Re: [Talk-GB] Highway lanes data for GB

2011-09-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Peter Miller [mailto:peter.mil...@itoworld.com] Sent: 29 September 2011 2:33 PM To: thomas van der veen Cc: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Highway lanes data for GB .. I was interested to see how few dual carriageways there are in Norfolk

[OSM-talk] British Antarctic Territories

2011-09-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
An unmapped area in OSM currently is the Antarctic Peninsular south of Argentina. Thanks to the National Library of Australia I have a number of mostly out of copyright (or nearly so) British Ordnance Survey Maps for the British Antarctic Territories . The full list of them can be found here:

Re: [OSM-talk] British Antarctic Territories

2011-09-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Cool! Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: juliocos...@gmail.com [mailto:juliocos...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Julio Costa Zambelli Sent: 26 September 2011 1:56 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org; talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] British

[Talk-GB] British Antarctic Territories

2011-09-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
An unmapped area in OSM currently is the Antarctic Peninsular south of Argentina. Thanks to the National Library of Australia I have a number of mostly out of copyright (or nearly so) British Ordnance Survey Maps for the British Antarctic Territories . The full list of them can be found here:

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] British Antarctic Territories

2011-09-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Cool! Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: juliocos...@gmail.com [mailto:juliocos...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Julio Costa Zambelli Sent: 26 September 2011 1:56 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: t...@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] British

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] RSPB Middleton Lakes mis-tagged

2011-09-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Its tompople again. He's tracing from Streetview or 1:25k adding mostly streams and other water features etc. I've just had to fix a few of the pools/lakes around there that have been broken. He needs to be checking with BING as well and ideally not mess with anything that's already present.

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Albert Street

2011-09-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
While going into the city on the train last evening I spotted that Albert street and parts of the roads that connect to it (Fox Street, Grosvenor Street, Bartholomew Stree) have been closed off while the do redevelopment work I guess in the two plots of land straddling Albert Street. I didn't get

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Road Improvements

2011-08-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Awesome work Brian, What's with the one-way invisible Burnt Tree Island though ;-) For those that wish to inspect: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.44476lon=-1.93657zoom=16layers=M and http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.513407lon=-2.06317zoom=18layers=M Cheers Andy -Original

[Talk-GB] FW: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monarch's way distributed mapping party Saturday October 8th

2011-08-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Widening out to the rest of the gb list. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 22 August 2011 3:11 PM To: talk-gb-westmidla...@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monarch's way distributed mapping party Saturday October 8th

Re: [Talk-GB] FW: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monarch's way distributed mapping party Saturday October 8th

2011-08-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
distributed mapping party Saturday October 8th On 24/08/2011 13:14, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Widening out to the rest of the gb list. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] October Monarchs Way event

2011-08-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Not the 1st Oct for me as it's the Cycle Show at the NEC. 8th would be my preference though could also do the 15th. I don't recommend beyond that as we hit the school half term on the 22nd. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 August

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: [Talk-GB] Routing and other problems west of Uttoxeter

2011-08-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Paul Williams [mailto:pjwde...@googlemail.com] Sent: 08 August 2011 11:47 AM To: talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Routing and other problems west of Uttoxeter I've found that there is still a big problem with unconnected roads in the area west

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Tomorrow Night

2011-08-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I'm guessing that mostly he's been adding bits of the Black Country Urban Forest (though its hardly a forest!) http://www.dudley.gov.uk/environment-planning/countryside/trees/black-countr y-urban-forest-millennium-program/ See you later. Not sure what I'll be mapping yet, but I'm sure I can find

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Midlands Social on 4th Aug

2011-07-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that our next OSM midlands social is on Thur August 4th. This time at The Black Eagle, a fantastic old fashioned pub on Factory Road in Smethwick. Some of us will be doing a spot of mapping in the area before about 8pm. Details: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia The pub is

[Talk-GB] Midlands Social on 4th Aug

2011-07-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that our next OSM midlands social is on Thur August 4th. This time at The Black Eagle, a fantastic old fashioned pub on Factory Road in Smethwick. Some of us will be doing a spot of mapping in the area before about 8pm. Details: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia The pub is

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday meet

2011-07-05 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
You mean Harborne I hope Mike ;-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Mike Duffy [mailto:mdbg02...@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 05 July 2011 11:10 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday meet Anyone going to Halesowen on Thursday evening?

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData and ODbL OK

2011-07-05 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst [mailto:rich...@systemed.net] wrote: Sent: 04 July 2011 2:03 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData and ODbL OK Mike Collinson wrote: I would like to thank the Ordnance Survey for their kind consideration and the speed in which they were able to

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot

2011-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Frederik, I am subspecies from the universe P281/304-II. I am a bit like a wasp, often referred to as a Yellow (High-Viz) Jacket. I annoy streets, post boxes, garden fences and hedges and anything else I can find that is floating I the ether and root it into OSM. I know nothing of imports except

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot

2011-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Frederik Ramm [mailto:frede...@remote.org] Sent: 10 June 2011 3:39 PM To: SteveC Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot Hi, SteveC wrote: Or as close to it as possible, yes. I don't care what the result is, it's

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot

2011-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nice work Matt Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Matt Amos [mailto:zerebub...@gmail.com] Sent: 10 June 2011 4:20 PM To: SteveC Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org; Richard Fairhurst Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:36 PM, SteveC

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] June social

2011-05-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Folks, we don't have a location planned for the next social on June 2nd. Anyone wish to suggest somewhere? Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Distinctly Black Country

2011-05-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst pointed out this website today. They have a launch which may be of interest to folks: http://distinctlyblackcountry.org.uk/launch/ Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] On footpaths

2011-05-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Peter, thanks for reminding me of the link. It's useful to get a picture of what's going on here. To add my few words on the subject matter to respond to Peter Oliver's original question Since I came up with the old way I guess I should expand on my original thinking. When considering all

Re: [Talk-GB] On footpaths

2011-05-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Adam Hoyle [mailto:adam.li...@dotankstudios.com] wrote: Sent: 04 May 2011 6:07 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] On footpaths This is a very interesting discussion. I've been walking and then adding footpaths north of High Wycombe / south of Wendover and surrounding areas

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder - RE: Tamworth micro map OSM Midlands social

2011-05-03 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that the next midlands social (including micro map for those that wish) is this Thursday in Tamworth. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Social_Meet_Up Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 April

Re: [Talk-GB] National Byway rendering on OpenCycleMap

2011-04-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Thanks for response Andy. I'm with you regarding tagging the NB as ncn= for the reasons you give. Appreciate all your hard work in keeping the cyclemap up and running. It's a fantastic resource. On your note re Sustrans walking/cycling I did the same chuckle. I'm also surprised that they haven't

Re: [Talk-GB] National Byway rendering on OpenCycleMap

2011-04-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst [mailto:rich...@systemed.net] wrote: Sent: 20 April 2011 10:17 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] National Byway rendering on OpenCycleMap Andy Allan wrote: If we keep the route=bicycle I would suggest network=ncn, name = National Byway and therefore bring

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Licence change

2011-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
West Mids mappers... If you haven't logged into your OSM account or done any editing recently you may be unaware of the forthcoming proposed licence change for OSM. A major part of that process is to sign up to new contributor terms. If you have not logged into OSM recently could you please do

Re: [Talk-GB] National Byway rendering on OpenCycleMap

2011-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
monxton [mailto:gm...@jordan-maynard.org] wrote: Sent: 19 April 2011 3:24 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] National Byway rendering on OpenCycleMap Lately I've been doing some tagging of the South-West region of the National Byway, and I'm finding it quite disappointing that

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Contributor Terms vs OS OpenData Licence

2011-04-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Robert Whittaker (OSM) [mailto:robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com]wrote Sent: 18 April 2011 2:13 PM To: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] OSM Contributor Terms vs OS OpenData Licence I've just declined the new OSM Contributor Terms (CTs), because I've previously made edits based on OS

[Talk-GB] Tamworth micro map OSM Midlands social

2011-04-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
At last night's Midlands social we decided to have another attack on Tamworth as there is still much to do there. Therefore the social next month on May 5th will be in Tamworth. It would be great if we could have a big turnout and it would be fantastic to see some faces from outside our local

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

2011-04-05 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Avis [mailto:e...@waniasset.com] wrote: Sent: 04 April 2011 11:08 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import? I've stopped tagging route_ref because according to the wiki the preferred way to map bus routes is as a relation. Does that reflect the

[Talk-GB] West Midlands social reminder for this Thursday 7th April

2011-04-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that our next social is this Thursday 7th April from 7pm. Usual venue, The Bull, on Price Street, Birmingham http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Social_Meet_Up Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

2011-04-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
For those not aware, Christoph Böhme put together NOVAM: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NaPTAN/Novam A useful resource for checking out bus stop status in an area though I'm not sure of its current status with respect to data reliability. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Stuart

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

2011-04-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
(blackadder-lists) Cc: 'Stuart Grimshaw'; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import? On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: For those not aware, Christoph Böhme put together NOVAM: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NaPTAN/Novam Oh

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

2011-04-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
the naptan in front. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Derick Rethans [mailto:o...@derickrethans.nl] Sent: 04 April 2011 10:34 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: 'Derick Rethans'; 'Stuart Grimshaw'; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Matt Williams [mailto:li...@milliams.com] wrote: Sent: 16 March 2011 7:51 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data Greetings all, For the last week I've been working on a sort of 'replacement' for the Royal Mail's postcode/address finder (you know,

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder: OSM Midlands Social this thursday

2011-02-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that the next midlands social is this Thursday 3rd March from 7:00pm at The Bull, Price Street, Birmingham http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Social_Meet_Up Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

[Talk-GB] Reminder: OSM Midlands Social this thursday

2011-02-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that the next midlands social is this Thursday 3rd March from 7:00pm at The Bull, Price Street, Birmingham http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Social_Meet_Up Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] XAPI and using a home server

2011-02-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Graham Jones [mailto:grahamjones...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 22 February 2011 9:01 PM To: Roland Olbricht Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] XAPI and using a home server Roland, Thanks for this - I had never heard of OSM3S. I'll have a look at it. It sounds as though the database

Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap

2011-02-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Looks like you fixed it? Perhaps just needs to be rerendered. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Mabbett [mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk] Sent: 16 February 2011 3:50 PM To: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap On 14 February 2011 13:31, Andy Robinson

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Nominatim searches in Brum

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Doing some Brum searches with nominatim has revealed that we have some issues with place= conflicts. We have a mixture of suburb, town, village and hamlet nodes in Birmingham and the West Mids generally and sometimes this leads to unexpected results, like roads in Sutton Coldfield being in Castle

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] 1:25k OS OOC mapping for Stafford and Cannock areas

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I've added a few more OS 1:25k OOC maps in the north of our region, Stafford specifically: http://ooc.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=15lat=52.80764lon=-2.11929layers=000B0 The low zoom tiles will catch up at some point. To use this layer when editing see:

Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
] Sent: 14 February 2011 9:15 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap Stunning work, Andy. I've recently been pointing people to Sutton Coldfield as an example of the standard to which we Bristolians should be aspiring. One rambling

Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Penney [mailto:l...@lorp.org] Sent: 14 February 2011 9:15 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap Stunning work, Andy. I've recently been pointing people to Sutton Coldfield as an example of the standard to which we Bristolians should

Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Avis [mailto:e...@waniasset.com] wrote: Sent: 15 February 2011 3:32 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists ajrlists@... writes: http://blog.mappa-mercia.org/2011/02/whats-in-postcode.html Great work! How can you tell when you

Re: [Talk-GB] Armchair-mapping postcodes (was: B72 is a wrap)

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Avis [mailto:e...@waniasset.com] wrote: Sent: 15 February 2011 5:24 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Armchair-mapping postcodes (was: B72 is a wrap) Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists ajrlists@... writes: Great work! How can you tell when you have every postcode

Re: [Talk-GB] Armchair-mapping postcodes (was: B72 is a wrap)

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Avis [mailto:e...@waniasset.com] wrote: Sent: 15 February 2011 5:40 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Armchair-mapping postcodes (was: B72 is a wrap) Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists ajrlists@... writes: http://www.raggedred.net/codepoint/ I see - so you can use your

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hello! I'm Phil.

2011-02-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Welcome Phil, look forward to meeting you. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Philip John [mailto:p...@philipjohn.co.uk] Sent: 14 February 2011 2:46 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hello! I'm Phil. Hi :) I've just joined - I'm Phil from

[Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap

2011-02-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
http://blog.mappa-mercia.org/2011/02/whats-in-postcode.html Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Henry Gomersall [mailto:h...@cantab.net] wrote: Sent: 10 February 2011 11:07 AM To: Peter Miller Cc: Talk GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping? On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 10:30 +, Peter Miller wrote: On reflection possibly we should use river-bank as that

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder West Mids OSM social tomorrow (Thur)

2011-02-03 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Chaps, might not be able to make it in now. Have gone down with a bug so will have to see how I am later on. If I don't see you hope you have a fun evening. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 February 2011 9:26 AM To: Andy Robinson

[Talk-GB] Reminder West Mids OSM social tomorrow (Thur)

2011-02-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that our next West Mids social in Birmingham is tomorrow night (Thur 3rd Feb) at The Bull. See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia for details. We had an excellent showing last month so hoping to see everyone again tomorrow, oh and I'll try to remember to turn up on time ;-)

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: Recommendations for cheap GPS for data-logging

2011-01-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Chris, Welcome :-) No experience with a logger of that type personally but as long as you get a logged point every 1 second then it's as good as anything else we use. Having said that there isn't quite so much need for GPS logging anymore due to the availability of BING aerial imagery for

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids

2011-01-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Avis [mailto:e...@waniasset.com] wrote Sent: 21 January 2011 11:28 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids Chris Hill osm@... writes: The Open data that OS released last year included the Code Point Open dataset which has the location of postcode centroids.

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids

2011-01-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Lester Caine [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk]wrote: Sent: 21 January 2011 11:41 AM To: 'talk-gb OSM List' Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: One thing that is absolutely clear to me is that you can't add postcodes unless you have been around

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids

2011-01-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Lester Caine [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk] wrote: Sent: 21 January 2011 12:51 PM To: 'talk-gb OSM List' Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Lester Caine [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk]wrote: Sent: 21 January 2011 11:41 AM To: 'talk-gb OSM List' Subject

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postcodes

2011-01-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com] Sent: 17 January 2011 6:26 PM To: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Postcodes If anyone needs a postcode extract for their area (from OS CodePoint) then let me have the bbox of the area you

Re: [Talk-GB] invisible

2011-01-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst [mailto:rich...@systemed.net] wrote: Sent: 18 January 2011 11:09 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] invisible Chris Saunter wrote: 2) Browser based viewer using javascript - this could be a hybrid bitmap/vector renderer that annotates bitmap tiles FWIW

Re: [Talk-GB] Gun Location Sensors

2010-12-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Jonathan Bennett wrote: Sent: 11 December 2010 5:00 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Gun Location Sensors On 11/12/2010 16:27, Brian Prangle wrote: Here's a challenge and probably more of an ethical one than a physical one. The installation of these by west Midlands

Re: [Talk-GB] Gun Location Sensors

2010-12-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Peter Millar wrote: Sent: 12 December 2010 5:40 PM To: Jonathan Bennett Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Gun Location Sensors I don't know if this is what Birmingham is using: http://gizmodo.com/5489449/tiny-sensor-listens-for-gunshots-identifying- the-gun-and-location If so,

Re: [Talk-GB] Gun Location Sensors

2010-12-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Detection.Sensors.Installed.Around.City- 3845405.shtml This article says they may be disguised as vents or bird houses. http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/fs000201.pdf On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Peter Millar wrote: Sent: 12 December 2010 5:40 PM To: Jonathan

Re: [Talk-GB] [Spam] oslVosm, OpenData Locator 2010 data and not:name

2010-10-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I also wonder if there is a step before the OS that can help consider the discrepancies. The naming authority for the streets we have conflict is the local authority so checking what the naming authority has in its database may reveal whether the problem is with miss information or incorrect

[Talk-GB] OSM Midlands Social 7th Oct

2010-09-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that our next midlands social is Thursday 7th October from 7:00pm at The City Tavern, Birmingham. Full details on the wiki page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Etrex Legend HCx

2010-09-09 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Few pointers for you: 1. Make sure the tracklog is set for time and recording at 1sec interval 2. In Setup, select Map and then change the screen to the Map Setup - tracks page. Set the Track Points value to 10001. This will make sure you can see the full 3 hours ish of 1 sec points on the

[Talk-GB] FW: [carto-soc] Maps available (London WC2)

2010-08-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Might be worth a poke around if anyone is in the area? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: e.gasco...@lse.ac.uk [mailto:e.gasco...@lse.ac.uk] Sent: 02 August 2010 3:57 PM To: carto-...@lists.shef.ac.uk Subject: [carto-soc] Maps available (London WC2) We are updating a map room in

Re: [Talk-GB] NCN numbering

2010-07-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard, There is a slight different take on this with Sustrans, at least some I talk to. What I've been told is that national routes will remain 2 digit numbers and that new national routes will also, in theory, have a 2 digit number, though that doesn't exactly give them much scope to expand it

Re: [Talk-GB] NCN numbering

2010-07-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I think most of us are working with what's on the ground though there are sections of NCN that we ride that are poorly signed though the route is in use on the ground if you know where to go. Generally speaking you should find the routes in OSM pretty reliable, if at times disjointed. Bear in

[Talk-GB] Reminder - Midlands social this Thursday 1st July

2010-06-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that this months Midlands social is in Bedworth (just to the north of Coventry) this Thursday 1st July. Details at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Events During the summer months we do a spot of mapping till around 8:00pm and then meet in the pub. Sign up for a cake

Re: [OSM-talk] WolframAlpha uses OpenStreetMap data

2010-06-17 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Weait wrote: Sent: 16 June 2010 8:42 PM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] WolframAlpha uses OpenStreetMap data On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Frank Sautter openstreet...@sautter.com wrote: WolframAlpha uses OpenStreetMap data

Re: [OSM-talk] WolframAlpha uses OpenStreetMap data

2010-06-17 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Frederik Ramm wrote: Sent: 16 June 2010 6:22 PM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] WolframAlpha uses OpenStreetMap data Hi, Frank Sautter wrote: WolframAlpha uses OpenStreetMap data http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Berlin Interesting, they seem to have their own rendering

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
: Peter Millar [mailto:peter.mil...@yahoo.com] Sent: 07 June 2010 3:12 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb-westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth The pub and train details for Thursday 1st

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Excellent. Atherstone works for me. I'll do a cake later this evening. Andy -Original Message- From: Mary Mooney [mailto:mooney@gmail.com] Sent: 10 June 2010 12:40 PM To: Peter Millar Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
a cake later this evening. Andy -Original Message- From: Mary Mooney [mailto:mooney@gmail.com] Sent: 10 June 2010 12:40 PM To: Peter Millar Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
The next Mappa-Mercia social evening will be on Thursday July 1st in Bedworth to the north of Coventry. Mapping till 8pm and then in a local pub (venue to be confirmed. The Bedworth cake and signup table is on the wiki page [1] Hopefully we might see some of the other Coventry folks there? Peter

[Talk-GB] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
The next Mappa-Mercia social evening will be on Thursday July 1st in Bedworth to the north of Coventry. Mapping till 8pm and then in a local pub (venue to be confirmed. The Bedworth cake and signup table is on the wiki page [1] Hopefully we might see some of the other Coventry folks there? Peter

Re: [Talk-GB] Talk-GB Digest, Vol 44, Issue 19

2010-05-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
) 4. Re: Definitive Paths Map Source (Andy Robinson (blackadder- lists)) 5. Re: Definitive Paths Map Source (Andy Robinson (blackadder- lists)) 6. Re: Definitive Paths Map Source (James Davis) ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Ways - tagging? (was Re: Talk-GB Digest, Vol 44, Issue 19)

2010-05-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Mann [mailto:richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com] wrote: Sent: 13 May 2010 2:00 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: Ian Spencer; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Ways - tagging? (was Re: Talk-GB Digest, Vol 44, Issue 19) If you've got reasonable non

Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Paths Map Source

2010-05-12 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Couple of comments on this in addition to the responses by others. 1. The definitive information is not always on a map. For instance, local footpath rights of way can be found in text form in many libraries. Its pretty easy to then correlate the description information with a walk of a

Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Paths Map Source

2010-05-12 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Robert Whittaker (OSM Talk GB) Sent: 11 May 2010 11:43 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Paths Map Source On 11 May 2010 21:30, martyn i...@dynoyo.plus.com wrote: In Hertfordshire, East Herts publish maps that are drawn on top of an OS layer.  But for each

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] GB Chapter

2010-05-09 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
. On 26 April 2010 11:09, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com wrote: Nick Black [mailto:nickbla...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 26 April 2010 6:45 PM To: Emilie Laffray

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] M6 Toll Vandalism

2010-05-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Brian, See if you get an email back from the user and then copy this and any response to d...@osmfoundation.org with a request to revert. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On

Re: [Talk-GB] National Byway cycle route

2010-05-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst wrote: Sent: 08 May 2010 12:20 PM To: OSM - Talk GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] National Byway cycle route On 08/05/2010 12:08, Sam Vekemans wrote: +101 for rendering it brown, so its different than NCN, RCN, LCN I can use it promote it for the 'Trans Canada Trail' as a 'exact

[Talk-GB] Midlands social and micro mapping in Lichfield this Thursday 6th May

2010-05-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that the monthly midlands social this Thursday in Lichfield: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Social_Meet_Up For those that wish we will be doing a spot of mapping before the social to wrap up the City. Cheers Andy ___

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Replying to myself here. Northampton would be another location option. Its on the London Midland line which has some cheap fares. It's also a very very unloved town. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 26 April

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus Routes

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Brian, click click http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bus_Routes_in_West_Midlands/Route_Refs Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Brian Prangle Sent:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Black [mailto:nickbla...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 26 April 2010 6:45 PM To: Emilie Laffray Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb OSM List (E-mail); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; Richard Fairhurst Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter I would be super keen on Charlbury

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Might be cool to set up a Saturday mapping party and social combined somewhere easy to reach and needing some mapping between London and Birmingham. We could thrash out the bones of a UK chapter and see who's interested in working on it over a beer or two. Anyone want to look and suggest a

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Banbury gets my vote. How would Saturday 12 June fit with folks? May is pretty stacked out for me already. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Richard Fairhurst Sent: 26 April 2010 10:49 AM To:

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Replying to myself here. Northampton would be another location option. Its on the London Midland line which has some cheap fares. It's also a very very unloved town. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 26 April

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Black [mailto:nickbla...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 26 April 2010 6:45 PM To: Emilie Laffray Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb OSM List (E-mail); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; Richard Fairhurst Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter I would be super keen on Charlbury

Re: [Talk-GB] Workington Bridges

2010-04-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Gregory wrote: Sent: 21 April 2010 11:38 AM To: Tim François Cc: OSM Talk-GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Workington Bridges The bridges look good, but the town is clearly lacking. Now we have OS Street View, we could quickly respond to natural disasters by improving the mappedness of the area. Of

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] WM Hack Day

2010-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Awesome. Can this be broadcast to talk-gb yet? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Mackenzie Sent: 19 April 2010 12:35 PM To: Christoph Böhme Cc:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] WM Hack Day

2010-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
been invite only and that ensures that something gets done. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Christoph Böhme [mailto:christ...@b3e.net] Sent: 19 April 2010 4:11 PM To: Andrew Mackenzie Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster

2010-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Brian, Mine are done. It was a great day, one of the best I have had in a long while, which suggests I should get away from Walsall mapping a bit more ;-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster this saturday - meeting place?

2010-04-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
going to be a fantastic day out. I might even be tempted to ride down for afternoon tea by the Severn at Bewdley before the day is out :-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 12 April 2010 10:20 PM To: Talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Kidderminster mapping Party reminder - Sat 17th April

2010-04-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Kidderminster mapping Party reminder - Sat 17th April Is that where the Radio 4 On The Map presenter grew up? If so, have you sent him an invite? On 12 April 2010 14:24, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster this saturday - meeting place?

2010-04-12 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
. Some real ale would be bonus. If you want to bag a slice of cake now then drop your name onto the wiki. Suggest we leave at least slice 10 for Gavin unless he shouts for other areas. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com

[Talk-GB] Kidderminster mapping Party reminder - Sat 17th April

2010-04-12 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that there is a mapping party this Saturday 17th April in Kidderminster. Details here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries

2010-04-07 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I wrote this in expectation of sending to the west mids list only, but decided to copy also to the talk-gb list as well. Apologies for cross posting. With the election process underway we might think about a topical map. If we can get the ward boundary data into OSM in time then we could show

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