Re: [talk-au] A way to go

2011-12-02 Thread Nilbog_aus_OSM
Well I'm waiting on licencing of the ABS data as it seems unclear if this is covered by data.gov.au's ok as it predates data.gov.au . Even if ABS data turns out to have an incompatible licence, I hope to have time closer to the official cut-out date to save whatever data I easily can. Hundreds of

Re: [talk-au] A way to go

2011-12-02 Thread John Henderson
On 02/12/11 12:27, Andrew Laughton wrote: I would like a copy of the map before these deletes are made for my GPS, has someone done this before these deletes were done ? I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for, but I've got a copy of

Re: [talk-au] Thoughts on co-ordinating re-mapping

2011-12-02 Thread SomeoneElse
On 02/12/2011 04:47, El Segundo Can't win wrote: There are two types of re-mapping - on the ground re-mapping, and desktop re-mapping. There's also arguably a third - re-adding edits lost as a result of removal of non-CT edits using notes taken at the time of the original on-the-ground

Re: [talk-au] Thoughts on co-ordinating re-mapping

2011-12-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:17 PM, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: On 02/12/2011 04:47, El Segundo Can't win wrote: There are two types of re-mapping - on the ground re-mapping, and desktop re-mapping. There's also arguably a third - re-adding edits lost as a result of removal

Re: [talk-au] Maxspeed bots

2011-12-02 Thread Mark Pulley
On 02/12/2011, at 2:13 PM, Ben Kelley wrote: The content of these edits is in the public domain (I.e. the default residential speed limit in Australia) and these edits could be re-edited by an actual bot. Given that these edits are easy to identify, and the large number of ways, this might

Re: [talk-au] ABS [ ODbL data.gov.au permission granted]

2011-12-02 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Ben Kelley ben.kel...@gmail.com wrote: What will get removed? The relations? The ways? The points? I guess this is a question bigger than just the ABS data, but given how integrated this import is with other data, the impact would be significant. How on earth

Re: [talk-au] ABS [ ODbL data.gov.au permission granted]

2011-12-02 Thread Luke Woolley
I personally want them kept. Now that we have bing imagery covering more areas, there is less reliance on using them for getting other data (creeks and roads) out of the boundaries. When we imported the boundaries, all we had was crappy yahoo and GPS traces. I think users know to not touch them

Re: [talk-au] ABS [ ODbL data.gov.au permission granted]

2011-12-02 Thread Ian Sergeant
On Dec 3, 2011 10:48 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: To play Devil's Advocate here, does anyone actually want the suburb boundaries retained (or reimported)? To me, they've always been a big pain in the arse. I don't think it is being devil's advocate. OSM shouldn't be a dumping

Re: [talk-au] ABS [ ODbL data.gov.au permission granted]

2011-12-02 Thread Andrew Laughton
On 3 December 2011 08:06, Ian Sergeant inas66+...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 3, 2011 10:48 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: To play Devil's Advocate here, does anyone actually want the suburb boundaries retained (or reimported)? To me, they've always been a big pain in the

Re: [talk-au] ABS [ ODbL data.gov.au permission granted]

2011-12-02 Thread John Henderson
On 03/12/11 10:47, Steve Bennett wrote: To play Devil's Advocate here, does anyone actually want the suburb boundaries retained (or reimported)? To me, they've always been a big pain in the arse - they get in the way when you're trying to map, they show up in various renderings and add noise,