[Talk-GB] Settle OSM Mapping Party 15 May

2010-05-01 Thread Tim Waters
Hi, apologies for cross posting, but OpenStreetMap and the Association for Geographic Information's Northern Group are having a Mapping Party / Field Workshop on Saturday 15th May in Settle, North Yorkshire and you are all invited! More details:

Re: [Talk-GB] Surrey air survey

2010-05-01 Thread Peter Miller
On 30 Apr 2010, at 11:48, Andy Allan wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:23 AM, TimSC mapp...@sheerman- chase.org.uk wrote: But it would be worth checking what strings are attached to the data by the licensing. Well, the licensing is pretty clear - it's been given to us under the ODbL.

[Talk-GB] Surrey County Air Survey

2010-05-01 Thread James Rutter
Guys, there's been some suggestions on the list that there are discrepancies between the new air survey and previous GPS traces and also suggestions that the image needs 'reprojecting' etc. The image is produced by state of the art technology. As someone observed it is made up of thousands of

Re: [Talk-GB] Surrey County Air Survey

2010-05-01 Thread John Robert Peterson
I agree in principal with what you are saying, and most of this email will boil down to semantics, but I think that what I'm saying is at least valid technically. You say local authorities don't buy rubbish!! -- this is a pretty rash assumption -- I personally know instances that disprove this

Re: [Talk-GB] Surrey County Air Survey

2010-05-01 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 01/05/2010 13:04, James Rutter wrote: Guys, there's been some suggestions on the list that there are discrepancies between the new air survey and previous GPS traces and also suggestions that the image needs 'reprojecting' etc. James, you've got the wrong end of the stick on this. I'll

[Talk-GB] Mapping Beginnings

2010-05-01 Thread Roy Jamison
Hi all, I live in Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey and have done quite a lot of work on mapping the island. I am constantly adding bits here and there; buildings, POIs, adjusting roads that need minor changes and have recently been fiddling around with the local railway lines. How accurate is the

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping Beginnings

2010-05-01 Thread Shaun McDonald
Hi Roy, As someone who has cycled out and mapped parts of Sheerness and Minster, it's great to see someone local starting to map recently. I'd recommend taking a looking at central London or Canterbury for inspiration of the amount of detail that you can enter into OpenStreetMap. Shaun On 1