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The OSM stuff piques my interest. Sorry to ask a deep / dumb / lmgtfy question but did you uncover a way to extract vector data from that dataset? I have a hob

The OSM stuff piques my interest. Sorry to ask a deep / dumb / lmgtfy question but did you uncover a way to extract vector data from that dataset? I have a hobby of doing pen plotter maps, my data source is USGS and the process to prepare it is manual and awful. I've often considered switching to OSM but afraid of the learning curve. Please send a PM/DM about this if you'd like to chat more on maps. Your on-topic comment is interesting because I can resonate with the whole "have to do something you want till your un-burned". My problem is that I can't do what I want and I feel blocked from getting that. I try to re-calibrate my desires (lower expectations) and then I get blocked from THAT. I have lowered my expectations so much that I have a negatively reflexive response to things being diminished in general for me. I call it the "starving crackhead" mentality but I think the medical term is scarcity mindset. Pain causes unhealthy obsessions and maladaptive loops... like fishing lines getting infinitely knotted.

beej71 4y ago
There are a few ways to extract data: 1. Use JOSM to download a chunk (this is what I do if I'm editing the map) 2. Use an API like Overpass to download larger datasets (e.g. "all the drinking fountains in North America") 3. Use a QGIS plugin to download the data directly into a project (this is what I do if I'm making a paper or PDF map) Once you have the data in OSM format (just another point/line/poly XML format), you can convert it to other things with a tool like GPSBabel. Re blocked on doing things you want, I think I tempered that with what I could do. And I was "lucky" that my burnout job was so time-consuming that I was unable to really spend money or take vacations. So I had plenty banked to be lazy. "Don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Look at my cousin--he's broke, don't do shit." --Lawrence, Office Space The bummer was when I'd iterate through the list of things I could do, and zero of them appealed. That was a hard place to be. One trick I used there was to increase the size of the list of things I could do. I did this by writing down every idea I was even inspired by. ("Learn to sketch landscapes!") Then I had a big list for inspiration. The larger that list, the less likely I was to come up dry when looking for a task for the day. If you simply can't financially afford to decompress, that seems a harder problem. I don't have a good answer there, except maybe a different gig entirely, tighten the belt, work with your SO to get through it, etc.
- dirtybirdnj 4y ago
  Burnout is an ongoing thing and while I've tried to stand up and keep going a few times there is a structural weakness that keeps me falling down. It feels like an infinite loop where I'm too weak to recover, to survive I have to get up but it takes all of my energy and I fall down. But I can only recover if I try to get up again... I followed your IG account with my art project robotdrawsyou, one of my maps is on there. I need to follow up on the list of things you recommended it's a fantastic guide. Maybe we can chat about maps some day.

beej71 4y ago

There are a few ways to extract data: 1. Use JOSM to download a chunk (this is what I do if I'm editing the map) 2. Use an API like Overpass to download larger datasets (e.g. "all the drinking fountains in North America") 3. Use a QGIS plugin to download the data directly into a project (this is what I do if I'm making a paper or PDF map) Once you have the data in OSM format (just another point/line/poly XML format), you can convert it to other things with a tool like GPSBabel. Re blocked on doing things you want, I think I tempered that with what I could do. And I was "lucky" that my burnout job was so time-consuming that I was unable to really spend money or take vacations. So I had plenty banked to be lazy. "Don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Look at my cousin--he's broke, don't do shit." --Lawrence, Office Space The bummer was when I'd iterate through the list of things I could do, and zero of them appealed. That was a hard place to be. One trick I used there was to increase the size of the list of things I could do. I did this by writing down every idea I was even inspired by. ("Learn to sketch landscapes!") Then I had a big list for inspiration. The larger that list, the less likely I was to come up dry when looking for a task for the day. If you simply can't financially afford to decompress, that seems a harder problem. I don't have a good answer there, except maybe a different gig entirely, tighten the belt, work with your SO to get through it, etc.

dirtybirdnj 4y ago
Burnout is an ongoing thing and while I've tried to stand up and keep going a few times there is a structural weakness that keeps me falling down. It feels like an infinite loop where I'm too weak to recover, to survive I have to get up but it takes all of my energy and I fall down. But I can only recover if I try to get up again... I followed your IG account with my art project robotdrawsyou, one of my maps is on there. I need to follow up on the list of things you recommended it's a fantastic guide. Maybe we can chat about maps some day.