Re: [Talk-us] Lot boundaries

2009-10-14 Thread Dale Puch
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Alan Mintz > wrote: > At 2009-10-14 17:14, Dale Puch wrote:Yup. I describe the OSM project and > then specifically what I want to do. I'm concerned, though, that the answer > I sometimes get is from someone that may not be qualified or allowed to give > the answer

Re: [Talk-us] Lot boundaries

2009-10-14 Thread Kate
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Dave Hansen wrote: > I noticed that when Google rev'd their maps, they also magically got lot > lines when you zoom in. > > http://maps.google.com/?ll=44.952442,-123.027169&spn=0.001619,0.002044&z=19 > > Would using those kind of data be better than using the TIGER

Re: [Talk-us] Lot boundaries

2009-10-14 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
some counties have detailed parcel data and even building outlines with adress data. someone imported a nice example in Mono county http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.645611&lon=-118.975286&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF but some buildings have only dummy adress and are 0. other counties offer data too

Re: [Talk-us] Event Reminder: Atlanta, Georgia Mapathon Friday Event

2009-10-14 Thread Thea Clay
Hi Y'all, I am so excited that the Atlanta Mapathon is finally here and generating so much interest! To answer Mike's question, there will be a sponsored Meetup (with the Atlanta iPhone Developers group) at the Gordon Biersch Brewery in Buckhead on October 16th at 6:00 PM. More information can

Re: [Talk-us] Lot boundaries

2009-10-14 Thread Anthony
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Alan Mintz wrote: > At 2009-10-14 17:14, Dale Puch wrote: > > Yep, check the property appraiser office for the county, Usually the only > original source for such data. > For my county http://paraster.ocpafl.org/Webmap2/default.aspx  Be sure to > check out the 6" p

Re: [Talk-us] Lot boundaries

2009-10-14 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 04:20:46PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > I noticed that when Google rev'd their maps, they also magically got lot > lines when you zoom in. > > http://maps.google.com/?ll=44.952442,-123.027169&spn=0.001619,0.002044&z=19 > > Would using those kind of data be better than using

Re: [Talk-us] Lot boundaries

2009-10-14 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2009-10-14 17:14, Dale Puch wrote: Yep, check the property appraiser office for the county, Usually the only original source for such data. For my county http://paraster.ocpafl.org/Webmap2/default.aspx  Be sure to check out the 6" per pixel aerial view as well as birds eye, and links to google

Re: [Talk-us] Lot boundaries

2009-10-14 Thread Dale Puch
I did not see the property lines on google either. Yep, check the property appraiser office for the county, Usually the only original source for such data. For my county http://paraster.ocpafl.org/Webmap2/default.aspx Be sure to check out the 6" per pixel aerial view as well as birds eye, and lin

Re: [Talk-us] Lot boundaries

2009-10-14 Thread Anthony
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Alan Mintz wrote: > At 2009-10-14 16:20, Dave Hansen wrote: >>I noticed that when Google rev'd their maps, they also magically got lot >>lines when you zoom in. >> >>http://maps.google.com/?ll=44.952442,-123.027169&spn=0.001619,0.002044&z=19 > > I'm not seeing that

Re: [Talk-us] Lot boundaries

2009-10-14 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2009-10-14 16:20, Dave Hansen wrote: >I noticed that when Google rev'd their maps, they also magically got lot >lines when you zoom in. > >http://maps.google.com/?ll=44.952442,-123.027169&spn=0.001619,0.002044&z=19 I'm not seeing that, but... >Would using those kind of data be better than usi

[Talk-us] Changing the account that uploaded the TIGER data

2009-10-14 Thread Dave Hansen
So, I just noticed that this map: http://matt.sandbox.cloudmade.com/?lat=45.528599&lng=-122.885771&zoom=15&layer=2 has my own street listed as unedited TIGER data. I think someone is just using "user==DaveHansen" as a test for edited vs. uneditied TIGER data. So, I changed the display name. It

Re: [Talk-us] Lot boundaries

2009-10-14 Thread Ian Dees
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Dave Hansen wrote: > I noticed that when Google rev'd their maps, they also magically got lot > lines when you zoom in. > > http://maps.google.com/?ll=44.952442,-123.027169&spn=0.001619,0.002044&z=19 > > Would using those kind of data be better than using the TIGE

[Talk-us] Lot boundaries

2009-10-14 Thread Dave Hansen
I noticed that when Google rev'd their maps, they also magically got lot lines when you zoom in. http://maps.google.com/?ll=44.952442,-123.027169&spn=0.001619,0.002044&z=19 Would using those kind of data be better than using the TIGER data for addressing? Any idea how Google got those data? --

Re: [Talk-us] Event Reminder: Atlanta, Georgia Mapathon

2009-10-14 Thread Mike N.
> I wanted to send out a reminder to all the mappers around the > Atlanta, Georgia area (and all the folks coming in from out > of town) that the Atlanta Mapathon on October 16-18 is > quickly approaching. Is there anything planned for Friday the 16th that's open to the public, if so- where an

Re: [Talk-us] Atlanta Mapathon reported by BBC

2009-10-14 Thread Sarah Manley
Nice press! Thea at Cloudmade has been one of the main organizers, good job! On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Stellan Lagerstrom < lagerst...@blindsight.com> wrote: > The upcoming Atlanta Mapathon > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Atlanta_Citywide_Mapathon > just got some nice press coverage

[Talk-us] Atlanta Mapathon reported by BBC

2009-10-14 Thread Stellan Lagerstrom
The upcoming Atlanta Mapathon http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Atlanta_Citywide_Mapathon just got some nice press coverage on BBC; it is one of the top Tech stories. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8305924.stm ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@ope

Re: [Talk-us] Salt Fork Lake rendering issue

2009-10-14 Thread Lennard
David ``Smith'' wrote: > don't see a problem with redundant tagging. If the renderer gets it > wrong because of the way it's tagged, then the renderer needs to be > fixed, not the tags. But I'm confident that that's not even the > problem here. FYI: The renderer involved has no problems with tha