[talk-au] Distinguishing between low-friction and high-friction shared paths

ghway=footway,bicycle=yes, while (2) would be tagged highway=cycleway, foot=designated, making it possible to distinguish between them. Chris Standen ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] cities changed to towns

Hi I disagree, I believe the greater than 100,000 test is not applicable within Australia. OSM Wiki says a city is: The largest urban settlements in the territory, normally including the national, state and provincial capitals. These are defined by charter or other governmental designation in some

[talk-au] cities changed to towns

Hi, some Australian places have changed from cities to towns on; changeset was: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/14217241 I've emailed to the editor to ask the source for the change as I believe some are now incorrect. I really do think Gympie, Maryborough, Warwick and Charters Tower

Re: [talk-au] [Imports] Importing locality names from GeoScience Australia dataset.

check as well due to potential local-use/mis-spellings in OSM data vs approved names - can you share your de-duplication code? 5) Have you read http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines ? Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org

[talk-au] Aus remapping task server

Hi, Has anyone got the tech smarts/resources to stand up a remap-a-tron for Australia? It seems to have been rather a success in the USA, and could help us direct our remapping efforts: demo: http://lima.schaaltreinen.nl/remap/ Source: https://github.com/mvexel/remapatron Might be a good time to

[talk-au] ACT spatial data site

Hi, I saw this and thought I'd mention it here - ACT has launched an open data initiative/site that may be worth monitoring: http://all-things-spatial.blogspot.de/2012/09/act-implements-free-data-initiative.html Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing

[talk-au] redaction cleanup - unusual water feature

Hi, I'm working on the post redaction checks from the rebuild server at http://rebuild.poole.ch/job/29 And I'm a bit confused by this: http://osm.org/go/ueHoaPP9-- If you look at Bing imagery for this location it is composed of some sort of inland harbour/marina/coastline/water feature which had

Re: [talk-au] Charleville gone

u don’t mind but I’ve helped out and traced in the bulk of the > downtown roads for you. If that’s a pain let me know and I’ll revert. Good > luck on remapping > ** > *From:* Chris Barham [mailto:cbar...@pobox.com 'cbar...@pobox.com');>] > *Sent:* 19 July 2012 21:46 > *

[talk-au] Charleville gone

My pet project city is gone... So sad :-( weeks of my OpenStreetMap edits - from this: http://mapq.st/Mu0w1S to this: http://osm.org/go/uW6~q6RW-- I surveyed Charleville and had a blast doing it, but I added to imported road reservation data instead of deleted and re-entered. To think that if the i

[talk-au] lake baroon missing

Hi, I'm away for a few months, but a friend just pointed out that Lake Baroon has gone missing: http://osm.org/go/ueSKIP02- If anyone is inclined to fix please do Chas -- cbar...@pobox.com ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org htt

[talk-au] remove nearmap and yahoo coverage polygons

Hi, Is anyone able to retrieve and delete the polygons defining the extent of coverage of Nearmap and Yahoo imagery over Aus? These polygons are irrelevant now. I tried to come up with a way... but failed :-( Cheers, Chas -- cbar...@pobox.com ___

Re: [talk-au] Finding missing streetnames

tible img file with NoName streets emphasised: http://osmaustralia.org/garminnoname.php Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Brisbane bikeway data on data.gov.au

Just noticed this recent dataset - potentially useful... Brisbane bikeways on data.gov.au (which is therefore licence compatible?) http://data.gov.au/5472 Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

[talk-au] Brisbane street names

Hi, Just spotted a CC-by dataset of Brisbane, Qld, Aus streetnames... Perhaps possible/useful for checking of spelling of existing street names? (I'm *guessing* that wouldn't violate the licence) http://data.brisbane.qld.gov.au/index.php/dataset/street-nam

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

done, under the oversight of the OSMF (who are there to oversee)? Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Bicentennial National Trail

y the Department of Lands, Queensland Government in 1987 for the publication in 1988 (first edition) and with some revisions in 1992 (second edition). Data Quality: Positional accuracy: If captured from 1:10 Provisional Cadastral Maps positional accuracy +- 250 metres and from 1:10 Stand

[talk-au] Outback Survey Charleville Qld

lease check it out and give me the heads up if you spot something obviously wrong! Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] label rendering errors at Fernvale Qld

e Manchester label appears, but the actual lake (and it's label) already appear to the South. Looking in Potlatch I can't see the source of these spurious labels, anyone know what's going on? Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Tal

Re: [talk-au] Active Australian OSM contributors in light of CT/license changes

Hi Andrew, On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 21:29, Andrew Harvey wrote: > Are you moving to the fosm db? If so, great! Less problems with trying to > merge your data into fosm, and we can all get back to mapping. Do you have > any concerns over the switch? I have concerns. The FAQ here gives valid reas

Re: [talk-au] A modest proposal fo OSM mailing list reform

talk-au%20list%3Aorg.openstreetmap.talk-au+page:1+state:facets Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Barrier Reef Island Geographic Offset

hic boundaries 5) Better to have the data than not Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Queensland, Australia: Protected areas (National Parks) - potential import dataset

th the info found so far to support this potential source: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australia/Queensland/The_Department_of_Environment_and_Resource_Management/Protected_Areas_Import What's the general consensus? Cheers, Chris ___ Tal

[talk-au] Nominatim - Qld Admin area - 'Cape Moreton'

eoscience Australia Gazetteer entries for Cape Moreton: http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=cape+moreton&placetype=0&state=QLD Wikipedia Cape Moreton entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Moreton Can anyone suggest what is going on with Nominatim? Cheers, Chris __

[talk-au] ESRI online tool has OSM basemap

mapping success hit the news, was perceived (by me), to have refused to acknowledge OpenStreetMap even existed :-) Cool - I do wonder if they are serving the tiles, or useing OSM bandwidth Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [talk-au] Wivenhoe Dam missing - edit/render problem

/23132054 and > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/52333734 > > both of which are tagged as landuse=reservoir. > > Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Wivenhoe Dam missing - edit/render problem

t and also educate me on how I managed to mess it up? http://osm.org/go/ueEu4mc-- Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] White Cross painted on road - signifies what?

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:58, Chris Barham wrote: > Hi, > Whilst out getting GPS traces north of Brisbane I've noticed quite a few > roads, usually at the end of a rural road, there will be a cross in white > paint on the centre of road, sometimes with a bolt in the centre of t

[talk-au] White Cross painted on road - signifies what?

onsibility/ownership of the road, but then I wondered if perhaps they were for overhead (helicopter) geo-referencing? Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] GA national park and state forest datasource - been discussed before?

ater supply reserve ---Point Aboriginal reserve 0.1 to 10km2 Aboriginal reserve 10 to 100km2 Aboriginal freehold 0.1 to 10km2 Aboriginal freehold 10 to 100km2 Aboriginal leasehold 0.1 to 10km2 Aboriginal leasehold 10 to 100km2 ---Chain Coastline of Australia Reserve boundary State borders Tile e

[talk-au] State forest areas - possible from DCDB-lite?

osm.org/go/ueFPK5A Whereis has the forest extent in green here: http://j.mp/a0tgyr Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Intro video to OSM in Australia

m.au/html/map.php Their website: http://www.landcruisermountainpark.com.au/ Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Intro video to OSM in Australia

opic ?): Checkpoint Contributing info: http://j.mp/6dy77x <http://audax.org.au/public/>Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Australia BP service station dataset - suitable for bulk import?

here to check and be certain on the weekend so have removed the FIXME tag. Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Qld police stations - potential OSM bulk import

could I hand it over to someone else to import? :-) Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] How I found OpenStreetMap - compare to other online mapping

ap making all rather addictive. Regards, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Australia BP service station dataset - suitable for bulk import?

I to use and how to go about it. <http://www.bp.com/iframe.do?categoryId=9026935&contentId=7049357>Regards, Chris ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Mapping on a phone

I'm using a HTC Diamond; mostly use BeelineGPS,BeelineGPS, as it also is good for geocaches. OSMtracker works well also. -Original Message- From: Franc Carter Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 10:18 PM To: OSM Australian Talk List Subject: [talk-au] Mapping on a phone Hi, My phone is o