[talk-au] Introduction Brett Russell (Ent)

2012-07-18 Thread Brett Russell
Hi All First the hardware PC = ASUS NX90 (I7) running Windows Home Premium 64 bit version. GPS = Garmin 62s Phone = iPhone Software Ok, I have just installed the java development kit. This must be a different version to the Java I installed to get JOSM working. Now when I type java in any

Re: [talk-au] Introduction Brett Russell (Ent)

2012-07-18 Thread Paul HAYDON
Hi Brett (et al), Firstly, this is my first post on an OSM forum, so apologies if I get anything wrong (etiquette, format, etc.). These forums are somewhat less sophisticated than others on which I've contributed. IMHO, you'll find most of the data on OSM to exhibit a car-bias - it's the natur

Re: [talk-au] I feel like such a newbie

2012-07-18 Thread John Henderson
On 18/07/12 01:46, SomeoneElse wrote: FWIW recent splitter and mkgmap versions should work OK with pbf files, I think. Thanks for the tip. I'm happy to report that I've updated my splitter and mkgmap, and have created my gmapsupp.img from australia-oceania.osm.pbf without using osmosis at all.

Re: [talk-au] Introduction Brett Russell (Ent)

2012-07-18 Thread John Henderson
On 18/07/12 18:45, Brett Russell wrote: I have been playing with the IMG file for Tasmania from OSM website, both routable and standard and like what I see but they are optimised for vehicles with foot tracks not showing unto at the 300 metre scale is zoomed to. As do mountains. This means yo

[talk-au] OSMF Redaction bot working on Australia

2012-07-18 Thread Arie Paap
Hello I've been watching the progress of the bot on North America and it seems to have mostly finished there. It is now working on Australia: starting from the South and working northwards. I suspect it will be done by the end of today, but the high rate of redactions required might slow it down.