Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Peter Childs
2009/9/29 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com: Peter Childs wrote: 2009/9/28 Mark Williams mark@blueyonder.co.uk: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 courtland.yoc...@mindspring.com wrote: I've been thinking a bit about this from a very different perspective - that of parks

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Whitelegg wrote: Sent: 24 September 2009 10:30 AM To: Mike Harris Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries Hi Mike, OS one-inch (or 1:50k) mapping does not show field boundaries. But is anyone working on out-of-copyright 1:25k (or larger scale) mapping? Mike

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Dave F. wrote: Sent: 24 September 2009 6:36 PM Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries Mike Harris wrote: Dave makes a good point - the most important thing for walkers in farmed rural areas is often to know on which side of the hedge / fence they ought to be. OS 1

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Peter Childs wrote: Sent: 28 September 2009 3:42 PM Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries 2009/9/28 Mark Williams mark@blueyonder.co.uk: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 courtland.yoc...@mindspring.com wrote: I've been thinking a bit about

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Dave F. wrote: Sent: 29 September 2009 10:29 PM To: Peter Childs Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries Peter Childs wrote: 2009/9/28 Mark Williams mark@blueyonder.co.uk: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 courtland.yoc...@mindspring.com wrote

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Donald Allwright
Or better still, train dogs to walk only under hedges and fit them with a GPS :-) I can't help thinking that this would open up a whole new genre of geographical-based games, ranging from geocaching (where did I hide that bone?) and orienteering to canine endurance records (my dog walked 100

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Dave F.
Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Or better still, train dogs to walk only under hedges and fit them with a GPS :-) What tag should we use for territorial pissings? ;) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Peter Childs
2009/9/30 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Or better still, train dogs to walk only under hedges and fit them with a GPS :-) What tag should we use for territorial pissings? ;) I think that would have to be an admin_level=11 or maybe 12. Peter.

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Emilie Laffray
2009/9/30 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com Whoooh! That’s a bit ancient. With a modern high sensitivity receiver you should be generally around 5m of error and certainly not more than 10m if you are in sight or an SBAS Egnos/Wass satellite and your GPS can use it.

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Dave F.
Emilie Laffray wrote: 2009/9/30 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com Whoooh! That’s a bit ancient. With a modern high sensitivity receiver you should be generally around 5m of error and certainly not more than 10m if

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Emilie Laffray
2009/9/30 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com Emilie Laffray wrote: 2009/9/30 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.commailto: ajrli...@googlemail.com Whoooh! That’s a bit ancient. With a modern high sensitivity receiver you should be generally around 5m of error and

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Mike Harris
: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries Dave F. wrote: Sent: 24 September 2009 6:36 PM Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries Mike Harris wrote: Dave makes a good point - the most important thing for walkers in farmed rural areas is often to know on which side

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-29 Thread Dave F.
Peter Childs wrote: 2009/9/28 Mark Williams mark@blueyonder.co.uk: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 courtland.yoc...@mindspring.com wrote: I've been thinking a bit about this from a very different perspective - that of parks and other open public areas where you

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-28 Thread Mark Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 courtland.yoc...@mindspring.com wrote: I've been thinking a bit about this from a very different perspective - that of parks and other open public areas where you might not have a chance to walk the perimeter ... for instance, you've a dog who

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-28 Thread Peter Childs
2009/9/28 Mark Williams mark@blueyonder.co.uk: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 courtland.yoc...@mindspring.com wrote: I've been thinking a bit about this from a very different perspective - that of parks and other open public areas where you might not have a chance to

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-25 Thread Nick Whitelegg
I believe Andy R is. Field boundaries would also be a great help in the 3D navigation stuff I'm working on. I think most people who map the countryside do map gates and stiles btw. Nick We do, I know, because I'm one of them ;-) but sometimes that's not quite enough. I had a path that

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-25 Thread Dave F.
Nick Whitelegg wrote: I believe Andy R is. Field boundaries would also be a great help in the 3D navigation stuff I'm working on. I think most people who map the countryside do map gates and stiles btw. Nick We do, I know, because I'm one

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-25 Thread Mike Harris
@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries I believe Andy R is. Field boundaries would also be a great help in the 3D navigation stuff I'm working on. I think most people who map the countryside do map gates and stiles btw. Nick We do, I know, because I'm one of them

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-24 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Hi Mike, OS one-inch (or 1:50k) mapping does not show field boundaries. But is anyone working on out-of-copyright 1:25k (or larger scale) mapping? Mike Harris I believe Andy R is. Field boundaries would also be a great help in the 3D navigation stuff I'm working on. I think most people who

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-24 Thread Dave F.
I believe Andy R is. Field boundaries would also be a great help in the 3D navigation stuff I'm working on. I think most people who map the countryside do map gates and stiles btw. Nick We do, but sometimes that's not quite enough. I had a path that ran parallel to a hedge but there was

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-24 Thread Mike Harris
[mailto:nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk] Sent: 24 September 2009 10:30 To: Mike Harris Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries Hi Mike, OS one-inch (or 1:50k) mapping does not show field boundaries. But is anyone working on out-of-copyright 1:25k (or larger scale) mapping

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-24 Thread Mike Harris
with OS mapping! Mike Harris -Original Message- From: Dave F. [mailto:dave...@madasafish.com] Sent: 24 September 2009 13:18 To: Nick Whitelegg Cc: Mike Harris; talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries I believe Andy R is. Field boundaries would also be a great

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-24 Thread Dave F.
Mike Harris wrote: Dave makes a good point - the most important thing for walkers in farmed rural areas is often to know on which side of the hedge / fence they ought to be. OS 1:25k is fairly useless for this as the difference between one side of the hedge and the other is usually less than

[OSM-talk] Field boundaries (was: feasibility - different use of openstreetmap)

2009-09-23 Thread Ed Avis
In the UK, certainly large-scale Ordnance Survey maps show field boundaries. There is some incomprehensible (to me) information about 'field parcel numbers' at http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/site/contact/fieldparcels.html. It would be great to add them to OSM but I don't think walking

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Chris Hill
The OS have their own aerial survey 'plane, currently based in Blackpool I think. A large part of their rural mapping updates comes from this hi res photography. They don't choose to release these photos for general use of course. An OS 'plane used to be based at an airfield I used to fly

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Someoneelse
Ed Avis wrote: In the UK, certainly large-scale Ordnance Survey maps show field boundaries. I suspect that it depends on region, but in my experience the Ordnance Survey field boundary data as printed on their Explorer is based on actual boundaries some considerable time in the past. That

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Ed Avis
Someoneelse lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk writes: In the UK, certainly large-scale Ordnance Survey maps show field boundaries. I suspect that it depends on region, but in my experience the Ordnance Survey field boundary data as printed on their Explorer is based on actual boundaries some

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Liz
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Ed Avis wrote: Perhaps we could install GPS devices on every tractor in the country where I live tractors have GPS devices already perhaps you just need to ask if they record where they have been? ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Jack Stringer
Well if somone does map the fields please could they put the gates on there. It would be nice to route people to the nearest gate. We do have the right to roam but those of who live in the countryside have always had that option we just used our common sense by not walking down the middle of

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Aun Yngve Johnsen
They record tracks so they can calculate the next leg on the field, the question is wether we can use the data for some reason or other. brgds Aun Johnsen On 23/09/2009, at 17:53, Liz wrote: On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Ed Avis wrote: Perhaps we could install GPS devices on every tractor in the

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Someoneelse
Ed Avis wrote: Someoneelse lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk writes: http://maps.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/ NottsCC.InteractiveMapping.Web.Internet/ ?e=461177n=360114mpp=160layers=SEA.PLA.FP.BR.RB.BOAT /hLayer=hField=hValue= suggest that they might. Hmm, where do you see field information

[OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread courtland . yockey
I've been thinking a bit about this from a very different perspective - that of parks and other open public areas where you might not have a chance to walk the perimeter ... for instance, you've a dog who really doesn't want that boring walk around the edge, but bobs and weaves all about the

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-23 Thread Mike Harris
2009 22:07 Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries Well if somone does map the fields please could they put the gates on there. It would be nice to route people to the nearest gate. We do have the right to roam but those of who live in the countryside have always had