On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Lennard wrote:
> This is completely separate from the rendering of nodes, where it will
> (as mentioned before) only render barrier=gate, nor of the completely
>
Also barrier=bollard.
>
> > Probably - I'll have a look. It's just a different stylesheet for Mapn
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Steve Bennett wrote:
> This is particularly annoying to me as one of my major motivations in
> contributing to OSM is to work towards producing really good bike maps of
> Melbourne and surrounds. I'm shocked that I can't contribute to, or tweak,
> the OCM styleshe
2009/12/20 Steve Bennett :
> You're right. WTF? "OpenCycleMap", promoted on "OpenStreetMap" uses a
> closed-source stylesheet? I'm sure I'm not the only who fails to comprehend
> this.
You're not the first to notice this either, came up a feww weeks/month ago.
2009/12/20 Anthony :
> Reverse engineer it. And quick, before CC-BY-SA goes away, and tiles don't
> have to be released under a free license.
That would only matter for new tiles created under a new license, not
current tiles.
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On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 1:41 PM, John Smith wrote:
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> You're not the first to notice this either, came up a feww weeks/month ago.
>
Yeah, I see that one post on the mailing list, but no followup. Where are
the keen cyclists of OSM clamouring for an *open* cyclemap?
Steve
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2009/12/20 Steve Bennett :
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 1:41 PM, John Smith
> wrote:
>>
>> You're not the first to notice this either, came up a feww weeks/month
>> ago.
>
> Yeah, I see that one post on the mailing list, but no followup. Where are
> the keen cyclists of OSM clamouring for an *open* c
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 1:58 PM, John Smith wrote:
> Most of them might not have the technical skills or the inclination
> since someone else has already made something "good enough"
>
Of course. I think very few users have the technical skills. But I want
those who do, to be able to help the oth
Hi!
Am 20.12.2009 03:58, schrieb John Smith:
> Most of them might not have the technical skills or the inclination
> since someone else has already made something "good enough"
Technical skills and inclination are not enough. You also need
considerable server side muscle to create a dedicated m
2009/12/20 Nop :
> from _every_ map. Weekly updates are now considered lame. And less than
> full world-wide coverage is lame, too. :-[
Dunno about others, but the server I'm running for us to play with for
aussie aspects only has south east asia and oceania...
Technically speaking I just need mo
>Technical skills and inclination are not enough. You also need
>considerable server side muscle to create a dedicated map.
You don't *necessarily* need this if you're prepared to only update your
map once a week (which, it should be said, is still much, much more
frequently than the OS and Goo
>The standards for acceptance by the casual user have grown enourmously.
>A year ago, the main maps were re-rendered once a week and that was
>cool. Now they are updated daily/minutely and somehow people expect that
>from _every_ map. Weekly updates are now considered lame. And less than
>full
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Nick Whitelegg <
nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk> wrote:
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> Would most casual users even notice though?
I think it's important here to separate technically rational arguments like
"one update per week is enough" from emotional/social/visceral factors like
"omg, I m
2009/12/20 Steve Bennett :
> I'm not saying it's easy to get the hardware to make this happen for
> multiple renderings, like CloudMade can do. But it's important, if we want
> to attract more users.
I've been suggesting putting more emphasis on tiles in the past but
without much success, I would
> I think it's important here to separate technically rational arguments
> like
> "one update per week is enough" from emotional/social/visceral factors
> like
> "omg, I made a change and it's already in the map!" That instant feedback
> has been a huge factor in Wikipedia's success. If the origi
2009/12/21 Richard Bullock :
> Oh, come on! Minutely rendering of Mapnik is an recent development. The
> original contributors to OSM *did* have to wait a while to see any changes.
> Sometimes more than a week. And you can't say OSM hasn't come on since then
> can you? It can't be that big a block
Actually it would be more informative to only count new user accounts
after they make say 5 or more edits, total number of accounts aren't
that useful for anything beyond PR spiels, what is useful is people
making edits.
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