http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: OpenStreetMap(ping) about to get easier en Sat, 16 May 2026 21:25:12 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1747#post-17992 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:06:40 +0000 chdot 17992@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"both chdot and spytfyre tend to be okay"</p> <p>That's nice ("tend"... I don't add stuff often enough to remember all the tools/tags.)</p> <p>Bing looks like a GREAT improvement. Tried doing some things last night but web site was SO slow - don't know if changes were correct/saved! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1747#post-17986 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:07:36 +0000 chrisfl 17986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>meant to say changeset comments; I get an RSS feed (via OWL) of all the edit's done in the Edinburgh Area, when a new name appears I tend to check out what they've done.</p> <p>But it's also interesting to see what other people have been doing, both chdot and spytfyre tend to be okay. But sometimes people put in Edit's around Edinburgh or some changes which isn't helpful.</p> <p>Generally the area of Edinburgh edited and a summary of the types of changes (added, removed, tidy up) is good :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1747#post-17866 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:01:46 +0000 chdot 17866@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Just remember to give good commit messages"</p> <p>? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1747#post-17862 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:52:48 +0000 chrisfl 17862@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>and Potlatch 2 now has the Bing imagery enabled, so good for some armchair updates.</p> <p>Just remember to give good commit messages :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1747#post-17799 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:38:02 +0000 chdot 17799@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"OpenStreetMap editor Potlatch 2 launched"</p> <p><a href="http://opengeodata.org/openstreetmap-editor-potlatch-2-launched" rel="nofollow">http://opengeodata.org/openstreetmap-editor-potlatch-2-launched</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1747#post-17429 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:56:10 +0000 chdot 17429@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"can't make it this Friday"</p> <p>Thought you meant Critical Mass!</p> <p>The Friday meeting is not mainly about OSM</p> <p>"<br /> Next Meeting: December 7th 2010 at the Guildford Arms 7:00pm<br /> " </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1747#post-17424 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:20:09 +0000 spitfire 17424@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strike>&lt;deleting incorrect data&gt;</strike> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1747#post-17417 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:12:51 +0000 chdot 17417@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Useful new leaflet FREE!</p> <p><a href="http://shop.opencyclemap.org/products/openstreetmap-promotional-leaflets" rel="nofollow">http://shop.opencyclemap.org/products/openstreetmap-promotional-leaflets</a></p> <p>Some will be available at the next Edinburgh OSM meet-up (all welcome). </p> <p><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Edinburgh#Social_Events" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Edinburgh#Social_Events</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1747#post-17296 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:39:19 +0000 spitfire 17296@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>looking forward to it </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1747#post-17287 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:08:59 +0000 chrisfl 17287@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's likely to be around a week until we get the "paperwork" sorted to allow tracing from the BING imagery.</p> <p>It's a lot more up to date in Edinburgh (taken this year), and has much better coverage outside of the cities than the yahoo imagery, which is around 4 years old. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1747#post-17256 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:39:36 +0000 chdot 17256@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Microsoft is donating access to it's global orthorectified aerial imagery to help OpenStreetMappers make the map even better than it already is. </p> <p><a href="http://blog.stevecoast.com/im-working-at-microsoft-and-were-donating-ima" rel="nofollow">http://blog.stevecoast.com/im-working-at-microsoft-and-were-donating-ima</a><br /> "</p> <p>As anyone who has added details to <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org">OSM</a> will know, the aerial views are supplied by Yahoo and are not nearly as clear as <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=&amp;sll=55.95612,-3.187408&amp;sspn=0.197583,0.577469&amp;g=edinburgh&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=&amp;ll=55.95612,-3.187408&amp;spn=0.197583,0.577469&amp;t=h&amp;z=11">Google Maps</a>.</p> <p>In addition <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potlatch_2">Potlatch 2</a> the new improved version of OSM editor Potlatch is currently in public beta.</p> <p>Data from OSM makes <a href="http://edinburgh.cyclestreets.net">cyclestreets.net</a> (plus various iPhone apps) work.</p> <p>CycleStreets started out as <em>the</em> cycle journey planning web site for Cambridge. Edinburgh was the second main area covered, which was then rapidly expanded to cover the whole of the UK.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2010/11/15/funding-drive-launched">CS is currently looking for a (relatively) small sum of money</a> to make this valuable service better <em>and</em> keep up with the increasing number of journeys being planned every day.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclingscotland.org/">CyclingScotland</a> is about to help community groups that have expressed an interest in 'mapping parties'. These will improve OSM details in their area. </p>