Re: [OSM-talk] Filtering out errors from GPX file

2009-03-11 Thread Nic Roets
I have a similar problem with a GPS where the CPU sometimes takes too long to get out of idle / sleep mode when the data is arriving. So I implemented an algorithm that looks for the largest subset of points that does not contain any jumps or faults. So for example if samples 2, 7, 8 and 9 are tim

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Tim 'avatar' Bartel
Hi, 2009/3/11 Frederik Ramm : >    as an OSM community member, I'm taking offence at the following article: > http://techpulse360.com/2009/03/10/startup-cloudmade-wants-to-be-the-wikipedia-of-maps/ > > The article says that Cloudmade "relies on its OpenStreetMap project", and: [factual errors, con

Re: [OSM-talk] Activity Level in My Area?

2009-03-11 Thread Gregory Williams
Daniel, One easy solution would be to sign up for a free OSM Mapper account from ITO World: http://www.itoworld.com/static/osmmapper This'll allow you to view changes and additions to the data on a map for an area that you choose from which you'll be able to judge the level of activity. Cheers,

Re: [OSM-talk] Who contributed most?

2009-03-11 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Lars Aronsson wrote: >Sent: 10 March 2009 9:21 PM >To: talk@openstreetmap.org >Subject: [OSM-talk] Who contributed most? > > >In the discussion about the license change, somebody mentioned the >idea that we might have to delete contributions by users who >refuse to agree to the license change or by

Re: [OSM-talk] Who contributed most?

2009-03-11 Thread maning sambale
In the philippines: >as of 20090211 >Total number of contributors: 150 >total nodes belonging to the top 30 contributors: 580227 (99%) >total ways belonging to the top 30 contributors: 55307 (99%) No analysis on the way/node history -- cheers, maning -

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Stephen Hope
And you can't always blame the journalists, either. Once they send their copy in, the editors can have a go at it as well. I've seen perfectly good and factual articles become very inaccurate as the editors try and make it fit in half the space with bit of cut and paste. You'd think these days the

Re: [OSM-talk] Filtering out errors from GPX file

2009-03-11 Thread Renaud MICHEL
Le mercredi 11 mars 2009 à 05:16, Simon Wood a écrit : > $ head -n 1 temp.unicsv > new.unicsv > $ head -n -1 temp.unicsv | awk -F ',' '{if ($5<20) print $0;}' >> > new.unicsv You can do that with awk only: $ awk 'NR==1||$5<20{print $0}' temp.unicsv > new.unicsv Useful information anyway, thanks.

Re: [OSM-talk] Activity Level in My Area?

2009-03-11 Thread Gary G:
If you are interested in more details you can use the tool osmdiff here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmdiff I might be able to set up a regular report for a reasonable sized area for you. gary68 gerhard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Stephen Hope wrote: > And you can't always blame the journalists, either. Once they > send their copy in, the editors can have a go at it as well. If I may speak up for editors, a lot of journalists could avoid this unfortunate necessity by Actually Learning To Write. cheers Richard (Incidenta

Re: [OSM-talk] Map tag in Wikipedia

2009-03-11 Thread Lars Aronsson
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > > Now that is a special requirement!  Could you generate static HTML > > that uses and to line up some static PNG tiles in a > > static HTML page?  Would this also solve the problem for browsers > > without JavaScript? > > Right now you can get a static dump + i

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Lars Aronsson
Frederik Ramm wrote: > I, too, am an active member of the OSM community and entitled to > voice my opinion in this capacity. Since when is OSM a platform for voicing opinions? Is it suddenly a democracy? We're here to make maps. You have to explain how your rants help the project. The impr

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Nick Black
This is coming from me as a long-term OSM contributer and CloudMade founder. First, its great that the overall tone of this thread is positive. It sounds like lots of people have experienced journalists misinterpreting things. In fact, the problem isn't journalists - I explain OSM, and particular

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Lars Aronsson wrote: > You have to explain how your rants help the project. > The impression I get is that you cause division rather than unity. On a point of order, getting all "meta" on a flamewar like this is the most surefire way to prolong it. cheers Richard -- View this message in context

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Matt Amos
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Lars Aronsson wrote: > You have to explain how your rants help the project.  The impression > I get is that you cause division rather than unity.  Is that your goal? > > That seems destructive and irrational.  If you want the public to > understand the difference

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Ben Laenen
On Wednesday 11 March 2009, Frederik Ramm wrote: > It has been pointed out that Steve, apart from being a CM manager, is > also the founder of the project and thus has to juggle various roles. > Please then accept that besides running Geofabrik, I, too, am an > active member of the OSM community an

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Peter Miller
On 11 Mar 2009, at 12:07, Nick Black wrote: What I'd ask is that the OSM community, particularly community leaders, look beyond slip-ups like the quotes in this article, and look at the enormous benefits that the involvement of organizations like CloudMade, GeoFabrik, ITO, AND and many

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Peter Miller
On 11 Mar 2009, at 12:26, Ben Laenen wrote: > On Wednesday 11 March 2009, Frederik Ramm wrote: >> It has been pointed out that Steve, apart from being a CM manager, is >> also the founder of the project and thus has to juggle various roles. >> Please then accept that besides running Geofabrik, I,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Reverse-Engineering Maps and Share-Alike Licences

2009-03-11 Thread Gervase Markham
On 09/03/09 15:29, Rob Myers wrote: > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Gervase Markham wrote: >> On 08/03/09 21:02, Frederik Ramm wrote: >>> Sure; but how likely is it that we'll still be at ODbL v1.0 at that >>> time? Since our license can be upgraded to "a later version", so can the >>> list of

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio
According to the style rules of the Italian press, interviewers have a certain margin to summarize in a striking short sentence the words of the person who is interviewed, and put that sentence in the headline between double quotes. So if Steve Coast is one day interviewed by an Italian journali

[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - man_made=radio_navigation

2009-03-11 Thread Jérôme BLUM
Hi, I made a proposal for tagging radionavigation systems, like VOR (VHF omnidirectional range), DME (Distance measuring equipment), TACAN (Tactical Air Navigation), NDB (Non-directional beacons), ILS (Instrument landing systems), Marker beacons, etc. These systems are often installed in airports

Re: [OSM-talk] Cloudmade: "We are the Wikipedia of maps"

2009-03-11 Thread Nop
Hi! Peter Miller schrieb: > There have been reasons for concern, many of which have been raised in > the past on this list and on legal-talk in the past and we don't need > to raise them again. I really hope that we will all be able to learn > from them and avoid the understandable wariness

[OSM-talk] SOTM: Latest Working Group Meeting

2009-03-11 Thread Nick Black
Hello, Full minutes of the latest SOTM working group meeting are available here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhdfbm9s_4dq7jchhn Summary: * Registration is open, so tell everyone: http://www.stateofthemap.org/register-now/ * Early bird registration closes on the 29th March - so get moving * Ther

Re: [OSM-talk] mapnik does not display symbols

2009-03-11 Thread Jon Burgess
On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 16:25 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Tuesday 10 March 2009 14:20:41 you wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 06:26 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > > On Tuesday 10 March 2009 00:19:03 you wrote: > > > > The most likely problem is that you have not used an up to date copy

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Reverse-Engineering Maps and Share-Alike Licences

2009-03-11 Thread Russ Nelson
On Mar 7, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Gervase Markham wrote: > 4) A Produced Work is not a Derivative Database, and so does not fall > under the ODbL. The ODbL is designed to allow you to license Produced > Works however you choose. It's not a derivative database until you start to make it such, in which

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM: Latest Working Group Meeting

2009-03-11 Thread Igor Shubovych
Seems, Register button doesn't work. Regards, Igor 2009/3/11 Nick Black > Hello, > Full minutes of the latest SOTM working group meeting are available here: > http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhdfbm9s_4dq7jchhn > > Summary: > > * Registration is open, so tell everyone: > http://www.stateofthemap.o

[OSM-talk] Tagging "liquid_storage_tank"

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi all, im trying to tag the map feature of 'liquid storage tank' these could be propane storage, natural gas or other liquids (but not water) these are cylindrical and horizontal only. Is there a tag for this? Thanks, Sam ___ talk mailing list talk@ope

Re: [OSM-talk] Who contributed most?

2009-03-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 14:54:25 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: > Also, Germany has more contributors than anywhere else and I don't know if > the 90%/10% rule applies well there or not. and just to add to the confusion, a person in Germany heads the list of contributors in India ;-)