[talk-ph] GPS review on etrex 30 and 62sc

2013-06-11 Thread maning sambale
Dear all, Any experience using etrex 30 [0] or gpsmap 62sc [1]? My favorite unit (60csx) was phase out by Garmin. [0] https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/on-the-trail/handhelds/etrex-30/prod87774.html [1] https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/on-the-trail/handhelds/gpsmap-62sc/prod89556.html -- cheers,

Re: [talk-ph] GPS review on etrex 30 and 62sc

2013-06-11 Thread Ervin Malicdem
I'm using Etrex 30 for my mapping expeditions. However I cant compare to any handhelds as this is the first I had. So far so good with digital compass and barometer. Screen is highly visible even in bright sunlight. Battery (using NiMH AA) lasts roughly 20 hours of continuous use. Tracing can be

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
The roads under the maintenance of the DPWH Baguio City District Engineering Office is another area that uses OSM as a basemap: http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/infrastructure/Road%20Data/2012%20Road%20Data%20for%20Ipad/baguio_city.htm On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread maning sambale
Nice! The surface type (concrete, asphalt) is good data we can add in OSM, unfortunately, the disclaimer pdf has very strict copyright restrictions. Maning Sambale (mobile) On Jun 12, 2013 7:14 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: The roads under the maintenance of the DPWH Baguio

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread Rally de Leon
Clicking on Region IV-A on DPWH link: http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/infrastructure/Road%20Data/2012%20Road%20Data%20for%20Ipad/region_iv_a.htm Is it safe to classify Caylabne Road a trunk (an extension of Governor's Drive)? How about Naic-to-Mendez and the Tanza-Trece Martirez roads? Weird, Aguinaldo

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread tutubi
on copyright, did you know the work of the government, by law, is not covered by copyright unless you use it for profit? it's somewhere in the copyright law, a popular topic in photography forums --- I explore, therefore I blog! http://www.backpackingphilippines.com

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread Rally de Leon
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:43 AM, maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.comwrote: Nice! The surface type (concrete, asphalt) is good data we can add in OSM, unfortunately, the disclaimer pdf has very strict copyright restrictions. Maning Sambale (mobile) Maning, it's obviously OSM basemap

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread maning sambale
On Jun 12, 2013 10:01 AM, tutubi tut...@backpackingphilippines.com wrote: on copyright, did you know the work of the government, by law, is not covered by copyright unless you use it for profit? Which precisely why we can't directly copy from government data unless there is explicit permission.

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread maning sambale
Dear Rally, On Jun 12, 2013 10:02 AM, Rally de Leon rall...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:43 AM Maning, it's obviously OSM basemap under the Baguio jpg right? in fact get a copies as proof in the future. How does copyright works? Enlighten us. I understand if they add new info

Re: [talk-ph] GPS review on etrex 30 and 62sc

2013-06-11 Thread maning sambale
Thanks Carlo and Ervin. We will consider your experiences. Maning Sambale (mobile) On Jun 11, 2013 5:11 PM, Ervin Malicdem schad...@gmail.com wrote: I'm using Etrex 30 for my mapping expeditions. However I cant compare to any handhelds as this is the first I had. So far so good with digital

Re: [talk-ph] ideas on importing deped schools db to OSM

2013-06-11 Thread maning sambale
Dear all, Just to update you on this. Upon random checking of some tiles, there are cases where the location is too far off. It was confirmed by Liana that in some cases, brgy boundary centroid was used when no actual gps survey was conducted. I will try to cleanup the data before we begin the

Re: [talk-ph] DPWH 2012 Road Data

2013-06-11 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
Well, there's a loophole in that provision. If what you get from the government is *pure data* (numerical coordinates, etc.), then you can't use it in OSM without permission. This is the idea behind the DepEd and DOH data we are getting/trying to get. On the other hand, if what you get is an