Re: [OSM-talk] how are runways related to an airport/aerodrome

2009-06-23 Thread Simon Hewison
rankfurt am Main -- Simon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Real world one-way stupidity

2009-09-07 Thread Simon Hewison
Ed Avis wrote: > This shows that keepright's one-way check isn't always correct: > > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8232041.stm> On a related note, my local council finally corrected a sign that stated that a road was both a no through road, and a one-way

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping canals

2008-01-22 Thread Simon Hewison
ow need speed limiters set to 100km/h). -- Simon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Never run out of batteries again!

2008-02-21 Thread Simon Hewison
tick' sound as you move, and it's quite satisfying hearing the beats per minute of the ticking go up as you go faster. I used it as a back-up to my normal set of rechargeable battery lights, so that I've always got the legal minimum lights, even when

Re: [OSM-talk] import of dataset for new zealand

2008-03-18 Thread Simon Hewison
ttributing data in osm, so this is > a call to all: > > a technical solution is sought, to display the corresponding > information whenever linz-sourced data is being viewed. Upload it all from a username dedicated to nothing but uploading linz-sourced data. source="

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping Mottram and Tintwistle proposed bypass

2008-04-04 Thread Simon Hewison
disused (which was the preferred method of tagging such things at the time), and made sure that neither end are connected - because they are not really accessible from the roads at either end. -- Simon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM weekend accommodation?

2008-06-24 Thread Simon Hewison
ng licence is good enough for their online check-in facility.. so they'll probably sting you for a check-in charge. If travelling with Ryanair, don't check in more than 15kg of hold luggage, or they'll really sting you in excess baggage charges. -- Simon Hewison ___

[OSM-talk] I've just realised how bad navigation devices are

2008-07-31 Thread Simon Hewison
http://www.flickr.com/photos/welshie/2720944124 It looks like Nokia's Maps application hasn't quite got their coastlines projected correctly. I've never seen London looking quite like that before. -- Simon Hewison ___ talk ma

Re: [OSM-talk] Australia has Google Street View!

2008-08-05 Thread Simon Hewison
tly say that they're not doctoring the bits of the images that we're interested in - like street names, building names and so on) -- SImon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] cycle transit tagging (also applies to Motorail)

2008-09-04 Thread Simon Hewison
red on maps the same way. -- Simon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap routing service

2008-09-08 Thread Simon Hewison
er flat roads, or roads wide enough for motor vehicles to pass them safely. Whether it's got green signposts denoting it's trunk or not is irrelevant to the decision to take that route. -- Simon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] ref in roundabouts

2008-10-07 Thread Simon Hewison
one is the Magic Roundabout at Hemel Hempstead, but there are others. At the moment, this one isn't labelled as junction=roundabout. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.746358&lon=-0.47329&zoom=18&layers=B000FTT -- Simon Hewison ___ ta

Re: [OSM-talk] New Mapnik Style

2008-10-22 Thread Simon Hewison
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.8406&lon=-4.7601&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF -- Simon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging dangerous areas

2009-04-19 Thread Simon Hewison
ere after closing time at the local pub 'The Angle Grinder's tattood arms' then it's got a 25% chance of not being there tomorrow". -- Simon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] different results returned via various APIs

2009-05-29 Thread Simon Hewison
way, it's a good number of nodes in it. It looks like somehow most of the nodes used are in someway invalid, and only potlatch's AMF api is able to return them from the database. -- Simon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org ht

Re: [OSM-talk] different results returned via various APIs

2009-05-29 Thread Simon Hewison
. I just did subtle changes to each of the nodes in Potlatch, and it re-instated the nodes in question. The data is now fixed. -- Simon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Another OSM use without attribution (unusual rendering)

2013-07-22 Thread Simon Hewison
w.zymurgy.org/~simon/metro_osm_no_attribution.jpg vs http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.52694&lon=-0.08141&zoom=17&layers=M Print copy is Metro newspaper, page 33, Monday 22 July 2013. -- Simon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://

Re: [OSM-talk] Another OSM use without attribution (unusual rendering)

2013-07-22 Thread Simon Hewison
he best way to showcase how quick it is to update the maps they are rending. -- Simon Hewison ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Another OSM use without attribution (unusual rendering)

2013-07-23 Thread Simon Hewison
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 01:22:50PM -0400, AJ Ashton wrote: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Simon Hewison wrote: > > > Okay, so it's mapbox, any idea how often they update their data? It seems > > the data is over 12 months old. Not the best way to showcase how quick

Re: [OSM-talk] will walkingpapers printed on black and white work?

2010-02-26 Thread Simon Hewison
the 2D barcode and works out what part of the world it was, and arranges the scan as suitably scaled tiles. I've found that it doesn't work too well if the scan is a low resolution, and it can't cope with PDF scans. Sadly, this means that the nice HP 9000 multi-function print