Any easy way to load this in JOSM? I have rectified some of these maps. I can set-up a local wms on my machine. Next step would be to load it in JOSM.
cheers, maning On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 09:02 +0100, Michael Collinson wrote: > An excellent find! > > Yes, they are perfect for OSM use. > I double checked a few of the maps and see the are prepared and > published by, and only by, the Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers. > U.S. Army. I have friends who regularly use US military film footage > so can confirm there is good precedent. The US government has this > peculiar notion :-) that was paid for by the public, belongs to the > public. Would that other governments would follow. > > Mike > Stockholm > > > At 04:02 AM 1/28/2008, maning sambale wrote: > >hi, > > > >Just to double check if this is OK. I found a collection of topo > >maps (1:250,000) of the Philippines from Uni of Texas' Library > >[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/philippines/]. As far as I > >understand, these are in the public domain > >[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/faq.html#3.html] > > > >Ergo, I can use it for seeding some roads? > > > >cheers, > > > >maning > > > >On Jan 27, 2008 8:30 AM, Dominic Hargreaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 07:03:40PM +0000, Gregory wrote: > > > > > > > I was wondering about going to the local records office to look > > at old maps. > > > > Maybe use some to speed up an initial set of data for OSM (and building > > > > outlines which I can't get), and maybe just use some for > > interest to use on > > > > my website etc. > > > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/New_Popular_Edition > > > might be of interest, if you don't already know about it. > > > > > > Dominic. > > > > > > -- > > > Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ > > > PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email) > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > talk mailing list > > > talk@openstreetmap.org > > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >|---------|----------------------------------------------------------| > >| __.-._ |"Ohhh. Great warrior. Wars not make one great." -Yoda | > >| '-._"7' |"Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden| > >| /'.-c |Linux registered user #402901, http://counter.li.org/ | > >| | /T |http://esambale.wikispaces.com| > >| _)_/LI |http://www.geocities.com/esambale/philbiodivmap/philbirds.html | > >|---------|----------------------------------------------------------| > > > >_______________________________________________ > >talk mailing list > >talk@openstreetmap.org > >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk