Re: [Talk-GB] UK Chapter Directors' Powers

("Blueys") can take six days to arrive. The 14 days notice period is really important, as is the formality of a vote which is binding on the directors. If the directors are going to be bound by something, that something needs to be properly planned and executed to the highes

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM with Wikidata: now covers UK and Ireland

h Wikidata (not all are fully linked yet, but they will be in time) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leo

Re: [Talk-GB] Case study: Big Pathwatch

Hurrah! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom

Re: [Talk-GB] Redraft of objectives for OSMUK

view, copy, share, adapt, improve and otherwise use and reuse that content and when technical measures are in place to support such usage." Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.

Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

yep, seems to be working now! I'll get cracking. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street

Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

Tim, A lot of these maps won't rectify, even though I've completed all the control points. The one I've just come up with is http://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/261 - can someone try and preview it, or tell me what I'm doing wrong? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company

Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

believe. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom

[Talk-GB] Fwd: [Wikimediauk-l] UK IPO updates advice on copyright in digitised public domain works

Forwarding from another list. This may have an impact when using digitized copies of public domain maps. -- Forwarded message -- From: "Michael Maggs" Date: 15 Dec 2015 13:20 Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] UK IPO updates advice on copyright in digitised public

Re: [Talk-GB] 'Romantic London' - reusing Horwood's 1790's map

This is excellent - but didn't the NLS do something similar not long ago? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development

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

t means, no matter how much we try ;-) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A

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

Is there any reason that a place can't be both? eg. "defines self as=town" "defines self as=village" "defined by X as village" Or the like? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and

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

ect whose definition they want to use! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT

Re: [Talk-GB] Openstreetmap Foundation Charity Number

I have already offered privately ;-) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A

Re: [Talk-GB] Cities: Skylines - Openstreetmap data

I haven't, but I may well do tonight! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London

[Talk-GB] Fwd: [cultural-partners] High Quality map released

FYI: A high-resolution map of Newport from 1845 has been uploaded by the National Library of Wales. It's a bit out of date (170 years or so) but may be of use to some mappers. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK -- Forwarded message -- From: Jason J. Evans jason.ev...@llgc.org.uk Date

Re: [Talk-GB] Railway edits in the UK that could perhaps benefit from a bit of checking.

Interestingly, the source given is the German phrase for surveyed in the field... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor

Re: [Talk-GB] A431 toll road

who use the private toll road. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT

Re: [Talk-GB] A431 toll road

Temporary roads need planning permission - and although I'm not sure about this, I imagine it would need public liability insurance etc too. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827

Re: [Talk-GB] New mapper has imported all Nottingham street lights

I know this may be a silly question, but why revert if it adds to the map? It runs the risk of alienating a new contributor... I'm not au fait with community rules and would appreciate someone teaching me why we do this :-) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company

Re: [Talk-GB] Newbie hello

Marvellous Stuart! Glad to have you aboard. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street

Re: [Talk-GB] Life Ring - British English

An office poll of four people here gives the answer life belt, with a fifth person saying life ring. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office

Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: In mainland Britain, you are never more than 34 miles from a pub.

I think it depends on your definition of 'sea' - and probably the definition of lighthouse too! There's a lighthouse in Tower Hamlets - as well as some in the Scottish lochs. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales

Re: [Talk-GB] Duff data on facebook

Hi Lester, Facebook updates the places it has using crowdsourced information from here: https://www.facebook.com/places/editor?ref=br_tf. I'm afraid that's all I know... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM session at Wikimania 2014

Fantastic Andy. I'll be attending :-) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London

Re: [Talk-GB] Wikimania London

.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions. For those of you who haven't been to Wikimania, think State of the Map, but a little bigger and with more attendees from outside organisations. There'll also be a good chance to get an OSM/Wikidata crossover going - something I'm really keen on. All the best, Richard Symonds

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

Perhaps a 'preview' button, like Wikipedia has, which generates a rendering when clicked? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor

Re: [Talk-GB] Please don't edit Dawlish

You're sure we can't just change the track to bridge=suspended, suspensiontype=precariously? ;-) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office

Re: [Talk-GB] Warwickshire County Council releases aerial imagery

of? All the best, Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom

Re: [Talk-GB] Vanguard Way - Anyone from the Kent / Sussex border?

Although, granted, it's probably recorded incorrectly... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard

Re: [Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

I believe, as well, that these are the original drafter's drawings: not later copies or prints. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th