Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread Liz
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, Roy Wallace wrote: On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Ashley Kyd a...@kyd.com.au wrote: (Also, I'm not going to stick around and work out where the attack perimeter is. You can do that. They're nasty creatures. ;) Don't forget it should be verifiable, too :)

Re: [talk-au] Gold Coast railway line from Robina to Varsite Lakes

2009-09-11 Thread Ashley Kyd
I've done some stealthy data gathering and concluded the following: It looks like the railway's mostly following the highway down, and there's a 300 metre long tunnel under Easthill Drive (which isn't in OpenStreetMap, but is close to Robina Station.) All other roads have bridges over the rail.

Re: [talk-au] Gold Coast railway line from Robina to Varsite Lakes

2009-09-11 Thread John Smith
2009/9/11 Ashley Kyd a...@kyd.com.au: I've done some stealthy data gathering and concluded the following: It looks like the railway's mostly following the highway down, and there's a 300 metre long tunnel under Easthill Drive (which isn't in OpenStreetMap, but is close to Robina Station.) All

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread Andrew Laughton
Maybe because they are not nesting at the moment. 2009/9/11 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com 2009/9/11 Liz ed...@billiau.net: magpies are very intelligent creatures they can tell the time (they know when the postie is coming) and they can tell a young male human from less aggressive

Re: [talk-au] bus_stop further details

2009-09-11 Thread Hugh Barnes
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:19:22 +1000 Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 2:15 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: Unless waste_basket=yes is an approved tag the likelihood of it being searched by anyone not using the tag is almost nil So the

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread Hugh Barnes
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:44:55 +1000 Ashley Kyd a...@kyd.com.au wrote: As far as I know, it's a problem in different locations from year to year though. That would mean it needs cleaning up each year after the magpie season's over. Assuming they nest reasonably consistently in the same place

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread John Smith
2009/9/11 Andrew Laughton laughton.and...@gmail.com: Maybe because they are not nesting at the moment. No, they're nesting and even when the young chicks are just out of the nest they don't either. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread John Smith
2009/9/11 Hugh Barnes list@hughbris.com: Let's see who the dedicated mappers are. :D Are we really out of things to map? :) ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] New POI mapping application

2009-09-11 Thread John Smith
Due to things beyond my control it has taken till today to sort out the licensing on the map library, but that's now done and the BB and Android apps are now available for download. They're designed so literally anyone can add a point of interest anywhere any time.

Re: [talk-au] bus_stop further details

2009-09-11 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Hugh Barnes list@hughbris.com wrote: I guess this is one specific case of the broader problem of what to do when two separate entities are co-located (i.e. nodes would be right on top of each other). Well, it depends what you're calling the bus stop. If

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Hugh Barnes list@hughbris.com wrote: I'd like that, too. It's also been discussed regarding temporary features like events and road closures and seasonal features. T-shirt. I'm guessing you've seen the following proposal (early stages)?

Re: [talk-au] talk-au emails have weird delivery times

2009-09-11 Thread John Smith
2009/9/12 Jeff Price jeff.pr...@rocketmail.com: Is it just me, or do the talk-au emails frequently arrive very much out of sequence?  Its not uncommon for me to receive peoples responses before the original email arrives.  I haven't noticed it quite so much on on the talk/import/legal lists.