Re: [OSM-talk] $8000 low earth orbit satelite

2010-07-27 Thread Niccolo Rigacci
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 07:23:14PM +0100, paul youlten wrote: > How about we buy one of these as a Christmas present? > > http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/07/8000_diy_satellite_kit.html That satellite is not stabilized, so it may rotate in an unpredictable way. No hope to make good photos.

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map slides

2010-07-27 Thread David Earl
On 27/07/2010 00:23, Dave F. wrote: On 25/07/2010 19:56, David Earl wrote: My two talks for State of the Map * Tag Central - a schema for OpenStreetMap * What I learned making a real map on real paper for real people and real money are now available online at http://www.frankieandshadow.com/sotm

[OSM-talk] Map Kibera article

2010-07-27 Thread David Earl
Design Observer, which I follow on and off for other reasons, has just published article about Kibera (which Mikel talked about most inspiringly at SotM). http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=14698 David ___ talk mailing list ta

Re: [OSM-talk] Map Kibera article

2010-07-27 Thread maning sambale
I'm confused. The article gives a link on Map Kibera Project to this site: http://www.mapkiberaproject.org/ and not this one: http://mapkibera.org/ Is it the same project? (me thinks no) On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 6:37 PM, David Earl wrote: > Design Observer, which I follow on and off for other r

Re: [OSM-talk] Map Kibera article

2010-07-27 Thread Kate Chapman
The projects being talked about in the article is the one Mikel spoke about at SotM. They are just referring to the wrong URL. I commented with the correct URL in the article, so hopefully they change it. -Kate On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 6:48 AM, maning sambale wrote: > I'm confused. > > The arti

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map slides

2010-07-27 Thread Richard Mann
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:15 AM, David Earl wrote: >> ... 'junction=approach' ... > > I _used_ it to suppress one way arrows. I ended up using oneway:reverse=block, to positively identify meaningful oneways. Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstr

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map slides

2010-07-27 Thread David Earl
On 27/07/2010 13:07, Richard Mann wrote: On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:15 AM, David Earl wrote: ... 'junction=approach' ... I _used_ it to suppress one way arrows. I ended up using oneway:reverse=block, to positively identify meaningful oneways. I was trying to represent the thing itself, wh

[OSM-talk] syj: preview of a web site to store routes, need your opinions :)

2010-07-27 Thread arno
Hi, I'm currently writing a web site to share routes: you draw a route on an OpenStreetMap background, and then, you get an url to your paths drawn over an osm background. This can be used to show clever bicycle rides, to show your last hiking, or any route you want to show. My work is currentl

Re: [OSM-talk] syj: preview of a web site to store routes, need your opinions :)

2010-07-27 Thread David Earl
Hi, Something like this was a proposed Google Summer of Code project that didn't make it to the final cut, so I'm very pleased to see it. I got a server error trying to save on my first attempt. Retrying it worked. How do I get a URL of my route to share with someone? Presumably it is just t

Re: [OSM-talk] syj: preview of a web site to store routes, need your opinions :)

2010-07-27 Thread Peter Körner
Am 27.07.2010 16:18, schrieb arno: So, what do you like in the site, what can be improved ? Open it to be used without registration. If the DB gets full you may limit the life-time of routes that are created anonymous so, let's say, 1 month. Peter __

Re: [OSM-talk] renaming rendering layers

2010-07-27 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/7/25 John Smith : > I started working on this problem: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Custom_Highway_Shields maybe this could be treated more general? It would be really appealing to have localized subway/lightrail-station-symbols cheers, Martin

Re: [OSM-talk] syj: preview of a web site to store routes, need your opinions :)

2010-07-27 Thread Niccolo Rigacci
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 04:18:37PM +0200, arno wrote: > > The website is currently at this url: > http://osm-syj.crans.org/ > So, what do you like in the site, what can be improved ? what are the > features > you miss ? Some feedback: * No registration for occasional user * How to get the list

Re: [OSM-talk] syj: preview of a web site to store routes, need your opinions :)

2010-07-27 Thread arno
Le mardi 27 juillet 2010, à 15:45:46 +0100, David a écrit : > Hi, Hi david, and thanks for your comprehensive review of syj. I'll try to adress your points. > I got a server error trying to save on my first attempt. Retrying it worked. Good catch. I could reproduce it once. Then I could not r

Re: [OSM-talk] syj: preview of a web site to store routes, need your opinions :)

2010-07-27 Thread arno
Le mardi 27 juillet 2010, à 17:25:15 +0200, Niccolo a écrit : > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 04:18:37PM +0200, arno wrote: > > > > The website is currently at this url: > > http://osm-syj.crans.org/ > > So, what do you like in the site, what can be improved ? what are the > > features > > you miss ?

Re: [OSM-talk] syj: preview of a web site to store routes, need your opinions :)

2010-07-27 Thread Niccolo Rigacci
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 06:20:49PM +0200, arno wrote: > > > * Display the route name > > I don't understand what you mean. Do you mean the route title. If so, that > becomes the title of the webpage displayed. Do you think it has need to be > displayed on another part of the page ? Yes! I did

Re: [OSM-talk] syj: preview of a web site to store routes, need your opinions :)

2010-07-27 Thread David Earl
On 27/07/2010 17:18, arno wrote: Le mardi 27 juillet 2010, à 15:45:46 +0100, David a écrit : How do I get a URL of my route to share with someone? Presumably it is just the URL in the address bar after a save, but a "give me a URL" button or some such would be handy. I'm not sure a button is t

Re: [OSM-talk] renaming rendering layers

2010-07-27 Thread John Smith
On 28 July 2010 01:04, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > maybe this could be treated more general? It would be really appealing > to have localized subway/lightrail-station-symbols Depending how much effort you want to put into this, you could also render customised POI icons unique to chain stores, b

Re: [OSM-talk] syj: preview of a web site to store routes, need your opinions :)

2010-07-27 Thread arno
Le mardi 27 juillet 2010, à 18:11:09 +0100, David a écrit : > Given you don't like the idea of incrementally saving the route, how > about replacing Save with a button which says "Give me the URL" (or > whatever) which has the effect of Saving and then popping up an > overlay which provides you w