Re: [OSM-talk] Philosophy about Autorouting for Cyclists and new key class:bicycle

2010-05-10 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
Erik Johansson wrote: > > FTR I think you all should map for child strollers and add > ramp=yes/no tag to steps.. :-) You may be kidding, but that actually is a useful feature for wheelchair access - wheelchair routing is a special case of pedestrian routing, that requires this sort of tag...

Re: [OSM-talk] Map internationalisation

2010-05-10 Thread pavithran
On 10 May 2010 01:27, Peter Körner wrote: > Am 09.05.2010 20:00, schrieb pavithran: >> >> I have waited days to see it in action . But nothing has changed the >> name is still getting displayed in english . Has it got anything to do >> with web admin marking an area for that language ? > > Can you

Re: [OSM-talk] Map internationalisation

2010-05-10 Thread Gregory
I see the town/city named with some Arabic-like script, until zoom 15 where it is "Nizampet". So I think your browser has cached the map tiles. Try holding Control and pressing the F5 key (windows/linux) which sometimes does a bit more than the usual F5 refresh. For being zoomed in, the server need

Re: [OSM-talk] Philosophy about Autorouting for Cyclists and new key class:bicycle

2010-05-10 Thread Richard Mann
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Jens Müller wrote: > Am 03.05.2010 19:29, schrieb Richard Mann: >> I think routers would be better served if we identify good through >> routes (ie the equivalent of highway=primary for motorists), and >> record them as relations, > > I thought a router is there to

Re: [OSM-talk] Map internationalisation

2010-05-10 Thread pavithran
On 10 May 2010 14:57, Gregory wrote: > I see the town/city named with some Arabic-like script, until zoom 15 where > it is "Nizampet". > So I think your browser has cached the map tiles. Yes that seems to be the case . I could see the town name in telugu. But there are problems * The shape of th

Re: [OSM-talk] Philosophy about Autorouting for Cyclists and new key class:bicycle

2010-05-10 Thread Pieren
I don't care very much about your routes, if they have to figure out in OSM or not and how to tag them. What I don't want is to see the roads, streets, avenues, boulevards cut at each intersection because some route is turning left or turning right at that point. I start to see this in Paris where

Re: [OSM-talk] Potlatch and Gnash

2010-05-10 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> - I had trouble creating a non-road (a building). >> That worked, made a square,added building=yes >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/58708097/history > > How do you "add building=yes"?  I.e. how do you add a tag? > I ended up sele

Re: [OSM-talk] Philosophy about Autorouting for Cyclists and new key class:bicycle

2010-05-10 Thread Felix Hartmann
On 09.05.2010 13:18, Jens Müller wrote: > Am 03.05.2010 13:31, schrieb Felix Hartmann: > > Subject: Philosophy about Autorouting for Cyclists and new key > class:bicycle > > > What do you mean by "Autorouting"? Something else than just "routing"? > Well when I say autorouting I mean that a

Re: [OSM-talk] Philosophy about Autorouting for Cyclists and new key class:bicycle

2010-05-10 Thread steve brown
Hey Felix In OpenSatNav we use the phrase "turn by turn routing" or "turn by turn navigation". Some call it "real time" or "live" navigation. Steve On 10 May 2010 15:05, Felix Hartmann wrote: > > > On 09.05.2010 13:18, Jens Müller wrote: > > Am 03.05.2010 13:31, schrieb Felix Hartmann: > > >

[OSM-talk] NLS Maps API - online historical mapping of Great Britain for use in mashups (fwd)

2010-05-10 Thread martin dodge
this might be of interest to some on the list. cheers martin Original Message Subject:NLS Maps API - online historical mapping of Great Britain for use in mashups Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 11:33:40 +0100 From: Fleet, Christopher To: , We are pleased to launch a n

Re: [OSM-talk] NLS Maps API - online historical mapping of Great Britain for use in mashups (fwd)

2010-05-10 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:42 AM, martin dodge wrote: > > this might be of interest to some on the list. > cheers > martin > > Original Message > Subject:        NLS Maps API - online historical mapping of Great Britain for > use in mashups > Date:   Mon, 10 May 2010 11:33:40 +01

Re: [OSM-talk] TMC comprehension questions.

2010-05-10 Thread Marcus Wolschon
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 2:53 PM, colliar wrote: > 4 nodes for each location - means overall 8 nodes for these "doubled" points ? Points at intersectons in TMC exist once for each road because a point in TMC ever only belongs to one and only one road. So of cause they are doubled. That´s how the L

[OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

2010-05-10 Thread Tanveer Singh
Hi, I am aware that I can download .osm file for a certain region and then create gmapsupp.img for my garmin receiver. I was wondering if I can do the following 1. Download .osm file for a region 2. Open it in some GUI tool 3. Add a few tracks and waypoints 4. Re-save the OSM data, with the tracks

Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

2010-05-10 Thread John Smith
On 11 May 2010 02:33, Tanveer Singh wrote: > 2. Open it in some GUI tool You mean like JOSM? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

2010-05-10 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Tanveer Singh wrote: > Hi, > I am aware that I can download .osm file for a certain region and then > create gmapsupp.img for my garmin receiver. > I was wondering if I can do the following > 1. Download .osm file for a region > 2. Open it in some GUI tool > 3. Ad

Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

2010-05-10 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El 10/05/2010 18:33, Tanveer Singh escribió: > 1. Download .osm file for a region > 2. Open it in some GUI tool > 3. Add a few tracks and waypoints > 4. Re-save the OSM data, with the tracks now saved as roads or whatever as > part of my .osm data I think you can either: - Use osmosis to cut a sm

Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

2010-05-10 Thread Tanveer Singh
2010/5/10 Iván Sánchez Ortega > El 10/05/2010 18:33, Tanveer Singh escribió: > > 1. Download .osm file for a region > > 2. Open it in some GUI tool > > 3. Add a few tracks and waypoints > > 4. Re-save the OSM data, with the tracks now saved as roads or whatever > as > > part of my .osm data > > I

Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

2010-05-10 Thread Stephen Cavilia
JOSM sounds like the "some GUI tool" you want. You simply download a rectangle of OSM data around the region you need, draw in the paths or waypoints you want, possibly using a gps trace for a guide, save the data layer as a .osm file, and build the garmin map off of that. What exactly are the fea

Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

2010-05-10 Thread Sam Vekemans
It would be great if the command line mkgmap tool that can autogenerate a windows Garmin MapSource installer, was a plugin for JOSM. Cheers, Sam On 5/10/10, Stephen Cavilia wrote: > JOSM sounds like the "some GUI tool" you want. You simply download a > rectangle of OSM data around the region you

Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

2010-05-10 Thread Tanveer Singh
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Martin Simon wrote: > 2010/5/10 Tanveer Singh : > > > Actually the tracks are not roads, they are just a off road path that I > did. > > So no road there. No point adding it to the osm database > > I just want to convert the area to garmin file with the track add

Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

2010-05-10 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
Tanveer Singh gmail.com> writes: > Thanks, this is exactly what I am looking for. Now one question, on the generated gmapsupp.img, is it possible that the track I create is of different color or something altogether. For example, lets say there are other roads in the area, and I follow the offr