>
> --- On Wed, 20/5/09, Ross Scanlon wrote:
>
>> Well aware of that, I've been using them for osm uploads
>> for 2-3years.
>> However osm only uses a very limited set so lat, long and
>> elev are all
>> that is currently used by osm, you have to enter all other
>> tags manually.
>
> After trawlin
> Liz wrote:
>> the Transystem i-Blue 887
>> was bought as photoMate 887
>> successfully connected under bluetooth protocols with Linux and used
>> mtkbabel
>> to obtain the data
>> unsuccessful so far with usb connection as wrong ID by kernel 2.6.27,
>> loading
>> wrong module
>> Accuracy looks go
>
> --- On Thu, 6/8/09, Roy Wallace wrote:
>
>> Tags for that purpose are already described on
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfuel
>
> I just noticed this url on that page:
>
> http://www.osmfuel.org
>
> map/site for searching fuel locations
>
>
>
>
Still short on listing biod
>
> --- On Fri, 7/8/09, Roy Wallace wrote:
>
>> Gah... don't tag for the renderer.
>
> We're not tagging for the renderer, we're tagging to describe something,
> perhaps this is just a case of needing a width and to render accordingly,
> however you need something more than just highway=path to de
>> A wheelchair suitable path would have even less gradient,
>> and again have
>> no steps, but might be narrower. I haven't read the
>> Australian standards
>> there, so someone else who has a better idea should chime
>> in.
>
> Are there tags for gradient?
>
> Also it should be some sort of grad
>
> Hello,
>
> I hope to contribute to the OSM mapping project for Australia. I'm based
> in
> Murray Bridge, SA and work in Adelaide.
>
> If you're interested in my background you can read about me at my blog (
> http://domiconsultant.org ). From there is a link to my LinkedIn profile.
>
> Mike
this might just be a silly / basic question
how does one tell Navit to allow one to drive on the motorway?
I double checked, its set to car, not to horse cycle or pedestrian, and it
won't send me along a motorway
or is this a problem with au data??
Liz
who luckily knew the way because it would
> Interesting, It puts me on motorways all the time (sometimes it would be
> nice to
> have more choice). Have you checked the oneways etc. Have you got a
> permalink
> to a problematic road
>
> cheers
>
>
150km of Hume Highway
and a few km in wollongong
same thing
motorway > sends me to go down fi
> I tried a few random points on the Hume and on the way down to
wollongong and
> 'it works for me' ;-(
>
> I'm using a recentish svn version and one of John's recentish
> Australia.bin
> files
>
> cheers
>
i've got a very recent (yesterday) bin file from John, but I'll try the
upgrade from svn
I'
>> I tried a few random points on the Hume and on the way down to
> wollongong and
>> 'it works for me' ;-(
>>
>> I'm using a recentish svn version and one of John's recentish
>> Australia.bin
>> files
>>
>> cheers
>>
>
> i've got a very recent (yesterday) bin file from John, but I'll try the
> upg
This weekend I think I'll be checking out some local bird watching spots
http://rankinssprings.googlepages.com/home
so does anyone have any ideas on tagging bird watching spots and hides?
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> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:33 PM, John Smith
> wrote:
>>
>> It shouldn't be too hard to hack up a quick db that can do a layer
>> over the top, I think people were suggesting to put this info directly
>> into OSM but that may over kill a simpler DB can do the same thing in
>> the same way as the
just had a look at australia and we have some rogue admin boundaries in NT
on Barkly Tablelands and in North SA
http://osm.org/go/s...@go
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> android powered phones only?
>
> jim
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:34 PM, John Smith
> wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGXK4jKN_jY&feature=player_embedded
>>
as i waited and waited for this to download on my 3G modem in Melbourne
i thought
wot if the data downloads so slowly you run o
i think i have left my garmin etrex cx in the hotel in melbourne.
in which case, its gone.
what are people's favourites for a bicycle mounted gps with display which
shows OSM maps?
other criteria
good accuracy
value for $
ability to use as gps source for navit when in motor vehicle
Liz
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> 2009/11/13 :
>>
>> i think i have left my garmin etrex cx in the hotel in melbourne.
>> in which case, its gone.
>>
>> what are people's favourites for a bicycle mounted gps with display
>> which
>> shows OSM maps?
>>
>> other criteria
>> good accuracy
>> value for $
>> ability to use as gps
> ed...@billiau.net wrote:
>> ability to use as gps source for navit when in motor vehicle
>
> The good news is that Navit can use any NMEA source, which just about
> any serial or USB connectable device will provide.
> --
I haven't yet persuaded navit to listen to a GPS on /dev/rfcomm0 or
linkin
> G'Day All
>
> I was just marking the show grounds here in Rockhampton but I'm not
> quite sure what tag to use. I've had a look at the tags on the OSM Wiki
> under landuse, Amenity and Leisure and nothing seems to be the right
> tag. I even had a look under the Australian tagging guidelines. I
> Since the new NearMap imagery has been available to us, I have been adding
> a few building outlines here and there, but a scenario I come across often
> is whether I should include things such as pergolas, open air covered
> areas, carports, the shelters which covers the fuel pumps at servos and
> 2009/11/17 Peter Ross :
>> but before we go any further we should first kick off the local
>> foundation.
>
> I sent an email a month or more ago asking permission to use OSM as
> part of the name, and a follow email a week or two ago and I'm still
> waiting for a reply to the followup email.
>
>
> For me the opportunity is this.
>
> 1. We map carnarvon
> 2. OSM Local foundation and nearmap release press release saying look
> carnavon is mapped and now the locals there have a high quality map
> which they can use on the internet or on their gps free of charge.
> 3. Contact local paper th
> 2009/11/17 :
>> And although the OSMF has a plan for local chapters the plan is missing
>> critical details.
>
> Actually it's not that simple there seems to be various ideas as to
> what a local chapter should be.
>
I was just being understated
I am not sure that there was any idea past "let's
http://www.obico.de/
still in prototype
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> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Chris Barham wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Steve Bennett
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone on this list had any success approaching groups to encourage
>>> them to join?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Their club magazine, "Checkpoint", is also looking for contributions o
> John Smith wrote:
>
>> Adding in postcodes and the BP data I've noticed a LOT of square
>> roundabouts...
>
> The problem arises mainly with economically-drawn "flared" approaches to
> roundabouts, as that term is used in
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:junction%3Droundabout
>
> John
>
S
> Liz wrote:
>
>> This am we'll head out along the Mallee, put some more streets in
>> Manangatang
>> and return next week via the Sturt and put some streets in Waikerie.
>
> If you're taking your bike, the bike path between Renmark and Paringa is
> nice and is missing from OSM.
>
> I'm still hopin
Just a note.
Was using Navit for navigation into Adelaide (although we do know the way)
and noticed the right turn at the bottom of the big hill into Portrush
Road was followed by a left turn in 20 metres, which isn't the way you see
it as a driver.
I think that this is the result of Portrush Road
> I've used NearMap for this sort of thing on roads that I am
> familiar(ish) with, it gives you a pretty good idea of when it's a
> painted line and when it's a hard strip. One bit of fun to look out
> for is where the road is divided by pegs (bits of Princes Highway in
> Sydney), but if you zoom
>
>
> Or are you actually turning into Portrush Rd? In which case the Nuvi
> has me doing a simple right-hand turn.
>
> John
>
Yes, turning into Portrush Road, which was "Turn right, turn left in 20
metres"
when to the driver it is the same as above - a right turn only.
If it is a Navit problem
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks for this info. I downloaded the routable maps last night and
> tried them out today at work (I'm a delivery driver - gives me lots of
> opportunity to try out the Etrex).
>
> Mostly, the routable maps worked well - gave good point-to-point
> instructions. I did find on
> I also just tried out routing on my new Garmin Oregon 550...awesome. I was
> on cycling Churchill Park in Melbourne's east and camping the night. The
> gps, using only osm data, found me some really interesting tracks that I
> wouldn't have thought of on my own. Someone's done a good job in that
> How are people tagging these, they aren't like other emergency
> services and you can't contact them by dialing 000 for that matter.
>
> Nothing came up in searching for SES/State Emergency Services... Well
> apart from some spanish word that's completely irrelevent.
>
13 25 00
i've put some i
>> How are people tagging these, they aren't like other emergency
>> services and you can't contact them by dialing 000 for that matter.
>>
>> Nothing came up in searching for SES/State Emergency Services... Well
>> apart from some spanish word that's completely irrelevent.
>>
>
> 13 25 00
>
>
> i'
> 2009/12/26 :
>> On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 21:08 +1000, John Smith wrote:
>> How are people tagging these, they aren't like other emergency
>>> services and you can't contact them by dialing 000 for that matter.
>>>
>>> Nothing came up in searching for SES/State Emergency Services... Well
>>> apart f
> 2009/12/26 :
>> At the time I must have got emergency_service from somewhere
>> where else is it used?
>> I'm happy to change when we decide
>
> I'm just pointing out it goes against other emergency services,
> although they should probably be grouped together properly instead of
> lumped in as
> 2009/12/26 :
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Emergency_service
>> where the discussion page notes that we can't "just change" existing
>> amenity tags.
>
> They aren't set in stone and the highway=path supporters have been
> going about changing lots of stuff, so if we th
> 2009/12/26 :
>> Ambulance - diff types
>
> Most are state run, WA has outsourced to St Johns I think, and then
> there is volunteer ones too I think...
>
>> Fire - diff types incl CFA and RFS
>
> There is also metro, which are full time paid employees rather than
> mostly/all volunteer.
>
>> VRA
> Nick Hocking wrote:
>
> I notice someone's filled in lots of Waikerie too.
>
> John H
>
Missed quite a few streets in Waikerie as we managed to drive
inefficiently in a circle, but when i downloaded all the gpx files from
the server there was good additional information there.
We did some more s
> 2010/1/14 Jim Croft :
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti#2010_Earthquake_Response
>> http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake/
>
> I'm not trying to detract from how badly off people are in Haiti...
> but nothing like this occurred when Australia had tho
> Roy Wallace wrote:
>
>> I use name=Woolworths for Woolworths petrol stations. Have never used
>> the operator=* tag - should I?
>
> I haven't seen any difference to the rendering with or without the
> operator tag.
>
> What I do find useful is the inclusion of a place name when looking at
> the l
> On 11 February 2010 05:33, Liz wrote:
>> Haven't got far through the judgement so far but this sounds quite
>> clear.
>> 7.
>> The Copyright Act does not protect facts, ideas or information contained
>> in a
>> work, to ensure a balance is struck between the interests of authors and
>> those
>>
> I haven't used Merkaartor but I presume it presents relations in a way
> similar to JOSM which is what I've been using.
You can make it show big blue dotted lines on the map in a rectangle
around the extreme points in the relation, or turn it off and not be
alarmed by big blue dotted lines goin
> On 11 February 2010 14:19, David Murn wrote:
>> Doesnt all content have an identifiable author, or at least copyright
>> holder? Unless its computer generated that is.
>
> The copyright holder isn't always the author, although in the case of
> Channel 9/Telstra they should have auditing systems
I used my garmin oregon 550 in the car on the way to Canberra yesterday.
Messed up a bit because i hadn't put a routable map on it, so had Navit on
the netbook on the passengers seat to assist me.
However I noted that the OSM map on the Garmin clearly shows the admin
boundaries with names - I was s
made it safely into adelaide with the routable garmin maps from
http://www.osmaustralia.org/garminroute.php. Must check one point where
the advice was to cross over the median strip and use the wrong side of
the road.
Small hiccup in an inability to set a route over the Vic/SA border, but
can navig
> Hi.
>
> On 28 March 2010 17:04, wrote:
>
>> I find that the use of NHA17; NHA20; NHA1 and NHA8 as route designations
>> is quite silly.
>> No road sign says NH anything.
>>
>
> I'm inclined to agree here. I understand why it was decided that way
> originally, but it is slightly confusing that th
> On 12 April 2010 08:03, Roy Wallace wrote:
>> Sorry to be a party pooper, but do you think Lonely Planet would be
>> okay with this kind of use of their publication?
>
> I doubt she'd be copying it verbatim, more likely she's using it like
> a street directory for route planning and will use a G
> On 08/05/10 07:14, Liz wrote:
>
>> Useful tags
>> layer=* As the road is literally under the waterway, the layer tag
>> should be
>> that of the waterway minus one.
>>
>> would we agree here when the waterway is dry (normal condition to me)
>
> Interesting. Some fords are across permanent waterw
> On 8 May 2010 11:16, John Henderson wrote:
>> Not to mention the difference between a ford and a floodway. Sometimes
>> the distinction isn't clear, and best left to the mapper.
>
> What is the difference between a ford and a floodway/causeway? I
> thought they were the same thing.
>
Causeway
> On 8 May 2010 12:27, John Smith wrote:
>>> Floodway
>>> is an occasional ford
>>> only in those odd years that water falls from the sky
>>
>> How is that different from the first causeway definition?
>
> Sorry I should have mentioned that most causeway's I've seen signed
> are usually dry creek
> On 8 May 2010 13:03, wrote:
>> Floodways are often in places were you can't even see the creek bed.
>> http://billiau.net/zoph/photo.php?album_id=23&_order=date&_off=4151
>> (Just about the last picture before we broke down Australia Day)
>
> Ok, so flood plain or flood prone areas...
>
actuall
> This kit may also help, depending on your screen size:
>
> http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12561
>
> when fitted, provides a 7-inch touchscreen via USB, which I'm assuming
> would be more convenient that using the touchpad.
>
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> chun...@gmail.com.au
>
I've seen hard
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/The_Sturt_Highway_Virtual_Mapping_Party
thought today after 700km on the road that this project should be permanent
I started with a few notes on the wiki
i imagine that someone would do a stretch like Merbein South to Lake
Cullulleraine and do the north side o
> On 5 July 2010 17:39, Steve Bennett wrote:
>> The only reason you gave against creating multiple nodes was you
>> didn't like it. Seems fine to me. Especially since the church and
>> school in this case are not really co-located: the centre of the
>
> There is no church, they're using a school h
> Finally got around to updating the data showing progress of road mapping
> across Victoria as compared to the 'definitive' source from the Victorian
> Government.
>
> The table can be found at
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Victoria,_Australia/Road_progress.
> There is no lack o
> I wonder what the odds of this ending up on google in the next 6 months
> will be.
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-27.27381&lon=153.0753&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF
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> will be.
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-27.27381&lon=153.0753&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF
>
sorry about the blank mail
that bridge seems to have a bike track on the eastern side which descends
into the water
??
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> How do you tag a winery? I tried tourism=winery but that doesn't render.
>
> I guess shop=alcohol would render, but that's not really the correct tag.
>
>- Ben
>
I have put them in as tourism=attraction, back in the days when i found a
tag and misused it or altered it to fit reality.
They ar
> Hi.
>
> Yes I'm thinking that tourism=attraction is probably the most appropriate
> tag, in that I'm probably interested in the winery due to tourism rather
> than commerce.
>
> If there is also a restaurant there I'd probably tag that separately.
>
> As before, note that a vineyard is a differen
> On 21 July 2010 05:36, John Smith wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure how complete it is, but there is a list of data sets and
>> the licenses:
>>
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalog
>>
>
> If there are any known entries missing, please add them.
>
> LWG has put out a request for this ear
> Recently I've been photographing Canberra Bridge numbers and registering
> them in OSM in the hope that one day ACT emergency services will find them
> to be of use. I've currently done about 200 (only 600 to go).
>
When you said ACT bridge problem I thought that you meant the one that
fell down
Yesterday we found lots of blue numbered markers on posts near bridges,
all 4 digit, and a larger number of posts white with blue top which marked
culverts, with a larger number of digits.
Then on the Hume orange posts with black numbers placed at one km
intervals - photographed a few of each and c
> Liz wrote,
>
> "Yesterday we found lots of blue numbered markers on posts near bridges,
> all 4 digit, and a larger number of posts white with blue top which marked
> culverts, with a larger number of digits."
>
>
> Were all these on major highways?.
Burley Griffin Way; Hume Highway; Newell Hi
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Andrew Harvey
> wrote:
>> Looks like this has been done again
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6132651
>>
>> The whole closed way bays that I added have been deleted. I consider
>> this is vandalism,
>> what should I do?
>
> Forget about it and l
Original Message
Subject: [OpenStreetMap] Re: Marree, South Australia
From:"staehler"
Date:Wed, October 27, 2010 17:37
To: ed...@billiau.net
--
Hi drlizau
> As far as street names are concerned, we could just pick up the names for
> the streets currently unnamed by survey from the Atlas of SA, and
> attribute
> appropriately.
I've got 3 names by research - checking the addresses of the pub, school,
police station.
After that I was going to send offsp
> On 08/11/10 20:49, Peter Ross wrote:
>
>> Their idea is that a museum (say) would buy these locata things and
>> place them throughout their building then people could wander around
>> with their smart phone and get information relevant to where they are,
>> or alternatively firefighters could pl
>
> If you want to just keep the ABS data in OSM as a pure copy of the ABS
> data,
> and not modify it even where it is obviously supposed to follow the
> coastline, but just misses it, then what is the point of having it the ABS
> data contained within the OSM to begin with? It may as well just
>
> As an aside, as large and as remote in parts of Australia are, I'd be
> surprised if you could put your finger on a way that will never be
> touched again, either by on the ground survey, or by aerial
> photography review. If you'd care to name one, I'd be happy to place
> a wager!
>
> Ian.
.
>
> Can we can just confine the discussion to coastline then? As you say,
> there is unlikely to be a definitive answer for other boundaries, but
> the coast is the coast, yes?
>
The Victorian coastline changes too - especially along the limestone
Shipwreck Coast to the east of Warrnambool.
Wha
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:29 PM, wrote:
>> but while the coastline is constantly altering the admin boundary is
>> expected to remain unaltered
>
> Do you think? Surely those admin boundaries are expressed as "to the
> high tide mark" or something, not to some arbitrary coordinate which.
>
> A
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 9:17 AM, {withheld}
> wrote:
>> Please note the last line of that article: "Both the town and Phil Down
>> will revert to their original names in a month."
>>
>> Why bother?
>
> Because it's fun.
>
> Steve
>
that's why the subject line says "temp name change"
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>
> If you want to do some mapping from home, then BING imagery is usually
> more
> than adequete and is and will continue to
> be OSM comliant. This way your efforts will not be in vain whether you
> stay
> with OSM, or branch off to another project.
>
I map in places where the best imagery is u
> On 4 May 2011 06:49, Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
>
>> Just remind yourselves that if CC-by and CC-by-SA are good enough for
>> our government, they are good enough for us...
>
> Who is "us", in this case?
This is the Australian list, in case you didn't realise
>
> Maybe you have a better option?
>
Yes.
It already happened.
Liz
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