Re: [OSM-talk] Tropic of Cancer(Slightly OT)

2011-01-18 Thread edodd
> Hi, > I was just wondering is there a GPS track somewhere which actually marks > the > tropic of cancer. While downloading maps for oziexplorer, I have the > option > of overlaying a gpx track. With tropic of cancer track, my map would have > a > nice red line crossing it marking the tropic of c

[OSM-talk] Tropic of Cancer(Slightly OT)

2011-01-18 Thread Tanveer Singh
Hi, I was just wondering is there a GPS track somewhere which actually marks the tropic of cancer. While downloading maps for oziexplorer, I have the option of overlaying a gpx track. With tropic of cancer track, my map would have a nice red line crossing it marking the tropic of cancer. regards Ta

Re: [OSM-talk] BBC News Coverage of Map Kibera

2011-01-18 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 18.01.2011 09:23, Chris Jones wrote: BBC News Coverage of Map Kibera - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12164081 Also on German Tagesthemen: http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/sendungsbeitrag91100_res-.html Best regards, Michael. _

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
On Tuesday 18 January 2011 18:41:30 IT Intern wrote: > Thank you Iván for the added advice! You're welcome! > So one thing you mentioned that Serge didn't is that once data is imported > it should be maintained? Let me use an example. Let's suppose you import the data from a province goverment

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread IT Intern
Thanks again Serge! I think for the most part that cleared everything up :). Only thing I'm still not so clear on is the tagging. > Another question about this is that I > am working in the U.S., but I would be importing data for a region in an > another country. Do I follow the tagging system

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms upgrade ready

2011-01-18 Thread Kai Krueger
Mike Collinson wrote: > > Yes the OSMF could produce a new set of Contributor Terms but No it could > not force you or other existing contributor to accept them. > Isn't that exactly what the OSMF board has just done? I quote from the 12/12/2010 board minutes: "The OSMF board mandates the LWG

Re: [OSM-talk] Is there a key for any of the major renders?

2011-01-18 Thread yvecai
On 17. 01. 11 18:53, yvecai wrote: Sorry, I didn't advertise a lot about this, I should make a page on the Wiki. Here it is for the main map: http://dev-yves.dyndns.org/legend/page.html There's a link to a github repo with all the tools needed. Yves __

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms upgrade ready

2011-01-18 Thread Mike Collinson
At 04:10 PM 18/01/2011, andrzej zaborowski wrote: >With this new version, do you/others think it is OK for people who have >previously submitted content on which they received a CC-By-SA + ODbL dual >license (taking into account the future license change) to click the accept >button? Cheers Me,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms upgrade ready

2011-01-18 Thread Mike Collinson
Olaf, Thanks, it looks like the clean text has been copied from a source other than the diff-marked text. I've deleted it. We are meeting tonight and I'll stop it going live until we double-checked the rest of the text too. Regarding your main concern in http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermai

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] "current license terms"

2011-01-18 Thread Mike Collinson
At 03:19 PM 18/01/2011, Anthony wrote: >On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Mike Collinson wrote: >> At 01:10 AM 17/01/2011, Anthony wrote: >>>At what point, if any, does the database become one where OSMF can't >>>switch back to CC-BY-SA without removing data? >> >> If 2/3 of active contributors vot

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:19 PM, IT Intern wrote: > Thank you for your response Serge!  This is a very good outline and you are > very kind to have given me this kind of walk through.  I have read through > the docs about each part you outlined for me and have some more questions.. Great. > "If

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms upgrade ready

2011-01-18 Thread Olaf Schmidt-Wischhöfer
Hi Mike, on December 5, you wrote an email to this list that the words "and any party that receives Your Contents" in section 2 were only added because of a cock-up and you promised to investigate. Now they are in the final text as well, but not marked as such in the diff marked version. The e

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread IT Intern
Thank you Iván for the added advice! So one thing you mentioned that Serge didn't is that once data is imported it should be maintained? I am just wondering because if one goes through extensive preparation to import the data then why is it that it would need to be maintained? I understand if th

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread IT Intern
Thank you for your response Serge! This is a very good outline and you are very kind to have given me this kind of walk through. I have read through the docs about each part you outlined for me and have some more questions.. "If you've signed up recently, you've accepted the new Contributor Term

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
On Tuesday 18 January 2011 17:16:42 Serge Wroclawski wrote: > [...] generally the community doesn't like [imports], and usually it has to > do with poor execution, and overlapping data. That answer is spot-on. I do like imports, but only when it is certain that there will be no overlapping data,

Re: [OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:42 AM, IT Intern wrote: > > This was originally posted here: > http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=10817 Hi, and welcome to OSM! There's a large split in the people who use the forums vs the lists. I'm biased. The other resources for OSM are the Wiki (wiki

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms upgrade ready

2011-01-18 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 18 January 2011 15:48, Mike Collinson wrote: > The links below show the wording we will formally release. I will confirm > when it is done.  We will then set up and announce mechanism whereby anyone > who has accepted the 1.0 terms can upgrade, this will be entirely optional. > > The wording

[OSM-talk] Contributing GIS Data to OSM

2011-01-18 Thread IT Intern
This was originally posted here: http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=10817 Hello OSM Community, I apologize in advance if the answer to my question is blatant from the docs, but as far as I can see there seems to be no way to contribute GIS data to OSM. I am working on a project maki

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing as Potlach layer in view mode?

2011-01-18 Thread Floris Looijesteijn
Don't have the time to check right now but I think this was not permitted with the license provided. Greets, Floris On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Claudius wrote: > I just contacted the admin of http://sautter.com/map/ to add Bing as Base > layer there. I think this would be your service. > >

[OSM-legal-talk] Contributor Terms upgrade ready

2011-01-18 Thread Mike Collinson
The links below show the wording we will formally release. I will confirm when it is done. We will then set up and announce mechanism whereby anyone who has accepted the 1.0 terms can upgrade, this will be entirely optional. The wording drops one suggested change - the addition of the phrase,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] "current license terms"

2011-01-18 Thread Mike Collinson
At 01:10 AM 17/01/2011, Anthony wrote: >https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1sC0SrG_R6OkRDdC3IJKlmDEn2pYTY2DZfcpSLFdiBBU Latest and greatest: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1jY58fD3JyNUjzmecrpNejoOt4OnfHeEM-6o8rD5hCLY >"You are indicating that, as far as You know, You have the rig

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik maxing CPU with Corine data set

2011-01-18 Thread Dermot McNally
Right - it has taken longer than I expected, but I have an update. We have "solved" the problem, which was, indeed, down to at least one over-large polygon. Stripping out the sea polygons didn't fix things, so we looked for the largest polygon and found a pasture-cover polygon covering most of the

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing as Potlach layer in view mode?

2011-01-18 Thread Claudius
I just contacted the admin of http://sautter.com/map/ to add Bing as Base layer there. I think this would be your service. Claudius Am 18.01.2011 11:53, valent.turko...@gmail.com: Replace potlach with mapnik in previous email ;) Lapsus calami. On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:44 AM, valent.turko...

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing as Potlach layer in view mode?

2011-01-18 Thread valent.turko...@gmail.com
Replace potlach with mapnik in previous email ;) Lapsus calami. On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:44 AM, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > are there any plans to add Bing satellite imagery as additional > Potlach layer in view (not edit) mode? > > This could be nice for quick review and checking

[OSM-talk] Bing as Potlach layer in view mode?

2011-01-18 Thread valent.turko...@gmail.com
Hi, are there any plans to add Bing satellite imagery as additional Potlach layer in view (not edit) mode? This could be nice for quick review and checking if there are any errors by switching between OSM and Bing layer. Cheers, Valent. -- pratite me na twitteru - www.twitter.com/valentt blog:

[OSM-talk] BBC News Coverage of Map Kibera

2011-01-18 Thread Chris Jones
BBC News Coverage of Map Kibera - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12164081 -- Chris Jones, SUCS Admin http://sucs.org ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk