2008/12/3 Jim Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> OK, and as I've been dying to ask this question somewhere, I'm going to
> flood the mailing list with an impossible two posts in the space of an hour.
>
> I'm assuming the maps on Wikipedia are open source. I used to live in Hong
> Kong and here's an exam
> The original source
> is
> http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Discovery_bay.svg&variant=zh-hk
Which then points to:
Source: Drawn using Inkscape mainly according to Centamap.
http://www.centamap.com/gc/home.aspx
that says:
"(c) Survey and Mapping Office Lands Department Copyright r
Maybe someone had better tell Wikipedia as well then ... ;-)
I'll hold off for now then, but I was more interested in the technique as much
as anything. I'd played around with it, but never got around to downloading my
own WMS server, which seems like a bit too much hassle in fact.
Jim
manin
in ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install mapserver
Let me know if you plan to take this route and I'll dig my config.
But I suggest you take the mapwarper approach first.
cheers,
maning
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Jim Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe someone had better tell Wikipedia as well
2008/12/3 maning sambale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > The original source
> > is
> http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Discovery_bay.svg&variant=zh-hk
>
> Which then points to:
> Source: Drawn using Inkscape mainly according to Centamap.
> http://www.centamap.com/gc/home.aspx
> that says:
>
Another thing. It's not clear what the projection that Wikipedia map
uses, so you cannot exactly trace it (or rectify it) if you don't know
the original projection and the coordinates of the map's extent, even
if the licensing is kosher.
Regards,
Eugene
On 12/3/08, D Tucny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr
Hi guys
> > The original source
> > is http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Discovery_bay.
> svg&variant=zh-hk
>
> Which then points to:
> Source: Drawn using Inkscape mainly according to Centamap.
> http://www.centamap.com/gc/home.aspx
> that says:
> "(c) Survey and Mapping Office
It's true that facts cannot be copyrighted (e.g., exact shapes of islands,
roads, etc.) but a map is a *representation* and an *abstraction* of the
real world. Copying from such a map means you're at the mercy of whatever
creative processes the original mapmaker used (e.g., omitting very small
isla
Hi,
When I went to CSB to talk about OSM Philippines and JOSM c/o the
"smart" staff and Computer Applications Org
(http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2008-November/000124.html),
I took the LRT-1 and saw again the largest Philippine Relief Map in
Luneta
(http://mayniladailyphoto.blog
Hi,
An openstreetbug feature enhancement request (or for future bug tracking tool):
Add the data layer (as in the main OSM map) to view the the underlying tags
cheers,
maning
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On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:58 AM, maning sambale
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> An openstreetbug feature enhancement request (or for future bug tracking
> tool):
> Add the data layer (as in the main OSM map) to view the the underlying tags
>
> cheers,
> maning
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maning sambale wrote, On Thursday, December 04, 2008 09:02 AM:
> So I had the idea of try to put in OSM. So here it is rendered in Mapnik:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=14.584958&lon=120.982798&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF
You clearly have too much time on your hands! :-)
Jim
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Hi All,
You've probably discussed this already, but in case you haven't, it seems that
Google is entering the fray.
http://maps.google.com/help/mapmaker/philippines/
I find it quite strange that the data on maps.google.com for the Philippines is
laughably inaccurate, but the data in m
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Jim Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> You've probably discussed this already, but in case you haven't, it seems
> that Google is entering the fray.
>
>http://maps.google.com/help/mapmaker/philippines/
>
> I find it quite strange that the data
I tried the mapmaker only once. Immediately, I got turned off by the strict
(which is a good thing actually) but meticulous (bordering on arrogant)
moderator. that was it. did not attempt again.
besides, I find the lack of gps trace support a dead end! how do you even
start to put a road on a
I did now know about that project of google yet.
...and I am pretty confused and annoyed about google...AGAIN!
I mean what shall this be good for? Certainly not for the greater good:
Poaching contributors from a creative commons project, in order to fill in
their own shortcommings in maping devel
I can kind of see why Google is targeting Philippines and other developing
countries. Its basically the same reason as we're doing Openstreetmap: because
there is no good online map available. In HK there are a couple, so there is
not as much need for another one. If you look at OSM for HK there
Not only are they stealing our ish, they are not good "faultcheckers", as I
found out barely an hour ago:
$ Where's the island that has "Hospicio de San Jose" on it? (OSM has the
island, Google "sunk" it)
$ D Romualdez, Sr. is "part" of Natividad Almeda-Lopez
$ The Uniliver Philippines compl
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