Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Role of the Wiki

2012-12-20 Thread Kathleen Danielson
> > *Some of these resources may require a > little effort on your part, and they may not all be as well advertised > **or interconnected as they should be,* but you have to realize that > OpenStreetMap is eternally a work in progress, run entirely by > volunteers who are working really hard to kee

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-newbies] Tracing and offset error

2012-12-20 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
Thanks for the reply Michael, My concern was not so much about the imagery being out of date, as I only trace places that I am very familiar with albeit having visited a long time ago. I will be visiting a few places I have mapped soon and will be having my GPS switched on all the time. It generall

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Role of the Wiki

2012-12-20 Thread Scott Rollins
I'll just say that, whether "bug" or "feature," this message perfectly encapsulates why I am unwilling to spend my time working on OSM. I don't want to waste my time, and by not having a good place to learn what to do, I have to do a whole lot of work to figure out whether the additions I'm making

[OSM-talk] BeWelcome switches to OpenStreetMap

2012-12-20 Thread meinhard benn
hi everyone, i just subscribed to this list, mainly to spread some good news: the project i am heavily involved in, a hospitality exchange network with 30k members worldwide, just switched to osm. :) read more details in the press release i sent out today: http://www.bewelcome.org/blog/planetcrui

Re: [OSM-talk] BeWelcome switches to OpenStreetMap

2012-12-20 Thread Tiziano D'Angelo
Ciao Meinhard, I am a Bewelcome member since almost the beginning (user: tiziano). I really like that you joined the OSM-philosophy, as it is based on the same principles of BeWelcome. I have a suggestion to make: you may use the MapQuest tiles, that are generated from ODbL (the new license) OSM da

Re: [OSM-talk] BeWelcome switches to OpenStreetMap

2012-12-20 Thread Toby Murray
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Tiziano D'Angelo wrote: > Ciao Meinhard, > I am a Bewelcome member since almost the beginning (user: tiziano). I really > like that you joined the OSM-philosophy, as it is based on the same > principles of BeWelcome. I have a suggestion to make: you may use the >