Re: [Talk-GB] NaPTAN (stop) import

2014-08-01 Thread Oliver Jowett
On 1 August 2014 11:17, Stuart Reynolds stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk wrote: In terms of bus routes, we also compute the most likely route between stops, and could use that to update the services on each link. But that is a whole different ball game - we have to make sure our data is good

Re: [Talk-GB] NaPTAN (stop) import

2014-08-01 Thread Oliver Jowett
path along a back street rather than down the main road. Cheers Stuart *From:* Oliver Jowett [mailto:oliver.jow...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 01 August 2014 1:51 PM *To:* Stuart Reynolds *Cc:* Talk GB *Subject:* Re: [Talk-GB] NaPTAN (stop) import On 1 August 2014 11:17, Stuart Reynolds stu

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-12-01 Thread Oliver Jowett
On 1 December 2013 19:03, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: For most users, you just need to log-in and tick the always stay logged in button and the welcome box will go. As an often requested feature I am sure that someone will write the required code to add a close button (or my

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-12-01 Thread Oliver Jowett
On 1 December 2013 20:19, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, On 01.12.2013 21:00, Oliver Jowett wrote: What's the workaround for users that do not wish to retain cookies? GreaseMonkey could be an option. The barrier to entry in setting that up is a bit high for me unfortunately

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-12-01 Thread Oliver Jowett
On 1 December 2013 20:46, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, On 01.12.2013 21:32, Oliver Jowett wrote: The barrier to entry in setting that up is a bit high for me unfortunately (unless you have a script already prepared?) This'll do: Works like a charm! Thanks :) Oliver

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-11-17 Thread Oliver Jowett
On 17 November 2013 00:10, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu wrote: The point is that just using the map is not our target audience. As has been said many times, we are not trying to be an end user mapping site that offers a Google Maps alternative for the masses. Our target audience is people

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-11-17 Thread Oliver Jowett
On 17 November 2013 15:06, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: To use the map I'd prefer not to have that signup box floating around all the time (I am only logged in when I am about to edit). Oliver You could tick the stay logged in button, I don't retain cookies between

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-11-17 Thread Oliver Jowett
On 17 November 2013 21:42, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: p.s. This redesign is a proposal from John of the MapBox team. It will ultimately be accepted or rejected by the OSM Foundation/working groups. Anyone can propose changes, so if you have the coding skills to make this

Re: [Talk-GB] Advice needed for maxweight turning restriction

2013-10-14 Thread Oliver Jowett
On 14 October 2013 13:24, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com wrote: The note is great for humans, but won't be able to be interpreted by routing algorithms. Using the Conditional Restrictions from http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Conditional_restrictions , I'd

Re: [Talk-gb-midanglia] Guided Busway Cycleway

2013-09-16 Thread Oliver Jowett
On 16 September 2013 11:49, David Earl da...@frankieandshadow.com wrote: On 16/09/2013 10:08, Oliver Jowett wrote: It does render differently (I know, don't tag for the renderer, but it seems reasonable for a renderer to infer the primary use from the highway tag) Indeed, but it's

Re: [Talk-GB] Phone numbers in little England

2013-08-22 Thread Oliver Jowett
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 8:35 AM, OpenStreetmap HADW osmh...@gmail.comwrote: - no delimiter (+442079460676) - misplaced delimiter (+44 207 946 0676) Aren't these unambiguous already? Oliver ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Phone numbers in little England

2013-08-22 Thread Oliver Jowett
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:01 AM, OpenStreetmap HADW osmh...@gmail.comwrote: On 22 August 2013 08:43, Oliver Jowett oliver.jow...@gmail.com wrote: - no delimiter (+442079460676) - misplaced delimiter (+44 207 946 0676) Aren't these unambiguous already? They breach the existing

Re: [Talk-GB] Usage of lanes / turn restrictions versus multiple ways when road is not divided

2013-05-09 Thread Oliver Jowett
I did something similar to this junction: http://osm.org/go/0EQSYTukM-- / http://binged.it/16jtNsx (note that the most detailed aerial photo is quite old and predates the guided busway - zoom out for more recent imagery) primarily to get routing right. The current version reflects some

Re: [Talk-GB] Usage of lanes / turn restrictions versus multiple ways when road is not divided

2013-05-09 Thread Oliver Jowett
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:40 PM, David Earl da...@frankieandshadow.comwrote: On 09/05/2013 13:30, Oliver Jowett wrote: If there's a better way to represent this while keeping enough information to be able to route sensibly, how should it be done? You can set up turn restrictions

Re: [Talk-GB] Usage of lanes / turn restrictions versus multiple ways when road is not divided

2013-05-09 Thread Oliver Jowett
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:19 PM, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.ukwrote: First of all - thanks for all the replies. I've added a link to this thread to the map note. David Earl wrote: What do people think of this: http://osm.org/go/0EQSJEoZT-- (aerial: http://binged.it/10kuDNm )

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM OSGB

2013-04-18 Thread Oliver Jowett
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net wrote: On 18/04/13 14:14, Shaun McDonald wrote: On 18 Apr 2013, at 13:01, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 18/04/2013 12:52, Shaun McDonald wrote: Updates are a lot harder to do as you have to deal with differences

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM OSGB

2013-04-18 Thread Oliver Jowett
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net wrote: I followed the guidelines in the wiki [1] That seems to boil down to don't modify naptan: tags except naptan:verified, so hopefully we won't have to worry about conflicts between import updates and manual changes there. Not

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM OSGB

2013-04-18 Thread Oliver Jowett
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net wrote: On 18/04/13 18:12, Oliver Jowett wrote: On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net mailto: o...@raggedred.net wrote: I followed the guidelines in the wiki [1] That seems to boil down to don't

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM OSGB

2013-04-18 Thread Oliver Jowett
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.comwrote: Or perhaps a comparison between the old and new NaPTAN data would be better? Do we have the old data around? (I'm not clear whether all the original imports were from one dataset, or several over time) Oliver

Re: [Talk-GB] Messed up buildings in Preston

2013-03-13 Thread Oliver Jowett
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com wrote: And does anyone know how widespread such Auto_OS_OpenData_StreetView damage is around the country? Taginfo suggests there's 45 598 cases - hopefully not all this bad?

[Talk-GB] TNDS and NaPTAN data

2013-03-01 Thread Oliver Jowett
Hi Has anyone looked at using TNDS (http://traveline.info/tnds.html) as a basis for importing bus routes into OSM? I've had a quick look at the data and it looks like it would be possible to extract at least the stop ordering for each route. In theory it can also have the road routes between