Re: [OSM-talk] Slippy map with Bing background

2012-07-19 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 07/20/12 04:05, Alan Mintz wrote: Is there a browser-viewable OSM-with-Bing-imagery-mashup somewhere that can be used as citable source for Wikipedia? I am not aware of any. Closest there is is probably this OpenMapSurfer hybrid view that combines MapQuest open with an OSM overlay: h

Re: [OSM-talk] Slippy map with Bing background

2012-07-19 Thread Alex Rollin
http://opengeodata.org/microsoft-imagery-details On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Peter Wendorff wrote: > Hi Alan. > > As far as I remember we are allowed to use Bing imagery for tracing inside > the osm community, but we are not allowed to use the imagery publicly on > the web unconnected to tr

Re: [OSM-talk] Slippy map with Bing background

2012-07-19 Thread Peter Wendorff
Hi Alan. As far as I remember we are allowed to use Bing imagery for tracing inside the osm community, but we are not allowed to use the imagery publicly on the web unconnected to tracing issues. If I'm right, it is not allowed what you want - and I think, if it would be okay, some would have

[OSM-talk] Slippy map with Bing background

2012-07-19 Thread Alan Mintz
Is there a browser-viewable OSM-with-Bing-imagery-mashup somewhere that can be used as citable source for Wikipedia? I'm suggesting OSM as a potential source for accurate coordinates in WP articles, but realize that positioning is not necessarily reliable unless specifically tagged or easily co

Re: [OSM-talk] aerialway=station + railway=station?

2012-07-19 Thread David Earl
Unlikely as it may seem, I also know of such a combination, in Japan, here http://osm.org/go/7Qymqlx7-- You get out of the train and more-or-less cross the platform to get into the cable car. (the railway is actually a rack railway - follow the railway back down towards Odawara and see the cu

[OSM-talk] aerialway=station + railway=station?

2012-07-19 Thread Arlindo Pereira
Hi there, here in Rio we have a station that is, at the same time, a railway station and a aerialway station. [1] Check a photo on [2]. Nowadays it's mapped as railway=station, because if I tag it as railway=station + aerialway=station, it's rendered on Mapnik as an aerialway=station, which makes

Re: [OSM-talk] OT - Unusual Bing imagery

2012-07-19 Thread John F. Eldredge
Mike N wrote: > > I spotted this today as I was entering survey information: > > http://greenvilleopenmap.info/Airplane.jpg > >I didn't realize that the Bing planes flew so high. > It looks like the plane in the photograph is in the process of taking off or landing, and thus is conside

Re: [OSM-talk] Map and Programm for Offline

2012-07-19 Thread Silvio Siefke
Hello, On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:12:13 +0200 Michael Krämer wrote: > Velomap is for offline use. Typically it is used with Garmin GPS devices > but you could also just use the software on your computer. Thats is perfect advice. QLandkarteGT and Velomap run well done. Thank u. Regards Silvio

[OSM-talk] Further redaction update

2012-07-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
The global pass has now started. The redaction bot is at 180° longitude and working east. The North Pole, South Pole and Poland have been exempted from this pass and won't be redacted until Tuesday at the earliest. cheers Richard ___ talk mailing li

[OSM-talk] Redaction progress

2012-07-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Current state of affairs: - North America is mostly complete. The bot is still working in Los Angeles and Victoria (Canada). There are one or two failed or incomplete areas which are marked in red on the progress map; these are being retried individually. Haiti/Dominican Republic has been left