[talk-ph] talk-ph Digest, Vol 50, Issue 20

[Frank Woolf]

Not sure how you define old or new but I downloaded the OSM app a few days ago for my iPhone that is in IOS5 and it shows my farm lot that I added about 6 to 9 months ago.


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>   1. Does the new iOS 6 Maps using OpenStreetMap for the
>      Philippines? (maning sambale)
>   2. SOTM 2012 videos and slides (maning sambale)
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> The new iOS6 Maps is getting a lot of bad press recently.  We all know
> they used an old OSM extract for the iPhoto app but is the new Maps
> app uses OSM?
> The closest screenshot I saw was this:
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> http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/31930316525/not-sure-if-an-embassy-or-a-school
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> In OSM we have the Indonesian Embassy but not as a school:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/255071587/history
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> cheers,
> maning
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> From: maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [talk-ph] SOTM 2012 videos and slides
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> Dear everyone,
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> The slides and videos of SOTM2012 in Tokyo are now available in the wiki [0].
> 
> I recommend you watch Ikiya and Hameed's presentation on the very
> personal mapping stories they shared [1].
> - Hameed is mapping Afghanistan and sometimes encounter IEDs along the way.
> - Ikiya is from Fukushima where he did mapping before and after the
> quake and tsunami.  A good review of Ikiya's presentation by Alyssa is
> available in OpenGeo's blog [2].
> 
> There is also a funny and amusing talk by Tim Waters on OSM Addiction
> [3] which I'm sure some of you can relate to.
> 
> The majority of the talks centered on the use of OSM in disaster and
> routing but what I like the most are the personal mapping stories.
> Personally, I had some amusing encounters during mapping (like being
> chased by 5 angry dogs, hiding my GPS to avoid the scrutiny of
> military checkpoints, being questioned by local "tambays" when taking
> geo-tag photos because they suspected me as an election officer
> documenting election poster violations during the campaign period)
> but nothing like encountering IEDs or exposure to nuclear radiation.
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> [0] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2012
> [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2012/Thursday
> [2] http://blog.opengeo.org/2012/09/18/state-of-the-map-2012-tokyo/
> [3] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2012/Saturday
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> cheers,
> maning
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