Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-03-09 Thread Michael Collinson
At 12:32 10/02/2011, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Henry Gomersall [mailto:h...@cantab.net] wrote: Sent: 10 February 2011 11:07 AM To: Peter Miller Cc: Talk GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping? On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 10:30 +, Peter Miller

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-03-09 Thread Barnett, Phillip
phillip.barn...@itn.co.uk WWW.ITN.CO.UK Please consider the environment. Do you really need to print this email? -Original Message- From: Michael Collinson [mailto:m...@ayeltd.biz] Sent: 09 March 2011 11:57 To: 'Talk GB' Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-03-09 Thread Jerry Clough : SK53 on OSM
On 09/03/2011 11:57, Michael Collinson wrote: At 12:32 10/02/2011, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Henry Gomersall [mailto:h...@cantab.net] wrote: Sent: 10 February 2011 11:07 AM To: Peter Miller Cc: Talk GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-03-09 Thread Michael Collinson
of OS VectorMap District when mapping? On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 10:30 +, Peter Miller wrote: On reflection possibly we should use river-bank as that has more information in it, but recommend that anyone importing does a 'bridge cleanup' at the same time. This is an area I'm actually really

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-03-09 Thread Jason Cunningham
-lists) wrote: Henry Gomersall [mailto:h...@cantab.net] wrote: Sent: 10 February 2011 11:07 AM To: Peter Miller Cc: Talk GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping? On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 10:30 +, Peter Miller wrote: On reflection possibly we should

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-03-09 Thread Michael Collinson
: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping? On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 10:30 +, Peter Miller wrote: On reflection possibly we should use river-bank as that has more information in it, but recommend that anyone importing does a 'bridge cleanup' at the same time. This is an area

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-10 Thread Peter Miller
On 9 February 2011 18:42, Jason Cunningham jamicu...@googlemail.com wrote: OS VectorMap District is an excellent source of data for features like streams and woodland, but these layers of data tend to be a bit of a mess and need to be stitched together as part of a method in importing into

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-10 Thread Henry Gomersall
On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 10:30 +, Peter Miller wrote: Personally I would prefer a single linear way for streams rather than the area 'river-bank' approach which the OS use The 'river-bank' approach has been exceptionally useful to me at times when trying to micro-navigate. Why would it ever be

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-10 Thread Peter Miller
On 10 February 2011 10:35, Henry Gomersall h...@cantab.net wrote: On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 10:30 +, Peter Miller wrote: Personally I would prefer a single linear way for streams rather than the area 'river-bank' approach which the OS use The 'river-bank' approach has been exceptionally

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-10 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Peter Miller wrote: however the most important thing is for water features to be continuous under bridges Absolutely. Otherwise some of OSM's resident under-bridge-dwellers might be misled into thinking there was no water, fall in and drown. And we wouldn't want that! cheers Richard --

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-10 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 02/10/11 11:35, Henry Gomersall wrote: On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 10:30 +, Peter Miller wrote: Personally I would prefer a single linear way for streams rather than the area 'river-bank' approach which the OS use The 'river-bank' approach has been exceptionally useful to me at times

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-10 Thread Dave F.
On 10/02/2011 10:30, Peter Miller wrote: Personally I would prefer a single linear way for streams rather than the area 'river-bank' approach which the OS use... Ideally it should be mapped with both: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Driverbank Cheers Dave F.

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Henry Gomersall [mailto:h...@cantab.net] wrote: Sent: 10 February 2011 11:07 AM To: Peter Miller Cc: Talk GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping? On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 10:30 +, Peter Miller wrote: On reflection possibly we should use river-bank

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-10 Thread Jerry Clough : SK53 on OSM
On 09/02/2011 20:27, Kevin Peat wrote: Hi Jason, I am the mapper (user:devonshire) who imported the woods in your first example around Dartmouth but it was last May so not exactly recently. The woods that are there now are a lot better than the NPE traced ones that we had before. I took the

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-10 Thread Henry Gomersall
On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 11:32 +, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 10:30 +, Peter Miller wrote: On reflection possibly we should use river-bank as that has more information in it, but recommend that anyone importing does a 'bridge cleanup' at the same

[Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-09 Thread Jason Cunningham
OS VectorMap District is an excellent source of data for features like streams and woodland, but these layers of data tend to be a bit of a mess and need to be stitched together as part of a method in importing into OSM. eg Streams will end when they meet a bridge, then reappear the other side of

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-09 Thread Kevin Peat
Hi Jason, I am the mapper (user:devonshire) who imported the woods in your first example around Dartmouth but it was last May so not exactly recently. The woods that are there now are a lot better than the NPE traced ones that we had before. I took the view at the time that importing the