Re: [Talk-GB] Schools project - update 3

2016-01-29 Thread Philip Barnes
On Wed, 2016-01-27 at 18:35 +, Rob Nickerson wrote: > >> 1. Open Data Manchester > >> Following a tweet Open Data Manchester have asked whether anyone > can > >> go and show them how to map. Looks like their next meeting is > Monday > >> February 1st, 6.30 – 8.30pm. Any volunteers? > >>  >

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools project - update 3

2016-01-28 Thread Dave F
I note the edubase website has Eastings & Northings. If they're more accurate than postcode centroids is there a way to 'scrape' the website as they don't appear to be in the downloaded database? Cheers Dave F. On 26/01/2016 19:38, Rob Nickerson wrote: A third update on the quarterly project.

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools project - update 3

2016-01-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
>>* 1. Open Data Manchester *>>* Following a tweet Open Data Manchester have asked whether anyone can *>*> go and show them how to map. Looks like their next meeting is Monday *>*> February 1st, 6.30 – 8.30pm. Any volunteers? *>*> *>Have you any more information on this? I can get into Piccadilly

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools project - update 3

2016-01-27 Thread Philip Barnes
On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 19:38 +, Rob Nickerson wrote: > A third update on the quarterly project. > > 0. The what project? > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Quarterly_Projects > > 1. Open Data Manchester > Following a tweet Open Data Manchester have asked whether anyone can > go and show

[Talk-GB] Schools project - update 3

2016-01-26 Thread Rob Nickerson
A third update on the quarterly project. 0. The what project? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Quarterly_Projects 1. Open Data Manchester Following a tweet Open Data Manchester have asked whether anyone can go and show them how to map. Looks like their next meeting is Monday February 1st,

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools project - update 3

2016-01-26 Thread Lester Caine
On 26/01/16 19:38, Rob Nickerson wrote: > 4. HS and ZE are 100% complete! > Wow! The HS (Outer Hebrides) and ZE (Lerwick) postcodes are complete. > Thanks go to OpenStreetMapper seumas. Many other postcodes (with more > schools within them ;-) ) are close to this now too >

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools project - update 3

2016-01-26 Thread Rob Nickerson
Am aware of this Lester. It makes the blog post a lot harder though. Feel free to write something up and send it through :-) BTW: The amenity=college page on the wiki [1] is lacking a lot. Could do with some extra details (rather than simply linking to wikipedia) and it's context needs expanding

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools project - update 3

2016-01-26 Thread Lester Caine
On 26/01/16 21:20, Rob Nickerson wrote: > > BTW: The amenity=college page on the wiki [1] is lacking a lot. Could do > with some extra details (rather than simply linking to wikipedia) and > it's context needs expanding beyond just the UK. Any takers? > > [1]