Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

Repetition can be reduced using JOSM. Set it to 'expert mode' Requires a plugin 'utiltools' or 'More Tools'. Create your addresses along one street without street name, postcode, sub etc - just the house number. Finished? Ok - create a node with the street name, post code etc. Now ^C it to

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

I have been busy doing street names and house numbers for some years: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/-38.09198/144.35883 http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/52.36135/-1.98845 I normally use Potlatch and the address consists of street number and name, post code and suburb name for each

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

Address data could also be used to verify street/road names and also add them where they are missing. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

On 28-Dec-17 12:30 PM, Nick Hocking wrote: Hi Jubal The missing OSM information in Australia that would be, by a large margin, the most usefull, would be address data (and building footprint, if available). If we had address data then OSM maps would be usefull for the genberal public to

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

Hi Jubal The missing OSM information in Australia that would be, by a large margin, the most usefull, would be address data (and building footprint, if available). If we had address data then OSM maps would be usefull for the genberal public to use in car navigation etc. Collecting address data

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

Jubal, I think its great you should be putting in an effort like that. One little worry however, many roads in Australia travel across very lightly populated areas and are often quite unsuitable for certain vehicles and drivers who are inexperienced with the conditions. Such roads are often

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

: Andy Mabbett [mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 10:57 AM To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-au] MS open maps On 21 December 2017 at 23:54, Jubal Harpster <jub...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Microsoft have convened a small Open-Maps team that is

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

On 21 December 2017 at 23:54, Jubal Harpster wrote: > Microsoft have convened a small Open-Maps team that is starting to work > on the OSM data in Australia. Hi Juba, That sounds great. Have you considered adding Wikidata IDs as part of your work? For example, many of

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

of the project as a whole, now seems like a good time to accelerate the effort. -Jubal From: Alex Sims [mailto:a...@softgrow.com] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 5:06 PM To: Jubal Harpster <jub...@microsoft.com> Cc: OSM Australian Talk List <talk-au@openstreetmap.org> Subject: Re: [talk-au]

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

On Fri, 22 Dec 2017, at 10:44 AM, Andrew Davidson wrote: > > 1. There's a Australian Slack channel? Oh, there's at least two. Great, > just what we need, more fragmentation. > There is the Maptime Australia one — http://maptimeaustralia.slack.com What is the other? (And yes... don't you know

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

Did you look at the list of things that they are mapping (https://github.com/Microsoft/Open-Maps/issues)? They all look like things that would be normally arm-chaired anyway. Does it really matter if it's done by someone 100km or 12,000km away? The only comment I'd make is that the correct

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

Two things: 1. There's a Australian Slack channel? Oh, there's at least two. Great, just what we need, more fragmentation. 2. microsoft.com emails go straight to spam. Thanks Google. On 22/12/17 12:05, Alex Sims wrote: Hi, It looks as though you are all based in Seattle, rather than

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

Hi, It looks as though you are all based in Seattle, rather than Australia, is that right? The big question for me is why are you armchair mapping Australia from the US. How can you be sure that your edits are correct and what is Microsoft’s secret plan for Australia :) ? Alex On 22 Dec