Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping the spill

2010-06-15 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
Sorry for the inconvenience. Kickstarter is down for routine maintenance. We'll be back soon! On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Alexander Menk menk-you.should.remove.this.for.permanent.cont...@mestrona.net wrote: Sam Vekemans wrote: is anyone mapping the spill, showing the area?

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping the spill

2010-06-13 Thread Alexander Menk
Sam Vekemans wrote: is anyone mapping the spill, showing the area? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jywarren/grassroots-mapping-the-gulf-oil-spill-with-balloon?pos=3ref=recommended Alex ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping the spill

2010-06-12 Thread Gregory
http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/ http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/Is really cool. I had thought about doing something like that with letting users trace anything on OSM (e.g. a large park) and being able to see it on another location (e.g. compare it to the size of a park near their home). On 12 June

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping the spill

2010-06-12 Thread John Smith
On 12 June 2010 23:09, Gregory nomoregra...@googlemail.com wrote: http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/ Is really cool. I had thought about doing something like that with letting users trace anything on OSM (e.g. a large park) and being able to see it on another location (e.g. compare it to the size

[OSM-talk] Mapping the spill

2010-06-11 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, is anyone mapping the spill, showing the area? Does anyone know of Public Domain imagery available? The area is no longer a nature preserve, but an 'industrial area'. Or 'liquid_waste' or something. Thanks, Sam -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping the spill

2010-06-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
. -- Hypatia of Alexandria -Original Message- From: Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:50:26 To: Talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: [OSM-talk] Mapping the spill Hi, is anyone mapping the spill, showing the area? Does anyone know of Public Domain imagery available

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping the spill

2010-06-11 Thread Sam Vekemans
. -- Hypatia of Alexandria -Original Message- From: Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:50:26 To: Talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: [OSM-talk] Mapping the spill Hi, is anyone mapping the spill, showing the area? Does anyone know of Public Domain

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping the spill

2010-06-11 Thread John Smith
On 12 June 2010 13:16, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: This is a perminant area transformation like a 'volcano lava flow'. Where the area will be a perminant sedement area, and needs to be known. That isn't mapping, that's making projections based on currents and stuff, you'd

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping the spill

2010-06-11 Thread Ian Dees
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: Negative thinking aside, just listing WHERE it is, is important to know. Zooming out, its easy to keep 'close' as that is all thats needed, using whatever imagery is available. We have unlimited crowd

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping the spill

2010-06-11 Thread John Smith
On 12 June 2010 13:37, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: NOAA is mapping it quite well: