As others have said, I use whatever is actually on the roadsign above
anything else, even if a variety of other resources disagree. Reason? I use
the maps for a sat nav, and actual real-world road names are far more
useful...
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 2:19 PM, David Earl
I've just had a go (I tend to use JOSM, but am in Bristol), and it sticks
for me too.
Vista with Firefox 3.6.13
Tim
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Laurence Penney l...@lorp.org wrote:
I've had exactly the same problem in Bristol recently. Latest Safari on
latest Mac OS.
- L
On 23 Dec
Richard,
I case you haven't received one privately yet:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?editor=potlatch2lat=51.46925lon=-2.60749zoom=17
http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?editor=potlatch2lat=51.46925lon=-2.60749zoom=17I've
just tested this on Ubuntu 10.04, Chromium 8.0.552.224 and whatever the
List,
Long story short: I've noticed that there are many, many is_in tags in
Belgium which do not conform to the generally accepted OSM standard. (Note
that I'm not debating here whether an is_in tag should or should not be used
within OSM - I'm just interested in the is_in tags which are already
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Ben Laenen benlae...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
But just no-one cares about the is_in tag anyway, so does it really matter?
I know that was a flippant comment, but it's not true - there are many
projects which still use the is_in tags. As I said in my original
Thomas,
Check out these links on the OSM maxspeed wiki page:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Maxspeed#Services
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Maxspeed#ServicesThis should help, I
think...
Tim
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:22 PM, thomas van der veen
th.vanderv...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I
it, as it might be handy :)
cheers,
sam
On 10/3/10, Tim Francois sk1pp...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
All,
1. If there are any heroes left using
oslVosmhttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OslVosm [1]
to compare OSM data with OS Locator data, I've just updated the script
a
little so
,
Peter
On 3 October 2010 17:47, Tim Francois sk1pp...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
All,
1. If there are any heroes left using
oslVosmhttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OslVosm [1]
to compare OSM data with OS Locator data, I've just updated the script a
little so that it now honours
All,
1. If there are any heroes left using
oslVosmhttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OslVosm [1]
to compare OSM data with OS Locator data, I've just updated the script a
little so that it now honours the not:name tags. Any highways which include
a not:name tag are automatically
I'm not sure I understand - most code languages allow some form of
case-insensitive working, don't they?
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote:
Since it would seem that OS are not going to fix the file name problem with
the 10k image files, has anybody made a
List,
I remember reading an email on this list about the Volo:TV service on First
Great Western high speed trains using OpenStreetMaps as their base layer for
a moving map display. Well, yesterday I had the chance to actually use one
of these trains, and luckily managed to get a seat with one of
List,
Just thought I'd share some feedback of my experience of reporting errors in
the OS OpenData products back to OS.
If I stumble across an error, I report it through customerservi...@ord
nancesurvey.co.uk. So far I've done this twice, both times with a couple of
errors in each email.
The
,
depending on how many people actually pass on errors to OS...
Tough call...
Tim
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote:
Tim Francois sk1pp...@... writes:
Just thought I'd share some feedback of my experience of reporting errors
in
the OS OpenData products back to OS
If you do find mistakes in the OSL data (and any other OS OpenData
products), please do let OS know - email
customerservi...@ordnancesurvey.co.uk. In addition, add the entry to the
Catalog of Errors: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Catalog_of_Errors.
As for your point: Tim's analysis is very
Robert,
Am I missing something here? Go to:
http://ris.dev.openstreetmap.org/oslmusicalchairs/map?zoom=16lat=51.46829lon=-2.60556layers=B0TF
A lot of these have the same name in OSL and OSM, yet are flagged with a
green circle. What does this mean? (Actually, I've just gone back to it and
the
is no match, then there are shades of
closeness of match in between.
Ed
*From:* talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:
talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org] *On Behalf Of *Tim Francois
*Sent:* 04 August 2010 15:25
*To:* li...@humanleg.org.uk
*Cc:* talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
*Subject
16:17
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Yet more musical chairs updates.
On Wednesday 04 August 2010, Tim Francois wrote:
My question still stands about the fact that there are LOADS of roads
with
the same name in OSL and OSM but are being flagged by a bright green
Thanks for all the responses guys. Here's what I did.
1) email OS [1] with details of the errors.
2.a) Add the errors to wiki [2].
2.b) Included note in the description explaining that an email has been
sent to OS.
I'll update the note as and when I get information back from OS.
Thanks
Tim
[1]
I second this - very useful!
Thanks for taking the time to aggregate!
Tim
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 21:21 +0200, Denis Jacquerye wrote:
Thank you Ben,
This is really useful!
Denis
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Ben Laenen benlae...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I didn't have time for
Just adding my support for wiki instructions - after messing around with the
OS Locator data I thought I'd have a go at the vector stuff, but couldn't
really get to grips with it. So yeah, some instructions would be very
useful!
As someone else has said, I've just been tidying up the area of my
This page may be of interest when trying to get Garmin format maps from OSM
data - lots of pre-processed maps available:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download#Europe
Tim
-Original Message-
From: talk-be-boun...@openstreetmap.org
Done.
Any problems, let me know or edit yourself!
Tim
-Original Message-
From: talk-be-boun...@openstreetmap.org
[mailto:talk-be-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of ivom
Sent: 05 May 2010 15:47
To: talk-be@openstreetmap.org
Subject: [OSM-talk-be] Tagging cycleways in Flanders
Hi,
Ivom,
I'll be happy to try and translate to English. I am Flemish, but have lived
in the UK since '92...
Tim
-Original Message-
From: talk-be-boun...@openstreetmap.org
[mailto:talk-be-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of ivom
Sent: 05 May 2010 15:47
To: talk-be@openstreetmap.org
!
Cheers
Tim
-Original Message-
From: craiglof...@gmail.com [mailto:craiglof...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of
Craig Loftus
Sent: 05 May 2010 14:43
To: Tim Francois
Cc: talk-gb OSM List (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData StreetView
Follow the street sign. This usually means Street
How funny, I was just checking out Oxford Street to get some answers to a
question I had: namely, if there were buildings in the OSM map, and they
were split into their individual shop, what's the best way to tag it as a
shop/café/restaurant etc?
Would you tag the building shop=* (or
Hi guys,
This should be quick.
1) Say I had a bus route which turned onto a street. This turn in to the
street is halfway down, and the route does not encompass the first half of
the street. What's the correct thing to do here? I've been splitting the
street where the bus joins, so only the
Hi guys,
I assume this is the appropriate 'forum' for discussing NAPTAN import
requests?
I recently requested that any data be imported or made available for Bath
(ATCO: 018) at the wiki
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NaPTAN/Request_for_Import.
Is the wiki still monitored, or should I
-transit-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Wood
Sent: 12 April 2010 17:31
To: Public transport/transit/shared taxi related topics
Subject: Re: [Talk-transit] Bus Stops in Bath
Tim Francois wrote:
Hi guys,
I assume this is the appropriate 'forum' for discussing NAPTAN import
requests
...@openstreetmap.org
[mailto:talk-transit-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Thomas
Wood
Sent: 12 April 2010 17:31
To: Public transport/transit/shared taxi related topics
Subject: Re: [Talk-transit] Bus Stops in Bath
Tim Francois wrote:
Hi guys,
I assume this is the appropriate 'forum
To whomever can answer:
The fact that the following link is up on the wiki:
http://edgemaster.dev.openstreetmap.org/streetview_tiles/ossv.html?zoom=15
http://edgemaster.dev.openstreetmap.org/streetview_tiles/ossv.html?zoom=15;
lat=60.16917lon=-1.16243layers=BTF
To further this, I got a bit excited yesterday at the thought of all this
yummy data arriving. So I had to have a go with it.
I sometimes travel in and around East Haddon, NW of Northampton - the OSM
coverage here is/was patchy at best. I've uploaded some GPX tracks
previously, but the distances
[mailto:talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Richard Fairhurst
Sent: 02 April 2010 12:35
To: talk-gb OSM List (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey
Tim Francois wrote:
Hollowell, Church Brampton, Ravensthorpe, Spratton and Chapel
Brampton. It seems to work OK, but manually lining up
OK, so I came into some free time and completed the tracing of the
Dempster Highway into OSM. Some points:
1) I have tagged it as a primary highway. It is, after all, called the
Dempster Highway. Also, it is the only ground link to Inuvik, thus
fairly important
2) I have tagged the surface as
are local expert,
since i have never been there, its not my place to say how it should be
tagged'.
I definitely saw cyclists on there, at all points of the journey. I saw no
walkers, but you could walk it if you wanted!
On 3/17/10, Tim Francois sk1pp...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
OK, so I came into some
Just wanted to gauge opinion before I change anything:
I'm currently working on the Dempster highway with a tracklog I created
in the summer, hoping to extend it further north into NWT. The road
connecting to the Dempster in the south is the Klondike Highway.
However, this paved 'highway' is
. Will this do when uploaded?
Thanks
Tim
On 31/08/09 01:00, Steve Singer wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Tim Francois wrote:
Tim,
My understanding is that many of the major highways in your trip were
mapped from aerial imagery, so a 1 point per second gps trace is
probably more accurate. Uploading
A few of the highways I listed we doubled up (the Dempster for one - no
other choice really!), so there will be two traces for these.
I do have a txt file which logs dates/times and a description at that
position, be it a POI, fuel, turnout etc. It's not complete by any means
(it was a holiday
Hi all,
I live in the UK, but parents live in Calgary. This summer we went on a
somewhat extended roadtrip, taking in Alberta, BC, Yukon and Alaska. I
had my netbook and GPS mouse with me and logged pretty much the entire
trip, checking the OSM map accuracy using Navit (on Linux). Some major
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