Re: [Talk-GB] UK road name coverage now over 80%

2011-06-30 Thread Ed Avis
Graham Stewart (GrahamS graham@... writes: I just noticed that todays http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/main ITO Analysis Summary shows we are now over 80% for road name completion (i.e. OSM road names compared to the OS Locator data). Is it possible to analyse how much of

Re: [Talk-GB] UK road name coverage now over 80%

2011-06-30 Thread Lester Caine
Ed Avis wrote: Even if you're in favour of armchair mapping, I think most agree that copying the names from the OS map is just 'phase 1', with the next and much more time- consuming step being to go out and resurvey to make sure. Many of the discrepancies around here need a close look on the

Re: [Talk-GB] UK road name coverage now over 80%

2011-06-30 Thread Graham Stewart (GrahamS)
Lester Caine wrote: there is little incentive to make changes since OSM IS correct ... so the 80% is probably a little low in reality. There is still benefit in tagging these discrepancies (where OSM is correct and OS is wrong) with the not:name tag - it maintains the accuracy of this

Re: [Talk-GB] UK road name coverage now over 80%

2011-06-29 Thread Peter Miller
On 29 June 2011 17:37, Graham Stewart (GrahamS) gra...@dalmuti.net wrote: I just noticed that todays http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/main ITO Analysis Summary shows we are now over 80% for road name completion (i.e. OSM road names compared to the OS Locator data). I think

Re: [Talk-GB] UK road name coverage now over 80%

2011-06-29 Thread Steve Doerr
On 29/06/2011 17:55, Peter Miller wrote: I have also been very impressed with the initial results from the visual comparison of OSM and OS Vector map district as well. We seem to have an much to help the OS improve their data as the other way round! I'd still like to see if the OS show any

Re: [Talk-GB] UK road name coverage now over 80%

2011-06-29 Thread Peter Miller
On 29 June 2011 18:02, Steve Doerr doerr.step...@gmail.com wrote: On 29/06/2011 17:55, Peter Miller wrote: I have also been very impressed with the initial results from the visual comparison of OSM and OS Vector map district as well. We seem to have an much to help the OS improve their data

Re: [Talk-GB] UK road name coverage now over 80%

2011-06-29 Thread Borbus
On 29/06/11 17:37, Graham Stewart (GrahamS) wrote: I think all UK contributors should buy themselves a pint for that. Top effort. Already done, but ok I'll have another! I'd like to make a special mention for North Norfolk which was in the bottom 10 on the ITO table just a few months ago, and

Re: [Talk-GB] UK road name coverage now over 80%

2011-06-29 Thread Peter Miller
On 29 June 2011 19:25, Borbus bor...@gmail.com wrote: On 29/06/11 17:37, Graham Stewart (GrahamS) wrote: I think all UK contributors should buy themselves a pint for that. Top effort. Already done, but ok I'll have another! I'd like to make a special mention for North Norfolk which was in