Tim Dobson wrote:
Perhaps the people who are nearish the top of OSM, and I feel sheepish
that I don't really know who I'm talking about, might like to put
out a
pressrelease or press statement about how OSM is helping put *real*
maps back on the internet and allow cool mashups etc.
I'm
Richard Fairhurst wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7586789.stm
We're also in the Daily Mail (eek)[1]:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1050408/Is-satnav-turning-dunces-map-reading.html
cheers
Richard
[1] for our overseas readers, this is possibly the most reactionary
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From: Benjamin Henrion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 29 August 2008 10:39:59 BST
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [geo-discuss] Ordonance Survey lobbying
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/08/ordnance-survey-right-out-of-order.html
28 August 2008
Ordnance Survey: Right
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Tim Dobson wrote:
Whereas Ordnance Survey maps were designed for the military, and
churches were added simply as useful landmarks,
No one here seems to have mentioned that the reason that on-line maps
aren't as good as OS maps is that OS won't
I guess one way to break up UK mapping data monoploy is for other
owners of important GI to release it, such as local authorities,
http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/global/2008/august/52.htm
James Stewart
On 29 Aug 2008, at 12:31, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
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On 29 Aug 2008, at 13:30, James Stewart wrote:
I guess one way to break up UK mapping data monoploy is for other
owners of important GI to release it, such as local authorities,
http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/global/2008/august/52.htm
Or... maybe we could start some kind of project
On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 12:31 +0100, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
Tim Dobson wrote:
Whereas Ordnance Survey maps were designed for the military, and
churches were added simply as useful landmarks,
No one here seems to have mentioned that the reason that on-line maps
aren't as good as OS
The London Mapping Marathons don't seem to be doing much press contacting,
but Croydon's local newspapers seem to be hunting us down about when we
visited there on Wednesday.
I wonder if we're just not represented enough.
I watched the BBC clip on their article, and okay the guy was very
Steve wrote:
I was under the impression that the local authorities generally
used an OS
base map, so their own data may well be derived from the OS
data.
A few years ago now (5 or 6) the bungalow next door was knocked down
and two put on the plot in it's place. After they were built, an OS
Further to Ed's post, are there really GPS devices with one inch accuracy?
I could imagine letting a device sit for some time, and then averaging the
position, which might lead to increased accuracy at the cost of
long exposure time... is that method used for surveying and so on?
Matthew
Matthew Gates wrote:
Further to Ed's post, are there really GPS devices with one inch accuracy?
I could imagine letting a device sit for some time, and then averaging the
position, which might lead to increased accuracy at the cost of
long exposure time... is that method used for
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Tom Hughes wrote:
He was referring to a combine using a DGPS system which has a base
station at a fixed point on the farm whose location is well known. It
then compares that known location to one calculated from the satellites
in the normal and broadcasts the difference
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Tom Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matthew Gates wrote:
Further to Ed's post, are there really GPS devices with one inch accuracy?
I could imagine letting a device sit for some time, and then averaging the
position, which might lead to increased accuracy at
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Ed Loach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve wrote:
I was under the impression that the local authorities generally
used an OS
base map, so their own data may well be derived from the OS
data.
A few years ago now (5 or 6) the bungalow next door was knocked
On 8/29/08, 80n [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
He didn't need to ask permission either. The Ordnance Survey Act of 1841
gives him the right to from time to time, after notice in writing of the
intention ... to enter into and upon any estate or property of any county
... for the purpose of making
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