[talk-au] Tragedy of the commons...

4x4falcon info at 4x4falcon.com
Mon Apr 25 09:16:01 BST 2011


On 25/04/11 16:07, Leon Kernan wrote:
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>> I've taken the opposite approach, I'm still adding to osm from nearmap, gps and bing as those edits will go into fosm.org as fosm is doing minutely updates from osm.
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>> When we are locked out completely and all my edits are removed from osm they will still be in fosm without duplication and I will they start adding to fosm then.
>>
>
> Agreed, thats the same approach that i'm taking.
> Since i also use the Australian extracts from www.osmaustralia.org, i need to edit osm to make use of my updates.
>
> Hopefully soon someone will set up extracts from fosm, i wish i had the facilities to do it myself.

If you are running linux then it's easy.

Download a planet file from where ever.

Extract the au data using osmosis.

Use the au data as you normally would.

Just out of curiosity what are you using the data in.

Cheers
Ross





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