[talk-au] A problem area (maybe) for the someone in Canberra

2010-03-15 Thread Sean
like playing around in someone else backyard. I leave it to someone in Canberra who is familiar with the area to fix up if it needs to be. Sean -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkue5N8ACgkQAJovnx

Re: [talk-au] Suburb boundaries

2010-02-12 Thread Sean
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I did that about 2 weeks ago. I didn't have any problems turning it into a shape file. John Smith wrote: > There is a script that turns coastlines into shape files, I wonder > what sort of error messages it spits out... > > Alternatively we could p

Re: [talk-au] Duplicate node finder

2010-02-09 Thread Sean
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well everything outside Brisbane in QLD has been done now. I'll let someone else do Brisbane and the Gold Coast. John Smith wrote: > SteveC just did a webcast on a new map rendering Matt has come up with > to show duplicate nodes: > > http://www.ope

Re: [talk-au] re Coastline rendering in Garmins Mapsource

2010-02-03 Thread Sean Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Not only have they created sea polygons but they have turned the land into polygons also. The only way to do it. John Kitchener wrote: > Seems Openmtbmap has recently got 'sea polygons' organized. :) > > Here is a Mapsource Noosa view. It's not 100%

Re: [talk-au] Question about lanes

2010-01-21 Thread Sean Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I tag the same way as John does. Sean John Henderson wrote: > If the road is two-way traffic (you can drive in either direction), I > use the lanes tag only if the number of lanes is greater than two. > > If the road has one-way tr

[talk-au] Show Ground Tag

2009-11-14 Thread Sean
s. I looked up to see what tag used for the exhibition grounds in Brisbane. It's been tagged landuse=commercial. Hmmmye but I still don't think it's the right tag. Is the above tag the right one? If not what is the right tag? Sean __

Re: [talk-au] How to map out streets the most efficently

2009-06-17 Thread Sean
This is what I do. I use paper maps to plan my route. I also take them with me so I stay on that route or to make changes to my route. I also use the maps on the GPS and the track log. As you driving around the track log shows on screen so I know what streets I've done. I use a PDA to voice re

Re: [talk-au] What gives with roundabouts?

2008-12-17 Thread Sean
Sam Couter sam-at-couter.id.au |OSM list| wrote: > Sean <4ey0ll...@sneakemail.com> wrote: > >> I never said I was mapping for a particular program or device. Garmin >> was just an example. I'm mapping for all programs and devices. As all >> programs o

Re: [talk-au] roundabouts

2008-12-14 Thread Sean
n shots of your GPS you will have to use a program called xImage. You can download it from Garmin's website http://www8.garmin.com/support/agree.jsp?id=545 I believe this program may not work with the Nuvi's but give it try. Should work with all other Garmin GPS's. Sean Liz edodd

Re: [talk-au] roundabouts

2008-12-14 Thread Sean
e" tag.". Could you please explain this point a bit more. Going through all the docs I have on the Garmin format I can't find any support for a roundabout on a node. Can find support for a roundabout on a way. Even looking at Garmin official maps like City Navigator, all round

Re: [talk-au] What gives with roundabouts?

2008-12-14 Thread Sean
is or if it is removed. Any tom, dick or harry that uses that data knows straight way where the roundabout are don't they. In the case of Garmin GPS's they only support roundabouts as a way and not as a point. Pretty hard to edit a script if that's the case isn't. Se

Re: [talk-au] What gives with roundabouts?

2008-12-12 Thread Sean
ping GPS's. So what I'm sayings is you are better to draw a loop way for ALL roundabouts so that if the tag is lost while being converted to another format or load into another program, any Tom, Dick or Harry can still tell there is still a roundabout at that

Re: [talk-au] Routable OSM Garmin maps

2008-12-11 Thread Sean
G'Day Matt Try cutting the VIC and NSW maps up and making them smaller then 8meg. When I was making Contours Australia I had problems with rendering and Mapsource crashing when the maps were over 8meg. Making them smaller was the fix. Sean Matt White mattwhite-at-iinet.com.au |OSM

Re: [talk-au] Camping/rest stop POIs

2008-12-05 Thread Sean
Dam it. I copied the wrong address. Here's the correct one. It's just to bloody hot here today. http://www.mainroads.qld.gov.au/web/publicCR.nsf/2911b5cc11cfec994a2569e60005f0b3/c910dc97531bd29a4a2573ae0007613d?OpenDocument Sean Sean 4ey0llz02-at-sneakemail.com |OSM list| wrot

Re: [talk-au] Camping/rest stop POIs

2008-12-05 Thread Sean
or persons associated with the related third party sites. Sean Darren Osborne darren.osborne-at-mac.com |OSM list| wrote: > This week I was clearing through my list of GPX files that I had > recorded over the past 18 months. > > Amongst them was a zipped folder of POIs I received ab

Re: [talk-au] Road numbers in Garmin

2008-10-22 Thread Sean
piler to add it in. If your making them yourself you will have to give a bit more info on how you are making them. If your downloading them from a site just shoot off a email to site owner. Ask them if they can add them in. Sean Diego Molla dmollaaliod-at-gmail.com |OSM list| wrote: > [S

Re: [talk-au] Australia.osm.bz2

2008-02-23 Thread Sean
Here's another guy that's making the Australia data available. Updates are weekly and he also converts them to Shape format. http://www.festy.org/files/OSM/ Liz edodd-at-billiau.net |Open Street Map| wrote: > If you want a big slice of australia this link gives a subset of planet.osm > for aus