Re: [Talk-ko] NTIC source

2018-07-05 Per discussione Robert Helvie
Martijn , If you haven't found it yet, it is the National Transport Information Center https://intl.its.go.kr/index_en Apparently there is an API there for use. But being "national" I suspect the law against transferring Korean geospatial data to places outside Korean control is still the

Re: [Talk-ko] Fixing laguage-mixed name tag in Korean region

2017-03-04 Per discussione Robert Helvie
The ideas here are good, but I have a problem with the idea that the Korean names "should" be translated. I have come across numerous examples where a street name COULD be translated, for example something like "대학로" could be translated to "University street"; however, the English on the actual

Re: [Talk-ko] Questionable imagery

2017-02-10 Per discussione Robert Helvie
Kyu-sung, Thanks for the report. Robert On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:05 PM, 최규성 wrote: > Kyu-sung ___ Talk-ko mailing list Talk-ko@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ko

Re: [Talk-ko] A New Talk-ko Member's Introduction

2016-11-05 Per discussione Robert Helvie
On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 11:00 PM, 최규성 wrote: > Talk-ko@openstreetmap.org Welcome to the list, and OSM. It will be good to get more local input, especially from a GIS perspective. Robert *"We should give meaning to life, not wait for life to give us meaning. "* ~

Re: [Talk-ko] South Korea rendering problems

2016-08-10 Per discussione Robert Helvie
I posted on github with what the problem entails and just a POSSIBLE idea of something we could do. It is mostly a data problem. Originally when Korea had very few mappers, > things were pretty barren. Well before the administrative boundaries were > added, "centroids" of all the different levels

Re: [OSM-talk] Need to revert a bunch of changesets

2016-06-26 Per discussione Robert Helvie
hone > > Il giorno 26 giu 2016, alle ore 06:10, Robert Helvie <alim...@gmail.com> > ha scritto: > > So I have sent two messages to this user with no response. > > > > DWG can put a block on him to be sure he gets the message. He should > explain where he got

[OSM-talk] Need to revert a bunch of changesets

2016-06-25 Per discussione Robert Helvie
OK, I am not sure which list this should go on, so I am putting it here. So I have sent two messages to this user with no response. I now know for sure that he is copying information from Naver maps ( maps.naver.com) a Korean map provider or some other source. The area in question is a city

Re: [Talk-ko] Mapping Hiking Trails in Bukhansan National Park

2012-06-13 Per discussione Robert Helvie
Just replying so you know this list is not dead. Sorry, I am a bit too far south of Seoul to help with trails up there. Have at it and have fun. Just remember to respect any GPS traces and adjust the imagery. Jama rek, Robert --- On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Brian McLaughlin

Re: [Talk-ko] Any Active Mappers in the Seoul Area

2011-07-10 Per discussione Robert Helvie
Welcome There are a couple of sporadic mappers around Seoul, but I am not sure if they are on the Talk list. Your best bet might be to go to http://www.itoworld.com/static/osm_mapper.html , set up a couple of areas to monitor and just see if anyone maps in your area(s). Then you can try and

Re: [Talk-ko] Road upgrades- how to tag?

2010-12-19 Per discussione Robert Helvie
If I come across a road that obviously (at least from imagery) has been rerouted/improved, I pretty much do just that. Split out the old section to make it tertiary, delete the ref tag and add the new section to the original road with accompanying tags. I figure eventually that old section of