stride is still a sidewalk but
anything greater is a path in its own right.
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of interest, how regularly are you planning to import data from
OSM? A quick skim over my local area reveals one or two that need
updating already.
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enough to follow in the majority of situations.
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the names
themselves, they don't particularly care.
That was largely my thinking. With a general rule we can save
ourselves the trouble of trying to wrangle with uninterested marketing
departments for a blessed style and make exceptions as and when
they are required.
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the bit of the address between
the road (addr:street) and the post town (addr:city).
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on adding addresses in OSM but if I were to
resume then I'd certainly find it helpful if we had a wiki page with
clear and concise examples of how to map GB addresses.
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that I can add to OSM?
Is this contentious?
No, just confusing! ;)
How can you determine the postal town from a survey?
In my local area all addresses within a postcode district share the
same post town.
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it be worthwhile expanding this proposal to also cover the
brand tag?
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assistance deleting
element x for reason y, please help me..
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about relations
then we need to explain to them why they are important and make the
learning process as painless as possible.
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didn't
spot anything wrong from a cursory glance.
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are back up and running but I've been unable to
find out what happened to the HCC images.
[1]
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2014-May/016027.html
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or the services had been relocated to another server and my URLs were
out of date. I'll hang fire and wait for the admins to finish their
work.
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tile server for OpenData StreetView.
It failed to restart after the planned maintenance on Saturday:
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2014-July/070133.html
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housing development that is too recent to show up on Bing or OS
StreetView.
FWIW I intend use source=HantsCC_OpenData_Aerial for this dataset.
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then
supplemented it with designation=unitary_authority etc. to record
regional intricacies.
Perhaps we could use designation=GB:city in this instance?
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something greater than a
building but less than a street?
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be at variance with what is on the ground
(as I discovered a while ago in Carmarthenshire). Using Open Data to
establish whether an existing mapped path is a ProW is a different
matter.
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[2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_Opendata
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https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Licensing/Ordnance_Survey_OpenData_License
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mail then I'd consider amenity=post_office to be appropriate.
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On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:48:36 +
Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:30:42 +
Andy Street a...@street.me.uk wrote:
If there is a facility that allows the general public access to
collect or send mail then I'd consider amenity=post_office to be
appropriate
to achieve and
it would eliminate any risk for OSM.
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fellow mappers who follow in your footsteps but other path users too.
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I was referring to.
However it's hard to search for unamed/unknown ways, such as the
above.
And seems to be getting harder as it no longer returns an OSGB
grid reference for the start and end of each road. :(
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the need arise. :)
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and the URL may well change if the
FSA decide to redesign their website.
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with the full ISO3166-2
under such a permissive licence?
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roads.
maxspeed:type=GB:(zone|limit|national) - The type of limit in force.
carriageway=(single|dual) - The type of road.
Apologies if this has already been discussed at length somewhere
else, but if so I never got the memo :)
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type of limit in force
when it comes to fiddling with whitespace.
Since most data consumers will likely strip whitespace altogether or
reformat it for display to end users I don't see the value in making
this change unless there is a need to edit the item for some other
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On Fri, 2013-06-07 at 10:52 +0200, Colin Smale wrote:
Is there anyone in the area or
otherwise in the know who can confirm or deny that this is represented
correctly in OSM?
I think this is quite clearly a mistake; if it isn't part of NFDC then
it would require either its own district
On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 23:11 +, Jonathan Bennett wrote:
I'd say that a track only exists because vehicles have passed that
way,
and will only exist while vehicles continue to use it (which in some
ways implies it's unfenced), whereas an unsurfaced/dirt service road
has been constructed in
On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 10:09 +, John Aldridge wrote:
All this discussion of rights of way reminds me: is there a consensus
about how (and whether) to map rights-of-way which are either impassable
or invisible?
I've encountered examples of both round here, and have so far chosen not
to
On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 13:58 +, Dave F. wrote:
Blockages of ways are often just temporary.
I disagree with Andy Street's comment:
If you can't traverse a right of way then it shouldn't have a highway
tag.
Okay perhaps I could have been clearer but I wasn't suggesting omitting
the highway
On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 19:01 +, Henry Gomersall wrote:
On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 18:52 +, Andy Street wrote:
when someone builds a house over a public right of way
Does that happen often? Is there not some requirement to then knock the
house down again if it's blocking a right of way
Evenin' all,
Like most forces Hampshire Constabulary is trying to save money and one
of their initiatives has been to reduce the number of police stations.
My local station is one of those affected by the cuts and while the
building is still in use for parking patrol cars and has the odd plod in
On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 10:46 +0100, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
Some good news! As from yesterday, Hampshire County Council have released
their Rights of Way data under the OS OpenData licence.
Good news indeed.
This must be the reason why they've been too busy to answer my licensing
query despite
On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 13:29 +0100, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
Hence, unfortunately, I don't think we can use the Hampshire data
(going forward under ODbL) unless we get explicit permission from the
copyright holders. For the maps, this would presumably mean both the
council and OS. It's a real pain
On Sat, 2012-05-12 at 13:02 +0100, Philip Barnes wrote:
On Sat, 2012-05-12 at 10:00 +0100, Robert Norris wrote:
I've added my 2 penneth.
Maybe we should gather more samples of signs - e.g. to show differing
Councils styles (and then hopefully agreed tagging) to give better
Hi All,
I've just noticed that parts of Farnham, Surrey above the A31 have been
deleted. A quick skim through the history reveals that the damage was
done in changeset 11477559.
The account concerned was created recently so this is likely to be a
mistake rather than vandalism. Unfortunately I
On Fri, 2012-05-04 at 14:32 +0100, Andrew Chadwick wrote:
On 03/05/12 21:34, Andy Street wrote:
No. Designation tags imply nothing in OSM right now, as currently
documented, and by design IIRC. Also, I refer you to the recent mailing
list post regarding other countries and what they might
On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 12:58 +0100, Andrew Chadwick wrote:
We both agree on using designation. This is good.
+1
Would you also agree that h=paths are generally too narrow to use in a
4-wheeled vehicle? After all, that's what h=tracks or the other road
types are intended for.
Generally, yes.
On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 18:02 +0100, Andrew Chadwick wrote:
The thing I dislike about footway, bridleway, etc. is that they mix the
physical characteristics with access information. Using your definition
above I can think of a number of foottracks, bridletracks and even a
footunclassified.
On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 20:08 +0100, Andrew Chadwick wrote:
On 03/05/12 19:11, Andy Street wrote:
This hypothetical track follows the route of an ancient pathway and is
used more by the plethora of dog walkers from the nearby village than by
Farmer Giles. Surely by your logic this should
On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 16:22 +, rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:
The second of a few emails from me today (apologies)!
As part of the Public Rights of Way work I have added a table of all the
English surveying authorities responsible for maintaining the Definitive
Map and Statement,
On Sat, 2012-04-21 at 13:44 +0100, Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote:
Maybe we could have a wiki page with a list of authorities, links to
the Definitive Statement where available, details of requests made
where not, and whether permission to re-use the information has been
requested and/or
On Fri, 2012-04-13 at 19:39 +0100, Robert Norris wrote:
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:27:31 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Hampshire Vandalization - No Bere Forest?
On 29/03/2012
On Sat, 2012-04-14 at 13:04 +0100, Robert Norris wrote:
IIRC the OSM map before had the Upperford Copse as footpaths only which is
correct (I remember once going to cycle there several years ago but found out
I was not allowed). The Southern section (name North Boarhunt?) only has
signs
On Wed, 2012-04-04 at 13:12 +0100, monxton wrote:
On 29/03/2012 21:38, Andy Street wrote:
Yes, there were some rather over zealous remappers in this area.
Swanmore, the Forest of Bere and the surrounding area was left in a
right old mess which I'll have to fix. Sadly with the number
On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 19:30 +0100, Robert Norris wrote:
Probably most where Andy Steets initial trials, but he's agreed so was
there some over zealous deletion by some one?
Yes, there were some rather over zealous remappers in this area.
Swanmore, the Forest of Bere and the surrounding area was
On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 09:25 -0700, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote:
There's a draft statement in the LWG minutes a few
weeks ago [2]. I wonder if LWG got round to approving this
at their most recent meeting...
They have now done so!
snip statement
Looks
On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 09:29 +0100, Andy Allan wrote:
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote:
2) Why the need for even one? After all, the ref tag on all the
component parts of the A1 should identify them without the need for a
relation.
True. A
The boundary for the South Downs National Park[0] has recently been
added (more precisely it has been made to render) but is in need of some
TLC. With the exception of a small section at the western end it is
generally of very poor quality.
It is therefore my intention to delete all but the
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 18:58 +0100, Kevin Peat wrote:
Well I find it encouraging that people are using OSM otherwise what is
the point of us making it? The fact they are too stupid to work a
satnav is probably true as most members of the crowd are unfortunately
idiots. The mapdust folks just
On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 16:48 +, Peter Miller wrote:
On 13 March 2011 15:55, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu wrote:
On 13/03/11 15:41, Ed Loach wrote:
You've probably seen the numerous edits by
chriscf. Can anyone
On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 19:26 +, Andy Allan wrote:
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Andrew andrewhain...@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
The great strength of OSM is that it can be a platform for many (and
hopefully
more to come) applications written by people all round the world.
On Wed, 2011-02-09 at 10:26 +, Dave F. wrote:
On 08/02/2011 16:54, Andy Street wrote:
On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 10:40 +, Bob Kerr wrote:
I am presently doing some tracing in Dumfries and there is a way which
is marked public_transport=pay_scale_area. It is part of a Naptan
import
On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 10:40 +, Bob Kerr wrote:
I am presently doing some tracing in Dumfries and there is a way which
is marked public_transport=pay_scale_area. It is part of a Naptan
import. The area seems to be vague and is cutting across a number of
areas where I am doing some
On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 14:37 +, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
I think some discussion of this has come up before (some time ago) but how
many people are tagging footpaths with their council reference numbers?
Reason I ask is that I'm in the process of overhauling Freemap and one thing
I'd like
On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 01:40 +0100, Craig Wallace wrote:
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:22 +0100, thomas van der veen
th.vanderv...@gmail.com wrote:
Has someone actually done something like this already? Or does someone
would
like to join me and making a custom version of a map renderer that can
On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 01:04 +0100, Andy Street wrote:
I've produced a similar map for the Hampshire rights of way network
( http://hants.openstreetmap.org.uk/ ) so if I get some spare time this
weekend I might have a go at creating a maxspeed version.
Okay, here we go:
http
On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 16:44 +, Gregory Williams wrote:
Looks great. I think an OpenLayers Permalink anchor would make it even
better.
Done.
Cheers,
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On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 21:22 +0100, thomas van der veen wrote:
Hi,
I recently started mapping in South Hampshire and enjoying it, great
fun.
Hello Thomas, welcome to OSM. It's always nice to hear of new mappers in
my neck of the woods. :o)
I started adding some maxspeed tags to some roads
On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 13:04 +0100, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
(Andy - are you interested in this BTW?)
Sorry Nick, I must have missed your original email. Yes, I can make the
16th if there is enough interest to make it feasible.
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I was out and about at the weekend when I came across this[0] sign for a
cycle route and I'm not quite sure how to tag it. I was under the
impression that national routes had red backgrounds and regional/local
routes had blue but it seems to be a rather large number for a national
route.
Can
On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 07:12 -0700, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
Hi Andy,
You were in the same place as me this weekend more or less!!! I
recognise that.
I walked from Andover to Winchester on Sunday afternoon and walked a
small section of this cycle track near the Mayfly at Fullerton. You
Hi All,
Not strictly OSM related but I spotted the following television
programmes whilst setting my PVR to record and thought they might be of
interest to the people on this list:
BBC Four - 2010-04-18 21:00 - Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s2wvh
BBC
Hello all,
I'd like to announce a mapping party in Andover, Hampshire over the
weekend of the 15th 16th of May. Andover is a UK mapping priority.
http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/UK_Mapping_Priorities
Further information can be found at:
http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Andover_Mapping_Party
Regards,
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 13:27 +0100, Dave Stubbs wrote:
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Ciarán
Mooneygeneral.moo...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi,
Seen this map before, very cool. Do you use the postcode=* or
add:postcode=* to pull out the areas?
postal_code and addr:postcode taken from
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 12:09 +, Ben Ward wrote:
Effectively it's a bit like geocaching except you take your own stone
and photograph it there. Perhaps this is too far off-topic for most,
but I did map some roads in Berkshire while I was at it, which I just
wouldn't have done otherwise.
On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 21:57 +, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
Hello everyone,
It's been a while since the last Solent area pub meet, so it's about time for
another one :-) I'm fairly free in March so can do more or less anytime but
would like to initially suggest the evening of Tuesday March
On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 22:27 +, Stephen Coast wrote:
Why don't we do it again this summer? We'll hire one or more cottages
in central Wales, say, as a jumping off point. Main mapping weekend
but people welcome to stay the week. So
* Where: mid wales
* When: er... summer some time
*
On Sun, 2007-09-09 at 12:50 +0100, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
Would like to make the evening venue of the East Hants mapping weekend the
Flower Pots Inn in Cheriton, which brews its own beer :-)
A good choice, the Flower Pots is a nice pub.
Only thing is, public transport to the area stops at
On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 11:23 +0100, Andy Street wrote:
A list of access permissions can be found on this website
I forgot to say in my original email that I'm not deriving data from the
Forestry Commission website because it is Crown Copyright. All the
access information on that page I had
On Wed, 16 May 2007 13:00:06 +0100 Barnett, Phillip
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Sounds good - can we nominate squares?
Geobingo anyone? ;)
On a more serious note, is the idea to just copy place names from NPE or
is it intended to try and trace in as much of the area as possible (e.g.
roads)?
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