Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Chris Hani Baragwanath

2010-05-25 Thread Heinz Meulke
Sorry Kalafong is located at http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-25.63459&lon=28.01081&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF I was there once but unfortunately did not have a gps with me 2010/5/24 Heinz Meulke : > There is also Kalafong > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-25.73157

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Chris Hani Baragwanath

2010-05-24 Thread Heinz Meulke
There is also Kalafong http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-25.73157&lon=28.20205&zoom=16 (not on the map yet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalafong_Hospital 2010/5/24 Nic Roets : > 2010/5/23 Grant Slater : >> Which mega hospital should we do next? > > Tembisa ? > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?l

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Cheap GPS DataLogger on BidorBuy

2010-02-23 Thread Heinz Meulke
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:30 PM, John Grant wrote: > The 747A seems to be a good basic data logger, small, reasonable battery life. > No display although blue tooth available for use with smart phone etc. > Replacable battery albeit Nokia phone battery (AA may be more accessible) for > longer hi

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Cheap GPS DataLogger on BidorBuy

2010-02-10 Thread Heinz Meulke
I bought one got it in 14 days... paid about R690 with shipping and customs clearing charges Shipping was R120 Customs clearing R25 price dependent on exchange rate have not had a chance to use it and collect tracks though On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Grant Slater wrote: > On 10 F

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] South African Tagging Guidelines?

2010-01-26 Thread Heinz Meulke
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Brendan Barrett wrote: > Hi Rickus > > As far as I know, you are using "unclassified" correctly. As for the dirt > road, I am used to using highway=track. You can use tracktype as a second > tag on the feature marked as highway=track to denote how good the surface

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] 2010 World Cup Map

2009-10-09 Thread Heinz Meulke
I live close to Loftus Versveld in Pretoria, I will be happy to improve the map. What is needed? (The current map shows the stadium) Does anyone have some idea where parking will be available? I have been looking at the websites and cannot find any links to parking arrangements. Several roads wi

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Upload

2009-09-15 Thread Heinz Meulke
, Chris Ainslie wrote: > Right, done. I hope this helps someone. > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Heinz Meulke wrote: > >> I am sure it will be very useful! >> >> Did you tag them with the tag South_Africa? >> If not you can always add the tag afterward

[OSM-Talk-ZA] Gauteng mapping party - 19 September 2009

2009-09-15 Thread Heinz Meulke
This weekend is D-Day http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gauteng_mapping_party_-_September_2009 So Nic it seems like we are the only 2 in Gauteng, any other takers? Nobody else keen to come say hello? I would assume we need a laptop running the tileserver so we can at least demo the maps. Mayb

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Upload

2009-09-15 Thread Heinz Meulke
I am sure it will be very useful! Did you tag them with the tag South_Africa? If not you can always add the tag afterwards Here is the list of recently uploaded traces (tagged with South_Africa) http://www.openstreetmap.org/traces/tag/South_Africa On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Chris Ainsli

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] from the OpenGeoData blog

2009-09-15 Thread Heinz Meulke
Yes it is true, there was an article a while ago http://www.brainstormmag.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3475:mapping-the-world-class-african-city&catid=43:in-depth-analysis&Itemid=86 If we cannot convince government to share, we will just have to make sure our data is better

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Anyone Available for Software Freedom Day - Pretoria?

2009-08-13 Thread Heinz Meulke
In the past I helped out at the GLUG stand, but this year I will be at OSM. Nic I will see you there! On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Grant Slater wrote: > Comeon guys, who is in with Nic? > How often do you get to brag about how super awesome OpenStreetMap is! > OSM Gauteng looks amazing. >

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Data logger recommendations please

2009-08-01 Thread Heinz Meulke
be reduced. It's quite small and runs > from AAA batteries, so it's nice for hiking trips. Generating routes for it > with yournavigation takes a bit of work, but is great for cycling. (It's a > pity you didn't ask before SotM...) > > Regards, > Nic > > O

[OSM-Talk-ZA] Data logger recommendations please

2009-07-31 Thread Heinz Meulke
I currently have a Garmin Extrex GPS and I am always keen to log trips wherever I drive, but it only keeps points and I frequently manage to fill it up. I need something that can record lots(unlimited) points. So should I travel for 2 weeks I do not need to frequently stop and download tr

[OSM-Talk-ZA] Progress on Sout African maps, stats page

2009-01-20 Thread Heinz Meulke
Hi all Over the last 18 months the maps improved rapidly, I even convinced colleagues at work to join the effort. Generally speaking, people look at any project and look for progress, if they cannot see any recent changes they tend not to contribute. I am wondering if it would be possible to upd

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Just joined

2009-01-12 Thread Heinz Meulke
This is a bit outdated but should give you a good idea how osmSA has increased speed over time http://labs.geofabrik.de/history/images/813.gif http://labs.geofabrik.de/history/images/812.gif On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Barry Downs wrote: > Hi Dave, > > Welcome. I'm also fairly new - joined

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Using data from GPSED website

2009-01-08 Thread Heinz Meulke
public domain? On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Grant Slater wrote: > Heinz Meulke wrote: > > > > I was wondering, a website like gpsed makes all tracks available, > > everyone can download the gpx tracks > > > > please see link below for an example (I chose a rando

[OSM-Talk-ZA] Using data from GPSED website

2009-01-08 Thread Heinz Meulke
Hi everyone I was wondering, a website like gpsed makes all tracks available, everyone can download the gpx tracks please see link below for an example (I chose a random track someone drove) http://gpsed.com/track/6488966512226744075 I had a look to see if there was any copyright on the data a

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Tagging

2008-11-24 Thread Heinz Meulke
I also agree that the tagging standards does not make lots of sense I would rather tag and use the speed limit as a guide. In urban areas I would also consider the amount of traffic carried by the specific road as a factor. The suggestions made by Paul seems a lot more sensible than the current s

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Please Upload GPS Traces

2008-04-25 Thread Heinz Meulke
I have some recent traces of unmapped area that was recently uploaded http://openstreetmap.org/user/znh/traces/ In the future I will also add the tag South_Africa, was not aware what to add in the Tag field Cheers Heinz On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Grant Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[OSM-Talk-ZA] New tracks available for Free State around Clarens

2008-02-22 Thread Heinz Meulke
Hi all I have uploaded some GPS tracks of a trip down to Clarens in the Free State I have started tagging the road but due to limited time I have only completed a small portion, everyone is welcome to help out. http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/znh/traces/75241 Enjoy Heinz __

[OSM-Talk-ZA] Classification of Roads in Namibia

2007-12-17 Thread Heinz Meulke
Hi, Since most roads are dirt roads in Namibia, it looks very empty looking at the map, most of these dirt roads are well maintained and locals frequently drive 100km/h and even 120km/h Would it not be better to re-classify them as primary/secondary roads but add a note, untarred, or is this an i

[OSM-Talk-ZA] oploaded more tracks

2007-12-16 Thread Heinz Meulke
Hi all, I uploaded some more tracks of a trip I took to Senekal in the Free State, Anyone that is keen is welcome to tag the data http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/znh/traces/59104 Cheers Heinz ___ Talk-ZA mailing list Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org http://

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] gpx files upload problems

2007-10-25 Thread Heinz Meulke
Hi, my gps had 4 tracklogs full, that I saved on my gps, and then downloaded to my PC (with waypointmanager) and saved to a single file, maybe I lost some of the points in this process. I should check. 2000 points seem a bit few. Looks a lot more detailed on my GPS (all tracks are still there) An

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] gpx files upload problems

2007-10-25 Thread Heinz Meulke
guess soon people can start taggin the data On 10/19/07, Ray Booysen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Heinz > > The GPX won't be represented as nodes, you have to do that yourself. > > Is it not complaining that you're missing a tag in the tags textbox in > the upload

[OSM-Talk-ZA] gpx files upload problems

2007-10-19 Thread Heinz Meulke
I recently took a trip through Namibia, Zambia and Botswana and I have about 7000km worth of tracks. I tried uploading the gpx file to the http://www.openstreetmap.org/ GPS traces tab but it simply complains about an invalid tag. How do I go about adding this data? I also opened the file in

[OSM-Talk-ZA] GPS advice/recommendations? what does other mappers use?

2007-09-03 Thread Heinz Meulke
Hi fellow mappers, I am planning a trip to namibia & Botswana ( lasting about 3 weeks) and would like to contribute the tracks back to osm. I need to buy myself a GPS but I am lost as to what to choose. From what I read Garmin is the way to go. My requirements. I need to install tracks4africa.

Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] OS used

2007-08-30 Thread Heinz Meulke
Ubuntu Linux here -- echo 16i[q]sa[ln0=aln100%Pln100/snlbx]sbA0D4D465452snlb xq | dc ___ Talk-ZA mailing list Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-za