[OSM-talk-be] Intro and invitation to Random Hacks of Kindness

[Pieter Colpaert]

Hi Ben,

I don't have contact directly with AGIV. I hear alot through Bestuurszaken
though.

Pieter


On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Ben Abelshausen <ben.abelshausen at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We just registered for the event. Let me know if anyone else will be
> there...
>
> I'm not sure what we can implement there because the suggestions here are
> a huge amount for work.
>
> @pieter: who is your contact at AGIV? I was talking to Tom Van Herck and
> they seemed eager to release some of their data.
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
> Best regards,
>
> Ben Abelshausen
> ben.abelshausen at gmail.com
> http://twitter.com/xivk
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> just an idea as, unfortunately, I don't have the time to do this myself.
>> So feel free to implement it.
>>
>> m
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Pieter Colpaert <
>> pieter.colpaert at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Marc,
>>>
>>> I totally agree!
>>>
>>> Are you going to help out at Random Hacks of Kindness yourself or is
>>> this only an idea for us to implement? Would be great to collaborate :)
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Pieter
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Pieter,
>>>>
>>>> My "killer" application to show them would be a single website that
>>>> combines the following functionality:
>>>>
>>>> a) walking routes (both knooppunten and local routes) with distance as
>>>> openwandelkaart.nl
>>>> b) background of hikebikemap.de ( I love the hill shading) (and it's
>>>> faster than openwandelkaart)
>>>> c) route creation as on wandelknooppunt.be (not OSM based)
>>>> d) tourist information
>>>>    d1) hotels, pubs, restaurants, attractions with links to their
>>>> websites & opening hours
>>>>         (see  openlinkmap.org and
>>>> http://www.netzwolf.info/kartografie/osm/time_domain/map_opening)
>>>>    d2) the direct link to mijnlijn for busses (see openlinkmap.org)
>>>>    d3) historic buildings, etc as in
>>>> http://geschichtskarten.openstreetmap.de/historische_objekte/ with
>>>> images, wikipedia links (also in openlinkmap), protected monuments, etc.
>>>>    d4) picnic sites, benches, sidewalks, road quality, other
>>>> information important to walking/hiking
>>>>
>>>> I would not focus on getting only their data into OSM, (nor De Lijn,
>>>> nor Onroerend Erfgoed), but show an app that combines all this data with
>>>> the data we have today. It's the combination of all this data that makes
>>>> OSM great, not the individual pieces that each institute has themselves.
>>>>
>>>> just my .5 cent
>>>>
>>>> m.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Glenn Plas <glenn at byte-consult.be>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 05/10/2013 02:03 PM, Ben Abelshausen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Importing this data into OSM is never going to work I think, but just
>>>>>> like the AGIV data, it can be used to aid mapping. This way we can get the
>>>>>> data into OSM to a quality level even exceeding the original data.
>>>>>> Something I'm sure data providers are interested in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Indeed, It would be a disaster importing AGIV data as-is , by itself
>>>>> its very valuable but after like housenumbering my town here I can
>>>>> positively confirm that it's not up to date with buildings newer than like
>>>>> 1/2 years and that it still contains plenty of errors (buildings too
>>>>> little/ too much / wrong housenumbers / incomplete ones  (100 vs 100/1 vs
>>>>> 100/a etc).
>>>>>
>>>>> But to aid osm mapping and verifying, or doublechecking data, it sure
>>>>> helps, but imports will never be as well done as a human being would
>>>>> scrutinise the data more thoroughly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Glenn
>>>>>
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