Re: [OSM-talk] Introductions, and Icons?:

2009-08-09 Thread Brian Quinion
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Austin Martin wrote: >> Also, does OSM need a collective icon set, because by looking at >> this: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features. It seems >> like just a random mishmash of icons, but maybe I'm wrong on this. There are va

Re: [OSM-talk] Introductions, and Icons?:

2009-08-09 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Austin Martin wrote: > Also, does OSM need a collective icon set, because by looking at > this: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features. It seems > like just a random mishmash of icons, but maybe I'm wrong on this. OSM is about the data, it's up to individual clients to decide what icon

Re: [OSM-talk] Introductions, and Icons?:

2009-08-08 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
> > > while the Garmin ones can use OSM maps, the chips they are still using is > not > the newest and best > so it is harder to get a fix > My newest logger can actually get a fix inside my house, which was > constructed > with a near complete Faraday cage design, although a fix takes much longer

Re: [OSM-talk] Introductions, and Icons?:

2009-08-08 Thread Liz
On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Roeland Douma wrote: > If you want to buy a GPS you might want to go with a Garmin since then you > can use OSM maps, which is awesome. However there are people here that know > a lot more about GPSes, which to buy, which to avoid. Also by searching on > the wiki you can find a

Re: [OSM-talk] Introductions, and Icons?:

2009-08-08 Thread Austin Martin
Hello, OJ, Roeland, all On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Roeland Douma wrote: > If you want to buy a GPS you might want to go with a Garmin since then you > can > use OSM maps, which is awesome. However there are people here that know a > lot > more about GPSes, which to buy, which to avoid. Als

Re: [OSM-talk] Introductions, and Icons?:

2009-08-08 Thread Roeland Douma
First of all welcome! Always good to see new members of our ever growing community :) If you want to buy a GPS you might want to go with a Garmin since then you can use OSM maps, which is awesome. However there are people here that know a lot more about GPSes, which to buy, which to avoid. Also

Re: [OSM-talk] Introductions, and Icons?:

2009-08-08 Thread OJ W
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Austin Martin wrote: > Also, does OSM need a collective icon set, because by looking at this: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features. It seems like just a random > mishmash of icons, but maybe I'm wrong on this.. However if I'm right, I > would love to wo

[OSM-talk] Introductions, and Icons?:

2009-08-07 Thread Austin Martin
Hey my name is Austin Martin, I recently got registered on OpenStreetMap (wiki and map), because I heard about it on FLOSS Weekly, Wednesday (though I have volunteered to help FLOSS projects for a while now, know how most work, and have heard about/visited the site before). So I thought I might int