[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Black Country Mapping Party - April 4 5

2009-03-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
The next Cloudmade sponsored mapping party will be in the heart of the Black Country hosted at The Public in West Bromwich on April 4/5. This party will be the main kick-off event in our attempt to map the remaining 284 segments of the cake for the wider Black Country area by Christmas this year.

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hi

2009-03-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Gareth, Yes we do! :-) great to have you here. You may have joined the list just after the announcement re the Black Country mapping party on 4/5 April. See the list archive and the wiki page for the event: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia/Black_Country Cheers Andy

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa-Mercia now has a blog

2009-03-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Have created a blog for the OSM Mappa Mercia folks. http://mappa-mercia.blogspot.com/ First post is the new printed maps of Birmibngham and Solihull I just received. enjoy Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder, Birmingham Social evening this Thursday 2nd April

2009-03-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that the next Birmingham Social evening is this Thursday 2nd April at the Queens Arms, Newhall St, Birmingham. From 7pm. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4836mlon=-1.9064zoom=17 We will have our new Birmingham and Solihull map on show http://blog.mappa-mercia.org/ See you there,

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] NaPTAN import starts - Birmingham trial area first

2009-03-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Thanks to the good folks at UK Department for Transport and Traveline, the NaPTAN data import (principally of Bus stops) has started. Birmingham is being used as an initial trial to check out any issues before the main bulk of the upload takes place. Thanks go to Thomas Wood (Edgemaster) for

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Naptan alignment

2009-03-31 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I've already started correcting data like this. I too have noted that some stops are not correctly positioned in relation to the road they are on. Where we only have a single trace along a road they could be correct but the ones I looked at last night where we have plenty of traces (main road)

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-transit] Naptan alignment

2009-03-31 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Roger Slevin [mailto:ro...@slevin.plus.com] wrote: Sent: 31 March 2009 10:16 PM To: 'Peter Miller'; 'Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)' Cc: talk-tran...@openstreetmap.org; Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org; 'Brian Prangle' Subject: RE: [Talk-transit] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Naptan alignment

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Naptan alignment

2009-03-31 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Using http://sautter.com/map I did a comparison of the precisely positioned stops I mapped this morning in the Aldridge area. Assuming Google has the locations the same as the NaPTAN data then I would say about one in 5 NaPTAN stops has something wrong with the location. Mostly a stop is displaced

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] NaPTAN bus stop database import - some moreobservations

2009-04-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
And I've just done the same for all 50ish stops in Sutton Coldfield Locality over lunch. I'll drop the results in as soon as the edits done but I am generally concurring with Brians observations. What was most interesting is that about 20% of the stops in the locality have no physical bust stop on

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monthly social and some micro mapping

2009-04-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
WORKSFORME 7-8 mapping then into the pub? I note you didn’t colour the cemetery, nobody at home there? Cheers Andy PS. Brian is away next week so we need to work extra hard. -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monthly social and some micro mapping

2009-04-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Christoph Boehme [mailto:christ...@b3e.net] wrote: Sent: 30 April 2009 11:39 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monthly social and some micro mapping Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: 7-8 mapping

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] MUG/Mappa Mercia wiki page update

2009-05-11 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Works for me. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Christoph Böhme Sent: 10 May 2009 11:43 AM To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands]

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] UKUUG - Summer 2009 - Birmingham

2009-06-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I'm not available unfortunately. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Ciarán Mooney [mailto:general.moo...@googlemail.com] Sent: 23 June 2009 1:26 PM To: talk; talk-gb-westmidlands; talk-gb; shaun; Andy Robinson (blackadder- lists) Subject: UKUUG - Summer 2009 - Birmingham Hi, UKUUG

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder - Midlands social (and micro mapping) Thursday 2nd July

2009-06-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder for folks in the Midlands. Next Midlands User Group social and micro map will be in the beautiful micro city of Lichfield this Thursday evening from 7:00pm. 7pm meet at The Bowling Green pub, Friary Rd roundabout, Lichfield, before heading out and about for some mapping. Meet back at

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mapping the University of Birmingham

2009-09-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Looking great. halls of residence next? ;-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Eike Ritter Sent: 12 September 2009 9:32 PM To: Ciarán Mooney Cc:

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Lug Radio Live - How about a mapping party??

2009-09-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Lug radio Live is fast approaching, running on Sat 24th October. This would seem a logical date to do a mapping party. While the lug folks listen to lug stuff we can feed out and map, returning to spread the word at lunchtime etc. I'm due to talk about OSM at 15:00, not clear yet if they will

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] October meeting

2009-09-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Sounds an interesting possibility, though it is a bit further out (I guess Five Ways station is the closest or a longer walk from New Street). What we've noted from experience is that it's important also that the place isn’t too noisy, otherwise it's too difficult to get a discussion going beyond

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham/Solihull 1:25, 000 Out Of Copyright mapping now available

2009-10-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
on ebay for much less (with 2027 in the set to collect its too much at £8 a sheet) but if anyone wants to sponsor a sheet I'll check what the current retail price is. Cheers Andy Christoph Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\) ajrli...@googlemail.com wrote: Some of you may know that I am

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Lug Radio Live - How about a mapping party??

2009-10-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Andy -Original Message- From: Christoph Böhme [mailto:christ...@b3e.net] Sent: 18 October 2009 10:24 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Lug Radio Live - How about a mapping party?? Hi, have any plans been

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham/Solihull 1:25, 000 Out Of Copyright mapping now available

2009-10-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
). We still need sheets for Coventry for instance. I'll sponsor the sheet to the NE of Birmingham that has Sutton on it. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Christoph Böhme [mailto:christ...@b3e.net] Sent: 18 October 2009 10:22 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham/Solihull 1:25, 000 Out Of Copyright mapping now available

2009-10-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Year to be scanned and uploaded. Not long to wait now though. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 20 October 2009 8:28 AM To: 'Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)'; talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Wolverhampton this weekend - LUGRadio Live and OGGCamp

2009-10-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A roundup of plans for this weekend in Wolverhampton. I will be at LUGRadio [1] live all day Saturday. Speaking about OSM at 3pm but plan to do some mapping during the morning as a method of producing an informal map of the venue. If you want to help me/meet up give me a call and I'll come out.

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-transit] Updating the NaPTAN busstops in Birmingham

2009-11-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Cheers Christoph, Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Christoph Böhme Sent: 23 November 2009 1:19 PM To: Public transport/transit/shared taxi related topics Cc:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] monthly get together

2009-12-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Yes, I'll be there and I think Brian is too. For latest and greatest on meet-ups its usually a good idea to check on mappa-mercia page of the wiki. See you Thursday. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Digbeth Coach station

2009-12-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Cool :-) And RichardF tells me that the A46/M40 new junction layout is due to open today. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@googlemail.com] Sent: 14 December 2009 2:56 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Aston uni residence towers coming down

2009-12-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Stafford, Dalton and Lawrence residence towers (each 20 stories) on the Aston uni campus are being demolished next year. A tour is being organised to visit them in Feb before they are felled. I'll try and go as I spent my first year in Stafford and my final year in Lawrence. It's a pity that the

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Happy New Year

2010-01-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Happy New Year folks. Lets hope 2010 is as great a year for OSM in the midlands as they have been to date. See you all on the 7th. Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Coverage as at end 2009

2010-01-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed, btw, the Wolverhampton N/W 1:25k sheet is now out of copyright. I'll get that uploaded soon. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Ed Loach Sent: 04 January 2010

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder. Midlands Social in Birmingham. 7pm Thursday 7th Jan

2010-01-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that the first meeting of the New Year for the midlands OSMers is this Thursday evening from 7pm at the City Tavern in Birmingham. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia For those who have not been before, normally half a dozen folks turn up each month. It would be great to

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
mappers to participate in updating the map? Andrew On 14 Jan 2010, at 17:31, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: That would be the plan. It's still fresh in everyone's minds right now so I suspect the newspapers would pick up on it if we got it done in the next few days and that’s a real

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Brian Prangle wrote: Sent: 14 January 2010 6:06 PM To: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham Looks like Christoph will be doing lots of re-rendering! As a by product I've discovered that lots of the primary/trunk roads which were

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Some contradiction for some sections between wards. Where its different priorities in adjacent wards. It will probably emerge logically once we have it all set and then we can post a query to BCC to clarify what's actually what. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
You might do another update later today if you have a moment. I’ve already added a lot more over lunch and a bit more to go before I stop. At this rate we should be done by later this evening ;-) Great work everyone. Lets keep the momentum going Cheers Andy -Original Message- From:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting map

2010-01-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Looking great. I popped out at lunchtime and picked up some of the grit bins in Sutton Coldfield. The places to look at pretty obvious; at the top, bottom or middle of hills that are not on a gritting route and outside schools that are not on a gritting route. Cheers Andy -Original

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Gritting Routes

2010-01-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
In looking at the other areas of the West Mids its clear that the priority basis is applied differently for different regions/councils. For instance in Brum most general bus routes are in Priority 3 whereas Wolverhampton states that bus routes are in Priority 1. As we add stuff we may find that

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] City centre buildings

2010-01-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Russ wrote: Sent: 26 January 2010 9:54 PM To: Peter Millar Cc: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] City centre buildings On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 13:45 -0800, Peter Millar wrote: I think Delete it and replace it with the building shape would be the right

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: BCC corrections to gritting routes

2010-02-05 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Great work Brian and all. I increased the size of permissible mail to this list to 100KB as this post was caught by the 40KB limit. There are some (some diehard mailing list aficionados) who disapprove of attachments being sent to mailing lists. Unless I receive complaints I shall let any that

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] BBC Midlands today - Gritting routes

2010-02-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 18 February 2010 2:08 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org; t...@mappa-mercia.org Subject: BBC Midlands today - Gritting routes Yay, the BBC have picked up on the gritting routes. Their science

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham Social (reminder)

2010-02-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that you are very welcome to join the OSM social evening in Birmingham next Thursday, 4th March. Venue is the City Tavern, Bishopsgate Street, off Broad Street, Birmingham (near Five Ways). We meet from 7pm, normally in the back room. The pub does curry and a pint for under a fiver

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hi from Kidderminster

2010-02-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Welcome Gavin, Kiderminster is pretty much a blank canvas at the moment and I don't think it has any existing mappers other than those who have passed through and added the main thoroughfares. It's a place we could help get kick stared and give you a little support, and focus for what time you

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday Social

2010-03-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
It is indeed Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Gavin Clark Sent: 04 March 2010 5:26 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands OSM Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday Social Is

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster/Bewdley Mapping Party (SatMap) on Saturday 17th April 2010

2010-03-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Mappa Mercia team is organising a mapping party in Kidderminster on Saturday 17th April to support new OSM user there. Add your name to the wiki if you will be coming. More details to follow. http://is.gd/9GHqU Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster

2010-03-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Hi Mary, Great you will be coming along to Kidderminster. Happy to take you over. I'll need to take my car because of the bike (room for more on the roof too, that's bikes of course not people! ;-) ) You popping along to the social on Thursday? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] M42, J6

2010-03-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Oh, I also noted we seem to have rather a lot of tertiary roads in Hampton. Old Station Road doesn't look to be tertiary for me. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 29 March 2010 9:49 AM To: 'Brian Prangle'; 'Ed

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] M42, J6

2010-03-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Loach [mailto:e...@loach.me.uk] wrote: Sent: 29 March 2010 9:58 AM To: 'Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)'; 'Brian Prangle' Cc: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] M42, J6 Andy wrote: It's an odd configuration. The A45 goes over the M42

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Open Postal Addresses

2010-03-31 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
...@bethere.co.uk] Sent: 31 March 2010 5:54 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Open Postal Addresses Even so, parts of Sutton Coldfield have good coverage ;-) Andrew On 31 Mar 2010, at 17:45, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Separation of sources

2010-04-06 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Martin - CycleStreets wrote: I agree in an ideal world, ground-surveys done from first principles will be preferable. But the fact is that there remain areas of the country that routing. Wolverhampton and Newcastle for instance are places which we certainly would love to see become usable for

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster this saturday - meeting place?

2010-04-12 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
. Some real ale would be bonus. If you want to bag a slice of cake now then drop your name onto the wiki. Suggest we leave at least slice 10 for Gavin unless he shouts for other areas. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster this saturday - meeting place?

2010-04-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
going to be a fantastic day out. I might even be tempted to ride down for afternoon tea by the Severn at Bewdley before the day is out :-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 12 April 2010 10:20 PM To: Talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] WM Hack Day

2010-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Awesome. Can this be broadcast to talk-gb yet? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Mackenzie Sent: 19 April 2010 12:35 PM To: Christoph Böhme Cc:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] WM Hack Day

2010-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
been invite only and that ensures that something gets done. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Christoph Böhme [mailto:christ...@b3e.net] Sent: 19 April 2010 4:11 PM To: Andrew Mackenzie Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster

2010-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Brian, Mine are done. It was a great day, one of the best I have had in a long while, which suggests I should get away from Walsall mapping a bit more ;-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Replying to myself here. Northampton would be another location option. Its on the London Midland line which has some cheap fares. It's also a very very unloved town. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 26 April

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus Routes

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Brian, click click http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bus_Routes_in_West_Midlands/Route_Refs Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Brian Prangle Sent:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Black [mailto:nickbla...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 26 April 2010 6:45 PM To: Emilie Laffray Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb OSM List (E-mail); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; Richard Fairhurst Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter I would be super keen on Charlbury

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
The next Mappa-Mercia social evening will be on Thursday July 1st in Bedworth to the north of Coventry. Mapping till 8pm and then in a local pub (venue to be confirmed. The Bedworth cake and signup table is on the wiki page [1] Hopefully we might see some of the other Coventry folks there? Peter

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Etrex Legend HCx

2010-09-09 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Few pointers for you: 1. Make sure the tracklog is set for time and recording at 1sec interval 2. In Setup, select Map and then change the screen to the Map Setup - tracks page. Set the Track Points value to 10001. This will make sure you can see the full 3 hours ish of 1 sec points on the

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postcodes

2011-01-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com] Sent: 17 January 2011 6:26 PM To: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Postcodes If anyone needs a postcode extract for their area (from OS CodePoint) then let me have the bbox of the area you

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: Recommendations for cheap GPS for data-logging

2011-01-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Chris, Welcome :-) No experience with a logger of that type personally but as long as you get a logged point every 1 second then it's as good as anything else we use. Having said that there isn't quite so much need for GPS logging anymore due to the availability of BING aerial imagery for

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder West Mids OSM social tomorrow (Thur)

2011-02-03 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Chaps, might not be able to make it in now. Have gone down with a bug so will have to see how I am later on. If I don't see you hope you have a fun evening. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 February 2011 9:26 AM To: Andy Robinson

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hello! I'm Phil.

2011-02-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Welcome Phil, look forward to meeting you. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Philip John [mailto:p...@philipjohn.co.uk] Sent: 14 February 2011 2:46 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hello! I'm Phil. Hi :) I've just joined - I'm Phil from

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Nominatim searches in Brum

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Doing some Brum searches with nominatim has revealed that we have some issues with place= conflicts. We have a mixture of suburb, town, village and hamlet nodes in Birmingham and the West Mids generally and sometimes this leads to unexpected results, like roads in Sutton Coldfield being in Castle

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] 1:25k OS OOC mapping for Stafford and Cannock areas

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I've added a few more OS 1:25k OOC maps in the north of our region, Stafford specifically: http://ooc.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=15lat=52.80764lon=-2.11929layers=000B0 The low zoom tiles will catch up at some point. To use this layer when editing see:

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder: OSM Midlands Social this thursday

2011-02-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that the next midlands social is this Thursday 3rd March from 7:00pm at The Bull, Price Street, Birmingham http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Social_Meet_Up Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Licence change

2011-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
West Mids mappers... If you haven't logged into your OSM account or done any editing recently you may be unaware of the forthcoming proposed licence change for OSM. A major part of that process is to sign up to new contributor terms. If you have not logged into OSM recently could you please do

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder - RE: Tamworth micro map OSM Midlands social

2011-05-03 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that the next midlands social (including micro map for those that wish) is this Thursday in Tamworth. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Social_Meet_Up Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 April

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Distinctly Black Country

2011-05-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst pointed out this website today. They have a launch which may be of interest to folks: http://distinctlyblackcountry.org.uk/launch/ Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] June social

2011-05-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Folks, we don't have a location planned for the next social on June 2nd. Anyone wish to suggest somewhere? Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday meet

2011-07-05 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
You mean Harborne I hope Mike ;-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Mike Duffy [mailto:mdbg02...@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 05 July 2011 11:10 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday meet Anyone going to Halesowen on Thursday evening?

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Midlands Social on 4th Aug

2011-07-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that our next OSM midlands social is on Thur August 4th. This time at The Black Eagle, a fantastic old fashioned pub on Factory Road in Smethwick. Some of us will be doing a spot of mapping in the area before about 8pm. Details: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia The pub is

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Tomorrow Night

2011-08-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I'm guessing that mostly he's been adding bits of the Black Country Urban Forest (though its hardly a forest!) http://www.dudley.gov.uk/environment-planning/countryside/trees/black-countr y-urban-forest-millennium-program/ See you later. Not sure what I'll be mapping yet, but I'm sure I can find

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] October Monarchs Way event

2011-08-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Not the 1st Oct for me as it's the Cycle Show at the NEC. 8th would be my preference though could also do the 15th. I don't recommend beyond that as we hit the school half term on the 22nd. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 August

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: [Talk-GB] Routing and other problems west of Uttoxeter

2011-08-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Paul Williams [mailto:pjwde...@googlemail.com] Sent: 08 August 2011 11:47 AM To: talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Routing and other problems west of Uttoxeter I've found that there is still a big problem with unconnected roads in the area west

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Road Improvements

2011-08-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Awesome work Brian, What's with the one-way invisible Burnt Tree Island though ;-) For those that wish to inspect: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.44476lon=-1.93657zoom=16layers=M and http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.513407lon=-2.06317zoom=18layers=M Cheers Andy -Original

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Albert Street

2011-09-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
While going into the city on the train last evening I spotted that Albert street and parts of the roads that connect to it (Fox Street, Grosvenor Street, Bartholomew Stree) have been closed off while the do redevelopment work I guess in the two plots of land straddling Albert Street. I didn't get

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] RSPB Middleton Lakes mis-tagged

2011-09-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Its tompople again. He's tracing from Streetview or 1:25k adding mostly streams and other water features etc. I've just had to fix a few of the pools/lakes around there that have been broken. He needs to be checking with BING as well and ideally not mess with anything that's already present.

[Talk-GB] GPS handheld prices dropping considerably

2008-05-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I've noted a significant downward trend in the price of Garmin eTrex units over the last couple of months. For instance, you can now pick up a Garmin eTrex Legend HCx, which has the newer high sensitivity receiver and can display OSM mapping (using mkgmap) for £140 including a 2GB micro SD card.

[Talk-GB] Birmingham social evening (and micro mapping). Tues 24th June

2008-06-11 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
All are invited to a social evening (with a little bit of micro mapping for those interested beforehand) on Tuesday 24th June in Birmingham city centre. Will be meeting at Pennyblacks at the Mailbox in the centre of the city. Micro mapping from 7, pub socialising from 8. Please put it in your

Re: [Talk-GB] North Wales Mapping

2008-06-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A North Wales trip to knock off some of the Snowdonia footpaths and features has been on my to-do list for some time so depending upon timing I might be up for this. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:talk-gb- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John McKerrell

Re: [Talk-GB] MSc Dissertation on OSM

2008-06-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Angela, Well really you should read and understand the project wiki, especially the links from the front page at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org as this will explain most of your basic questions. Feel free then to ask more specific questions on specific matters once you have a better feel. I would

Re: [Talk-GB] LugRadio Live UK 2008

2008-06-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
If anyone going is able to help out on the OSM exhibit please get in touch. It would be great to have a few knowledgeable OSM'ers on hand to show people how the system works. While we won't have access to the live db at the event we can give participants a flavour of how it all works and I expect

Re: [Talk-GB] LugRadio Live UK 2008

2008-06-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
: Jonathan Bennett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 June 2008 12:29 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] LugRadio Live UK 2008 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: While we won't have access to the live db at the event Andy, Do you have enough

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans

2008-06-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Andy Allan wrote: Sent: 23 June 2008 6:16 PM To: Russ Phillips Cc: OSM GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans There's a few Sustran's volunteer Rangers within the OSM community, myself included. We've tried various approaches to them with very little success. They seem to like having sucky maps on

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans

2008-06-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Russ Phillips Sent: 23 June 2008 9:40 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans From: Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans A quiet revolution, with OSM showing how we might be better than what they have now seems

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-dev] Google Map Maker

2008-06-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Sjors Provoost wrote: Sent: 24 June 2008 8:32 AM To: Openstreetmap Dev list Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] Google Map Maker On 23 Jun 2008, at 23:33, SteveC wrote: http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=307 Google Want to be TeleAtlas Google have launched MapMaker, a kind of faux OpenStreetMap where they

[Talk-GB] reminder - Birmingham social and micro map this evening, Tue 24th June

2008-06-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Just a reminder that we have a social evening in the centre of Birmingham tonight for all those interested in meeting up. A little mapping in the locality beforehand is also on offer for those interested. More on the wiki at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OSM_Midlands%2C_UK_User_Group

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans

2008-06-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Russ Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Sent: 24 June 2008 1:57 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE: [Talk-GB] Sustrans Quoting Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So, my belief is that in realty recruiting sustrans people

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans

2008-06-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Russ Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sent: 24 June 2008 2:22 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE: [Talk-GB] Sustrans Quoting Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Please don't be put of by any apparent negativity

[Talk-GB] FW: Manchester Evening News

2008-07-03 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Anyone with a geocaching bent wish to respond? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Simon J. Donohue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 July 2008 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Manchester Evening News I'm a feature writer with the Manchester Evening News and

[Talk-GB] OSM at LUG Radio Live this weekend

2008-07-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder to all that the final ever LUG Radio Live event [1] is taking place this weekend in Wolverhampton. So if you are about come on over and have some fun. I'm doing a talk on OSM and we will have a bit of an OSM exhibit both days to try and convert the remaining heathen to the cause. After

[Talk-GB] FW: Southwark Park Road and Blue, SE16

2008-07-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Anyone willing and able to help out with this? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Helen Vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 July 2008 3:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Southwark Park Road and Blue, SE16 Hello, I work for an organisation called Carbon Descent based in

Re: [Talk-GB] Wales mapping action

2008-09-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Black wrote: Sent: 08 September 2008 9:33 AM To: Talk GB Subject: [Talk-GB] Wales mapping action Hello, Its only a few days until the eagerly anticipated Welsh mapping weekend. I don't know about you guys, but my preparations are well underway - pumping bike tyres, charging batteries... I

[Talk-GB] Reminder - Invite to Bradford Mapping Party, 27 28 September

2008-09-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that the Cloud Made sponsored mapping party in Bradford is just a week away, running over the weekend of 27 28 September. It's open to all and we would really like to have you along. Mapping parties are a great way to explore somewhere new and have a great time. The social side is

[Talk-GB] Birmingham social this evening

2008-10-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
An invitation to all to join me from 7:00pm this evening at The Old Contemptibles, 176 Edmund Street, Birmingham (Alongside Snow Hill Station - sorry If I said Moor Street previoualy!) for some gentle OSM banter and discussion on the now nearly complete map of Birmingham. Cheers Andy

Re: [Talk-GB] URGENT: potential stand at Linux Expo Live

2008-10-17 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I can't help at all those days so I hope others can fill the gap? Would be great if some of the London folks could perk up to this one. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:talk-gb- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SteveC Sent: 16 October 2008 6:45 PM To: Talk GB

[Talk-GB] Reminder - Manchester Mapping Weekend - 25/26 Oct

2008-10-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that the Manchester Mapping Party is less than a week away. Its great to see so many already signed up, but we can certainly do with some more if we want to go off cake and trump the great success in Bradford last month. All are welcome, experienced mappers and those wanting to try it

[Talk-GB] Calling all Yahoo! tracers. Manchester, UK needs you before Saturday!

2008-10-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Hi mappers :-) Do you have an hour to spare before Saturday? Would you like to be part of the Manchester Mapping Party [1] but can't get there this weekend? If so then it would be really cool if you could do a little tracing in Manchester to help some new users try out this mapping thing.

Re: [Talk-GB] BETT education tradeshow

2008-10-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I'll also bring this up in AOB at our OSMF meeting later Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:talk-gb- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of OJ W Sent: 28 October 2008 12:55 PM To: Talk GB Subject: [Talk-GB] BETT education tradeshow At LinuxExpo, OpenForumEurope

[Talk-GB] Reminder: Midlands User Group meeting, Birmingham. Thursday 6th Nov.

2008-11-03 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
OSM Midlands User Group social meet this Thursday (6th) from 7:00pm Where: Craven Arms, Upper Gough Street, Birmingham [1]. What: Social evening - plus more banter about the Birmingham map completion and results from the micro mapping party this last weekend. Note also to all those in the west

Re: [Talk-GB] Manchester Mapping Party Render

2008-11-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Cool Simon, Thanks :-) Which reminds me, I still have a few of the local walker contributions to edit. They don't contain much new data though. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:talk-gb- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Ward Sent: 13 November 2008 7:48

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