[talk-au] 'Break in' the list

[Franc Carter]

Thanks - great suggestion.

I'm pretty sure most of the streets around where I live have been around for
a long time,
mapping them is easy(ish) as I just drive around with a gps - getting the
names is a
pain however.

Did you go to the State library in the city ?

Also, I've just been given permission by the NSW Geographical Names Board to
derive suburb boundaries from there online maps (which are not great, but
it's
doable)

cheers

On 7/24/07, Ian Sergeant <isergean at hih.com.au> wrote:
>
> Andrew Loughhead <andrew at incanberra.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Where I have been a bit lazy so far is in getting street names or other
> > features. On the scooter voice recording or photography both seem quite
> > hard to organise.  I am hoping to try a helmet cam over the next few
> > weeks. I think it is important to get primary data for street names, to
> > avoid any potential accusations of copyright breach.  I know around
> > Canberra pinching data from other online sources would be fraught, just
> > because there are so many errors in sources like Google Maps.
>
> I've found in some areas of Sydney that the historical maps available
> online at the National Library and State Library can be useful for street
> names.
>
> For an example in Canberra, see something like
>
>
> http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-gmod37-a1-sd&rgn=0.5761528569,0.1616161616,0.8701083961,0.4983164983
> &prevwidth=400&cmd=zoomin&x=238&y=97&width=1200
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yq3da5
>
> Obviously there are some changed features since 1950, so I'm not
> suggesting
> you use it for new mapping, but in my experience if the same street is
> there in the same location, it is usually called the same thing.
>
> Ian.
>
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Franc
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