[talk-au] Fwd: [Aust-NZ] FYI: Government encourages use of open source software

2011-01-27 Thread John Smith
-- Forwarded message -- From: Ross Johnson Date: 28 January 2011 15:50 Subject: [Aust-NZ] FYI: Government encourages use of open source software To: aust...@lists.osgeo.org Some good news: Government encourages use of open source software http://www.governmentnews.com.au/2011/0

Re: [talk-au] Victorian Coastline

2011-01-27 Thread John Smith
On 27 January 2011 22:04, Stephen Hope wrote: > interfering with each other. Then I started finding problems where > sometimes they were connected, sometime they weren't, sometimes the > boundary and road way was the same thing (so if you hide them the road > vanishes as well). So now I just fil

Re: [talk-au] Victorian Coastline

2011-01-27 Thread Ian Sergeant
On 27 January 2011 21:06 wrote: > * ABS2006 boundaries don't follow coastlines when coastlines change. What about when coastlines haven't changed, but when the ABS2006 boundary drifts from the coastline? The answer here, is we don't know whether they intended to follow the coastline and the coa

Re: [talk-au] Victorian Coastline

2011-01-27 Thread 4x4falcon
On 27/01/11 19:17, Steve Bennett wrote: On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 8:21 PM, 4x4falcon wrote: So your mapping for the renderer. I'm mapping for renderers, yes. Why, what are *you* mapping for? Basic premise of openstreetmap has always been "Don't map for the renderers" map what is on the grou

Re: [talk-au] Victorian Coastline

2011-01-27 Thread Stephen Hope
On 27 January 2011 21:17, Steve Bennett wrote: > Note to self: add feature to hide and render unselectable all admin=boundary. I used to always do this (using Josm filters) when working in country areas around Qld, the shire boundaries and roads were always interfering with each other. Then I st

Re: [talk-au] Victorian Coastline

2011-01-27 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:01:46 +0800 4x4falcon wrote: > What was the source of this if you don't mind me asking as I'm sure > Steve will. Me I said that boundaries stay put whether they are right or wrong don't move with roads moving don't move if the coastline erodes. too late at night to look

Re: [talk-au] Victorian Coastline

2011-01-27 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 8:21 PM, 4x4falcon wrote: > So your mapping for the renderer. I'm mapping for renderers, yes. Why, what are *you* mapping for? > Is it colinear or close nodes, without looking at in an editor? > > If you look in an editor such as josm you will see that its two separate >

Re: [talk-au] Victorian Coastline

2011-01-27 Thread 4x4falcon
On 27/01/11 18:06, {withheld} wrote: On 27/01/11 20:21, 4x4falcon wrote: On 27/01/11 14:12, Steve Bennett wrote: On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:10 PM, 4x4falcon wrote: Physical things can change (eg road or railway realignment), non physical don't necessarily change. In the case of boundaries do

Re: [talk-au] Victorian Coastline

2011-01-27 Thread {withheld}
On 27/01/11 20:21, 4x4falcon wrote: > On 27/01/11 14:12, Steve Bennett wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:10 PM, 4x4falcon wrote: >>> Physical things can change (eg road or railway realignment), non >>> physical >>> don't necessarily change. In the case of boundaries do we definitely >>> know >>

Re: [talk-au] Victorian Coastline

2011-01-27 Thread 4x4falcon
On 27/01/11 14:12, Steve Bennett wrote: On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:10 PM, 4x4falcon wrote: Physical things can change (eg road or railway realignment), non physical don't necessarily change. In the case of boundaries do we definitely know that when a road is realigned does the boundary change w