using osm to route their busses. But when routing for > pedestrians, you will want to be able

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik: amenity=bus_station

2008-04-09 Thread Steve Hill
On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Niclas Andersson wrote: > I've always used a node in the way to represent a bus stop. This works > fine when there's a stop on each side of the road. Otherwise I've made > use of the bus_direction=(N|S|E|W) tag (from > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Buses ) on the node

Re: [OSM-talk] Recent (last few weeks) [EMAIL PROTECTED] render changes

2008-04-09 Thread Norbert Hoffmann
80n wrote: >I've made the following changes: >1) State borders are thicker >2) Secondary roads are narrower and the colour saturation has been reduced >3) Railway lines are a little blacker. > >What do you think? It looks much better. Have you done the changes only for the test or are they going

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik: amenity=bus_station

2008-04-09 Thread Jo
Lester Caine schreef: > graham wrote: > >> Steve Hill wrote: >> >>> How are people tagging bus stops? I have been setting tagging nodes that >>> are members of the way, which means they are part of the road they are on. >>> Is this the right way to do it? It seems right since it unambig