Re: [talk-au] SA/Vic border

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Sun, 14/6/09, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-36.8528&lon=140.9719&zoom=13&layers=B000FTF > > has the swamp in the middle of the map (judging from the > aerial imagery) Roughly judging from the aerial image the border would be closer to 140.9698 degrees east t

Re: [talk-au] SA/Vic border

2009-06-14 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote: > I've merged the 2 administrative boundaries into 1 and aligned them both to > be 140.9640 degrees east, which is the best I can do based on the > information you provided and I found on the net. > > I assume the border is supposed to be a straight line, b

Re: [talk-au] SA/Vic border

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Sun, 14/6/09, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > Nick and I both cross this line a few times a year > > the OSM boundary is not correctly aligned with the signs on > the Mallee Highway either > > needs some variation on which routes we take it seems I've merged the 2 administrative boundaries into

Re: [talk-au] SA/Vic border

2009-06-14 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote: > Anyone up for a road trip to the middle of no where Vic/SA to get some GPS > data on the survey line? :) Nick and I both cross this line a few times a year the OSM boundary is not correctly aligned with the signs on the Mallee Highway either needs some v

Re: [talk-au] SA/Vic border

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-36.8528&lon=140.9719&zoom=13&layers=B000FTF > > has the swamp in the middle of the map (judging from the > aerial imagery) > > the road going north from the swamp has the boundary on the > eastern edge Yea, but the aerial images aren't aligned to fixed point

Re: [talk-au] SA/Vic border

2009-06-14 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote: > --- On Sun, 14/6/09, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > > photo from Mullinger swamp near naracorte > > Can you tell me where the swamp is on the map? It doesn't look like anyone > has plotted it yet. > > > but i didn't own a GPS then > > Pity it would have answere

Re: [talk-au] SA/Vic border

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Sun, 14/6/09, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > 2 miles and 19 chains is the measure in the High Court > documents; then about 2 1/4 miles Considering the inch (and other imperial measurements) weren't standardised until the 1950s (1 inch = 2.54mm) that's a little imprecise to work out unless

Re: [talk-au] SA/Vic border

2009-06-14 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote: > Yep, read up on all that, but I'm trying to figure out the exact longitude > it was set at by the privy council ruling. > > All the state borders that are set to exact lat/longs are all screwy and > I'm trying to fix it to be as accuracte as humanly possi

Re: [talk-au] SA/Vic border

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Sun, 14/6/09, Liz wrote: > Longitude?? Yes, longitude, must have latitude on the brain... > it's actually a really interesting story > > with a survey error and Privy Council hearing to settle the > boundary Yep, read up on all that, but I'm trying to figure out the exact longitude it

Re: [talk-au] SA/Vic border

2009-06-14 Thread Liz
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Delta Foxtrot wrote: > Does anyone know the exact latitude of the SA/Vic border? > > I've only seen rough estimates of 3.6km west of 141 degrees east. > > > > > ___ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.ope

[talk-au] SA/Vic border

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
Does anyone know the exact latitude of the SA/Vic border? I've only seen rough estimates of 3.6km west of 141 degrees east. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] sa - vic border

2008-03-07 Thread Liz
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008, Paul Zagoridis wrote: > What's the best way of using tracks for this project? Should I be doing > a search on the traces page for tracks near my lat/long location? > this is a how_long_is_a_piece-of_string question It depends on what you start with Big computer, fast proces

Re: [talk-au] sa - vic border

2008-03-05 Thread Peter Ross
On 3/6/08, Paul Zagoridis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the best way of using tracks for this project? Should I be doing > a search on the traces page for tracks near my lat/long location? If you're using JOSM, then there is an option to download gps traces in the bounding box you've selec

Re: [talk-au] sa - vic border

2008-03-05 Thread Paul Zagoridis
Hi Liz and Nick What's the best way of using tracks for this project? Should I be doing a search on the traces page for tracks near my lat/long location? Regards Paul Liz wrote, On 3/3/08 11:08 PM: > On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Nick Hocking wrote: > >> I'd love to survey Serviceton but it is a bit

Re: [talk-au] sa - vic border

2008-03-03 Thread Liz
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Nick Hocking wrote: > I'd love to survey Serviceton but it is a bit out of the way for me. Your tracks and mine often cross. That road between sa and vic I haven't yet taken, so it can join the list for when I'm going further south into SA. Liz __

Re: [talk-au] sa - vic border

2008-03-03 Thread Nick Hocking
From: Liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [talk-au] SA - Vic border > > Those who know the history of the border will find this ironic, but I > think > that we've got the border another 250m W of its real position. > > Thanks for that Liz, I cant believe that af

Re: [talk-au] SA - Vic border

2008-03-01 Thread Franc Carter
ROFL! On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Those who know the history of the border will find this ironic, but I > think > that we've got the border another 250m W of its real position. > > I'm judging this on what I've been doing on the Mallee Highway and the > area

[talk-au] SA - Vic border

2008-03-01 Thread Liz
Those who know the history of the border will find this ironic, but I think that we've got the border another 250m W of its real position. I'm judging this on what I've been doing on the Mallee Highway and the area surrounding, comparing my surveys and the land use seen from landsat. There are