[OSM-talk] Network Rail UK
Is it possible to derive a vector layer of UK's rail network and would I be allowed to use it to produce reports for my work? If so how because it will save me a lot of tracing! AJH ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Network Rail UK
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:45:22 + andrew heggie l...@sylva.icuklive.co.uk wrote: Is it possible to derive a vector layer of UK's rail network and would I be allowed to use it to produce reports for my work? If so how because it will save me a lot of tracing! Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I've only ever seen some pdf maps for the national rail network on the nationalrail website. These *could* be put into Map Warper at http://wrp.geothings.net/ and then used as a wms layer in Josm but they're not at all accurate compared to what we already have. They'd perhaps show us where we are missing sections, but not be useful enough to trace. There may be usable data available either that I've just not come across, or that would be made available through a Freedom of Information request (I'd hazard a guess the response will be ask Ordnance Survey) Also, whilst on the subject, much of the uk rail network is mapped - but mostly with just single ways. It would be nice to see the number of tracks shown either with tracks=* or just extra tracks added in. -- Alice ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Network Rail UK
2009/1/21 Kærast kaer...@newscloud.com: On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:45:22 + andrew heggie l...@sylva.icuklive.co.uk wrote: Is it possible to derive a vector layer of UK's rail network and would I be allowed to use it to produce reports for my work? If so how because it will save me a lot of tracing! There may be usable data available either that I've just not come across Quite a few round Leeds have been traced from landsat and/or NPE maps. Not sure if that's true of other areas. The accuracy is OK but I tend to need to nudge them a good few metres when surveying. When photo-mapping I tend to take pics from right in the middle of bridges over trainlines, looking down the track. cheers, LT ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Network Rail UK
On 21 Jan 2009, at 19:45, andrew heggie wrote: Is it possible to derive a vector layer of UK's rail network and would I be allowed to use it to produce reports for my work? If so how because it will save me a lot of tracing! We have been playing around with KML recently and would be interested in some feedback on what people think of these. Here are a couple of KML files containing UK railway data derived from OSM - one for London and one for the British Isles http://itomedia.net/user/PeterMiller/kml/ They are CCBYSA ItoWorld Ltd/OpenStreetMap. Btw, Google Earth seems to 'bury' some parts of the network underground on some computers even though we set height as 'clamp to ground'. Do please tell us how you get on. Regards, Peter Miller AJH ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Network Rail UK
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:45 PM, andrew heggie l...@sylva.icuklive.co.uk wrote: Is it possible to derive a vector layer of UK's rail network and would I be allowed to use it to produce reports for my work? If so how because it will save me a lot of tracing! AJH Worth mentioning that geofabrik makes very regular exports of railways for the UK. You can download them from http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/europe/great_britain/ cheers, Tim ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
