Re: [OSM-talk] How INSPIRE data are sold in your countries

I know the conditions of availability to citizens were not > enshrined in the INSPIRE directive. > > NL makes a lot of spatial data under INSPIRE freely available, see > https://www.pdok.nl/en > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 2, 2018, at 17:10, Rob Nickerson wrote: > > INSP

Re: [OSM-talk] How INSPIRE data are sold in your countries

INSPIRE is an EU requirement. As far as I know the UK makes all their INSPIRE data open for free, although I am not sure if they had to under the EU rules of if they just decided to. See: https://data.gov.uk/location/inspire *Rob* ___ talk mailing list

[OSM-talk] SotM: Help wanted (comms & program)

Hi all, The State of the Map working group would like some help. We are specifically looking for the following: * A communication lead - someone to manage our outreach, both on social media and on email (mailing lists and newsletter) and OSM blog. * Program selection committee - we constantly rev

[OSM-talk] SotmM 2017 (Japan): Call for scholars and session proposals

Hi all, # Please share with anyone interested # We would like to invite you to State of the Map 2017 being hosted by Japan. You can propose a session (talk) before April: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2017/02/16/propose-your-session-to-state-of-the-map-2017/ Need some financial support in orde

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM EU

>Well - in my eyes transparency is not something optional that can be >added when time permits in case of a working group of the OSMF. > >Also keep in mind that you are probably depriving yourselves from a lot of valuable support this way. I understand the concern however I feel a balance has to b

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM EU

> Is this process openly documented somewhere? > Last Sotm WG minutes on http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Working_Group_Minutes#StateoftheMap_Organizing_Committee seem to be from 2015. The process of bidding is described at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_2017/Call_for_venue

[OSM-talk] SotM 2017 planning

Hi all, As promised here is some further info on State of the Map 2017 in Japan. The easiest way to provide this is to share our "event plan" and our "timeline of work". You will note that we are a few weeks behind on the timeline - something we are hoping to recover shortly. As always additional

[OSM-talk] SotM 2018 - bids in March

All, As per the SotM 2017 timeline, you will note that we will be seeking bids for SotM 2018 in March 2017. This is likely to follow a similar process to last year [1]. Should you be interested in bidding, we recommend that you contact t...@stateofthemap.org early (i.e. from now). Regards, *Rob*

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM EU

Hi all, As noted it's not possible to give a negative response as SotM EU is much more fluid than the OSMF SotM (there is not a designated group of people to ask - it just happens when their is appetite). I can however give the response from the OSMF SotM Working Group as such: - We received 2 b

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

Frederik, Please don't revert the ones near me. We spent considerable time with a contributor (not Yuri but someone else) to ensure that my local community were happy with the proposed edit before it was completed. All, May I remind, that whilst we have no mechanism to *properly* vote on the ado

Re: [OSM-talk] Maps.me editing

On 10 December 2016 at 21:01, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > it seems sufficiently scalable for deleting stuff like settlements. > Deletions are hard to spot, > Maybe, but if deletions are hard to spot then shouldn't we be making the change tracker tools better rather than restricting this type

[OSM-talk] Maps.me editing

> With the complaints people have about Maps.me, just imagine how many more > there would be if places could be deleted from within the app. Alternatively, imagine how great it would be if we had many more people editing OSM, via mobile apps whilst stood at the location they are mapping! Surely

[OSM-talk] OpenFest, Bulgaria

Hi all, The following invitation was sent to me to forward on. Looks like a good event for the technical people amongst us. Call for talks ran until 30th September, but I'm hopeful we can squeeze a slot in (have asked). The submission system is still online so hurry if you're interested! Can some

[OSM-talk] SotM live streams

Live streams for SotM are up online. Follow along, tweet and ask questions: http://2016.stateofthemap.org/ On the program page, click a link to a talk where you can ask questions and discuss the talk. We will try to keep an eye on these and ask your questions here at SotM! -- *Rob*

[OSM-talk] Send questions and discuss State of the Map talks

Hi all. OSM is a big community and unfortunately not everyone is able to travel to State of the Map. To make it easier to feel part of the action we will have live video and, starting now, you can discuss individual talks. Ask questions or provide comment direct on the talks page. Example page: h

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM 2016: Brussels

https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2016/09/06/gather-your-birds-of-a-feather-at-state-of-the-map/ See you in Belgium! Best, *Rob* On 4 September 2016 at 23:42, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > It is just over 2 weeks until we meet in Brussels for State of the Map > 2016. This will be our

[OSM-talk] SotM 2016: Brussels

Hi all, It is just over 2 weeks until we meet in Brussels for State of the Map 2016. This will be our (OSMF's) largest event to date surpassing that of Birmingham in 2013. If you have not done so already please book your tickets: https://join.osmfoundation.org/state-of-the-map-2016/ By booking y

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenDroneMap and Portable OSM (POSM)

Hi Dan, Is the aim that you can send a drone up to collect images and have them automatically processed, stitched together and added to POSM (for later upload online)? I can see that being useful for communities the world over. We (my local team) have talked about testing drones but we aren't a pa

[OSM-talk] Compare GPX to OSM ways

That's neat. Thinking ahead it would be great if that analysis could be run when capturing GPS tracks (via a Android/iOS app) or when the GPS track is uploaded to OSM. You'd then get a notification: "Hey, you went somewhere new: please map it!" *Rob* ___

[OSM-talk] Closing soon! State of the Map early bird tickets and our Brussels hotel deal

In case you're not subscribed to our newsletter or the osm blog: Thanks to the support of our amazing sponsors we have kept the Early Bird tickets for State of the Map available for as lo

[OSM-talk] State of the Map deadlines this Saturday

Hi all, Don't forget to: * Submit your session proposal (talk and/or workshop) * Apply for scholarship if needed By *this Saturday*! Links: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2016/04/19/propose-your-session-to-state-of-the-map-2016/ https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2016/04/25/we-want-you-at-state-of

[OSM-talk] Cheap Mapillary setup

Based on the new v2 Raspberry Pi Zero: https://twitter.com/mappamercia/status/732334812703379456 Would love to see one of these up and running. Would be even better if they were available by State of the Map 2016! *Rob* ___ talk mailing list talk@opens

[OSM-talk] Workshops at State of the Map 2016

Hi all, We want State of the Map 2016 to be remembered as the most interactive SotM yet. But we cannot do it without your help. Whilst we'll be running around behind the scenes keeping things on track we need you to offer to host workshops / interactive sessions. I know there are a bunch of really

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM 2016 Accomodation

booking sites and found nothing cheaper once breakfast and taxes had been added. The prices we have are fixed whereas booking sites trend up as availability falls. Rob On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 07:04 Jochen Topf, wrote: > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 03:00:04PM +0000, Rob Nickerson wrote: > >

[OSM-talk] SotM 2016 Accomodation

Thanks Christine, The SotM accommodation deal is a really good one but we do have a limited number of rooms so I encourage you to book up early. As noted the ticket sale will follow shortly and will be a similar price to Birmingham 2013. Details at: http://2016.stateofthemap.org/venue/ Community

[OSM-talk] More accurate GPS...?

Interesting read if you're in to the tech behind how GPS works: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/16021507.htm *Rob* ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal to close newbies@ list

On 11 January 2016 at 19:22, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > Am 11.01.2016 um 19:20 schrieb Rob Nickerson >: > > > > Would be happy to see a few other low use mailing lists closed. > > > why? > Because they are not benefiting the community but they ar

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal to close newbies@ list

I agree with this proposal. Newbies@ was for non-technical first time users and other methods are probably more appropriate today. Would be happy to see a few other low use mailing lists closed. *Rob* ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://

[OSM-talk] VisualEditor on the OSM wiki

Hi, Not sure when this happened (some time recently) but I wanted to thank our wiki system admins for adding the VisaulEditor extension to the OSM wiki. For those that don't know the extension is a rich text editor for wiki's and came about following concern over declining new contributors to the

[OSM-talk] Community Conference

Fantastic comments so far - it's super to hear people thinking about what is best as getting SotM and the OSM community right will benefit us all :-D >Michael wrote: >Maybe there are too much company employees member of the program committee? Great concern :-) Just to let you know, the 3 groups c

Re: [OSM-talk] Community Conference

> Steve wrote: >I’ve heard from a few people thinking of organizing an OpenStreetMap conference focused on the community, very different from what SOTM has become. > >I’m curious what people here think of the idea? > Hi Steve, It's good to hear from you again and thank you for raising the profile

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map 2016 Brussels: When? (Was: Help us make a logo! and win tickets to State of the Map 2016!)

Hi Stefan, Thanks for your concern. The SotM working group is in good shape and we are currently dotting the last few i's and crossing the last few t's before we announce the date of SotM 2016 in Brussels. Please accept my apology for the delay. We have some folk who buy travel tickets/accommodati

Re: [OSM-talk] Help us make a logo! (and win tickets to State of the Map 2016!)

Hi all, Don't miss out on your chance to win tickets to State of the Map 2016! All you need to do is have a go at designing a logo for the competition. Deadline is 23:59 UTC (before midnight) on Saturday 15th August 2015 > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2016/Logo_brief > Goo

[OSM-talk] Help us make a logo! (and win tickets to State of the Map 2016!)

The State of the Map working group is pleased* to announce a call for logo designs. We need your help to build a strong recognisable logo for State of the Map 2016 (SotM) conference taking place in Brussels, Belgium. The conference is the OpenStreetMap Foundation’s annual gathering of the OSM commu

Re: [OSM-talk] Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?

> Andy wrote: >For example, when processing OSM data for my own use I'll try and drop unsigned names and refs from roads (there's no point in saying "turn left on Foo Street" if "Foo Street" does not appear on the sign). > > I hope you've not deleted any of the data I added. Just because it doesn'

Re: [OSM-talk] Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?

Hi Fred, Great question. I feel that we should link to wikidata and this is a good example of why. There are lots of things that are in wikidata that are not suitable for OpenStreetMap tags but could be used by creative folk in a data & maps mashup. Looking at the entry for London [1] I see popul

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging FOR the renderer

>when a mapper invents something new, they can add tags for >colour, opacity, line colour, line width, line opacity - for areas and >similar attributes for lines and points (colour, opacity, size etc.) and >obviously tags for name and description etc. What do people think to this ? > The people be

[OSM-talk] Learn Rails

Code academy have added Ruby on Rails, which is what OpenStreetMap uses for the website. Learn via their online interactive learning. http://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-rails You never know, you could be contributing to OpenStreetMap code soon after :)

[OSM-talk] Case study: Lloyds TSB (Was: Chain Store Cleanup)

Andy Mabbett wrote: >I suppose it depends whether we want to map what (sometimes incorrect) >store signs say, or what the stores actually are. > >I favour the latter, but if you want the former, I have a list defunct >shops whose signs are still visible, which you can add > >Another issue to consid

Re: [OSM-talk] Chain Store Cleanup

On 1 May 2015 at 20:26, Johan C wrote: > > 2015-05-01 13:36 GMT+02:00 Rob Nickerson : > >> >I think eventually chains will see the >light, and publish their >> locations in an >open format compatible manner. At >that point a quick >> cross check with

[OSM-talk] Open community (was: Chain Store Cleanup)

Fred wrote: >I don't think that is something that >really advances the quality in OSM, and >I would encourage you to grab a >notepad and venture outside to do >some mapping. That way you wouldn't >be scripting world-wide cleanup >operations but who knows, you might >actually add real value to OSM.

[OSM-talk] Chain Store Cleanup

>I think eventually chains will see the >light, and publish their locations in an >open format compatible manner. At >that point a quick cross check with >OSM would clear up most of the >issues. > Agree. Has anyone actually asked the retail chains? I haven't because I don't want to suggest that w

[OSM-talk] Next: Relation name (WAS: Removing redundant routing instructions)

Ok a few people are agreeing that a relation is needed to assist the routing engine to provide higher quality instructions (with routing left unaffected). That's good. I'd like to get something in the wiki and ideally get it approved (this is not an invite to talk about the wiki or the approval pr

Re: [OSM-talk] Removing redundant routing instructions

>There already is a "through_route" relation, to show the path of the >through route. It might not be well documented, but it is used (I >believe)by mkgmap. > >There was a proposal, which was eventually rejected: >http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/through_route > >IMHO it was rej

[OSM-talk] Removing redundant routing instructions

Hi all, In the UK (particularly in rural areas) it is common to find a road that turns 90 degrees to the left or right without a junction (that is the road just continues and white lines mark it as such). Meanwhile another road may come in from the other side with a 'give way' style junction. Alt

[OSM-talk] Routing over areas

Interesting article for any routing experts: http://anitagraser.com/2015/04/17/routing-in-polygon-layers-yes-we-can/ Rob ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] SotM 2016: Call for venues - Last Week

Hi all, Just one more weekend until the call for venues for State of the Map 2016 closes. We've also got the website up and running thanks to Tom H and the Operations Working Group. I'm getting excited and we still have a long way to go! www.stateofthemap.org Regards, Your SotM team

[OSM-talk] Taginfo challenge

>Simply fixing the tags would do nothing >but mask the bad data. > Not necessarily as fixing the tag could also result in the data being rendered therefore making it more visible for people to come in and fix (if a local community of OSMers exists). There are arguments on either side but I do fee

[OSM-talk] Call for Venues for State of the Map 2016 - now open!

Hi all, It's emails like this that I really enjoy writing but Richard's beat me too it :-(. Ah well I had it written anyway so might as well hit send :-) --- The state of the map working group are delighted to announce that the call for venues for 2016 is now open! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Quality of OSM Notes

Hi Bryce, I don't think people read the text above OSM's notes submission form anyway. I fall in to the camp of "less is better". Mapbox blogged about how they do it recently. I really like the big "describe what's wrong" header as it achieves so much in so few words (and I'm sure if it made sense

[OSM-talk] Routing on osm.org

Congratulations to all those who were involved in getting directions/routing on openstreetmap.org :-) Worth the wait and will hopefully encourage mappers to contribute more turn restrictions and other routing related info. Cheers, Rob ___ talk mailing l

[OSM-talk] Spring 2015 (Was: "guide to vandalism” in OSM?)

> Pierre wrote: >We have to think of OSM as a global community where not all countires are >equal with access to internet and computers. Often, people have smartphones >and could contribute. >Adding a note with photo would greatly help. The @osmthis Twitter tag let's do >this. But it is uneasy

[OSM-talk] Change: How mature is OpenStreetMap?

There have been a couple of threads on OpenStreetMap’s mailing list this month to do with change. The first, entitled “Request for feedback: new building colours in openstreetmap-carto”, is all to do with a change to the way the default map style *looks* on openstreetmap.org. The second, “MEP – pip

Re: [OSM-talk] Skybox for good imagery test

>This is not what Skybox has stated publicly (later), >see>https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/legal-talk/2014-November/008053.html > > > >This may or may not be in conflict with what Mikel wrote, but in any >ca

Re: [OSM-talk] Skybox for good imagery test

Just to pick up on your point about HOT. Google has confirmed that Imagery released under Skybox for Good can be digitized into OSM under OSM's license. This applies to all imagery whether the imagery was captured following a request from HOT or any other organisation. Currently we have the follow

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for feedback: new building colours in openstreetmap-carto

I would be tempted to go a little bit darker - not much but right now the proposal looks very washed out against the background and the contrast between buildings and churches is very stark. But in general this is a good idea. Rob ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Is there some loop trip founder?

Take a look at http://walks.io/ as a good starting point. Regards, Rob ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] 176k Wikidata tags to add to OSM

>You need to follow the Mechanical Edit Policy: >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edit_Policy >> > >This might actually be an import, since there's another data source. >Either way, your proceed needs more documentation and

[OSM-talk] Project #OSMselfie

Nice idea. Too often our communications are faceless and I wonder if this in any way has an effect on the tone of the discussions (that is, would we be more polite if we could 'see' the person we are talking too)? Rob p.s. The more time I spend on the mailing lists, the more I see them as a tool

Re: [OSM-talk] Your chance to host State of the Map 2015

Kugelmann" wrote: > On 15.10.2014 19:46, Rob Nickerson wrote: > > Hi list members, > > State of the Map conferences are a great way to bring the community > together, reach out to new members and promote innovation. I am delighted > to see that the OpenStreetMap Fou

[OSM-talk] Skybox release aerial imagery

Hi list, Google (through their acquisition of skybox) have released some aerial imagery under the Cc-by licence: http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/26/skybox-for-good/ Can someone just remind me - are we able to use this in OpenStreetMap? If yes, please forward to the HOT mailing list as it is of v

Re: [OSM-talk] Applications to the Local Chapter Agreement

Thanks Jói, I was never seriously expecting there to be any conflicts over geographic "territory" and I'm confident that you are best placed to know of any other groups in your area. My question was more out of curiosity - I'm glad I asked because I've discovered new groups I was unaware of :-) A

[OSM-talk] Simon Poole resigns

I've only spotted this on OSMF-talk so far but feel it should be shared here: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2014-October/002773.html I'm still reading through the OSMF-talk mailing list, but so far it looks like Simon has not yet provided any reason (which is fine for now as

[OSM-talk] AGM announcements

Simon wrote: >The scheduling issue is real and it flatly wouldn't have been possible to formally >announce in time (which would have had to been 60 days back to give >enough time to avoid the cut off without undue haste). The solution to >this will likely be to disassociate GM scheduling from the

[OSM-talk] A Better Map<\strike> community

Kate Chapman wrote: > > What would you like the board to do to recognize the work of the volunteers? > Hi Kate, Personally I don't want a pat on the back, but I would like to more prominently see the OSMF board actively supporting the community. For example, In my view we are long overdue some

[OSM-talk] Applications to the Local Chapter Agreement

Simon, I note in [1] that there are now three applications to the Local Chapter Agreement [2] and these are being processed now. In light of the current discussions on transparency and holding the board to account, can I ask whether it possible to disclose these just in case there are any other l

[OSM-talk] SotM 2014 program and AGM

Hi all, The program for SotM 2014 is now available. This includes the date and time of the Annual General Meeting of the OSM Foundation. SotM: http://stateofthemap.org/program AGM: http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/14 I'd like to thank everyone involved in pulling this

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

>On 27 August 2014 17:47, Edward Betts at 4angle.com> wrote: > >> I'd like to annotate these 70k objects in OSM with a Wikidata tag >> automatically. > >Can we now move forward with this? > Yes please :-) I'll admit to losing track of the thread. Last thing I recall Edward was working on some adj

[OSM-talk] Fwd: Re: Your chance to host State of the Map 2015

Meant to send that to list. -- Forwarded message -- > > On 17 Oct 2014 00:59, "Paul Johnson" wrote: > > > > Crud, I guess Tulsa's out... > > > > Nowhere is rules out. At this stage we're seeking proposals. From my experience with organising SOTM 2013, I would say that the main th

[OSM-talk] Your chance to host State of the Map 2015

Hi list members, State of the Map conferences are a great way to bring the community together, reach out to new members and promote innovation. I am delighted to see that the OpenStreetMap Foundation have committed to continuing State of the Map in 2015. The OSMF annual SOTM complements local SOT

[OSM-talk] How best to create a "single point of interest" online map with OSM data?

> >* Ways disappear on the map (they don't get a pin: >zoom in on the map to see two hidden toilets). > This was a problem we had with the Mappa Mercia pub example. Turned out overpass can export centre points and following an update to uMap we posted a new guide: http://www.mappa-mercia.org/2014

[OSM-talk] The problem of mapping temporary features

Hi all, Back in January/February of this year parts of Somerset, UK were flooded. This data was added to OpenStreetMap. Today a diary post on OpenStreetMap pointed me to a map rendering (MapSurfer). The map still shows the flooded area despite the fact that the waters have now retreated and the d

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

Hi Fred, The question of notability rules in Wikidata also crossed my mind. At this stage we are asking the question is it worth linking existing OSM data to existing wikidata via an automated process? The key word here is automated - we are already manually adding the tags (20k so far) to OSM. A

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

Hi All, Lets just step back and reflect on this for a minute. I have reviewed the replies on this mailing list and there are a mixture of supportive comments, a few negatives and the remainder may suggest something but are neither negative or positive. Lets look at the issues raised: 1. Licence

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

Simon, My understanding is that this is only looking at a very small subset of wikidata (based on a list of wikipedia categories). As such an API would only give you a partial view (70k) objects. We want to match as much as possible and therefore people will continue adding wikidata tags to OSM ma

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging of private roads

Hi Matthijs, Spotted the following sign related to your "tagging of private roads" discussion the other day. Enjoy :-) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6J5ZA1hu93beGxtSTVGeUR2aFRqQzdaYXNGR0d6WlBhQXFr/edit?usp=sharing Rob ___ talk mailing list talk@ope

[OSM-talk] UK public footpaths (was: Upcoming openstreetmap-carto changes)

Hi, Public footpaths in the United Kingdom have been discussed at length and are detailed on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_public_rights_of_way#Tagging_Access_Provisions http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_access_provisions In summary, for a Public Footpath: * tag the highw

Re: [OSM-talk] Wiki VisualEditor (Was: Wiki translate extension)

>> extension moved from requiring mediawiki 1.23 to requiring mediawiki 1.24 >> which is still in development. > >Can't you just use the old version that worked with 1.23? > VisualEditor is still in development. MediaWiki provide an extension so that non Wikimedia sites can start to use it but as

Re: [OSM-talk] Wiki translate extension

In my opinion we should try to keep the different language pages as similar as possible - that is, they should aim to be just translations of one another. My reason behind this is that OpenStreetMap is a community and data project. We need to work together and use common tagging so that developers

Re: [OSM-talk] Wiki translate extension

>What we really need is people actually editing the Wiki in the first >place and in my opinion the best way to get people to do so would be a >better editor: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor > There's an issue for this on trac [1] but the main problem is that the extension moved from re

Re: [OSM-talk] Come back Osmarender, all is forgiven!

Andy, I think there is a lot of positives in the new rendering as well. I for one am delighted to see some life back in the "standard" map style, this way new tags can be (and have been) added to the rendering rules. So it's a mix - some things are improved, some things are added, and a few things

Re: [OSM-talk] We need a name!

these 3 projects, that way we don't need to change the name as things evolve. :-) Rob On 19 June 2014 23:13, Clifford Snow wrote: > Open Historical Map which already has a website www.openhistoricalmap.org > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Rob Nickerson > wrote: > >

Re: [OSM-talk] We need a name!

I've had a couple of responses off list. These are: * Constructing the past * something with "crowd" in it? Thanks, for these good ideas. Any more suggestions? Rob On 18 June 2014 21:04, Rob Nickerson wrote: > A few OSM members interested in historic maps are working on ou

[OSM-talk] We need a name!

A few OSM members interested in historic maps are working on our own version of the New York Public Library "Building Inspector". If you've not yet tried it out, go take a look - it's a great site: http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/ So, the core function they are asking contributors to do is to c

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-GB] Fwd: Adding links to Wikidata (and Wikipedia?)

well-established and supported by many applications, and support some cases that aren't supported by the wikidata tag. 2014-06-17 19:06 GMT-03:00 Rob Nickerson : > > > > >To continue your example, there could be "St Nicolas's", "St Nicolas's > >

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-GB] Fwd: Adding links to Wikidata (and Wikipedia?)

>To continue your example, there could be "St Nicolas's", "St Nicolas's >Church Gardens", and "St Nicolas's Gift Shop" all near each other. Which >one should the wikipedia page "St Nicolas's Church" match? > Great to see support for the idea. I think it's been a bit of a complex one that hasn't be

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-GB] Fwd: Adding links to Wikidata (and Wikipedia?)

Archer wrote: > I understood your further post in this manner: you want to take the >Wikipedia link and add with a script or bot the associated Wikidata-ID. >This would add the Wikidata ID Q3038 to both OSM objects place=island and >boundary=administrative of Heligoland because both objects in OSM

Re: [OSM-talk] openstreetmap-carto updates

Great work :-) It's wonderful to see all the activity on the mapnik-carto rendering rules and justifies the time spent rewriting the code to Carto. A big thank you to Andy Allan for kicking that off. His "just-do-it" approach was exactly what was needed at the time. I found out at SOTM just how po

[OSM-talk] This has to stop: User Diaries Spam

Am 14.05.2014 14:46, schrieb Pieren: > I would suggest to remove the diary feature > completely. In my opinion that would be a big step in the wrong direction. In fact we should be expanding the community side of OSM.org as the community should be at the heart of the project. Things like mailing l

[OSM-talk] Info on SOTM (WAS: No new information on the SOTM since January 2014)

Hi Gonzalo, Henk, Thanks for the update. Having helped organise last year I had no doubt that SOTM 2014 would be going ahead - the OSMF, Henk and the SOTM Working Group are all behind it. Let me know if you need help with anything (announcements, blogging, tweeting or something that I can do from

Re: [OSM-talk] No new information on the SOTM since January 2014

The OSMF key functions are available online [1] and they're very bare bones - the OSMF is hands off*. The two biggest points that relate to SOTM are: - Provides a vehicle for fund-raising to support the project. The foundation can accept donations for the OpenStreetMap Project and allocate

Re: [OSM-talk] No new information on the SOTM since January 2014

. The conference was in early September. Based on these dates (if you add two months to each to reflect that SOTM is two months later) we are still ahead of last years schedule. Regards, Rob On 4 April 2014 22:59, Rob Nickerson wrote: > >SOTM EU and US, combined with the OSMF focus on

Re: [OSM-talk] No new information on the SOTM since January 2014

>SOTM EU and US, combined with the OSMF focus on being more of a theoretical body have reduced the profit and motivation in doing a SOTM to approximately zero. I hope it still happens, but I'd be >surprised. > >It might be better to run a SOTM South America, or something. > >Steve > "OSMF organise

[OSM-talk] State Of The Map France starting tomorrow in Paris

Wow, great stuff. Is there any live videos / webcasting for those folks who couldn't attend? Regards, Rob p.s. I'll be following the tweets on behalf of the Mappa Mercia (Birmingham and surrounding area, UK) team. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetm

[OSM-talk] Resolving OSM tags to URLs

-- Andy Mabbett wrote: -- I gave the requested talk yesterday. During preparatory discussions, it turned out that, while hosted by IBM, the audience was a W3C working group, "Data on the web best practice". As such, the interest was no so much trees or gas pipes, but the use of URIs (particularl

Re: [OSM-talk] City templates - Links OFF

Hi Erick, I'm not sure what you mean - can you please tell me what you are referring to. If you mean the template for places on the OpenStreetMap wik, such as as shown on the right hand side of the London page ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/London ) then you can edit the template at http://

Re: [OSM-talk] Launching OpenAddresses

I wouldn't get too excited about that EU directive. I've read it twice now and both times I came to the conclusion that (at least for the UK) address data will NOT suddenly become available to OSM. For example the directive still allows for Charging and the use of Licences. The directive [1] (whic

Re: [OSM-talk] Best way to download data of route relations?

There was a question about bus routes/route relations just the other day. See my reply* at: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2014-March/069413.html Using Overpass API you can extract a "line" for a bus route relation. By default you "line" is made up of all the roads that form part o

[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap receives Document Freedom Day Award 2014

Hi All, Wednesday is Document Freedom Day 2014 - and this year the work of all OpenStreetMap contributors was recognised by Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) my means of the Document Freedom Day Award 2014. The award was presented on Saturday in Birmingham, England at an event attended by th

Re: [OSM-talk] Use leaflet or openlayers to display a route relations in realtime

>I've looked briefly into using Leaflet or Openlayers & can work out how >to hard code the lat/long of each node or to load a gpx file, but see no >way to retrieve the current data. What is the best/any way to do this? > >Cheers >Dave F. > Hi Dave, Take a look at Overpass API [1]. There is a XAP

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