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I just came across http://www.openstreetmap.org/ and have been playing with the data. Amazing how many parking structures there are.
It's like an open source version of Google Maps (streets, restaurants, places of interest, speed limits, and so on). You can download all of the data as an XML file, or you can download just the data for a particular city or other region (click "Export" near the top of the page). There are apparently programs to analyze the data, but I've been having fun just looking at it in a text editor. You can even contribute to it, but I haven't tried that yet.
Have any of you come across any interesting data that can be freely downloaded?
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AspDotNetDev wrote: Have any of you come across any interesting data that can be freely downloaded?
No comment. 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Hmmm... I clicked the "Where am I" without entering anything in the search box and it told me I am in Kansas  . I then clicked it again and it said I am in West Virginia. At least I am not in Kansas anymore (  ), but it is still way off. Several time zones, actually. Or did I misunderstand how that feature is supposed to work?
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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SoMad wrote: I clicked the Where am I
How did you do that?
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Right where there is a Search field and a blue "Go" button to the right of that field. You should see the text "Where am I?"
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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It tells me I amim Chang Rai, Thailand. A long way away from where I am.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Never mind, I just realized it seems to look at whatever is in the center of the map when you press "Where am I?". So when the map came up, Kansas was in the center, when I pressed it again, the map must have moved or zoomed so West Virginia was in the center.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I didn't think I was anywhere near Chang Rai. 
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Missed by half a planet - accuracy needs a little tuning. Thinks I'm in the UK!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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It's strange, but I've actually been looking at OpenStreetMaps as well over the past day or so.
I've tried to place their maps on my pages using their "normal" api, but at the moment I'm having a wierd problem with DOCTYPE.
HTML page without any DOCTYPE: works brilliantly.
Declare any sort of DOCTYPE: doesn't render  
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Looks like OpenStreetMap.org has an HTML5 doctype. Maybe try that? Though, it also looks like they have some whitespace before the doctype declaration, which I thought was a no-no.
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Cool it pin pointed me exactly when I did the where am I.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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<System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMember>
Private mLastUpdated As DateTime, _
mLastUpdatedBy As String, _
mClearanceRequired As Int64, _
mClearanceIsRequired As Boolean
Visual basic code; class members for serialization - declaring a group of variables as data members.
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I would say it depends. But sure I would not go with this practice as it leads little confusion.
Thanks,
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How is it confusing?
I would rather not write the datamember attribute for each member
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I'm not commenting on whether the code is acceptable, but I am suggesting that posting this question in the Lounge might not be.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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For lazing about and discussing anything in a software developer's life that takes your fancy.
The Lounge is rated PG. If you're about to post something you wouldn't want your kid sister to read then don't post it. No flame wars, no abusive conduct and please don't post ads.
What do you think is a valid thing to post about in the code project?
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As a general rule, explicit intent is better coding practice than implied intent.
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I rather have white space, but agreed.
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Please ask in the proper forum.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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For lazing about and discussing anything in a software developer's life that takes your fancy.
The Lounge is rated PG. If you're about to post something you wouldn't want your kid sister to read then don't post it. No flame wars, no abusive conduct and please don't post ads.
This tickles my fancy.
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Colborne_Greg wrote: This tickles my fancy.
You conveniently left out:
Quote: Technical discussions are welcome, but if you need specific help please use the programming forums.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I DO NOT NEED HELP
Quit behaving like you know what the fook is going on.
THE QUESTION IS - is this an acceptable practice, please learn to read English before getting on my case.
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Your question will only get opinions for an answer. The answer all depends on who you ask.
I hate it because it isn't explicit. It requires you to know how the compiler is going to behave.
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