Tag Archives: openstreetmap
we can has street names
Pierre Béland reminded the Canadian OSM group of the GeoBase WMS, which has all the NRN road names in it. Here’s my neighbourhood’s OpenStreetMap data with the road names overlaid. Pierre Béland reminded the Canadian OSM group of the GeoBase … Continue reading
quite a bit of work to do in Toronto
Looking at the OSM Inspector for Toronto, there are still a lot of nodes that need to be remapped (or OpenStreetMap users that need to be advised) when the big licence change comes. (and yes, I blogged this just so … Continue reading
Ham Radio log to interactive OpenStreetMap
You might notice that there’s now a Ham Radio QSO Map lurking on the front page. Thanks to the WordPress OpenStreetMap plugin (which I’ve slightly abused before). Here’s a small piece of Perl which will take your ADIF log and … Continue reading
making of the Canada Day post
Making the My Neighbourhood, Canada Day 2010 post took a bit of planning. Hardware I attached an Ultrapod to the stem of my bike, and added another velcro wrap for security. The GPSMAP 60CSx fitted quite nicely under the bungees … Continue reading
fallout from last night’s OSM 6th birthday Mappy Hour in Toronto
It was fun – there were geo-aware cupcakes! It is very easy to lose days in the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. Richard’s OpenStreetMap for the Beginner tutorials are actually really really good. In a moment of geek worlds colliding, … Continue reading
in which I discover OpenStreetMap editing
While I’ve used OpenStreetMap data before, I’ve never added anything to it. That changed after going to Mappy Hour last night, and meeting Richard Weait. He has a bunch of useful tutorials on his website. While I’ve used OpenStreetMap data … Continue reading