Re: [talk-au] Putting streams into OSM

2023-05-27 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Sat, 27 May 2023 at 16:34, Tom Brennan wrote: > > But while useful, the question is really whether a full stream import is > worthwhile. > I would say yes (if it's not too much effort required to do so?) Thanks Graeme ___ Talk-au mailing list

Re: [talk-au] Putting streams into OSM

2023-05-27 Thread Tom Brennan
On 26/05/2023 2:10 pm, Kim Oldfield via Talk-au wrote: > I also find streams useful to indicate the surrounding ground is > downhill towards them. Being at the bottom of a valley it is also > fairly obvious when you encounter one in person. > > They are often hard to map from aerial imagery as

Re: [talk-au] Putting streams into OSM

2023-05-27 Thread Warin
On 26/5/23 14:51, Tom Brennan wrote: DCS Base and Topo don't distinguish between perennial and non-perennial That information is available in the NSW Water Theme data eg: https://portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au/portal/home/item.html?id=7b0e959effd749c788d304a4179abf8a That data is licensed

Re: [talk-au] Putting streams into OSM

2023-05-27 Thread Warin
On 27/5/23 16:48, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: On Sat, 27 May 2023 at 16:34, Tom Brennan wrote: But while useful, the question is really whether a full stream import is worthwhile. I would say yes (if it's not too much effort required to do so?) Thanks Graeme I too would

Re: [talk-au] Putting streams into OSM

2023-05-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Fri, 26 May 2023 at 08:42, Tom Brennan wrote: > what's the reason for using relations? Or > is it specifically for the search that you mentioned? A relation can also be linked 1:1 with an item for the waterway in Wikidata, and with the wider web of linked data. -- Andy Mabbett

Re: [talk-au] Putting streams into OSM

2023-05-27 Thread Tom Brennan
I hadn't seen that page until Andrew Davidson mentioned it earlier in the thread. But the NSW Water Theme data falls under the DCS Foundational Spatial Data, which is listed as having a waiver, and thus usable... [And I probably should have been more specific with the wording - I knew that

Re: [talk-au] Putting streams into OSM

2023-05-27 Thread Tom Brennan
My main area of interest from a stream point of view is the Hawkesbury Catchment, outside the Sydney suburban boundaries. I haven't been involved in any imports so you'll have to excuse my ignorance. Could the dataset be split into say urban/non-urban and the non-urban parts imported? Or do