[talk-au] OpenStreetMap in Government

[Kristy Van Putten]

Hi David,
Thanks for sending me to the website it was an interesting read.  I like the 8 divisions, and think it should be explored and socialised more.
One way of fixing the rendering problem is to render it specially for 4WD and or Cycle.  http://www.opencyclemap.org/.  We could agree on a style using all the grades and produce a rendered map.
One option I have been toying with is trying to get some space in an Australian 4WD magazine to start advertising the use of OSM.  However it would be best if we had the guidelines ready to go, and some great applications that they can jump to, to begin using straight away.  As well as a HowTo guide to put their own favourite tracks in.
I would really like to discuss this further, are you thinking of attending the SoTM this year in UK?
It would be a good lightening talk to find out if there are these same concerns across the world.
Cheers


 

On 01/05/2013, at 7:28 AM, David Bannon <dbannon at internode.on.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 2013-04-30 at 16:29 +0700, kristy van putten wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> ...... has anyone thought of 4WD trails in OSM?  I would also be keen
>> to find out if there are any Ozzy teaching OSM to schools or scout
>> groups etc?
> 
> Kristy, I have a particular interest in 4wd trails and OSM. I am
> particularly concerned how 4wd roads are recorded and typically
> displayed. The difficulty is that we all seem to use a range of
> standards and generally, the rendering people ignore them all. Perhaps
> not unreasonably.
> 
> Just before christmas, I lead a bit of a campaing to get some clear
> standards in place for defining 4wd tracks, the idea being, consistent
> with OSM guidelines, that highway= be used to signify the purpose of the
> road and tags such as tracktype= be used to describe the likely state
> its in. Tracktype= already has grade1 to grade5 but 4wd tracks, needed,
> IMHO 6,7 and 8. Sadly, while everyone agreed something needed to be
> done, I did not see enough support for that idea to get past the OSM
> voting model. It therefore just a recommendation on
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Roads_Tagging
> 
> 4wd_only is another option, it is at least official. However, it has
> only one 'level' and apparently the rendering community don't like tags
> that begin with a numeral, makes postqress column names messy.
> 
> Trouble is that much of europe and the US don't really understand 4wd
> tracks/roads, unless there is a widely used stand way of describing
> them, the renderers will ignore it, mapers won't see any results and
> won't bother. The poor old motorist will find themselves in serious
> trouble every now and again !
> 
> David
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Looking forward to talking to you all
>> Cheers
>> 
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>> Kristy Van Putten
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