Over at the main OSM list, there is a discussion on importing POIs
from wikipedia articles:
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2009-May/036582.html
The main discussion revolves around whether we should or shouldn't
import given that some of the POIs location (lon/lat) maybe derived
I kinda sit on the fence on both the legal issues and the desirability of bulk
importing specifically Philippines data. For kicking off this discussion, I'd
therefore suggest that we do not do a bulk import but that we do individually
use the Wikipedia map location tool. I have found this very
Makati is close to complete and is extremely usable already. But I wouldn't
say it's 100% complete especially if we want to use it to find addresses.
For instance I recently tagged the street of northern Ecology Village as
missing and the residential streets in Magallanes very near the corner of
It's tempting to mark out in OSM all of the Jollibee, McDonald's, and
Starbucks branches in the Philippines but I'm wondering if this is wise. Do
we mark out every retail store, every bank branch, every Western
Union/FedEx/LBC outlet, and every company's office in OSM? My personal take
is that we
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:18 PM, maning sambale
emmanuel.samb...@gmail.comwrote:
Just my take,
1. If it's on the ground it should be mapped.
This is a good guideline in general but of course a line has to be drawn
somewhere (pun not intended). I don't think drawing the individual stripes
of
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Rally de Leon rall...@gmail.com wrote:
If you have access to (data of) all locations of Jollibee, McDonalds,
7-Eleven, Ministops, Mercury Drugs and all these big companies, by all means
mark them. With the exceptions of those already inside big malls (which
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Ahmed Farooq ah...@enthropia.com wrote:
I have to add – have you seen the Boracay map? While it looks fantastic
that it is all mapped out, naming each resort/business there has lead to a
map that looks absolutely bloated and is unreadable at times.
For
Right - it isn't just about the rendering, but about the underlying data. A
POI should be considered a universal point of interest - ala a landmark of
building that would be included in a 'Guide to XXX City'. Loading up on all
the businesses is changing from being a map to a yellowpages - which is
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Noel,
This is my opinion...
It is feasible but not practical, the names of the establishments will
be used as our points of interest (POI). My point is, those
establishments is on the ground and should be mapped and identified. OSM
will not become as you say it commercially-oriented instead, it
Guys,
just merging the thoughts on qualifying POIs ...
how about, in addition to a POI having a street level entrance, we consider
if the POI has prominent building signage? Some POIs may be inside a
building but have very visible signage outside or in front of the building
that serve as very
My 2 Centavos on Commercial Establishments,
It is nice to see them on the map but I find that the work to maintain these is
going to get very difficult and a bulk load is just asking for problems.
Using the Wikipedia data before I found many were out of location or just plain
wrong, Thus the
Just a thought, imagine osm tokyo japan contemplating on this issue.
That would be one hell of a mapping problem. hehehe
But I digress, please move on ...
On 5/7/09, Marloue Pidor mur...@mail2engineer.com wrote:
It seems to be a good idea but most of these food chains are located in
front and
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From: Mikel Maron mikel_ma...@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Subject: [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the Map Travel Scholarships
To: t...@openstreetmap.org
The OpenStreetMap Foundation is excited to announce a program to cover
full
We are mentioned here:
* Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand.
Anybody willing to represent OSM-PH? I guess it's worth trying to
nominate one from the group.
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:39 PM, maning sambale
emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com wrote:
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i would like to nominate Maning Sambale to represent the OSM-PH. :-)
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:47 PM, maning sambale
emmanuel.samb...@gmail.comwrote:
We are mentioned here:
* Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand.
Anybody willing to represent OSM-PH? I guess it's worth trying to
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