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171733352 4 months ago

NSW Planning Portal Spacial Viewer, and the basemap of that website.

170366795 5 months ago

OpenStreetMap’s core principle is to map what exists. The presence of danger is not, in itself, a reason for omission — if it were, many other natural and man-made hazards (steep cliffs, unstable rock faces, fast-flowing rivers, abandoned mines) would need to be removed as well.

The fact that a location is dangerous does not mean it ceases to exist, nor that it should be hidden. In some cases, removing it may increase risk: people may still encounter the feature in the real world without warning, and the absence of accurate mapping could make emergencies harder to respond to.

Importantly, mapping a location in OSM is not “promoting” it — OSM is a factual geographic database, not a tourism guide. Just as mapping a cliff does not encourage people to jump from it, mapping a cave entrance does not invite inexperienced individuals to enter it.

155760025 over 1 year ago

hell yeah

140637894 over 2 years ago

cheers boss

122718093 over 2 years ago

Ah ok, will do.

122718093 over 2 years ago

Gday Woodpeck, "Ruby's Knoll" (should be Rubys because of the apostrophe rules in mountain names in Victoria so I've gotta change that as well) appeared in a map issued to Timbertop students (myself included) in 2018. I can't recall the name of the map or the publisher but part of the map included something relating to 'rogaining'. In regards to where the name's from, I would assume that it is related to one of the original families of the Timbertop region (i.e. Klingsporn, Barclay, Lovicks). Hope that provides some sort of information! :)

133359831 almost 3 years ago

how do you switch it

133194337 almost 3 years ago

Gday Warin, the predominant source I use, if it's not imagery, is MapShare VIC

122719610 over 3 years ago

G'day. Unfortunately I've been unable to track down an online copy of the official Timbertop Map that is handed out to students (as I was a past student) and information regarding these tracks and the surrounding region exist only on this hardcopy map. I'll keep you informed if I can find a copy or if it's uploaded online :)