Re: [OSM-talk] When will bots be removed from history?

On 6 April 2010 12:51, Valent Turkovic wrote: > I can only try to speak with bot programmers and ask > if it is possible not to span so vast areas. This is the ideal solution. I actually want an option to see bot edits in the history. But only when the edited objects are in the area I'm looking

Re: [OSM-talk] bz2-format of the planet-latest file

On 7 April 2010 00:17, Shaun McDonald wrote: > The planet is compressed with a multi-threaded bz2 to make the generation > faster. You can find the tool at http://compression.ca/pbzip2/ Cheers ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Wave si great for organizing OSM mapping parties

On 6 April 2010 12:47, Valent Turkovic wrote: > You are absolutely right. Thank you for your insight. > In fact it seams that almost everybody has google account but everybody > has facebook accounts. I searched my friends... As I was reading this I thought you were going to do a comparison of

Re: [OSM-talk] bz2-format of the planet-latest file

The planet is compressed with a multi-threaded bz2 to make the generation faster. Shaun On 6 Apr 2010, at 23:09, Werner Hoch wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm currently playing on a random access tool for compressed osm files. > > While my tool works fine for all files from > http://download.geo

[OSM-talk] bz2-format of the planet-latest file

Hi there, I'm currently playing on a random access tool for compressed osm files. While my tool works fine for all files from http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/europe/, I've problems with the latest planet file. While all files from geofabrik are only single bz2 streams it seems that the pl

Re: [OSM-talk] When will bots be removed from history?

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:04:23 +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Having a "bot flag" would be good for a number of reasons but your > problem would not be solved by that. In my opinion this is not something > we can do in the API (personally I think the "history" tab on the web > page was a big mistake,

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Wave si great for organizing OSM mapping parties

The source code behind Etherpad has been released. Perhaps someone could set up an OSM-specific Etherpad install and use it for organizing mapping parties? On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Valent Turkovic wrote: > Hi, > we have found out that Google Wave has an excellent use as a wiki for > organi

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Wave si great for organizing OSM mapping parties

On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:37:45 +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Making the assumption that "almost > everybody has a Google account" (often followed by "and if you don't > have one you can set one up in a minute") is a first step in that > direction. You are absolutely right. Thank you for your insigh

Re: [OSM-talk] Google Wave si great for organizing OSM mapping parties

On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:25:48 -0400, Anthony wrote: > Maybe some people will be more interested in creating an account *after* > or *during* the meetup. That is the idea, if at least half of 20 people who will come to meetup open account and if only 5 continue contributing that is a huge success

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

On 6 April 2010 23:19, Frederik Ramm wrote: > And that's all not even considering plate tectonics. Most of that is mitigated by regional datums, that these days share the same ellipsod as GPS, in the case of Australia it's DGA94. ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

On 6 April 2010 23:10, Anthony wrote: > Do you have a legal document or court case or something stating that? I tried to dig up relevant links from the talk-au list but wasn't able to find the them, maybe Liz will be able to point them out, however I did find this pdf: http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

* John Smith [2010-04-05 23:35 EDT]: > On 6 April 2010 13:19, Liz wrote: > > Particularly on the River Murray, where the southern bank is defined as the > > boundary. > > I thought that's why the boundary should move, the river moving means > the border moves, doesn't it? I can't speak to this

Re: [OSM-talk] Post code areas

On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:52:47 +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > Frederik Ramm wrote: >> we're thinking about importing post code areas in Germany. Are post >> code areas being mapped in other countries already, and if so, using >> what tagging schema? > > Thank you for the replies. > >

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

Hi, Anthony wrote: > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 5:04 AM, John Smith > wrote: > > On 6 April 2010 18:00, Igor Brejc > wrote: > > I don't know about NSW and Vic case, but in the above cases the > official > > Well we

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 5:04 AM, John Smith wrote: > On 6 April 2010 18:00, Igor Brejc wrote: > > I don't know about NSW and Vic case, but in the above cases the official > > Well we're talking about this specific case and the border is based on > the southern bank of the main flow of the river. >

Re: [OSM-talk] Post code areas

Hi, Frederik Ramm wrote: > we're thinking about importing post code areas in Germany. Are post > code areas being mapped in other countries already, and if so, using > what tagging schema? Thank you for the replies. I have one last question. I believe that Germany is not unique in sometim

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

Having the river move doesn't necessarily move an boundary that had run along the river. It depends upon how the boundary is defined. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

As I mentioned in my real-life case of the Rio Grande changing channels, a larger shift in a river's course can leave dry ground, that had formerly been on one side of the river, now on the other side of the river. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for eve

Re: [OSM-talk] Reporting bugs and documentation

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Richard Fairhurst schrieb: > > I was actually dissembling slightly in an effort to be polite. Thanks for being polite. > I know. I could equally have written "this is a clear failing in JOSM > which should visualise route relations like Potl

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

Gregory wrote: >Sent: 06 April 2010 6:18 AM >To: John Smith >Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas > > > >On 5 April 2010 20:35, John Smith wrote: > > > On 6 April 2010 13:19, Liz wrote: > > The river can move, but leave the boundar

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

On 6 April 2010 18:00, Igor Brejc wrote: > I don't know about NSW and Vic case, but in the above cases the official Well we're talking about this specific case and the border is based on the southern bank of the main flow of the river. > borders were set as exact geo points, which were in that t

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:42 AM, John Smith wrote: > On 6 April 2010 17:29, Igor Brejc wrote: > > Does it? > > From a legal point of view. > > Legally the border between NSW and Vic is the southern bank of the > Murray River, it was set this way to try and end border disputes > between the states,

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

On 6 April 2010 17:29, Igor Brejc wrote: > Does it? >From a legal point of view. Legally the border between NSW and Vic is the southern bank of the Murray River, it was set this way to try and end border disputes between the states, however over time the river moves and caused other disputes. _

Re: [OSM-talk] River boundaries , not Post code areas

> I thought that's why the boundary should move, the river moving means > the border moves, doesn't it? > > Does it? http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.7682&lon=18.8893&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.991&lon=17.329&zoom=11&layers=B000FTF http://www.openstreetmap.org/