Re: [OSM-talk] Adding Wikidata tags to 70k items automatically

2014-11-12 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
To compare an alternative: A live service could look up the relationship in real time as a person clicked. Meaning you could make a map with the wikidata feature, without adding anything to OSM. Is simply using OSM as a cache for the output of a script that can be run later? _

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-12 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi Pieren, Randy, all, 2014-11-12 11:14 GMT+01:00 Pieren : > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Randy Meech > wrote: > > > It's that the US org has a demonstrated track > > record of running large conferences very well, and it seemed like a > better > > partner for this. > > I'm sure other countri

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-12 Thread Michael Kugelmann
On 12.11.2014 17:52, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:04 AM, Michael Kugelmann mailto:michaelk_...@gmx.de>> wrote: But I would prefer more to have the SOTM circulating the globe... So I wouldn't say that having SotM be in New York after Buenos Aires is relatively clos

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-12 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi JB, all, 2014-11-12 16:02 GMT+01:00 JB : > Hello there, > At the beginning that this discussion, I guessed it could turn sour rather > quickly. > Let's just say that, as a mere contributor, I would just not understand if > NYC were attributed the SOTM 2015 whithout having submitting an officia

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-12 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:04 AM, Michael Kugelmann wrote: > I personally have a somehow different opinion: 2014 was in (South) > America, so why host the next SOTM again relativeley close to there (from > the viewpoint of an European)? OK, the UN is prestigious location for such > a meeting. But

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-12 Thread JB
Hello there, At the beginning that this discussion, I guessed it could turn sour rather quickly. Let's just say that, as a mere contributor, I would just not understand if NYC were attributed the SOTM 2015 whithout having submitting an official request that would be considered on the same level

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-12 Thread Randy Meech
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Oleksiy Muzalyev < oleksiy.muzal...@bluewin.ch> wrote: > It would be a challenge to fill up this hall with the capacity of 1800+ > in any case. If it is a large combined event, it could generate positive > international publicity for the project. > Our proposal s

Re: [OSM-talk] Location SOTM 2015?

2014-11-12 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Michael Kugelmann wrote: > Hello, > > as I didn't read anything about it: was there an announcement about the > location for the 2015 SOTM at the 2014 SOTM Buenos Aires? > IIRC there was a statement about the intention to announce the 2015 > locataion there... The

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-12 Thread Oleksiy Muzalyev
I meant that the UN General Assembly Hall is an appropriate venue for a combined Stated of the Map (EU, US, World, etc.). There was such a suggestion. It would be a challenge to fill up this hall with the capacity of 1800+ in any case. If it is a large combined event, it could generate positiv

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-12 Thread SomeoneElse
On 12/11/2014 03:13, Oleksiy Muzalyev wrote: They are technically extraterritorial through a treaty agreement with the U.S. government (1). Good luck getting there without a US visa though! Cheers, Andy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.or

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map US 2015 in New York, NY, June 6-8

2014-11-12 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Randy Meech wrote: > It's that the US org has a demonstrated track > record of running large conferences very well, and it seemed like a better > partner for this. I'm sure other countries can organize large conferences as well. The location inside the country is