Re: [talk-au] Google copying from OSM maps

2013-02-14 Thread Barker, Nicholas
-Original Message- From: dipie...@gmail.com [mailto:dipie...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013 11:22 AM To: Barker, Nicholas; dban...@internode.on.net Cc: OSM - Talk-au Subject: Re: [talk-au] Google copying from OSM maps On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:28 PM

Re: [talk-au] Google copying from OSM maps

2013-02-14 Thread Barker, Nicholas
Just pointing out the obvious here - in case anyone isn't aware. Google now supports crowdsourced mapping with the MapMaker tool, so it's totally possible that either: - a member of the public mapped it legitimately - a member of the public mapped it by copying

[talk-au] Google copying from OSM maps

2013-02-13 Thread Barker, Nicholas
Ok I've just spotted somethingit appears Google has added a couple of trails onto their bicycling maps layer that only appear on OSM...nowhere else. Namely the trail called Follow Me in Lysterfield Lake Park in Melbourne but probably all the others too.. Is this an issue?

[talk-au] Cycle routes and MTB routes

2013-02-11 Thread Barker, Nicholas
Hi all I'm after a bit of clarification regarding national cycle route and mountain bike route relations in Australia. I've searched the wiki but still have some questions. I hope someone can point me in the right direction. As many of you will know we have a few well known long distance

Re: [talk-au] network and route tags

2013-02-03 Thread Barker, Nicholas
Updates on opencyclemap have been vastly improved I've noticed. In line with the normal map updates more or less* Sent from my iPhone On 31/01/2013, at 10:38 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:33 PM, David Clark dbcl...@fastmail.com.au wrote: Ok I've

Re: [talk-au] Redaction recovery

2012-07-30 Thread Barker, Nicholas
I suggested this (as 'legal stuff' is not my strong point) and was promptly told it's a big no-no! I think we have to forget that data ever existed (which is somewhat sad but ah well onwards and upwards with the mapping eh) From: waldo000...@gmail.com [mailto:waldo000...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: [talk-au] Map Compare

2012-07-20 Thread Barker, Nicholas
Perhaps we could turn on the opencyclemap background and trace for areas not covered by bing? It always takes a while to update so maybe we have a window of opportunity? Maybe this only works in potlatch? Anyway just a thought, would be great if it worked Sent from my iPhone On 20/07/2012, at