Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party
The C classification is just not available on the ground, and is in practice only of use to highway engineers. This interpretation is subjective to some extent, but more useful IMO (and leads to prettier maps :-)) I notice that some of the tertiary grid roads in MK have had what was tagged in the loc_ref field added to the ref field (such as H4). I think this looks good in Mapnik and wonder whether we should extend it to the other tertiary grid roads (as the primary and secondary ones already have their own references). It would certainly make a printout from OSM more useful for visitors. Ed ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party
On 18/05/09 11:06, Andy Allan wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm expecting to organise another 6 parties through the rest of this year so people's preference for locations please shout up again. Scotland! I was just browsing around on z10 (i.e. the last level before vmap0 built-up areas disappear) and was somewhat dismayed to find that even towns big enough for vmap0 don't even have a place=town node in them yet (c.f. Mallaig)! The main cities are progressing, but there's lots of areas that could do with some TLC. South of the M8 - the Ardrossan/Prestwick/Kilmarnok/Ayr/Troon arc, Stranraer, Dumfries, Berwick (OK technically that's in England) North of the M8 - some places have started but might need some help, like Falkrik Stirling and Perth Agree - most of Scotland needs a lot of work. While the Central belt is well covered most places outside of this area need some work, for example Inverness and Aberdeen have been fully traced from the yahoo imagery; however not much groundwork has been done, and most towns in Northeast have barely any coverage. So we need to get more activity kickstarted in those area's. Although sometimes I'm surprised; on as trip up to Killin earlier this year I discovered that not only had it been mapped but an article had also been written in the local newsletter! (http://twitpic.com/1duux) It's probably up to those of us living here to get some mapping party's up and running to cover these area's. Cheers Chris ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party
Ed Loach wrote: I notice that some of the tertiary grid roads in MK have had what was tagged in the loc_ref field added to the ref field (such as H4). I think this looks good in Mapnik and wonder whether we should extend it to the other tertiary grid roads (as the primary and secondary ones already have their own references). It would certainly make a printout from OSM more useful for visitors. That was probably me - a few already had it and I added it to some of the others when I bumped them up to tertiary. It's a bit of a cheat really - arguably the better solution would be for mapnik to render loc_ref. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/c-roads/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/c-roads/ But is this not confusing highway=tertiary with C roads? A bit like the confusion that arises between using highway=trunk for the green/yellow A roads in the UK rather than the trunk network as maintained by the highways agency. The tag value is perhaps a bit misleading... Ed ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 10:27:15 +0100 From: Ed Loach e...@loach.me.uk Message-ID: 000601c9d864$0393d900$0abb8b...@me.uk I notice that some of the tertiary grid roads in MK have had what was tagged in the loc_ref field added to the ref field (such as H4). I think this looks good in Mapnik and wonder whether we should extend it to the other tertiary grid roads (as the primary and secondary ones already have their own references). It would certainly make a printout from OSM more useful for visitors. Hmm, I was going to post about this. Personally I'm not sure about it. I can see the merit in having V6 etc prominently shown, but I think having them rendered on the same basis as A509, B4034 is perhaps a bit confusing. I know they're in different colours because they're tertiary as opposed to primary/secondary, but it seems odd to be displaying some but not all of the grid numbering system. I would say that within MK it is equivalent, not subservient, to the national numbering system; different people will navigate by different means. However, showing the grid road numbers prominently will be a key advantage for OSM data over other sources. The only other map I know of that shows them is the official MK City Map (http://www.mkweb.co.uk/mkmap/home.asp?Scale=3) which is very frustrating to use online. I notice they seem to represent their grid numbers on the map as part of the name, in the same font/size/colour etc. This has a certain amount of logic to it, as that's the way they are shown on the road signs. MK is looking much better on Mapnik and Osmarender now that the grid roads, and only the grid roads, are tertiary. I'm looking forward to seeing the redways on the Cycle Map when that's regenerated! With reference to earlier discussion on here, I haven't finished my mapping yet, but the roads within the grid squares that I've tagged as unclassified so far have tended to be those named '... Gate' which are the links in from the grid roads. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Lundy Island Completed
Lundy Island, in the Bristol Channel, is pretty much compelte. The island has no proper roads to speak of and only tracks. All buildings have been added along with the prominent walls that cross the island: the quarter way, half way and three-quarter way walls. In addition the three lighthouses have been added. View it here in Osmarender: http://www.openstreetmap.org/export/embed.html?bbox=-4.6957,51.1592,-4.6325,51.2layer=osmarender The Lundy Post's post box and post office are fully captured and just a few building names need to be assigned. Even the postcode is included (EX39 2LY)! As the first, and only?, UK marine nature reserve exists around the island this may appear later although I'm not sure of what will happen adding a leisure, nature_reserve will have on the sea?! ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
