[Live-demo] OSM sample data on OSGeo-Live

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I believe the Isle of Wight has has special significance to the OSM community

  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Isle_of_Wight

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Brian Hamlin
GeoCal-ish
OSGeo California Chapter
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On Mon, 28 May 2012 07:07:04 +1000, Cameron Shorter 
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
On 28/05/12 04:12, Daniel Kastl wrote:
> >
> > The script still uses the Denver OSM sample data and probably needs 
> to > be updated when the data extent is going to change. 
> > Would be nice to have a generic file name for the sample data. In 
> 5.5 > it was named "/usr/local/share/osm/Denver_CBD.osm.bz2", so the 
> name > would change every time a new area is selected. 
>
> Daniel,
> Much as I think it is excellent to use sample data from the local 
> foss4g city, I think it is time we picked one location for OSM data 
> and stick with it. 
>
> My reasons:
> 1. We are creating maintenance and test work, for everything that 
> wishes to use this OSM data - including the applications, the 
> quickstarts, workshop material (which is not included on the DVD) etc. 
> 2. OSGeo live is not only used at the annual FOSS4G event, but also 
> the many regional FOSS4G events which are now springing up, and 
> workshops and related conferences around the world. So the proportion 
> of participants where the OSM local dataset is relevant is less and 
> less, as we get more and more users. 
>
> Any suggestions for a suitable OSM location?
> I suspect a tropical island might be suitable. One that contains 
> enough detail to be interesting, but is small enough to fit on 
> OSGeo-Live. 
>
> -- Cameron Shorter
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