[OSM-talk] Reykjavík, Iceland to commission a cy cle map based on OpenStreetMap data

2010-09-05 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
Interesting things have been happening in Iceland OpenStreetMap-wise. The city of Reykjavík (the capital) just approved that they'll be commissioning an online cycle map and pedestrian router based on OpenStreetMap data. There's some more about this in a blog post I wrote: http://www.openstr

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-newbies] layers in OSM?

2010-09-05 Thread andrzej zaborowski
Hi, On 5 September 2010 05:40, Zeke Farwell wrote: > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 3:32 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer > wrote: >> >> yes, but it get's even harder when the information is split over >> several layers and you do edits without even seeing the data, because >> it is on a different layer. How cou

Re: [OSM-talk] really old planet.osm file

2010-09-05 Thread Sam Vekemans
cool, thanks :) now i can do an objective analysis of year over year comparison of the tagging wars 5 episode popularity contest. cheers, sam On 9/5/10, Richard Weait wrote: > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Sam Vekemans > wrote: >> hi, >> does anyone have a really old planet.osm file (from the

Re: [OSM-talk] really old planet.osm file

2010-09-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Sam Vekemans wrote: > hi, > does anyone have a really old planet.osm file (from the 1st year of > existance)? > > > I want to compare what the top tags that where used in the database, > compared to the current top tags used. Looks like these only exist back to Ap

[OSM-talk] really old planet.osm file

2010-09-05 Thread Sam Vekemans
hi, does anyone have a really old planet.osm file (from the 1st year of existance)? I want to compare what the top tags that where used in the database, compared to the current top tags used. thanks, sam -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrossc

Re: [OSM-talk] Girona videos for Friday now on-line

2010-09-05 Thread Richard Weait
2010/9/5 Iván Sánchez Ortega : > On Sunday 05 September 2010 11:27:41 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: >> >    http://vimeo.com/album/932606 >> >> Is there some overview of the talks (maybe the schedule?) that could >> link to this? > Obviously, this takes some effort :-) Not much. (Done) :-) htt

Re: [OSM-talk] Girona videos for Friday now on-line

2010-09-05 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
On Sunday 05 September 2010 11:27:41 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > >    http://vimeo.com/album/932606 > > Is there some overview of the talks (maybe the schedule?) that could > link to this? The titles as they are now don't give much of an idea of > what each one is about. Ideally, everything s

Re: [OSM-talk] layers in OSM?

2010-09-05 Thread Niklas Cholmkvist
Hi, > But if the community at large has decided against layers in the > past I'm interested to hear why. Personally I've not decided anything. My opinions may change over time with new arguments and as I learn new information. One thing I wonder though. Is it possible for an openstreetmap editor i

Re: [OSM-talk] Girona videos for Friday now on-line

2010-09-05 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 23:45, David Carmean wrote: > > Quick cuts from the venue a/v system's recordings are now available here: > >    http://vimeo.com/album/932606 > > Saturday and Sunday videos will appear gradually over the next couple of > weeks, > as we have time to work on them. Great. Th

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-newbies] layers in OSM?

2010-09-05 Thread Peter Wendorff
On 05.09.2010 11:03, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: integrity. IMHO it is the strength of OSM in respect to GIS that we do not have layers. Layers do structure the data in a different way that tags do: tags allow to structure as you like in the processing of the data, while layers force you to divid

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-newbies] layers in OSM?

2010-09-05 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/5 Zeke Farwell : > ...For this reason I would want layers to be > completely separate. As long as they are separate and represent different > types of objects that don't need to be connected then I don't really see any > problems. besides boundaries: for which other objects do you think t

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-newbies] layers in OSM?

2010-09-05 Thread Sam Vekemans
hi, the ArcGIS osm editor can handle layers, and from what i heard (wiki page review) that is works well. IMO generally, osm works as a flat sheet of paper, were people of all skill levels can work on the map at the same time. So having osm like a complex arcgis editor, makes it harder for the