Comments on: Open Mapping Becomes Viable? http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-mapping-becomes-viable Economics; Travel; Film; and Technology. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:31:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy Allan http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/comment-page-1/#comment-13098 Andy Allan Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:36:05 +0000 http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/#comment-13098 Ella - you can map the physical footpath itself without any worries - you're there, it exists. If you want to note whether it's a bridleway or a public footpath, you need some other non-copyrighted evidence i.e. usually a photo of a signpost. (Oh, and it's a small world for IC Chemistry '99 types...) Ella – you can map the physical footpath itself without any worries – you’re there, it exists. If you want to note whether it’s a bridleway or a public footpath, you need some other non-copyrighted evidence i.e. usually a photo of a signpost.

(Oh, and it’s a small world for IC Chemistry ’99 types…)

]]> By: andrewferrier http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/comment-page-1/#comment-12902 andrewferrier Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:21:38 +0000 http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/#comment-12902 David, yes, I can imagine that any delay between data submission and presentation is going to immediately put off a whole segment of people: those who want immediate gratification. Wikipedia, despite it's awkward non-WYSIWYG editing, still reflects changes immediately. David, yes, I can imagine that any delay between data submission and presentation is going to immediately put off a whole segment of people: those who want immediate gratification. Wikipedia, despite it’s awkward non-WYSIWYG editing, still reflects changes immediately.

]]> By: David Currie http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/comment-page-1/#comment-12900 David Currie Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:14:26 +0000 http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/#comment-12900 We're lucky that Soton is one of the areas that OSM has reasonable coverage of. I'm (slowly) trying to extend things out in the Chandler's Ford direction. The frustrating part is the time it takes before data you submit gets rendered in to tiles for the default Mapnik base layer. We’re lucky that Soton is one of the areas that OSM has reasonable coverage of. I’m (slowly) trying to extend things out in the Chandler’s Ford direction. The frustrating part is the time it takes before data you submit gets rendered in to tiles for the default Mapnik base layer.

]]> By: andrewferrier http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/comment-page-1/#comment-12890 andrewferrier Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:46:53 +0000 http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/#comment-12890 Hmm, cunning thought. I suspect not though - after all, you're using a tool to generate new copyrightable material, not just copying the material. Similar to using Windows to write Linux, for example. Of course, I am not a lawyer. Hmm, cunning thought. I suspect not though – after all, you’re using a tool to generate new copyrightable material, not just copying the material. Similar to using Windows to write Linux, for example. Of course, I am not a lawyer.

]]> By: Ella Gale http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/comment-page-1/#comment-12884 Ella Gale Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:37:03 +0000 http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/#comment-12884 If you persuaded a walker with a gps to wonder along a marked footpath with their ordinance survey map (needed to find footpaths in my experience) to plot an online map, would that be breaching ordinance survey's copyright on the map? If you persuaded a walker with a gps to wonder along a marked footpath with their ordinance survey map (needed to find footpaths in my experience) to plot an online map, would that be breaching ordinance survey’s copyright on the map?

]]> By: andrewferrier http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/comment-page-1/#comment-12846 andrewferrier Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:31:28 +0000 http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/#comment-12846 Sounds good. Probably won't be any time soon, but I'll take a look into it in March. Thanks for the invite. Sounds good. Probably won’t be any time soon, but I’ll take a look into it in March. Thanks for the invite.

]]> By: SteveC http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/comment-page-1/#comment-12844 SteveC Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:22:04 +0000 http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2007/01/15/open-mapping-becomes-viable/#comment-12844 HI Andrew Why don't you come along to one of our mapping parties and see how it's done? :-) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Current_events HI Andrew

Why don’t you come along to one of our mapping parties and see how it’s done? :-)

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Current_events

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