Re: [OSM-talk] Flash and open source

2010-05-14 Thread john whelan
Yes but a problem with Flash is it is a major security hole. It's probably the major source of Malware in Windows at the moment so we should probably promote other alternative methods. Cheerio John On 14 May 2010 13:08, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Occasionally the subject of

Re: [OSM-talk] Flash and open source

2010-05-14 Thread john whelan
these days is the most common way to get infected, once infected then you lose your credit card details, and Flash is a very weak link no matter which web browser it is run from. Cheerio John On 14 May 2010 18:51, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: john whelan wrote: Yes

Re: [OSM-talk] Garmin Maps

2010-05-16 Thread john whelan
It might be worth looking at Maperitive, its new, in beta but does some very nice things like export bit map and a SVG export command is planned. The really nice thing is though that since it can work with either a local file (save an OSM file from JOSM) or on the web linked to the OSM database

Re: [OSM-talk] Extra zoom level needed?

2010-05-18 Thread john whelan
On the map on the OSM web site click on the + tag to the right then select data. Now select the point of interest and it will show you the tag data. If the hours of opening are present or it has a web site it will show them. Cheerio John On 17 May 2010 17:00, John F. Eldredge

Re: [OSM-talk] Extra zoom level needed?

2010-05-18 Thread john whelan
Have a look at Maperitive. Because the processing is done on the local machine it gives you much more control. I've been playing with .bat files, you can run them from a desktop icon, to select some POIs and display them but not others. Being in Canada I also use the technique to switch the

Re: [OSM-talk] Flash and open source

2010-05-20 Thread john whelan
vendor if it's insecure. On 15/05/10 00:10, john whelan wrote: www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/how-secure-is-flash-heres-what-adobe-wont-tell-you/2152 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/how-secure-is-flash-heres-what-adobe-wont-tell-you/2152 There are other web sites such as Symantec's site

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

2010-05-31 Thread john whelan
Is it worth doing a small article on OSM for them? It might be worth pointing out that businesses can be tagged with websites etc. and the tags can be read on line. Cheerio John On 31 May 2010 11:13, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: Hey All, Yesterday Richard Weait and I got an email

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap Ad

2010-06-01 Thread john whelan
example of using non-geographic tags (business name, contact details, opening hours etc) would be to point out openstreetbrowser ;-) On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:45 AM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: Is it worth doing a small article on OSM for them? It might be worth pointing out

Re: [OSM-talk] Custom rendering of a small map

2010-06-06 Thread john whelan
You actually get a lot of control but it isn't user friendly out of the box. I've done a write up here on how to run it from a .bat file and you can edit the rules off line with this method. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Maperitive#How_to Cheerio John On 6 June 2010 10:44, Gervase Markham

Re: [OSM-talk] openstreetmap.org up

2010-06-15 Thread john whelan
This would probably be easier if OpenStreetMap got organised and got charitable status in a few countries. Cheerio John On 15 June 2010 15:39, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:03 PM, David Murn da...@incanberra.com.au wrote: Soon to be overloaded again, due

Re: [OSM-talk] openstreetmap.org up

2010-06-15 Thread john whelan
:19, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: This would probably be easier if OpenStreetMap got organised and got charitable status in a few countries. Cheerio John On 15 June 2010 15:39, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:03 PM, David Murn da

Re: [OSM-talk] Search index not updated?

2010-06-16 Thread john whelan
There is a find command in Maperitive so you can work directly with the .osm data and tags and aren't restricted to the indexing. Cheerio John On 16 June 2010 08:17, Bernhard R. Fischer b...@abenteuerland.at wrote: On Wednesday 16 June 2010 10:38:55 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2010/6/16

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging for street danger levels

2010-06-19 Thread john whelan
I'm also interested in this as Ottawa has recommended cycling routes mainly between cycle lanes and cycle paths how should they be tagged? Thanks John On 19 June 2010 13:51, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: Someone in my area is starting up a new website that is focused on cycling in

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle map not updating?

2010-06-24 Thread john whelan
An alternative is to use Maperitive and render on the local PC. Its just a matter of using the right rules for rendering but you do need an .OSM file from the web unless you have a local copy. Cheerio John On 24 June 2010 12:53, Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah. Also, as Toby

Re: [OSM-talk] Osm.org Routing Demo

2010-07-03 Thread john whelan
Since a fair number of home computers pcs these days have quad cores, 6 or more gigs of memory and 64 bit operating systems, perhaps it might make sense to come up with a Windows stand alone solution and decentralise the server computing requirements. Cheerio John On 2 July 2010 10:43, Tom

Re: [OSM-talk] Osm.org Routing Demo

2010-07-03 Thread john whelan
I was only thinking of using the local computer resources for the local user, not going cloud. Cheerio John On 3 July 2010 12:03, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 July 2010 01:46, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: Since a fair number of home computers pcs these days

Re: [OSM-talk] Osm.org Routing Demo

2010-07-03 Thread john whelan
on the servers. Cheerio John On 3 July 2010 12:11, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 July 2010 02:07, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: I was only thinking of using the local computer resources for the local user, not going cloud. For that specific problem you still have

Re: [OSM-talk] Osm.org Routing Demo

2010-07-04 Thread john whelan
Rendering or routing? Cheerio John There is already plenty of tools for doing offline rendering, the point of this was to put rendering on the OSM website... ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Why quality is more important than routing speed

2010-07-04 Thread john whelan
Generally speaking you could bot an area with the default speed limit then just tag the higher speed roads. The bigger problem is how do you stop some teenager from changing the sped limit on the map. www.carsguide.com.au/site/news-and-reviews/car-news/gps_speed_limiters_in_action Cheerio John

Re: [OSM-talk] Comprehensive set of GPS track logs

2010-07-11 Thread john whelan
To clarify you are looking for GPS traces from car or vehicle traffic ideally in one city. Tried a transit authority for their bus traces? That would give you plenty of data plus time of day traffic and consistency on routes and the GPS equipment used for the traces. I have plenty but I tend to

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag name vs operator

2010-07-12 Thread john whelan
If you look at the history of the page this change was made on the morning of 1st of April by someone who doesn't appear to have an entry. I suspect it might just be sabotage, it does happen occasionally on wikis. Cheerio John On 12 July 2010 16:25, Pieren pier...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I

Re: [OSM-talk] Street guide built from OSM data, looking for feedback

2010-07-21 Thread john whelan
I like the idea of listing the points of interest. I've been looking at Maperitive and the find-home command provided you know the value of the filed such as name its very easy to locate them. However you don't need a web site to do this you can run on a local map to the machine. Cheerio John

Re: [OSM-talk] Street guide built from OSM data, looking for feedback

2010-07-22 Thread john whelan
You can do this with the current renders, n the web page of the map click the plus sign and cycleways are an option to display, or something like Maperitive with a suitable set of rules, I have at least one that works nicely with Maperitive if the current default doesn't show it. The nice thing

Re: [OSM-talk] Timeout uploading GPX traces

2010-07-30 Thread john whelan
Firefox is better than IE for uploading and downloading files especially larger ones. Cheerio John On 30 July 2010 03:11, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote: When a GPX trace file is larger than 100 kilobytes or so, the uploader web page times out in the browser and the file isn't uploaded.  

Re: [OSM-talk] A plea for meaning ful changeset comments

2010-07-31 Thread john whelan
Currently I'm cleaning up in Ottawa, I have over 8,000 errors to clean up left and recently I've probably cleaned at least a couple of thousand errors so far. Things like incorrect street names, where I have a CANVEC source that helps enormously, connecting streets up so you can run routing

Re: [OSM-talk] A plea for meaning ful changeset comments

2010-07-31 Thread john whelan
? I've seen a couple of roads that aren't in CANVEC so far but the CANVEC data quality is very good. Cheerio John On 31 July 2010 12:46, Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de wrote: john whelan wrote: Currently I'm cleaning up in Ottawa, I have over 8,000 errors to clean up left and recently I've

Re: [OSM-talk] A plea for meaning ful changeset comments

2010-07-31 Thread john whelan
My favourite of the day Fair Oaks Crescent / Beechcliffe Street for a street name, its actually two streets that have been linked together, so break them apart and name them correctly. Cheerio John On 31 July 2010 12:46, Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de wrote: john whelan wrote: Currently

Re: [OSM-talk] Frederik declares war on data imports...

2010-08-08 Thread john whelan
Probably if you live in an area with a fairly large number of mappers on the ground imports have less impact, reality is trying to map Canada from GPS traces is a bit unrealistic. I tend not to go for walks at minus thirty, or even minus twenty come to that. Cheerio John On 8 August 2010 05:38,

Re: [OSM-talk] Frederik declares war on data imports...

2010-08-09 Thread john whelan
But strangely enough it is a lot more complicated to map remote areas such a desert than to map a city. Logistics for a start, I can catch a bus and map my city locally for an hour or two, the city bus just doesn't run to remote areas and there are a lot of remote areas in Canada. I have written

Re: [OSM-talk] Frederik declares war on data imports...

2010-08-09 Thread john whelan
I honestly think the way forward is to continue as we are currently and set up a separate project which is pure PD. Extract anything that can be extracted from the current map, this can be done by selecting data which has been contributed by those who are happy with public domain licensing and

Re: [OSM-talk] Smartphone app to OSM

2011-12-12 Thread john whelan
But didn't Steve whatever end up there? Cheerio John On 12 December 2011 11:49, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote: That looks like an exceedingly useful app. Interesting to see OSM editing software appear on the Win Phone platform. Does something similar exist for other platforms? I mean

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-legal-talk] License Change View on OSM Inspector

2011-12-13 Thread john whelan
Fascinating, I was always taught that reliability was the most important thing to end users. In Ottawa it looks like many footpaths, steps etc will be the big losers. The imported road network looks fine. So it looks like the tools and specialist maps for the disabled, ones that make use of

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-legal-talk] License Change View on OSM Inspector

2011-12-13 Thread john whelan
What you can do is create an osm file on your local hard drive, in JOSM download a very small area with nothing in it. New download the area you have made edits in as a separate download. Select on username so user:xyz Merge the selection onto your empty map and save it locally. Then after the

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-legal-talk] License Change View on OSM Inspector

2011-12-13 Thread john whelan
The intentions don't matter here, its to be able to defend the new licensing / copyright in court you need to show all the content has come from people who have accepted the new license. Its a lawyer thing and I'm not even sure that in the US OSM has a solid case anyway. Street names are facts

[OSM-talk] Who mapped it first with ref to forth coming deletions

2011-12-14 Thread john whelan
I was looking at the map that showed contributions from those who hadn't agreed to the new terms. One section I found interesting since I knew I'd mapped it first from a GPS trace I'd made but looking through the history I noticed another name before mine who hadn't agreed to the new terms. I

Re: [OSM-talk] Who mapped it first with ref to forth coming deletions

2011-12-14 Thread john whelan
Thank you, its nice to know these things. Fun stuff. Cheerio John On 14 December 2011 11:31, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote: Doesn't make any difference to the CTs, but I've noticed but I'm not the first

Re: [OSM-talk] Who mapped it first with ref to forth coming deletions - implication

2011-12-14 Thread john whelan
So essentially all data that existed on this date will need to be deleted since we can't be sure who entered or edited it or if they have agreed to the new license if the .odbl database is to be clean. Cheerio John On 14 December 2011 11:31, 80n 80n...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at

[OSM-talk] Compression formats

2011-12-20 Thread john whelan
Which is the most effective compression type for .OSM files? I'm running Windows 64 bit. Bzip2 and 7-bit seem comparable but at the back of my mind I thought there was something a bit more specialised. Thanks John ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Compression formats

2011-12-20 Thread john whelan
to use. See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/PBF_Format Jochen On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 09:48:53AM -0500, john whelan wrote: Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:48:53 -0500 From: john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com To: OpenStreetMap talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: [OSM-talk

[OSM-talk] Running Osmosis under Windows 7

2011-12-20 Thread john whelan
I suspect Oracle isn't very good at installing Java under windows. When I attempt to run Osmosis I get Java as an unknown. Looking at Osmosis I get the impression that I can feed it a parameter to tell it where Java is located but I haven't been able to spot the appropriate bit of documentation.

Re: [OSM-talk] Running Osmosis under Windows 7

2011-12-20 Thread john whelan
wrote: On 12/20/2011 09:35 PM, john whelan wrote: I suspect Oracle isn't very good at installing Java under windows. When I attempt to run Osmosis I get Java as an unknown. Looking at Osmosis I get the impression that I can feed it a parameter to tell it where Java is located but I haven't

[OSM-talk] Idle thought time, PBF and JOSM

2011-12-21 Thread john whelan
Since JOSM can now read PBF files could JOSM request the area of the map to be downloaded to be in PBF format? It would lower the bandwidth requirements. I think it could still return any edits or additions in OSM format but I think more bandwidth is consumed downloading than adding a couple of

Re: [OSM-talk] Idle thought time, PBF and JOSM

2011-12-21 Thread john whelan
on the number of nodes and it basically becomes a cost matter where you draw the line. The nice thing about throwing out ideas is you don't have to make them work. Cheerio John On 21 December 2011 17:52, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, On 12/21/2011 07:09 PM, john whelan wrote: I

Re: [OSM-talk] Looking Forward

2011-12-24 Thread john whelan
A couple of comments but basically I agree with what is being said. Imports are difficult to handle, especially for example where a road is imported then a local mapper tags a cycle lane on the imported road. Very difficult to keep the data separate. Might it be possible to come up with

Re: [OSM-talk] Osmconvert problems

2011-12-26 Thread john whelan
Thanks for the input. example from wiki: osmconvert germany.o5m -b=10.5,49,11.5,50 --complete-ways -o=nuernberg.o5m Using a much smaller input file that can be loaded in JOSM and includes the desired area. osmconvert ottawa22.osm -v -b=-75.70,45.19,-75.73,45.23 ott.osm gives: ?xml

Re: [OSM-talk] Osmconvert problems

2011-12-26 Thread john whelan
John On 26 December 2011 18:48, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, On 12/27/2011 12:15 AM, john whelan wrote: osmconvert ottawa22.osm -v -b=-75.70,45.19,-75.73,45.23 ott.osm But no data. Thoughts? Yes, I had not ony but two cock-ups in my message. Of course -75.73 is smaller

[OSM-talk] JOSM error when trying to save a local copy

2011-12-29 Thread john whelan
I'm trying to save to a local file but I get No Exporter found! Nothing saved. Suggestions please. It's the latest JOSM version and I redownloaded it to check. Thanks John ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM error when trying to save a local copy

2011-12-29 Thread john whelan
internet connection. After 3 retries with Update Plugins, JOSM told me they're all up to date now. Polyglot 2011/12/30 john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com I'm trying to save to a local file but I get No Exporter found! Nothing saved. Suggestions please. It's the latest JOSM version and I

[OSM-talk] Dealing with the tainted data

2012-01-10 Thread john whelan
May I suggest that the clean way to deal with the data in OSM is to basically remap the roads using Bing and the JOSM or whatever plugin so the data is labelled as coming from Bing. Bing is available and it would give a much more consistent and accurate map than OSM currently is. Ideally I'd do

Re: [OSM-talk] Critical Mass for license change-over

2012-01-27 Thread john whelan
My suggestion would be to tag the data that maybe deleted. That way individuals can see what needs to be repaired and the tags can be chosen so that the data doesn't render on a normal web render, is that Mapnik rules? It would also allow someone to build a set of rules that would display the

Re: [OSM-talk] Contact And Remap Campaign

2012-02-09 Thread john whelan
I concur the data in OSM is dubious enough without asking for trouble. Cheerio John On 9 February 2012 12:58, Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: ** On 07/02/2012 08:36, Graham Jones wrote: On 7 February 2012 05:34, Simone Cortesi sim...@cortesi.com wrote: Our default action

Re: [OSM-talk] License change: database rebuild schedule

2012-03-12 Thread john whelan
The license on the database changes April 1st. Individuals have been removing non compliant data for the last few months. Cheerio John On 12 March 2012 15:06, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: The message titled The Vandalism has begun on talk-us [1] suggests that purging the OSM database of

[OSM-talk] Selecting validation warnings in JOSM

2012-05-26 Thread john whelan
Is there a way to select nodes with the same location as the validation does but then find certain ones within that selection? It appears two imports have been done in a fairly small area with a slight variation in the source name. Thanks John ___ talk

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM : It's a shame !!!

2012-05-28 Thread john whelan
I was under the impression that OSM is riddled with data that is not .odbl compliant. In some of my personal mapping my sources may not have been fully personal observation which is more or less what I understand .odbl requirements to be which is why I requested my contributions be deleted since

Re: [OSM-talk] Changing capitalization (Lima)

2012-06-02 Thread john whelan
Igor added a export-tag command to Maperitive that creates a local CSV file that can be brought into a spreadsheet. You need a local copy of the .OSM file or possibly .pbf version should work as well. It's very useful for spotting tags that are misspelt. Once there you can concat red tape to

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag combinations: amenity and highway

2012-06-13 Thread john whelan
I wonder about lumping things together sometimes. Locally we have gas stations amenity=fuel that have a convenience store and a ABM or ATM in OSM language. I'm tempted to have three separate POIs in much the same way as a bank with an ATM have two POIs together. The problem with putting too

[OSM-talk] Icons

2012-06-27 Thread john whelan
Could someone or a group come up with a more standard set of icons please? Currently JOSM has its own set, various rendering systems have their own sets but a single recommended set that covered more would be better. Currently skateboard, Softball, T-ball, toboggan are things that don't seem to

Re: [OSM-talk] Icons

2012-06-27 Thread john whelan
-0400, john whelan wrote: Could someone or a group come up with a more standard set of icons please? lets appoint a committee ;-) -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Icons

2012-06-28 Thread john whelan
a single step. In my eyes the only thing you can do, is to encourage people to start a new icon set/add missing icons, by giving them a working map that makes use of this icons. bye, Matthias (user:!i!) Am 28.06.2012 00:06, schrieb john whelan: Could someone or a group come up with a more

Re: [OSM-talk] Map and Programm for Offline

2012-07-18 Thread john whelan
John On 18 July 2012 16:04, Silvio Siefke siefke_lis...@web.de wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:17:50 -0400 john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: Have a look at Maperitive for off line mapping, it can use .pbf files which keeps the file size down and you can strip off sources etc with XML

Re: [OSM-talk] Naming disputes in Ukraine

2012-07-27 Thread john whelan
Locally we have English and French. Unfortunately on one local street has the following physical signs on it Prestone, Prestone Drive, Prom Prestone Dr depending which sign you look at. Personally I prefer the name:en etc it makes it easier to electronically search for the name. Having to know

Re: [OSM-talk] License Change plans?

2012-08-13 Thread john whelan
Do we need to consider the ways that have been derived from GPS tracks that were licensed CC-by-SA and tag values such as road names where the original has been replaced but tag information has been copied over for our consumers to be reassured the data is .ODBL clean? Cheerio John On 13 August

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM Legal in OSM reimplementation project

2012-08-16 Thread john whelan
Perhaps some one could sum up the implications for data consumers. It may sound silly but it can take up many months to get formal approval in some government circles. Could some consideration be given to grandfathering, ie if your existing use of our data is non profit or government and you are

Re: [OSM-talk] custom mountain bike maps with mkgmap?

2012-08-30 Thread john whelan
Have a look at Maperitive it may do what you'd like it to do and is highly customisable. Cheerio John On 30 August 2012 11:29, Lucas Nussbaum lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net wrote: Hi, I'm interested in building custom mtb-oriented maps using mkgmap (so that I can create a small map of my area

Re: [OSM-talk] Street/POI Index from OSM data

2012-09-23 Thread john whelan
Or since the OSM data is held as an xml data file with tags a quick VB program to parse it will pull out the street names. Or even Maperitive, load a local file, export tags, then you'll find a list of street names prefixed by addr:street in csv format. Cheerio John On 23 September 2012 20:50,

Re: [OSM-talk] Searching OSM

2012-10-01 Thread john whelan
If you pull it into JOSM and you can load up a fair chunk into JOSM these days running it from a .bat file with extra memory then select and select from selection or do a composite selection. You still need to check each one but that should work. I'd also suggest double checking each one in

Re: [OSM-talk] Recommendations for OSM mobile app?

2012-11-27 Thread john whelan
That would be my approach as well. Cheerio John On 27 November 2012 12:56, Jo winfi...@gmail.com wrote: I wanted to tell you a few days ago that OsmAnd does all you want. Maybe write a small manual page for it, for the subset of features your users need. I didn't do it then, hoping

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik at zoom=19

2013-01-13 Thread john whelan
Maperitive will give you even greater zoom levels off a local .osm map file. Cheerio John On 13 January 2013 15:23, Gervase Markham gerv-gm...@gerv.net wrote: My memory may be playing tricks on me, but I'm sure it was once possible to zoom in 1 more level than it is now, on the slippy map on

Re: [OSM-talk] STFU

2013-02-02 Thread john whelan
Everybody volunteers their time and knowledge but the existence of a board at OSMF doesn't simply mean that some volunteers are now more equal than others. (Organisations frequently rotate through board members.) Thinking about structure, some discussion should be given as to OSMF possibly

[OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread john whelan
There are different approaches to surveys and loosely-worded questions or open ended questions are one legitimate approach. OSM suffers from a huge turnover or drop out rate of active mappers perhaps the survey may help identify ways to help retention. We've already identified that what is in

Re: [OSM-talk] Fwd: A short online questionnaire on the OSM users .....(It takes 48 seconds)

2013-06-27 Thread john whelan
One major problem with surveys is the responses. You really want a cross section sample so to be meaningful you'd need to generate a random list of OSM users to send the questionnaire to then try to get the highest response rate possible. OSM would need to be involved to send the questionnaire

Re: [OSM-talk] Fwd: A short online questionnaire on the OSM users .....(It takes 48 seconds)

2013-06-27 Thread john whelan
for approved and qualified research projects. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:35 PM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.comwrote: Always ask the income question last a lot of people will refuse to answer that and any following questions. You'll get better responses with an age range and on income in you

Re: [OSM-talk] Let's prepare to Fork OSM to a CCBYSA 2.0continuation

2010-08-22 Thread john whelan
This is also one of my concerns, especially when using imports. I don't think this has been discussed at all well. Cheerio John On 22 August 2010 09:13, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: My largest complaint is that, if you click yes, you not only are agreeing to the current new

[OSM-talk] Garmin Recalling 1,250,000 Units Over Fire Hazard

2010-08-27 Thread john whelan
Details here, I don't think its the hand held variety but better to check and be safe. Cut and paste this link into your browser rather than click on it to reduce the risk of landing somewhere nasty. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/fire-burn-hazard-warning-nuvi,news-7867.html Thanks John

Re: [OSM-talk] Partnership between OSM and local government?

2010-09-21 Thread john whelan
This is a major concern of mine, which is why I won't even bother asking for local government data at the moment even though it is being offered. Some one else can do the asking and explaining about the flexible licensing we seem to be asking for because I don't want the responsibility of asking

Re: [OSM-talk] From the register

2010-09-28 Thread john whelan
Just a comment from a security point of view a message with just a link in it is often a link to Malware. The links have two parts a visible part and a nonvisible bit that takes you to a web site. If one looks doubtful the recommendation is to copy the visible link and paste it in the browser

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-legal-talk] In what direction should OSM go?

2010-09-29 Thread john whelan
My view is there are very different requirements in different countries. Countries such as Australia, US, Canada have much lower population densities than many European countries. It's just not practical to rely on people with GPS devices and cycles. Yes there is tracing from satellite images

Re: [OSM-talk] IP ban?

2010-09-30 Thread john whelan
Welcome to the Internet. Unfortunately this is a down side of the Internet some connections are better than others. It depends on the capacity and volume of traffic that is running through each of the same hops as you are using and the addresses in the servers that are used to route the traffic.

Re: [OSM-talk] What are my options for printing a large-scale complete map?

2010-10-10 Thread john whelan
Maperitive will zoom to level 19 rather than 18 gives a bit more detail. You can modify the rule set to control what is displayed. I have seen someone use JOSM on a laptop working with a stored local file to do this. This has the advantage that you can just upload the changes directly. Cheerio

[OSM-talk] How does one get the default cyclemap rendering amended?

2010-10-11 Thread john whelan
If I look at the default map displayed on the web site then select base layer cycle map I get nice blue lines on roads with cycle lanes, and cycle paths which is perfect. However in Ontario we have paved shoulders which are tagged shoulder:access:bicycle=yes, together with shoulder:surface=paved

Re: [OSM-talk] Response to A critique of OpenStreetMap

2010-10-14 Thread john whelan
Just a comment not all the data is the map database is presented on these map renders. I've been using Maperitive to selectively select data to be displayed for a particular purpose and working with the rule set to display the information in the way I wish it to be displayed. Working with a

Re: [OSM-talk] How can we make this list better?

2010-10-20 Thread john whelan
Perhaps recognise that OSM is changing and developing in ways it's creators never intended? I'm currently looking at a project that uses data that is not cc-by-ca by any means however it can be imported into an OSM file format and use the OSM tool set to basically create a stand alone DVD that is

Re: [OSM-talk] How do I go about doing this?

2010-11-08 Thread john whelan
There are other rendering solutions such as Maperitive which give you control over what is rendered. There are tags such as florist which are in features wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features but not rendered by the default schemes. Even with the web rendering there are things such as

Re: [OSM-talk] Google expands their map data

2010-11-13 Thread john whelan
Building something that is user friendly is actually quite difficult and takes a lot more resources and testing than you might think. It really needs a consistent integrated well planned team approach which isn't quite what OSM is. We just have a lot of people who do their own thing. Including

Re: [OSM-talk] New site about the license change

2010-11-13 Thread john whelan
I'd like to be reassured that any effort I put into mapping will be useful, ie we'll have a useful map at the end, not a blank page with two footpaths on it. Have a look around Turkey Street Station in Enfield sometime in North London where I understand Steve C has done a lot of mapping and you

Re: [OSM-talk] New site about the license change

2010-11-13 Thread john whelan
*The decisions have been made, so it's time to accept them or if you don't, to leave.* Thank you for your views on the OSM community. In my view it is a community and the relationship does need nurturing. Nowhere in my post did I express a view that a change of license is bad. However changes

Re: [OSM-talk] New site about the license change

2010-11-13 Thread john whelan
Look down your entire message was under my text. Cheerio John On 13 November 2010 18:44, Serge Wroclawski emac...@gmail.com wrote: This is a really unfair thing of you to have done, to take a very long (1 page) email, quote a single sentence and then repost it to a group. - Serge

[OSM-talk] Existing data

2010-11-13 Thread john whelan
Can some one check my logic please, and note I am not advocating that someone should do it only that we should think about the implications before it happens. Today OSM is licensed in a way that means in round terms you can basically do whatever you like with it. The new system will be licensed

Re: [OSM-talk] New site about the license change

2010-11-14 Thread john whelan
from the database. Cheerio John On 14 November 2010 08:24, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 13/11/2010 20:01, john whelan wrote: Have a look around Turkey Street Station in Enfield sometime in North London where I understand Steve C has done a lot of mapping and you are literally

Re: [OSM-talk] New site about the license change

2010-11-15 Thread john whelan
I've been a little selective in quoting your message but I think you have correctly identified the split. Germany and the UK with high mapper density are probably for the new license and dumping the older data other parts of the world that don't have the luxury of such a high density of mappers

Re: [OSM-talk] New site about the license change

2010-11-16 Thread john whelan
I think that the problems and implications of the change were not well explained or even understood at the time. I'm not even sure they are today by many people. My training in computer system design suggests that listing the requirements and concerns of the various users might be a useful

Re: [OSM-talk] Suggestion for an Unconference

2010-11-25 Thread john whelan
Just a comment from one of the 130 who has voted yes on the recommendation of one of the people I thought was fairly sensible here and I now regret taking his advice. I now strongly suspect I should have spent six months wading through through the legal talk side of things rather than mapping

Re: [OSM-talk] Suggestion for an Unconference

2010-11-26 Thread john whelan
This is a fun one. CANVEC has address ranges for some Canadian provinces. Locally after I imported the address ranges I found the missing streets because you just have the two address lines with no road in the middle. Working with others such as CANVEC does provide a method of cross checking for

Re: [OSM-talk] Suggestion for an Unconference

2010-11-26 Thread john whelan
Certainly in Canada we have been having licensing issues with some levels of government to be able to include their data in OSM. Part of the problem is the open ended nature of the new license, the bit where OSM says Oh and we can change the data license to anything we want to in the future. On

Re: [OSM-talk] Unsetting CT flag

2010-12-07 Thread john whelan
I used to create government procurements, big messy ones where sales guys would hit the prime minister's office to protest and get fired fifteen minutes after a debriefing when they lost. When dealing with potential problems from egos I always found it very helpful to build a list of requirements

Re: [OSM-talk] Viewing English street names in israel.

2010-12-12 Thread john whelan
I'm doing it quite nicely with Maperitive. I first wrote a VB program that runs down an OSM file extracted by JOSM. It populates name:fr where blank according to a set of rules that only work locally. You load the OSM file back into JOSM and upload the changes. Then you just tell Maperitive to

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing maps is misplaced

2010-12-19 Thread john whelan
Just a comment locally someone did a trace and managed to get one end of the road about 100 meters out and connected at the wrong road junction. Took me a while to sort it out. Cheerio John On 19 December 2010 19:18, j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: OK, but there will likely be additional details

Re: [OSM-talk] Objects versions ready for ODbL

2010-12-19 Thread john whelan
I'm probably in the same state. I suspect the only honest thing to do is to request that all my data be removed. It seems a bit extreme but could that be done? Yes I did agree to the ODBL change but that was taking advice from some one who I now realise was bias and I didn't go through the

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM server on a (Ubuntu) VM?

2010-12-21 Thread john whelan
In general databases and Virtual machines do not work well together. Databases tend to want fast disk accesses and the virtual machine bit slows these down. Also typically virtual machines restrict the memory and databases use the memory to reduce disk accesses so you get a second hit there.

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM server on a (Ubuntu) VM?

2010-12-21 Thread john whelan
On small databases where performance isn't that critical they will work under virtual machines but larger databases are different. I was responsible for running large central database servers at Statistics Canada and we had a server support area who thought Virtual Machines were the only way to

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