Comments for OpenGeoData http://old.opengeodata.org ...a blog about open maps, geographical data and openstreetmap Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:38:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Screencast on how to remove duplicate node in OpenStreetMap by jumbanho http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/02/08/screencast-on-how-to-remove-duplicate-node-in-openstreetmap/comment-page-1/#comment-29824 jumbanho Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:38:58 +0000 http://old.opengeodata.org/?p=1064#comment-29824 Thanks for the tutorial, I hope it inspires people to action. I have a minor quibble. The National Hydrography Dataset that is being uploaded in the United States has many of these duplicate nodes, one of which you corrected. The minor quibble and observation is that you missed another duplicate. Any time two streams meet, there are actually three different ways that meet at the intersection, so there will be three nodes in one place, or two duplicate nodes. Thanks for the tutorial, I hope it inspires people to action. I have a minor quibble. The National Hydrography Dataset that is being uploaded in the United States has many of these duplicate nodes, one of which you corrected. The minor quibble and observation is that you missed another duplicate. Any time two streams meet, there are actually three different ways that meet at the intersection, so there will be three nodes in one place, or two duplicate nodes.

]]> Comment on OSM in the news roundup by mapperz http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/02/08/osm-in-the-news-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-29770 mapperz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:12 +0000 http://old.opengeodata.org/?p=1058#comment-29770 add Calgary Herald to the list 'Calgary techies #map out efforts to rebuild #Haiti' - http://tinyurl.com/calgaryherald-osm #osm in the news - February 7, 2010 http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Calgary+techies+efforts+rebuild+Haiti/2533312/story.html "Some of the Calgarians were helping work on Haiti OpenStreetMap, which uses up-to-date satellite images. Many of the aid workers are using smartphones and "when they're delivering aid, if they go down a road and there's a bunch of rubble and the road is wreaked, they can access this and have up-to-date information on their GPS (global positioning system) to find an alternative route" via @mapperz (twitter) add Calgary Herald to the list
‘Calgary techies #map out efforts to rebuild #Haiti’ – http://tinyurl.com/calgaryherald-osm #osm in the news – February 7, 2010

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Calgary+techies+efforts+rebuild+Haiti/2533312/story.html
“Some of the Calgarians were helping work on Haiti OpenStreetMap, which uses up-to-date satellite images. Many of the aid workers are using smartphones and “when they’re delivering aid, if they go down a road and there’s a bunch of rubble and the road is wreaked, they can access this and have up-to-date information on their GPS (global positioning system) to find an alternative route”

via @mapperz (twitter)

]]> Comment on OSM in the news roundup by promeneur http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/02/08/osm-in-the-news-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-29769 promeneur Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:46:15 +0000 http://old.opengeodata.org/?p=1058#comment-29769 "Liberation" Newspaper publishes regularly news about linux and freeware see http://www.ecrans.fr/Haiti-Mobilisation-autour-d-une,8961.html “Liberation” Newspaper publishes regularly news about linux and freeware
see

http://www.ecrans.fr/Haiti-Mobilisation-autour-d-une,8961.html

]]> Comment on Haiti OpenStreetMap Response by How the web has helped in Haiti « Nestoria Australia Blog http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/01/14/haiti-openstreetmap-response/comment-page-1/#comment-29768 How the web has helped in Haiti « Nestoria Australia Blog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:13:28 +0000 http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/01/14/haiti-openstreetmap-response/#comment-29768 [...] OpenStreet Map sprang into action as well, with mappers on the ground and remote mappers working off the latest CIA maps and GeoEye imagery showing the latest building collapses toiling towards creating an up to date GPS layout.  This was of huge assistance to emergency workers who would have taken a lot longer to reach victims using their pre quake GPS downloads. [...] [...] OpenStreet Map sprang into action as well, with mappers on the ground and remote mappers working off the latest CIA maps and GeoEye imagery showing the latest building collapses toiling towards creating an up to date GPS layout.  This was of huge assistance to emergency workers who would have taken a lot longer to reach victims using their pre quake GPS downloads. [...]

]]> Comment on Avencia Adds Support for OpenStreetMap to its DecisionTree Software by jmarcus http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/01/27/avencia-adds-support-for-openstreetmap-to-its-decisiontree-software/comment-page-1/#comment-29750 jmarcus Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:32:24 +0000 http://old.opengeodata.org/?p=1056#comment-29750 I'm excited to share that we have open sourced and released the ArcGIS Flex API extension that provides support for an OSM basemap through the OSM tile service layer. Here is a link to the code and a live sample application: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisserver/apis/flex/index.cfm?fa=codeGalleryDetails&scriptID=16791 I’m excited to share that we have open sourced and released the ArcGIS Flex API extension that provides support for an OSM basemap through the OSM tile service layer. Here is a link to the code and a live sample application:

http://resources.esri.com/arcgisserver/apis/flex/index.cfm?fa=codeGalleryDetails&scriptID=16791

]]> Comment on Haiti OpenStreetMap Response by News Roundup – Geodesign, ArcGIS 9.4 Goes to 10, Haiti Disaster Response | Fuzzy Tolerance http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/01/14/haiti-openstreetmap-response/comment-page-1/#comment-29749 News Roundup – Geodesign, ArcGIS 9.4 Goes to 10, Haiti Disaster Response | Fuzzy Tolerance Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:02:04 +0000 http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/01/14/haiti-openstreetmap-response/#comment-29749 [...] Haiti dominated the news this month, and there are a couple of projects helping out that I want to highlight.  In particular, check out what people did on OSM in just a few short days. [...] [...] Haiti dominated the news this month, and there are a couple of projects helping out that I want to highlight.  In particular, check out what people did on OSM in just a few short days. [...]

]]> Comment on OSM article in today’s infoworld by mannequinZOD http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/01/06/osm-article-in-todays-infoworld/comment-page-1/#comment-29746 mannequinZOD Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:21:21 +0000 http://old.opengeodata.org/?p=1045#comment-29746 I don't want to be a pessimist, but these projections are nonsense. You will be more looking at 400 000 maximum at the end of the year. So far only 10 000 more contributors signed up in January. There is de facto no exponential growth, unless you start a big marketing campaign. I don’t want to be a pessimist, but these projections are nonsense. You will be more looking at 400 000 maximum at the end of the year. So far only 10 000 more contributors signed up in January. There is de facto no exponential growth, unless you start a big marketing campaign.

]]> Comment on OSM the default map in Haiti by Frankie Roberto – Mapping Haiti http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/01/24/osm-the-default-map-in-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-29744 Frankie Roberto – Mapping Haiti Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:52:59 +0000 http://old.opengeodata.org/?p=1051#comment-29744 [...] A nice blog post on OpenGeoData reveals how OSM has been the ‘default’ map for some aid teams out in [...] [...] A nice blog post on OpenGeoData reveals how OSM has been the ‘default’ map for some aid teams out in [...]

]]> Comment on OSM the default map in Haiti by Open Street Map project maps are being u… « Paul M. Watson http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/01/24/osm-the-default-map-in-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-29742 Open Street Map project maps are being u… « Paul M. Watson Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:52:09 +0000 http://old.opengeodata.org/?p=1051#comment-29742 [...] Street Map project maps are being u… Open Street Map project maps are being used by emergency teams in Haiti. [...] [...] Street Map project maps are being u… Open Street Map project maps are being used by emergency teams in Haiti. [...]

]]> Comment on OSM the default map in Haiti by Stop playing FaceBook and computer games. Help Haiti with no cash in 10 minutes | Cars http://old.opengeodata.org/2010/01/24/osm-the-default-map-in-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-29739 Stop playing FaceBook and computer games. Help Haiti with no cash in 10 minutes | Cars Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:41:26 +0000 http://old.opengeodata.org/?p=1051#comment-29739 [...] technical volunteers on three continents. Crowd-sourced community-generated maps have become the official on the ground map resource in Haiti. In this video, Fortiusone’s CTO Andrew Turner explains how you can start helping [...] [...] technical volunteers on three continents. Crowd-sourced community-generated maps have become the official on the ground map resource in Haiti. In this video, Fortiusone’s CTO Andrew Turner explains how you can start helping [...]

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