Welcome Hans,
When I'm unsure how to map something, I follow a process something like
this, to find out how other mappers have approached it.
Wikipedia might be a good place to find a common name for a particular
feature like chicane. If you don't know that it's called a chicane, of
that it is f
Perhaps I'm not a typical mapper, but I don't find the existence of
bulk
imported local data to have been particular inhibiting in my
activity level.
I don't believe there is any one thing as a "typical mapper". But I
certainly agree with you myself, and so do many others, as witnessed
b
> Please take a read of
> http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2009/11/10/the-pottery-
> club/
It started out as an interesting story, until I got to the
"outsiders". Outsiders?!?! You have GOT to be kidding me. Next are
we going to have a manhood contest about who has the longer,
On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:02, "David ``Smith''" wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Scott Atwood > wrote:
>> Offshore islets can probably be mapped via satellite imagery.
>
> It's common practice for providers of aerial/satellite imagery such as
> Yahoo to mask out actual coverage of oceans and
Shaun it's simply not that clear cut, there are plenty of people in the US who
would never have gotten involved without TIGER. I met one yesterday and it was
the first thing he said.
On Dec 4, 2009, at 5:12 PM, Shaun McDonald wrote:
> Why oh why oh why do some people insist on wasting time try
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Scott Atwood wrote:
> Offshore islets can probably be mapped via satellite imagery.
It's common practice for providers of aerial/satellite imagery such as
Yahoo to mask out actual coverage of oceans and large lakes with a
generic "ocean" texture that is meant to lo
On 5 Dec 2009, at 00:47, Scott Atwood wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Shaun McDonald
> wrote:
> Why oh why oh why do some people insist on wasting time trying to import
> loads of data?
>
> Please take a read of
> http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2009/11/10/the-pottery-c
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Shaun McDonald wrote:
> Why oh why oh why do some people insist on wasting time trying to import
> loads of data?
>
Why do some people insist on wasting time surveying data that someone else
has already surveyed?
Probably much the same reasons. It can be fun :).
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 00:12 +, Shaun McDonald wrote:
> > Why oh why oh why do some people insist on wasting time trying to
> > import loads of data?
>
> Mapping is fun, but I personally think it is more fun when you're
> enhancing someone e
>Why oh why oh why do some people insist on wasting time trying to import loads
>of data?
I like to view OSM data as capable of creating some usable map types on its
own, rather than just a possible supplemental feed to Google maps in the
future. As such, landmarks are key to a standalone m
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Shaun McDonald wrote:
> Why oh why oh why do some people insist on wasting time trying to import
> loads of data?
>
> Please take a read of
> http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2009/11/10/the-pottery-club/
>
> Please go out and map what's out on the ground
On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 00:12 +, Shaun McDonald wrote:
> Please take a read of
> http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2009/11/10/the-pottery-club/
Don't forget that OSM was turning away US mappers for a long time
telling them to come back once TIGER was imported. It isn't that way
any
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 16:22 -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Anyway, Scott, I'd encourage you to find some specific goals that you'd
> like to achieve with the import. It may not be worth importing things
> just because they are available. Is there something specific missing
> from or lacking in OSM t
On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 00:12 +, Shaun McDonald wrote:
> Why oh why oh why do some people insist on wasting time trying to
> import loads of data?
Mapping is fun, but I personally think it is more fun when you're
enhancing someone else's work rather than starting from a blank slate.
Whatever flo
Why oh why oh why do some people insist on wasting time trying to import loads
of data?
Please take a read of
http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2009/11/10/the-pottery-club/
Please go out and map what's out on the ground, as usually imported data is of
a rather low standard or the im
The Hawaii state government has a sizable repository of GIS data that could
be useful to import into OSM: http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/gis/. I have
contacted a manager in the GIS department by telephone and verified that
this GIS data is in the public domain, and therefore available for import
into OS
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