I'm a Cambridge mapper, but I'd advise doing nothing until you've spoken with David Earl who was contracted by Cambridge University to actually map the university - see this link http://soc2012.soc.org.uk/node/16.html Thanks
> On 21 May 2015, at 22:39, Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I don't relish bringing this up since it's a bit of a tangle, but I > noticed Cambridge has a lot more universities than I thought! > Apparently 1219, judging from the number of amenity=university tagged > objects. In real life I'm aware of two: Cambridge Uni, Anglia Ruskin > Uni. > > I think someone mentioned Cambridge Uni was using OpenStreetMap for > some of its maps,* so I'd be nervous about proposing anything radical > right now. But is there anyone on this list who is a Cambridge mapper, > or connected to the university's use of mapping? It's possible that > some team decided to use the tag to mark every college building (etc), > when really amenity=university is supposed to mark a university, not a > piece of a university. > > To do it "properly" it might need some neat relations to group these > things. (Might be fun for someone who loves relations - various > multi-site and hierarchical connections among the buildings scattered > across town!) Alternatively there are tags in use such as > building=university which might be good drop-in replacements... > > Best > Dan > > > * They use OSM for their basemap: http://map.cam.ac.uk/ - I wonder if > they're getting their POI info from it too > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
