[OSM-talk] NLS Maps API - online historical mapping of Great Britain for use in mashups (fwd)
this might be of interest to some on the list. cheers martin Original Message Subject:NLS Maps API - online historical mapping of Great Britain for use in mashups Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 11:33:40 +0100 From: Fleet, Christopher c.fl...@nls.uk To: map...@listserv.uga.edu, lis-m...@jiscmail.ac.uk We are pleased to launch a new historical mapping application, allowing anyone to include selected historical geo-referenced maps of Great Britain in their own websites. Sets of Ordnance Survey mapping relating to Scotland, England and Wales, dating from the 1920s to 1940s, have been seamed together and geo-referenced, then specially prepared for use in external websites. For more information, please view http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/ The maps have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence, allowing free use and adaptation of the mapping, provided it is properly attributed. The maps were scanned and geo-referenced by the National Library of Scotland, and rendered on the Amazon EC2 computer cluster by Klokan Technologies GmbH, based on a customised version of the MapTiler application. The maps can be used for many purposes - they can be integrated with other mapping, used for research purposes, used as a backdrop for bespoke markers or mapping data, or used to create other copyright free maps (such as OpenStreetMap). The application will also run on many mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad or Google Android based phones. The historical map API homepage - http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/ - provides simple instructions for how to embed the mapping in websites, and use it with the most popular free web-mapping services, including Google, Bing, and Openlayers. View the historical map API homepage - http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/ - for more information on: * how to display the historic map in your mobile device or phone * how to embed the map in your website * licence and terms of use * what map series are used * how the seamless map was prepared In the future, we hope to add more mapping - of other countries, and at more detailed scales. We'd be very keen for any comments or feedback on this at: g...@nls.uk Many thanks, Chris Fleet (NLS) and Petr Pridal (Klokan Technologies GmbH) Klokan Technologies GmbH - http://www.klokantech.com/ National Library of Scotland - online maps - http://www.nls.uk/maps Chris Fleet National Library of Scotland 33 Salisbury Place EDINBURGH EH9 1SL United Kingdom. Tel. 0131 623 3973 Fax. 0131 623 3971 E-mail: c.fl...@nls.uk *** Visit the National Library of Scotland online at www.nls.uk *** Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the Information Services Helpdesk on +44 131 623 3789 or is.helpd...@nls.uk and delete this e-mail. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Library of Scotland. The National Library of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity. Scottish Charity No. SC011086. This message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and has been scanned by Webroot. *** ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Campaign to pin coal mines on OS maps (fwd)
Hi, I wonder does OSM have a feature for old mines? cheers martin -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:22:17 +0100 From: Laurie, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: A forum for issues related to map spatial data librarianship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Campaign to pin coal mines on OS maps This may be of interest to lismaps subscribers. The meeting , hosted by Dave Anderson MP is about an Early Day Motion seeking to have the sites of defunct coal mines recorded on Ordnance Survey maps. Further details can be obtained from [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone attending should contact Rachel Horne and allow plenty of time to get through security at the House of Commons. Robert Laurie, British Library Map Library From: Rachel horne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 October 2008 18:24 Subject: FW: A blend of art, film and a campaign to pin coal mines on OS maps... PIN THE PITS Tuesday 21st October 7:00pm - 9:00pm Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT Bridge St, Westminster London, United Kingdom It's the re-launch of the EDM to get the Pits Pinned. It's about marking the fruits of men, children and women's labour. The injuries. The chronic illnesses. The culture. The history. The communities. The decimation. The demolition. The rejuvenation. The regeneration. The inheritance if rupture. This will also be explored as several young people will be discussing how the shift from blue collar industries to white collar services has affected them. There will also be other guest speakers discussing the campaign. There will be three short films by Rachel Horne (aka the Foundaing Father). The films: Man as Machine Archive footage revealing the working conditions of coal mining during the 1930s, sound by sonic artist Ryan Jordan, the piece brings polarised worlds together, referencing our cultural shift from industrial to a technological society. The Out of Darkness Light Project Documents a memorial event in 2006 organised by Rachel Horne marking the 20th anniversary of the closure of Cadeby Colliery. Mine the Notion Documenting the exhibition and talk that took place at the Foundry in 2006, featuring trade unionist Dave Douglass and poet Dennis Monhangan. PLEASE REPLY TO THE EMAIL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND Get Hotmail on your mobile from Vodafone Try it Now! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354028/direct/01/ Get Hotmail on your mobile from Vodafone Try it Now! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354028/direct/01/ The information in this email is intended only for the named recipients and may be privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us on +44 (0) 20 7636 4030 and delete it from your system. Do not copy, distribute or take action based on the misdirected email. If the email is marked 'personal' the TUC is not liable in any way for its contents. If you want to know more about the TUC, visit us at http://www.tuc.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] science of user-generated geographic content
Hi, a new academic paper by Mike Goodchild, with some nice mentions for OSM, might be of interest Assertion and authority: the science of user-generated geographic content. http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/papers/454.pdf cheers martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] [CARTO-SoC] BCS AWARDS deadline 30 May 2008 (fwd)
I think we should nominate OSM for the 'Ordnance Survey MasterMap Award for Better Mapping' . cheers martin -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 15:09:30 BST From: C Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list CARTO-SOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CARTO-SoC] BCS AWARDS deadline 30 May 2008 BCS Awards deadline The BCS Awards will close to entries on May 30th 2008. The British Cartographic Society (BCS) recently revamped the Awards scheme to encourage entrants from all disciplines in cartography, and to showcase products created through traditional or new, even experimental, techniques. The BCS aims to help promote the best of cartographic products and highlight good cartographic design in the UK and abroad. As part of the changes, two awards were added to the programme to assist in covering all disciplines. Firstly, The Stanfords Award for printed mapping is designed to encourage any printed products to enter, from coffee table atlases to wallpaper or maps featured in leaflets and topical articles. The Avenza Award for electronic mapping was also added to allow digital products such as interactive and web maps to also compete. Entries can include power-point presentations, interactive CD-ROMS, or websites. These two awards join the established John C Bartholomew Award for Small Scale Mapping and the Ordnance Survey MasterMap Award for Better Mapping. Not only will the winners of these awards receive a crystal trophy and certificate, but they also go head-to-head with each other to receive the prestigious honour of being crowned the Best Mapping entry and presented with The BCS Award. (Closing date for all the above entries is 30th May 2008) We are delighted to announce the introduction of a new award for UK children, to run in alternate years to the ICA Barbara Petchenik Children's Map Competition. The UKHO Junior Mapmaker Award is designed to encourage map making in children aged 7 - 16. (Closing date is Saturday 19th July 2008) We also continue to support the NGS New Mapmaker Award in conjunction with The National Geographic Society (same closing date), and The Henry Johns Award for the best Cartographic Journal article sponsored by Lovell Johns. If you would like to enter any of these awards, entry forms are available on the BCS website. See the Awards section on http://www.cartography.org.uk Information about the winners from 2007 is also available on the website -- Clare Neal BCS Webmaster http://www.cartography.org.uk -- Distributed by CARTO-SoC, the Society of Cartographers Mailing List. For more details about this List and the Society, visit our web site: http://www.soc.org.uk Join the Society on-line now: http://www.soc.org.uk/member.html ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] article on OSM - The potential of user-generated cartography
Hello, some might be interested in an article I recently co-wrote covering OSM and the 'Mapchester' mapping party see The potential of user-generated cartography: a case study of the OpenStreetMap project and Mapchester mapping party North West Geography, Volume 8, Number 1, 2008 http://www.mangeogsoc.org.uk/pdfs/perkins_dodge.pdf cheers martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] article in Geo Informatics Magazine - good coverage of OSM
See pages 28-31 in flash version http://fluidbook.microdesign.nl/geoinformatics/02-2008/ or (big) pdf of whole magazine for downlown http://fluidbook.microdesign.nl/geoinformatics/02-2008/data/document.pdf cheers martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] OSM Book of Funny Names
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, SteveC wrote: Hi, Mark Monmonier has a nice book documenting names on maps (toponyms) called 'From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame', http://www.markmonmonier.com/work1.htm cheers martin All There are a couple of books of rude street sign collections: http://icanhaz.com/rude_names This got me thinking that we should make one. For example there is a Tennis Court on Tennis Road in the IoM http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=54.15646lon=-4.4903zoom=16layers=B0FT So if you've also found some, then send me a photo of the street sign and an OSM link or whatever you have... If there's a good enough response I'll put them together in to a print on demand book with maps and photos. have fun, SteveC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.asklater.com/steve/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Ordnance Survey OpenSpace
Hi, just wondering if anyone has seen a good mash-up using the Ordnance Survey OpenSpace API? Is anyone using this for real?? cheers martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
