Re: [talk-au] Attributing points and/or areas

2010-06-19 Thread Craig Feuerherdt
i much prefer the single object option ie move attributes to the polygon if it is mapped. Just want to make sure that if/when these mass imports are updated (ie caltex service stations etc) that any scripts will check both point and polygon features. Cheers, Craig On 19 June 2010 10:09, John

Re: [talk-au] Hikers on this list?

2010-06-19 Thread Craig Feuerherdt
The only DEM that I know about is the 9second product from Geoscience Australia - http://www.ga.gov.au/meta/ANZCW0703011541.html It does cost $100 and probably has some stringent use/distribution limitations. You want the DEM to produce a hillshade or to derive contours from? If you want contours

[talk-au] ABS data and new license

2010-06-19 Thread Franc Carter
Hi, Legal stuff, hurts my brain to the point of making no progress ;-( Does anyone know if the proposed new license is compatible with the ABS license at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/ thanks -- Franc ___ Talk-au mailing list

Re: [talk-au] ABS data and new license

2010-06-19 Thread Liz
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010, Franc Carter wrote: Hi, Legal stuff, hurts my brain to the point of making no progress ;-( Does anyone know if the proposed new license is compatible with the ABS license at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/ thanks no I don't know the licence asks for

Re: [talk-au] Hikers on this list?

2010-06-19 Thread John Smith
On 19 June 2010 20:04, Craig Feuerherdt craigfeuerhe...@gmail.com wrote: The only DEM that I know about is the 9second product from Geoscience Australia - http://www.ga.gov.au/meta/ANZCW0703011541.html It does cost $100 and probably has some stringent use/distribution limitations. You want the

Re: [talk-au] ABS data and new license

2010-06-19 Thread John Smith
On 19 June 2010 22:19, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: no I don't know the licence asks for attribution but whether the new proposed new system is going to provide appropriate attribution? The new license has a requirement for attribution so I don't think that's a problem. I think cc-by is ok,

[talk-au] Tasmania imagery

2010-06-19 Thread John Smith
Craig pointed to me to this site: http://www.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/listmap.jsp?cookieteststate=checkllx=13.0lly=5116000.0urx=712000.0ury=5662000.0layers=268 Which was in relation to better DEM information, but they also have half decent aerial imagery for most of the state, however the

Re: [talk-au] Generating good looking PDF/SVG maps?

2010-06-19 Thread Ben Kelley
Hi. The Mapnik - SVG - Inkscape route is probably good for where the map needs manual editing. PNG isn't really going to work for any large sized map though. I will report back if I get anywhere. - Ben. On 19 June 2010 14:50, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: And don't

[talk-au] Australian Timezones

2010-06-19 Thread John Smith
Does anyone know why Linderman Island and 2 other islands close to the northern Qld coast get their own time zone? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Coral Sea Islands Territory and Queensland

2010-06-19 Thread John Smith
I came across a dataset by ga.gov.au that has among other things a boundary shape file for the Coral Sea Islands Territory (CSIT), which surprisingly enough lined up perfectly with the existing Solomon Islands border, the boundary data is either cc-by or OSDM which is a cc-by type/compatible

Re: [talk-au] Australian Timezones

2010-06-19 Thread John Henderson
On 20/06/10 11:52, John Smith wrote: Does anyone know why Linderman Island and 2 other islands close to the northern Qld coast get their own time zone? Are you sure that's not just on April 1st? John H ___ Talk-au mailing list