Re: [Talk-GB] UK street addressing

. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] UK street addressing

ot needed and it is confusing. Let's not compound the mess that RM has made of addresses in the UK by repeating their mistakes. No postal town in OSM addresses please. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.

Re: [Talk-GB] UK street addressing

On 20/12/2020 14:57, Colin Smale wrote: On 2020-12-20 15:41, Chris Hill wrote: Addresses in OSM are not the same as Royal Mail's addresses. RM addresses are all about their processes for delivering post to delivery points. The postal town (Largertown in your example) is a convenience

Re: [Talk-GB] UK street addressing

On 20/12/2020 15:30, ndrw wrote: On 20/12/2020 12:45, Dave Abbott wrote: There is a page at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Rjw62/UK_Address_Mapping which mentions "suggested tags" but there is no evidence that this is in use. If correct I would be tagging as - addr:housenumber=99

Re: [Talk-GB] UK street addressing

-- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 20/12/2020 12:45, Dave Abbott wrote: Hi, I am trying to make sure I tag addresses correctly. I am currently trying to understand how to map in my area. The postal addresses are like: 99 Postal Street Smalltown Largertown West Yorks XY9 7GY Smalltown

Re: [Talk-GB] Hello world and automated change proposal: Add missing URL scheme on UK's Pubs websites

Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Codepoint Open postcodes

the tile layer is here: https://raggedred.net/codepoint/ -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Using OSM as a base for my own fictional map?

this (or very similar) techniques to make map for temporary events such as fairs, fêtes and festivals as well as a planned scheme of flood defences and a mock up of a tidal barrier. HTH cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Electric vehicle charging points

OSM, but the locations are pretty poorly positioned, so bad they could almost be Google Maps business locations from a few of years ago. I think the best we could do with this is use it as a list of places to survey - it doesn't look good enough to import to me. -- cheers Chris Hill (chi

Re: [Talk-GB] Electric vehicle charging points

Leccy car drivers need to know if the point is working. Apps from the charge point suppliers and from others such as Zapmap try to keep drivers informed about the availability and condition of the point. OSM doesn't have that info and can't update it in real time. Some leccy cars have this live

Re: [Talk-GB] Local Wildlife Sites

gery and surveys can be awkward because the sites usually want people to stay on paths to avoid wildlife disturbance. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Import of UK SSSI data

e geodata element of such data in the past. You need to be sure this is not the case before you use any of these datasets in OSM. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 16/11/2019 15:30, Henry Bush wrote: Sorry, yes, the source of the data is the Natural England API: https://www.arcgis.com/home/it

Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

eaflet-based map, maybe that's the jib for the rainy Saturday that's coming. Fill y'boots :-) -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

not need to import imaginary postcode centroids to the main OSM database. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

better to use HTTPS whenever possible. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 02/10/2019 16:55, Dave F wrote: FYI in JOSM (latest) https wont generate a TMS URL. I had to change the pasted URL to http & then back again. then it generated & 'ungreyed' the Okay button. Is this expected behaviour?

Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

other open data sources such as FHRS data. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 02/10/2019 13:43, Russ Phillips via Talk-GB wrote: Hi, I'm wondering if it would be feasible and advisable to import the UK postcode data from OS OpenData Codepoint <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w

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

and still a landmark of sorts. If a shop is emptied or reused by another firm then change that one otherwise I think we should wait for a while to see what happens. cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 24/09/2019 14:00, Jez Nicholson wrote: I'm a fan of shop=vacant, old_name=Thomas Cook myself You

[Talk-GB] Parkland

, but the mapper probably took the name (e.g. Dalton Park) as the clue. Does anyone have a better tagging scheme than farmland? -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [Talk-GB] NaPTAN/Lancashire import

tops I suggest you drop an email to the council transport team. It might help them improve the next pass of data. I did that with both Hull and East Yorks when they were imported originally about 10 years ago. After some skepticism they did use my info. -- Chris Hill ( OSM: chilll

Re: [Talk-GB] How would tag or name this wall crossing?

I've always known them as squeeze stiles. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 27/04/2019 17:18, Michael Collinson wrote: What do you call the type of wall crossing the that consists of two stone pillars placed close to each other (usually in a drystone wall) to leave a gap wide enough

Re: [Talk-GB] Survey date

Every changeset has a date automatically added to it, if your survey is much earlier than the data you make the edit maybe it's worth noting the difference. cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 10/03/2019 21:24, Martin Wynne wrote: I'm minded to start adding  survey:date= to some of my mapping

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging post towns and other addressing issues in the UK

On 28/01/2019 21:56, Colin Smale wrote: On 2019-01-28 22:22, Chris Hill wrote: Post town do not exist, and never have. They are a fiction invented by Royal Mail for their own internal use which they persuaded the public into using for the sole benefit of Royal Mail. ...and for the benefit

Re: [Talk-GB] Property extents

, these datasets are not Open Data and we cannot use them as a data source in OSM. I feel that the Open Government Licence should not be used in this case as it isn't  Open. On 09/01/2019 11:47, SK53 wrote: Hi Andy, Both Chris Hill & I blogged about them at the time, but they NEVER had any sembl

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcodes

with the way the tiles are generated, which I'm addressing. I believe Codepoint Open and ONSPD are pretty much identical with the current postcodes, but there is much more historical data in the ONSPD data. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] Wickham Market, Suffolk

rds, Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap

Re: [OSM-talk] 46 errors on OSM

these out. The way OSM works is that people edit the map to add value to it. Of you want these stadiums on the map, why not create an account (it's free and very easy) and add the building outlines yourself. You can add a few tags to describe it and in a

Re: [Talk-GB] When is a hedge a wood?

You would be free to create your own map render that shows the sites for the hoards of UFO spotters to navigate there. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Open MasterMap presentation

Parks. Seems odd. No addressing data as previously discussed. Still seems like a half-hearted, muddle from people who don't understand or want Open Data. -- Chris Hill (user chillly)___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] House of Fraser

, then Binns, then House of Fraser, then briefly Hammonds again before being HoF again. I suspect that people will still refer to Hammonds long after the store has closed. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 07/06/2018 20:53, Andrew Hain wrote: House of Fraser today announced today that half

Re: [Talk-GB] Council Footpath data

be interested in. Robert. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Toys R Us

> >If you could run a script that truly updates the map in the area that >would be another thing, but you cannot; you can only run a script that >removes the obvious "this map is outdated" marker. That might make the >map *look* more current but actually it isn't

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Shell fuel stations

expired postcodes too. Both of these datasets do not show each delivery point, but just a centroid (in OSGB grid ref) for all the delivery points. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of Way Data for Warwickshire

grateful to Robert for taking on asking ERoYC for this data.  I think he now has the experience and persistence to succeed and I wish him well. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

[Talk-GB] Naming of places

think it's wrong. That's why I want a discussion about it. Kingston upon Hull could go in another tag (sunday_name=*). Should we use the name that is the official, never-used name or the real, on-the-ground name that everyone knows the place by? What do you think. -- cheers Chris Hill

Re: [Talk-GB] Latest OS Opendata

Greenspace. I intend to add some information to explain what is being shown and where it comes from, thanks to a helpful comment from Ed Loach. See the latest here: https://raggedred.net/openover -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk

Re: [Talk-GB] Latest OS Opendata

On 09/08/2017 22:38, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: On 9 August 2017 at 18:13, Chris Hill <o...@raggedred.net> wrote: I have a rather strange explanation as to why Forestry Commission land is not shown on the OS Open Greenspace dataset. OS Customer Services have explained that they

Re: [Talk-GB] Latest OS Opendata

90% of Public Forest Estate that the Forestry Commission dedicated right of access. https://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-7rufp5#access Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Chris Hill [mailto:o...@raggedred.net] Sent: 08 August 2017 20:08 To: Andy Robinson; 'OSM Talk GB' Subject: Re: [T

[Talk-GB] Latest OS Opendata

lf courses. I think this is a useful dataset to check an area to see if OSM is missing something. Feedback is welcome. If it's useful, I'll probably sort out the tile sizes and change the colours for each type. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Scotch Corner (A1 - J55) near Darlington

Looks like a typo. a road providing the link, northbound A1 to the roundabout was tagged as trunk link (missing underscore). I have changed that. cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 28/03/2017 15:07, Jones, Luke (KEU.FXT) wrote: Good afternoon, The above-mentioned junction was amended last

Re: [Talk-GB] Countryside access map

On 24/03/2017 19:17, ael wrote: On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 06:57:58PM +, Chris Hill wrote: On 24/03/2017 17:58, ael wrote: I have just noticed a newish mapper who has added many footpaths around Oxfordshire apparently using Bing but with changset comments "from countryside acces

Re: [Talk-GB] Countryside access map

that rural footpaths usually need a visit, and asking about that map. Is this likley to be legitimate? ael A quick search came up with this https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/countrysidemap/ That matches the name exactly and it is copyright. -- cheers Chris Hil

Re: [Talk-GB] Import Progress

So you decided that the Imports mailing list isn't useful and is too 20th Century for you. Don't you see how arrogant and disconnected you sound? An hour a week was spent in the provider's office, but not once was the process required by OSM to do imports mentioned? It may have been done by

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Import Progress

will change. There may be some bluster, some indignant emails hurled around but these imports won't be reverted as they should be and the precedent will remain. What a mess. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 19/03/2017 14:03, Rob Nickerson wrote: Hi, This was discussed at our monthly meeting

[Talk-GB] New postcode overlay

update it each time a new version of the open postcode data are released. I'm working on including an overlay that shows postcodes that have recently been retired too. [1] http://codepoint.raggedred.net [2] http://onspd.raggedred.net [3] http://pcdates.raggedred.net -- cheers Chris Hill

[Talk-GB] Codepoint postcodes

here http://codepoint.raggedred.net/ -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Rendering (?) bug at Marble Arch

I suspected that the Multiploygon was defaulting to being an area and screwing up the roads. I speculatively added area=no to the MP and all seems well now (I think). -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 26/01/2017 16:00, Edward Catmur wrote: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/6809001 <h

Re: [Talk-GB] crop=grass or sod

The farms near me that grow grass as a crop to transplant onto, say, a pitch sell their product as turf. I would say this is crop=turf on landuse=farmland, the turf is grown for many seasons on the same location. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) On 09/01/2017 21:28, Warin wrote: Hi

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

quickly then the importer will realise they have to sort the data out before it is imported. I fully support Frederik in his continued efforts to keep the quality of data in OSM as high as possible. -- Chris Hill (chillly) On 04/01/2017 21:18, Mikel Maron wrote: Reverts should be held to the same

Re: [Talk-GB] Local Authority rights of way information

. I was told there was no record of this data being released under any open licence. This is why I tried to contact Barry to get an explanation and to strengthen my case. He has not replied to me. Chris Hill (User chillly) > On 21 Dec 2016, at 11:42, Owen Boswarva <owen.boswa...@gma

Re: [Talk-GB] Local Authority rights of way information

that as it is copyright. Barry has not told me where he got the data from that he uses. I have asked. Chris Hill (User chillly) > On 21 Dec 2016, at 11:32, Dave F <davefoxfa...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Interesting. Under what license to you believe East Riding issued the data > tha

Re: [Talk-GB] Local Authority rights of way information

I believe that link to be unsupported by contradicting evidence. Chris Hill (User chillly) > On 21 Dec 2016, at 11:15, Dave F <davefoxfa...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Hi > I'm a bit confused. Both Chris & David W. appear to have missed the link to > http

Re: [Talk-GB] Local Authority rights of way information

. Chris Hill (User chillly) > On 21 Dec 2016, at 11:10, Dave F <davefoxfa...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > > On 21/12/2016 11:04, David Woolley wrote: >> A more complete answer is "probably not", as it is unlikely that many >> definitiv

Re: [Talk-GB] Ideas for quarterly projects

It would be good to improve the road names. I feel it is easier to do the survey that is needed to weed out the rather odd 'errors' that pepper the OS Locator when the days are longer. Cheers, Chris (chillly) On 7 December 2016 12:37:52 GMT+00:00, Martyn Evans wrote:

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcodes

On 05/12/16 20:19, Dave Barter wrote: Excuse the noob question as I’ve not been on the list long. I’m doing a bit of work trying to create an open version of the OS Codepoint Polygons. To do this I need as much postcode data as possible. I’ve been looking at extracting this from OSM and as

Re: [Talk-GB] Tweet von Sentamu Academy (@SentamuAcademy)

On 23/11/16 15:32, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: Hi, maybe interesting and not totally OT ;-) Sentamu Academy (@SentamuAcademy) twitterte um 3:35 nachm. on Mi., Nov. 23, 2016: We are currently advertising for a Teacher of Geography. https://t.co/tGNRmgvjIm Join #TeamArchie  @getintoteaching

Re: [Talk-GB] access:psv

hey should be change as clearly more users are expecting psv=* If the changes are to a more popular or useful tag, then there's no harm. With fewer tags, it makes it easier for a consumer to validate the data. DaveF. On 13/10/2016 17:38, Chris Hill wrote: Please don't change the tags to suit your a

Re: [Talk-GB] access:psv

edits applied, officiated by the imports list I think. Or one could check with the mapper(s) who did the tagging in question? Dan 2016-10-13 18:00 GMT+01:00 Chris Hill <o...@raggedred.net>: There are not an infinite number of ways to tag things. In order to edit the tags you think need changin

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes

postcodes, if NISRA wanted to support an open data >release. (Addresses are a different matter, of course.) > >Owen > >On 25 September 2016 at 22:26, Chris Hill <o...@raggedred.net> wrote: > >You would have to ask OS. As I understand it OS and RM were pressured >into >

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes

Postcodes don't apply to a road, they apply to a collection of delivery points. Many, many roads have multiple postcodes. Some buildings have multiple postcodes. See my postcode page: http://codepoint.raggedred.net Cheers (chillly) On 25 September 2016 22:52:27 BST, Lester Caine

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes

GB postcodes are published under a compatible licence by the Office of National Statistics. The confusion over the Codepoint Open licence has been resolved as it is now released under a suitable licence too. Northern Ireland does not release its postcodes under any open licence. Cheers, Chris

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools

Why do you need area=yes? On 5 August 2016 17:13:01 BST, Christian Ledermann wrote: >I changed the logic, example changeset: >http://api06.dev.openstreetmap.org/changeset/90404 > >1) single polygons are rendered as ways, with the same tags as before >plus area=yes

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools

I'd say it's complexity with no advantage so not desirable. It looks like a poorly thought-through semi automated edit. No more of these should be added in the current form IMHO. Cheers, Chris User chillly On 4 August 2016 15:22:40 BST, Andy Allan wrote: >On 4 August

Re: [Talk-GB] UK address tagging

We certainly don't need the phoney, contrived postal town. That is purely a Royal Mail invention that serves no useful purpose for anyone else. RM is just one user of addressing amongst many. Addressing is not created by Royal Mail, it is maintained by local authorities. We should start there.

Re: [Talk-gb-thenorth] Proposal to do some mapping in North Lancashire

It's great that you want to add to the map data. Please do not add the OS OpenMap Local building outlines. They are heavily simplified and as such, poor quality. You can't distinguish how many residences there are in a building outline, so is it detached, semi-detached or a terrace? Adding

Re: [Talk-GB] OSGR & OSM

On 05/04/16 14:59, Stuart Reynolds wrote: Is there a site or tool somewhere where I can click on a point on an OSM tile and get back the OSGR? I want the quality of OSM, but need OSGR unfortunately. Thanks I just created a web page [1] that shows OSM with an OSGB location of the mouse

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect spelling of "cemetery"

I found 54 cemeteries with their names spelt cemetary in the GB extract from last night. I'm not going to run a bot to change any of them - what if that's what the sign on the gate actually says? On 24 March 2016 11:14:07 GMT+00:00, Stuart Reynolds wrote:

Re: [OSM-talk] Vandalism

Email the data working group d...@openstreetmap.org with details they can block the user. -- Cheers, Chris (chillly) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

On 26/02/16 11:23, David Woolley wrote: On 25/02/16 17:04, Nick Whitelegg wrote: User can also enter relevant POIs like stiles, gates etc when they are encountered. When user returns home, track simplification algorithm used to make a way from the GPX trace and tags it with the tags

Re: [Talk-GB] place=village/town/city

On 12/02/16 11:51, Ian Caldwell wrote: On 11 February 2016 at 21:32, Michael Booth > wrote: So my question is, how are we defining villages, towns and cities? Only by population, or do we also take into account their generally accepted

Re: [OSM-talk] Applicability of wiki tagging and votes: may, should or must

On 28/01/16 19:16, David Marchal wrote: Hello, there. On a GitHub issue (https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/2027#issuecomment-174443685), I've been told that Wiki tagging votes are only advisory and that the community is only invited, neither required nor recommended,

Re: [Talk-GB] Abbreviations in OSM and schools

On 18/01/16 06:50, Marc Gemis wrote: On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Lester Caine wrote: On 17/01/16 20:42, Ed Loach wrote: So, should we be using the full school name or abbreviating 'church of england voluntary aided' to CEVA as they do on the school pullovers? Similar

Re: [Talk-GB] route relations type=road

On 07/12/15 18:11, Philip Barnes wrote: On Sat, 2015-12-05 at 00:54 +, Dave F. wrote: Hi I know this has been discussed before , but recent edits by user: abc26324 prompts me to ask/verify again the point of road relations in the UK. Example:

[Talk-GB] traffic calming

There has been a discussion on the tagging mailing list triggered by Gerd Petermann having made a mechanical edit to some traffic calming features. I asked him to revert the undiscussed mechanical edit which he has done. He is not subscribed to talk-gb, he asked me to forward a link to his

Re: [Talk-GB] traffic calming

On 22/11/15 19:06, Rob Nickerson wrote: >There has been a discussion on the tagging mailing list triggered by >Gerd Petermann having made a mechanical edit to some traffic calming >features. Thanks Chris, To summarise for those who don't want to get stuck in the tagging mailing list, Gerd

Re: [Talk-GB] traffic calming

On 22/11/15 20:17, Steve Doerr wrote: On 22/11/2015 19:37, Chris Hill wrote: Mechanical edits need to be discussed. He then indicated that he would discuss the tags on tagging@ - indeed he suggested leaving his edit and discussing it on tagging@. I wanted also to make it clear that tagging

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

On 31/10/15 21:59, Colin Smale wrote: The change could have been managed better, like proper announcements a couple of months ahead of time, with a date - "On 30th October OSM will switch to a new stylesheet for the standard map. For information about what this will mean for you, click here"

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] When should ODbL apply to geocoding

On 27/09/15 22:54, Alex Barth wrote: On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Paul Norman > wrote: On 9/22/2015 4:26 PM, Alex Barth wrote: Overall, I'd love to see us moving towards a share alike interpretation that applies to "OSM as

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

On 28/09/15 16:14, Phil Endecott wrote: Chris Hill wrote: I've had a go at extracting the height of buildings from the Environment Agency LIDAR, and it seems possible. I loaded the EA data into a database and found all the height points within the polygon of an existing building outline

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

underneath). Perhaps this effort could be useful for OSM in some way. Regards Tony On 25 September 2015 at 23:03, Chris Hill <o...@raggedred.net> wrote: I've had a go at extracting the height of buildings from the Environment Agency LIDAR, and it seems possible. I loaded the EA data into a da

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

I've had a go at extracting the height of buildings from the Environment Agency LIDAR, and it seems possible. I loaded the EA data into a database and found all the height points within the polygon of an existing building outline. The highest value is the height of the building. From that I

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

On 24/09/15 18:41, Phil Endecott wrote: Chris Hill wrote: Suitably processed this could provide a source of building outlines. Yes, I think it could be very useful for that. I've had a play and rather than doing shaded relief I've just converted the height directly into a grey shade. I've

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

On 23/09/15 14:18, Phil Endecott wrote: Has anyone reviewed how useful this LIDAR data would be for 3D city mapping? Chris Hill wrote: The slippy map with relief tiles made from the data and optionally contours also made from the data is here: http://relief.raggedred.net. Thanks Chris

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

On 23/09/15 20:36, Tim Waters wrote: Could subtracting between the DSM and DTM where we have buildings already in OSM give the height of the buildings? On 23 September 2015 at 15:08, Chris Hill <o...@raggedred.net> wrote: On 23/09/15 14:18, Phil Endecott wrote: Has anyone review

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

might try to work out some of the building heights there. On 23/09/15 20:36, Tim Waters wrote: Could subtracting between the DSM and DTM where we have buildings already in OSM give the height of the buildings? On 23 September 2015 at 15:08, Chris Hill <o...@raggedred.net> wrote: On 23/09

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

Thanks for the plug Tim :-) The slippy map with relief tiles made from the data and optionally contours also made from the data is here: http://relief.raggedred.net. This covers a mostly very flat area, yet significant details are visible. It does show a number of places where ditches and

Re: [Talk-GB] Village, Hamlet and populations ...

On 14/09/15 15:18, Richard Symonds wrote: I see your problem... could you tell me how exactly you define the hierarchy at the moment? Is it ad-hoc, with various rules in different areas etc? Perhaps it would be better to, instead of having a hierarchy based on definitions, instead having a

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd highway=primary_link changes in gyratory systems

On 09/08/15 14:40, Paul Bivand wrote: Noticed some changes that I think odd that appear to derive from mapper urViator changing highway= primary to primary_link in a gyratory system in Strood. http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/33203852 As I understand the _link versions, these are for

Re: [Talk-GB] Survey: A UK/GB OpenStreetMap group?

Dave, I don't think anyone has a veto. Why would it harm you if this went ahead? On 13 July 2015 19:00:56 GMT+01:00, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: Find out first if people want it, rather than ask how they think it should be implemented. On 13/07/2015 14:03, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 13

Re: [Talk-GB] Quick tagging question

On 08/06/15 10:18, Wittle, Paul wrote: Hi, It is interesting that people often say UK counties are defunct because the post office no longer use them; you could argue that postal addressing was not really the purpose of counties in the first place. The point of counties being more about

Re: [Talk-GB] Quick tagging question

On 05/06/15 14:15, Wittle, Paul wrote: Hi, Is it ok to add a tag 'addr:county' when drawing properties, it doesn't seem to be an officially recognised tag but I can find some references to it online? Also, would you put sub-districts of a town (i.e. Wyke Regis in Weymouth) under

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Open Names

: On 3 June 2015 at 18:57, Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net wrote: You can use the tiles in JOSM using the url below[2] [2] http://www.raggedred.net/tiles/opennames/{z}/{x}/{y}.png Please remind us how to add that - is it WMS or TMS? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-GB] OS Open Names

Hi, I've been looking at OS Open Names, part of the Ordnance Survey Open Data. OS notified me that OS Locator will be withdrawn, hinted that Codepoint Open will be withdrawn too and that OS Open Names is the combined replacement. OS Open Names is published under OGL, so it is compatible with

[Talk-GB] Codepoint Open overlay update

I've just published the latest Codepoint Open release as an overlay for editors. More details here at http://codepoint.raggedred.net/ -- Cheers, Chris user: chillly ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Fwd: Re: [Imports] amenity=bicycle_repair_station :::: only 18 so far

On 26/01/15 19:19, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 11:10 AM, JB jb...@mailoo.org mailto:jb...@mailoo.org wrote: I have nothing against bicycle repair stations. Really. But, just in France, how many databases do we have that are as worth as this one ? Post offices,

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

A tagging scheme, that was already in use, was being changed by a proposal, supported by a small number of votes. Because of these votes the proposer decided that his tagging scheme should be adopted by a mass edit. That mass edit would have broken any use of the tagging scheme by data

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

On 03/01/15 16:50, Rainer Fügenstein wrote: in accordance to the mechanical edit policy, I'd like to open the discussion on this list: a recently approved proposal introduced new tags for pipelines and marker [1] and changed an established tag: type=* was changed to substance=* The values

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

On 03/01/15 17:46, François Lacombe wrote: 2015-01-03 18:22 GMT+01:00 Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net mailto:o...@raggedred.net: What about the maps I produce for my client? You're not likely to know about it as it is a private project. If you make a mechanical edit that breaks my

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping turn lanes on major roads

The example you give has not been well mapped and the mapper needs to be contacted to explain about lanes. There is not an extra physical road between the carriageways so it should not be added as such. On 7 November 2014 23:42:24 GMT, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: I'd always

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC-2 mechanical edit: UK shop names

On 04/11/14 22:04, Colin Smale wrote: Hang on a minute... the name tag should contain the most common name, or, as the wiki puts it, the common default name. There are other tags for enthousiasts to store official names, legal names, alternate names, brands, operators etc which, in a certain

Re: [Talk-GB] Voting mechanical edit: UK shop names

On 01/11/14 15:39, Dan S wrote: Chris, I appreciate what you're saying - except for one point: 2014-11-01 15:35 GMT+00:00 Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net: [...] to what is on the ground, I'll revert it and ask for Matthijs to be blocked from editing, as I would any other vandal. Please can we

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