[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Future planned works

2014-12-21 Thread Stuart Lester
As regards the paradise and other schemes like pinch point funding there are some rough timelines on this web site http://localview.birmingham.gov.uk/bham_connected/index.html I cannot say how up to date they will keep it as developers schedules slip, etc. Let me know if you need more info.

[Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Andrew Hain
Betfred took over Totesport a few years ago but there are still tags name=Totesport, name=totesport or operator=Totesport in Ashford, Birmingham(2), London (2), Manchester (2), Northampton, Oxford, Rotherham and Wakefield. -- Andrew ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread SomeoneElse
On 21/12/2014 12:02, Andrew Hain wrote: Betfred took over Totesport a few years ago but there are still tags name=Totesport, name=totesport or operator=Totesport in Ashford, Birmingham(2), London (2), Manchester (2), Northampton, Oxford, Rotherham and Wakefield. I'd be tempted to add OSM

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread SK53
I'll add a note on the UK Retail section for bookies https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Retail_Chains#Betting_Shops. There are still one or two unharmonised tags for bookmakers: I moved a few amenity=bookmaker to shop=bookmaker the other day. At least one was one I created I'm pretty sure it

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread David Woolley
On 21/12/14 13:56, SK53 wrote: There are still one or two unharmonised tags for bookmakers: I moved a few amenity=bookmaker to shop=bookmaker the other day. At least one was one I created I'm pretty sure it was because I copied the tags from a pharmacy node which already had relevant address

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 21/12/2014 14:39, David Woolley wrote: In my view, they are not really bookmakers. For fixed odds, bookmaking requires no skill and for the horses, I imagine that all the bookmaking is done at head office. I'm not sure this detail is really relevant to us. Apply the Duck Test -- you go

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sun, 2014-12-21 at 14:39 +, David Woolley wrote: On 21/12/14 13:56, SK53 wrote: There are still one or two unharmonised tags for bookmakers: I moved a few amenity=bookmaker to shop=bookmaker the other day. At least one was one I created I'm pretty sure it was because I copied the

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 21 Dec 2014 12:34, SomeoneElse li...@atownsend.org.uk wrote: On 21/12/2014 12:02, Andrew Hain wrote: I'd be tempted to add OSM notes for these containing a link to the problem node or way since http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1117527074 hasn't been touched for four years; it's likely that

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 21 Dec 2014 13:57, SK53 sk53@gmail.com wrote: Notably there are lots of Phones 4 U shops (under a variety of names). All the one's I've physically checked have been closed and have a notice from the receivers. I spotted a few that have been taken over by Vodafone and EE. I think all of

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 21 Dec 2014 14:40, David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote: In my view, they are not really bookmakers. For fixed odds, bookmaking requires no skill and for the horses, I imagine that all the bookmaking is done at head office. We decided on shop=bookmaker some time ago:

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread SK53
Ah, but then you move into the realms that we should move everything to shop=betting :-) I was only thinking about this in the context of anyone wanting to use the gambling https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:gamblingtag. See taginfo for current values

[Talk-GB] Post-Christmas Midlands OSM Meet-up

2014-12-21 Thread SK53
Thanks to everyone who has participated in the Doodle poll. I plan to leave it open until Tuesday evening (23rd Dec), and will choose the date to enable as many as possible to come along. (Check Doodle to see the current situation). I will then add it to the OSM Wiki. This is just to advise that