Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:59:42 -0800 (PST) Neil Penman wrote: > Wouldn't this problem be easier to manage if each CC-BY data source > was kept in separate data store which is combined as a layer on the > client or tile server? I think it is reasonable to suggest alternate methods of keeping and

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Sam Vekemans
Yup, geocommons.com does this. Just upload the data (in small pieces) to geocommons, and the community can use the data as layers, searching for what i available. I use openJUMP, an easy program to learn, to view shp files, and extract a small area and separating it from feature attribute. che

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Neil Penman
Wouldn't this problem be easier to manage if each CC-BY data source was kept in separate data store which is combined as a layer on the client or tile server? These layers could then be attributed when or if they are actually shown. This would also simplify the situation where data such as

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Alex (Maxious) Sadleir
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Brendan Morley wrote: > On 21/11/2010 12:18 PM, Andrew Laughton wrote: >> >> In my opinion OSM will never recover to the same point that it is at today >> if data is removed for the simple reason that most, if not all government >> data will need to be removed, > >

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Andrew Laughton
>> In my opinion OSM will never recover to the same point that it is at today >> if data is removed for the simple reason that most, if not all government >> data will need to be removed, > > Why would government data need to be removed? Australian government > geodata, for example, is definitely

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:29:30 +1000 Brendan Morley wrote: > Also, would you argue that Apple has a more polished product than > anything in the Linux family? > I don't use apple anything, so cannot speak from experience. I know they have the most locked-down model and that they can expertly c

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Brendan Morley
On 21/11/2010 12:18 PM, Andrew Laughton wrote: In my opinion OSM will never recover to the same point that it is at today if data is removed for the simple reason that most, if not all government data will need to be removed, Why would government data need to be removed? Australian government

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Andrew Laughton
In my opinion OSM will never recover to the same point that it is at today if data is removed for the simple reason that most, if not all government data will need to be removed, and there is no way that private mappers can replace this as there are no physical markings on the ground, or water as t

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:00:30 -0800 (PST) Neil Penman wrote: > Two years or 3 its not that important osm will recover.  Community > based mapping is too important to be abandoned for reliance on > commercial mapping organisations.  Its also a lot of fun which takes > the edge off having to re-map

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Neil Penman
Two years or 3 its not that important osm will recover.  Community based mapping is too important to be abandoned for reliance on commercial mapping organisations.  Its also a lot of fun which takes the edge off having to re-map areas.   I am however kind of surprised at the attitude by some tha

Re: [talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 09:48:11 +1100 Nick Hocking wrote: > Certainly, it unfortunately appears that there will be whole > villages/towns that will remain red. These will need to be > resurveyed. I believe that this will take about one year (or maybe > two at the most) I think you are over hopeful

[talk-au] license change map

2010-11-20 Thread Nick Hocking
"Although the situation does look dire for Australian cities" Hi Simon, I think that the situation may may not be quite as dire as you suspect". I believe that most of the "yellowness" in Australia is due to the "max speed bot" that added just one tag to a huge number of roads. If this bot's ac