Re: [Talk-GB] Q2 2020 Quarterly project GP Surgeries and health sites

2020-04-12 Thread Andy Mabbett
supermarket; in Boots-style shop)? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] NHS Nightingale Birmingham

2020-04-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
Does anyone know which hall(s) of the NEC the new NHS Nightingale Birmingham is in? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Q2 2020 Quarterly project GP Surgeries and health sites

2020-04-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
dia UK will do so, too. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Geospatial Commission to release UPRN/ UPSN identifiers under Open Government Licence

2020-04-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Thu, 9 Apr 2020 at 13:06, Mark Goodge wrote: > They're a 10 to 12 digit integer. Is there a check digit? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org ht

[Talk-GB] Geospatial Commission to release UPRN/ UPSN identifiers under Open Government Licence

2020-04-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
to-release-core-identifiers-under-open-government-licence -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[OSM-talk] Maps in Wikipedia & sister projects

2020-03-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
Maps and its challenges" on how maps work in Wikipedia, and in other MediaWiki projects. It is now available as a 40 minute video (including ten minutes of questions) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LH-pYdi9Ks -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthew

Re: [Talk-GB] Adding Leeds Bins to OpenStreetMaps

2020-03-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
e planned to use > waste_basket:defects=loose That seems rather transient (or should be). > lcc:comments=”under city centre team management” operator:"Leeds CC city centre team" ? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk __

Re: [Talk-GB] Nightingale Hospital, London

2020-03-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 20:07, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > For expediency, I have added node, inside Excel London, for the new > Nightingale Hospital: > >https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7326515224 Someone left a comment on the changeset: I'd imagine applying the tag to the

[Talk-GB] Nightingale Hospital, London

2020-03-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
For expediency, I have added node, inside Excel London, for the new Nightingale Hospital: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7326515224x https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52018477 Stay safe, everyone, -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-GB] New map of parcel postboxes

2020-03-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [talk-au] Postal addresses

2020-03-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 at 04:25, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 20/03/2020 7:54 am, Andy Mabbett wrote: > which does *not* imply that if there is a addr:housenumber there > should be no addr:housename, but on the contrary indicates that the > two properties can be use

Re: [talk-au] Postal addresses

2020-03-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
in some countries like England instead of (or in addition to) a house number. which does *not* imply that if there is a addr:housenumber there should be no addr:housename, but on the contrary indicates that the two properties can be used at the same time. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewi

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project Suggestion - drink_water:refill

2020-03-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
https://twitter.com/pigsonthewing/status/1216689988357718018 and have again today chased them for a response: https://twitter.com/pigsonthewing/status/1238919492568260609 -- Andy Mabbett @Pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailin

[OSM-talk] The benefits of cross-linking OSM and Wikidata

2020-03-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
amed after men and women, visualized with data from OpenStreetMap and Wikidata. Does anyone have other good examples? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.or

Re: [OSM-talk] Old maps from Royal Collection UK

2020-02-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 20:30, Colin Smale wrote: > > On 2020-02-06 21:10, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > George III's collection of military maps > Remarkably, though, they are claiming copyright over these maps. > As I read it, they are claiming copyright in the images on th

[OSM-talk] Old maps from Royal Collection UK

2020-02-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
these will be of interest to many OSM mappers. Remarkably, though, they are claiming copyright over these maps. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Collection [2] https://militarymaps.rct.uk/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk

Re: [Talk-GB] 2 OSMUK presentations done in the first 2 weeks of 2020

2020-01-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
ru presentation at this 'Digital Heritage' conference on 12/13 February, in Aberystwyth: https://rcahmw.gov.uk/about-us/digital-past-conference/speakers-and-abstracts-2020/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB maili

Re: [talk-au] Maxar bushfire imagery

2020-01-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Fri, 17 Jan 2020 at 06:56, Andrew Harvey wrote: > Maxar have generously donated some satellite imagery of bushfire affected > areas and they explicitly allow tracing for OSM, > > https://blog.maxar.com/open-data-program/2020/open-data-response-to-the-australian-wildfires. There's nothing

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mark Renn, sculptor

2020-01-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
http://paulawoof.co.uk/publicart/burnley.htm > I'll try to fill in some of the gaps. BTW is Ben Mabbett a relative?He's > doing lots of mapping in the W Mids Not that I'm aware of, but no doubt we have a common ancestor somewhere. -- Andy Mabbett @pi

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mark Renn, sculptor

2020-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
in the table on the article need coordinates and/ or photos. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Tapi Carpets

2019-12-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 12:44, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 11:59, Philip Barnes wrote: > > > I am hoping to add Tapi Carpets to the name suggestion index, however it > > doesn't have a wikidata tag. Searches lead to Allied Carpets. > > > > Is

Re: [Talk-GB] Tapi Carpets

2019-12-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 11:59, Philip Barnes wrote: > I am hoping to add Tapi Carpets to the name suggestion index, however it > doesn't have a wikidata tag. Searches lead to Allied Carpets. > > Is anyone able to create a wikidata tag, or fix the issue? Doing. -- Andy Mabbett @p

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] HS2 phase 1 updates - Solihull interchange station

2019-12-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 10:56, Barry Cornelius wrote: > I've a website that provides mapping for the HS2: > http://www.thehs2.com/ Any reason you're using Google maps, and not a free, open source map, like, oh I dunno, OSM? https://switch2osm.org/ ;-) -- Andy Mabbett @pigsont

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Banksy

2019-12-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
It's OK folks, you can relax. I've added Birmingham's new Banksy artwork to the map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7047824939 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Elections Online website - candidate for OSM?

2019-12-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
this very purpose. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[OSM-talk] Creating an "Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality" map with OpenStreetMap

2019-11-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
This blog post, by my friend Terrence Eden, may be of interest; he includes a request for assistance near the end: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/11/creating-an-organization-of-cartographers-for-social-equality-map-with-openstreetmap/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] Maintaining privacy as a casual mapper

2019-11-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
nforcing that for someone who hasn't edited for a decade or more. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hay Mills Rotor Station

2019-10-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
800.jpg > > Rob > > > On Sat, 19 Oct 2019 at 22:16, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> >> I'm trying to pinpoint the former location of Hay Mills Rotor Station: >> >>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay_Mills_Rotor_Station >> >> a helidrome that operated in south Bi

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hay Mills Rotor Station

2019-10-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
there, and recollections found in online forums. I've looked at all the aerial imagery I can access in JOSM, but can see no sign. Can anyone find a trace on some other set of imagery, or an old map? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[OSM-talk] 'Ultimate gift to future generations': plan to laser map all land on Earth | The Guardian

2019-10-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
No doubt of interest: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/11/ultimate-gift-to-future-generations-plan-to-laser-map-all-land-on-earth -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Subject: Re: Thomas Cook shops

2019-09-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 13:38, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote: > > Because shop=* indicates it is still open for business. If it does not do so in "shop=vacant" then it does not do so in something like "opening_hours = none". -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing h

Re: [Talk-GB] Subject: Re: Thomas Cook shops

2019-09-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
apped as still open for > business? "Closed for business" does not equate to "vacant". Why not some thing like opening_hours = none -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstr

Re: [Talk-GB] RNLI Dunkirk Memorial

2019-09-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 04/09/2019, Edward Catmur wrote: > Adding a natural=bare_rock tag to reflect the exposed bedrock underneath > (yes, chalk is a rock) would seem acceptable The Margate memorial is painted conrete. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.

Re: [Talk-GB] RNLI Dunkirk Memorial

2019-09-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
g/2019-September/047860.html -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] RNLI Dunkirk Memorial

2019-09-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
uot; tag on a relation is usually used to > indicate what sort of relationship is represented, e.g. > type=multipolygon. Done, but JOSM protested that "the multipolygon is not closed" Thanks, both - what do others think? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _

[Talk-GB] RNLI Dunkirk Memorial

2019-09-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
for improvement? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] Attribution guideline status update

2019-08-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
t credit OpenStreetMap Change to "Applications that incorporate a geocoder that uses OpenStreetMap data must credit OpenStreetMap" > or in a footnote/endnote if that is where other credits appear and/or in the > "acknowledgements" section Change to "or in a footno

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] End of an era at The Bull

2019-07-22 Thread Andy Mabbett
yone would like to come and see her, best thing about is it she won’t be working." -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Swift Payzones .

2019-06-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
if we could get TfWM to add and maintain them, so much the better. [1] See: https://www.networkwesmidlands.com/swift/topping-up/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@ope

Re: [OSM-talk] Terminate Facebook rights under ODbL

2019-06-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
ld be prudent - not to mention courteous - to first wait for a response there? > Company Name is not responsible for errors or omissions in this message Well, quite. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] River Rea, West of Kings Norton Park

2019-05-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
c maps on National Library of Scotland's > online map portal to see if you can find a name. > > Best, > Rob > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2019, 19:50 Andy Mabbett, wrote: >> >> Done; but is it a river, or a stream? And does it have its own name? >> >> On

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] River Rea, West of Kings Norton Park

2019-04-30 Thread Andy Mabbett
Done; but is it a river, or a stream? And does it have its own name? On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 19:09, Brian Prangle wrote: > > delete the name on the tributary should do the trick > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 12:05 PM Andy Mabbett > wrote: >> >> Compare the

[Talk-GB] Object on canalsde

2019-04-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
/File:Tame_Valley_canal_-_2019-04-28_-_Andy_Mabbett_-_47.jpg on the Tame Valley canal in north Birmingham? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] River Rea, West of Kings Norton Park

2019-04-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
Compare the tagging on: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/34080550 and: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/591479120 and ways upstream (west) of the latter. I think the former is a tributary, and the latter is the river proper. What needs to be changed? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http

[OSM-talk] usefulness of brand:wikipedia and brand:wikidata tags (was Re: Bank of India (and other) Wikidata tags)

2019-04-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
ts made using stone from the quarry; and any artworks depicting them or the quarry itself. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] usefulness of brand:wikipedia and brand:wikidata tags (was Re: Bank of India (and other) Wikidata tags)

2019-04-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
kipediafied". You're confusing the use of Wikibase software with Wikidata. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Stolpersteine - single monument or a monument type? (was Re: Bank of India (and other) Wikidata tags)

2019-04-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
carved, talked with the artists, and wrote and illustrated the Wikipedia article). And I first mapped them. They should be in relation, which I shall do now. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openst

[OSM-talk] usefulness of brand:wikipedia and brand:wikidata tags (was Re: Bank of India (and other) Wikidata tags)

2019-04-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
, but even then they can disambiguate outlets with the same name but different owners. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Bank of India (and other) Wikidata tags

2019-04-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
very popular values may be a good idea, > though personally I think that automatic edit fixing this would be preferable The two are not mutually exclusive. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Bank of India (and other) Wikidata tags

2019-04-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
ct wikipedia tags Though those need to be addresses, 30K out of over 1 million cases is less than 3%. And programmatically addressing the commonest cases (such as those discussed above) will reduce the number considerably. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Bank of India (and other) Wikidata tags

2019-04-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
the other high--use tags listed at: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/wikidata#values I've just raised a ticket to ask that Tagnfo display Wikidata labels on the latter page, which will make error fixing easier: https://github.com/taginfo/taginfo/issues/262 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonth

Re: [OSM-talk] Congratulations everyone!

2019-03-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
The page at: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Awards is used for something else (and should perhaps be usurped). -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Proposed mechanical edit - elimination of old-style Wikipedia links in Ireland

2019-03-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
ces-to-page-layout-considered-harmful/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Proposed mechanical edit - elimination of old-style Wikipedia links in Ireland

2019-03-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
> From what I have heard there are sometimes (or often depending on the > source) mismatches between the subject of the Wikidata item and the > OSM object. People enter all sorts of bad data into OSM; that's not something specific to Wikidata IDs. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthe

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Proposed mechanical edit - elimination of old-style Wikipedia links in Ireland

2019-03-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
as no real preference for > language. Should be point to the Dutch or French version? > > you can find linked Wikipedia articles with slightly different subjects > in different languages. All of these are yet more good reasons to tag with Wikidata, rathe

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Proposed mechanical edit - elimination of old-style Wikipedia links in Ireland

2019-03-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 at 19:59, Colm Moore wrote: > Note that subject:wikipedia=* doesn't create a hyperlink like wikipedia=* > does. I'll hold off making changes for the moment. "tagging for the editor" is even less useful than "tagging for the render". -- Andy M

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Proposed mechanical edit - elimination of old-style Wikipedia links in Ireland

2019-03-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
t have a global interest in improving OSM/Wikidata+Wikipedia integration. > (in fact this bot edit is result of project that was about listing invalid > wikipedia and wikidata tags). Is that documented, please? Thanks also for your other answers; duly noted. -- Andy Mabbet

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Proposed mechanical edit - elimination of old-style Wikipedia links in Ireland

2019-03-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
hile wikidata is more stable > and allows easily follow article name changes. Good editing tools will show the human-readable label from Wikidata. IIRC JOSM does this through a "Wikipedia" plugin. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Proposed mechanical edit - elimination of old-style Wikipedia links in Ireland

2019-03-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
iki/Col%C3%A1iste_Moibh%C3%AD - I have no > recollection of adding the OSM entry originally. :) This is why its batter to tag with Wikidata IDs. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Proposed mechanical edit - elimination of old-style Wikipedia links in Ireland

2019-03-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
) are also skipped Can you flag these up; perhaps by writing to a list on a wiki page? They need to be reviewed, and probably corrected. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.u ___ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie

Re: [Talk-GB] London venues

2019-03-13 Thread Andy Mabbett
ou'd like an introduction to the founder./ manager. Alternatively, you might ask one of the tech co.s in London (Google, Microsoft) to sponsor-in-kind by prviding a room. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing lis

[OSM-talk] Health Secretary Matt Hancock mentions OSM

2019-03-13 Thread Andy Mabbett
s/nhsx-new-joint-organisation-for-digital-data-and-technology -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[Talk-GB] Health Secretary Matt Hancock mentions OSM

2019-03-13 Thread Andy Mabbett
s/nhsx-new-joint-organisation-for-digital-data-and-technology -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] General OSM Talk

2019-03-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
of which there are over 1.2 million examples. Good luck with the talk! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Integrating OSM Data and MediaWiki

2019-03-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
ands.xlsx That document has two columns of IDs, for example: OSI_TLAND = 010001 TOWNLAND_GUID = 2AC3CCC1-0B8D-442C-B7A4-959D20DB63CF Who mints these? I'd like to add one or both to Wikidata; are there definitive sources, or is the above spreadsheet it? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthe

Re: [OSM-talk] We need to have a conversation about attribution

2019-03-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
hrough multiple tiers of sub-licensees and to sue for any copyright violation > directly connected with OSMF's rights under these terms. The words you quote don't mean what you seem to think they do; they certainly do not authorise the OSMF to act as my agent in pursuing clai

Re: [OSM-talk] We need to have a conversation about attribution

2019-03-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 at 16:23, Frederik Ramm wrote: > On 01.03.19 16:04, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > Poppycock. > > The rest of us are trying to have a serious conversation here. Please > adapt or leave. And "Poppycock" is a serious word in the English language.

Re: [OSM-talk] We need to have a conversation about attribution

2019-03-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 at 13:44, Simon Poole wrote: > Am 01.03.2019 um 12:49 schrieb Andy Mabbett: > > On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 at 11:05, Mateusz Konieczny > > wrote: > > > >> Additional question - who can file DMCA. AFAIK only OSMF can do that and > >> i

Re: [OSM-talk] We need to have a conversation about attribution

2019-03-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
nStreetMap contributors, > Rendering © MapServer and EOX}" > > But the attribution font is so tiny that is is barely noticeable. There is > attribution, but it is debatable whether using a tiny font size makes > the attribution improper or ridiculous. Perhaps its a

Re: [OSM-talk] We need to have a conversation about attribution

2019-03-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
work and to > pursue other legal remedies. I can't parse that; please can you restate it, more clearly? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] We need to have a conversation about attribution

2019-03-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 at 11:56, Marc Gemis wrote: > > I don't recall ever giving the OSMF authority to act as my agent. Did you? > You probably agreed to > https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Contributor_Terms, not ? I believe I did. What does that have to do with my poin

Re: [OSM-talk] We need to have a conversation about attribution

2019-03-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
authority to act as my agent. Did you? Wikipedia's advice for people whose open-licensed copyright material is misused is pertinent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks#Non-compliance_process [usual OSMF is not WMF caveats apply]. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthe

Re: [OSM-talk] We need to have a conversation about attribution

2019-03-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 at 09:51, Simon Poole wrote: > Am 01.03.2019 um 01:12 schrieb Andy Mabbett: > > 28 characters. There are many cases, such as mobile phones, where - > > depending on user settings - that's either going to be too small to be > > readable, or so big it obsc

Re: [OSM-talk] We need to have a conversation about attribution

2019-02-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
ust doesn't care that much - which suggests your options a or b would apply? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] HTTPS all the Things (Automated Edit)

2019-02-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
age or similar or both of the above. And perhaps, if the dead URL is found on archve.org, add something like a 'website_archive=' tag. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org ht

Re: [OSM-talk] HTTPS all the Things (Automated Edit)

2019-02-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
alk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk I have read the full thread to date and find myself strongly in favour of this well-argued proposal. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _

Re: [Talk-GB] BT phoneboxes

2019-02-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
cations, which may be useful for folk wanting to find examples to map: https://kiosks.adrianshort.org/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] Bot edits on the OSM wiki

2019-02-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
lso for performing maintenance tasks in bulk, > Note this has nothing to do with the merits of the edits themselves. That should be the only consideration -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetm

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hamstead

2019-02-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 at 22:12, Andy Mabbett wrote: > I thought I would settle the matter by referring to the Royal Mail > postcode database - and was surprised that they too have it as > "Hampstead Industrial Estate" - try searching for "B42 1DU" at: >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hamstead

2019-02-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
's a screenshot of this sign taken from Google street view at: > http://www.northeastraces.com/temporary/hie.png Thank you. A URL for the original is: https://goo.gl/maps/4Rp7aczkhUA2 -- Andy Mabbett @Pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hamstead

2019-02-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
by referring to the Royal Mail postcode database - and was surprised that they too have it as "Hampstead Industrial Estate" - try searching for "B42 1DU" at: https://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode Has anyone had any luck, getting errors in the postcode database fixed?

Re: [Talk-GB] Dropped or lowered kerbs

2019-01-31 Thread Andy Mabbett
I want to find a crossing. > Where there is tactile paving, or coloured paving There is not, in the cases at hand. Did you view the Google Street View page I linked to? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing lis

Re: [Talk-GB] Dropped or lowered kerbs

2019-01-31 Thread Andy Mabbett
drop off a wheelchair user, for example. On a simple, single-line way, I had envisioned nodes with something like: kerb=dropped droped-kerb=both crossing=unmarked or: kerb=dropped droped-kerb=left respectively. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewi

[Talk-GB] Dropped or lowered kerbs

2019-01-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
t would surely imply a barrier /across/ the road? Examples would be helpful, please. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[OSM-talk] ARIADNEplus Project uses OSM

2019-01-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
Nice use of OSM data in the ARIADNEplus Project, a new European initiative for Digital Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.: http://portal.ariadne-infrastructure.eu/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list

Re: [Diversity-talk] Out of the bars and onto the map: An lgbtq:*=* tagging scheme?

2018-10-23 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 19:27, Rory McCann wrote: > "shop=books lgbtq=yes" is a LGBTQ book shop, Wouldn't that be "shop=books books=lgbtq"? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Diversity-talk maili

Re: [talk-au] [Imports] Public Barbeques in the ACT

2018-10-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
carded. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[talk-au] Wikipedia/ Wikidata event in Perth on Sunday; all welsome

2018-09-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
scanning archival material. We'll break for lunch at the library café from 12–1. I hope some of you can make it. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-GB] un-named roads in UK

2018-08-31 Thread Andy Mabbett
ame signs in Google Streetview. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[OSM-talk] Arkhivna Street

2018-08-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
"This street has over a half-dozen names, all at once." https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/arkhivna-street Mapped here, but without all those names: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/234767127 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthew

[OSM-talk] As Google Maps Renames Neighborhoods, Residents Fume - The New York Times

2018-08-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
This may be of interest: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/technology/google-maps- neighborhood-names.html -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] proposed mechanical edit - moving FIXME=* to fixme=*

2018-07-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
h tags could be standardised. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] WMF: "Interactive maps, now in your language"

2018-06-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
ble. > > So you are denying that they are asking their users to add names to OSM so > that their application looks better? Everyone on this mailing list can see for themselves that that is not what I said. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk __

Re: [OSM-talk] WMF: "Interactive maps, now in your language"

2018-06-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 29 June 2018 at 11:57, Simon Poole wrote: >> On 29.06.2018 12:18, Andy Mabbett wrote: >>> New Wikimedia Foundation blog post: >>> >>> >>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/28/interactive-maps-now-in-your-language/ > they should not be c

Re: [OSM-talk] WMF: "Interactive maps, now in your language"

2018-06-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
less mentainable version of their database? Because the OSM community refuses to allow the import of data from Wikidata. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] WMF: "Interactive maps, now in your language"

2018-06-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
New Wikimedia Foundation blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/28/interactive-maps-now-in-your-language/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Tagging/ naming a railway junction

2018-06-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
? A relation? One (or each) of the three points of the triangular junction? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[OSM-talk] Changes to www.openstreetmap.org markup - where to requsest?

2018-06-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
hema.org&quot</a>;, "sameAs" : [ "<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936&quot">https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936&quot</a>;, ], } and possibly some other schema.org values; you can

Re: [Talk-GB] Two new tools: 'Ghosts' and 'Survey Me'

2018-06-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
I drive past it daily; and it has a web presence at: http://www.oscottmanor.bham.sch.uk/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Railway level crossings

2018-05-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 24 May 2018 at 17:37, Jez Nicholson <jez.nichol...@gmail.com> wrote: > But Martin (and others) _could_ use the web site to prompt investigations > into crossing locations and manually add/edit in OSM. + 1 Or we could just ask them to release the data under an open licence. --

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