[Talk-gb-thenorth] Adding Leeds Bins to OpenStreetMaps
Hi, At ODI Leeds<https://odileeds.org/> we’re working with Leeds City Council to create an up-to-date, open dataset of bins and recycling points. Different parts of the council have different datasets about bins and recycling points – e.g the bins around Leeds market are maintained by a different department. Nobody has a full, exhaustive list of all of them, so we’d like to get them all in one place. We think Open Street Maps would be perfect for this, as it’s ‘open by default’. We’re building them a tool using the API & OAuth so that council workers will be able to quickly add bins (amenity=waste_basket and amenity=recycling) from their phones. We’d also like to add their existing dataset<https://datamillnorth.org/dataset/litter-bin-locations>, which is published under OGLv3, to Open Street Maps. We have buy-in from Leeds City Council but under the import guidelines<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines> we also need community buy-in, and we’d really like some feedback from the OSM community. Here’s a quick map we made<https://mapper.odileeds.org/?10/53.85050/-1.47903/datamill-38356ad9-a184-44c1-a4f0-055ac71356ec;osm-leeds-waste_basket> comparing the Leeds City Council dataset of bins (yellow markers) to the OSM amenity=waste_baskets for Leeds (black markers). We’re aware that there is probably duplicates so we’ll be taking steps to remove those. We’d appreciate any comments or feedback. Cheers, Patrick Lake ODI Leeds patrick.l...@odileeds.org _______ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth
Re: [Talk-gb-thenorth] Alsager Town - Incorrect data
Hi Dan, I'm not sure why it's taken 10 days for your message to reach the distribution list--that's another matter--but it's left enough time your updates to be rendered. Alsager appears to be in order. Regards, *Paul* On 12 June 2017 at 17:35, Dan Levin <dansle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > As of today, Alsager appears to be showing as Alsager - Domino's Pizza or > Alsager; Domino's Pizza on a few different views of OSM. I've taken a stab > at fixing it, but I'm uncertain if I've done so correctly - certainly if > you search for Alsager, you still see mention of Domino's Pizza in both the > Railway Station and the Administrative Boundary fields, so perhaps there's > a hierachy which requires correction. > > Could someone please take a look? > > Many thanks, > Dan > > ___________ > Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list > Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth > > _______ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth
[Talk-gb-thenorth] Alsager Town - Incorrect data
Hi all, As of today, Alsager appears to be showing as Alsager - Domino's Pizza or Alsager; Domino's Pizza on a few different views of OSM. I've taken a stab at fixing it, but I'm uncertain if I've done so correctly - certainly if you search for Alsager, you still see mention of Domino's Pizza in both the Railway Station and the Administrative Boundary fields, so perhaps there's a hierachy which requires correction. Could someone please take a look? Many thanks, Dan ___ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth
[Talk-gb-thenorth] UK OSM Company
Hi, Realised I hadn't posted this to the regional mailing lists so here it is: The OpenStreetMap United Kingdom Community Interest Company has now been established. Should you wish to take part in the first meeting please join for free as a member. You can do that, and read about our aims at: http://osmuk.org/ *Rob* ___ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth
Re: [Talk-gb-thenorth] Proposal to do some mapping in North Lancashire
It's great that you want to add to the map data. Please do not add the OS OpenMap Local building outlines. They are heavily simplified and as such, poor quality. You can't distinguish how many residences there are in a building outline, so is it detached, semi-detached or a terrace? Adding buildings is valuable, but I believe in quality not quantity, so I would trace building outlines from aerial images and not import the 'dumbed-down' OS Open data. Let's make the best map we can, not just import OS's deliberately reduced quality stuff. Cheers, Chris (chillly) BTW, this list list is almost dead. If you really want to reach people I would use talk-gb. On 13/05/16 10:50, Roger James wrote: Hi, I am proposing to do some mapping in a couple of parishes in North Lancashire. These are "Slyne-with-Hest" and "Nether Kellet". I plan to use the latest OS OpenMap Local dataset to provide basic building boundaries where none previously exist. I will be using OSTN02 data to do the transforms. Any comments or suggestions gratefully accepted. Roger _______ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth _______ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth
[Talk-gb-thenorth] Proposal to do some mapping in North Lancashire
Hi, I am proposing to do some mapping in a couple of parishes in North Lancashire. These are "Slyne-with-Hest" and "Nether Kellet". I plan to use the latest OS OpenMap Local dataset to provide basic building boundaries where none previously exist. I will be using OSTN02 data to do the transforms. Any comments or suggestions gratefully accepted. Roger _______ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth
[Talk-gb-thenorth] Maptime Durham
Hello North GB! I've started a Maptime chapter in Durham, if you're nearby then pop along and join us. http://maptime.io/durham/ Maptime isn't specifically OpenStreetMap, but it could be a great place to discuss the mapping we do and meet the usernames improving the map together. Welcome to all that like talking about or hearing about maps. Any questions or thoughts, send me a message. >From a wet and drizzly Durham, Gregory. -- Gregory o...@livingwithdragons.com http://www.livingwithdragons.com ___ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth
[Talk-gb-thenorth] Come to SoTM US at the UN!
Hi all! Apologies for any cross posting. I'm writing to extend a warmest of invitations to State of the Map US http://stateofthemap.us/ on June 6-8th at the United Nations in the heart of New York City. This will be an amazing conference as diverse in attendance as it's host city and at home with the international work of the United Nations. Towards that end I invite you to come to the conference! Our call for scholarships http://stateofthemap.us/scholarships/ is open until March 15th, our call for talks http://stateofthemap.us/talk/ is open until March 22nd, and I am always open for sponsors! ;) SOTM US promises to be the largest state of the map ever at a most amazing venue. Please be part of the conversation. Everyone is welcome! And let me know if you have any questions. Best, Alyssa Wright OpenStreetMap US President. ___ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth
Re: [Talk-gb-thenorth] ?
Oh, I was considering requesting a North East mailing list and then found this one already exists (I was subscribed too). I might encourage people to join so events can be announced through the list. I'm also looking to organise event(s) in Durham or Sunderland in the future. We could do with some increased activity, addresses show just one aspect that is lacking. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sk53_osm/15108130686/in/photostream/ Gregory (LivingWithDragons). P.S. Apologies to Tim moderating the list, I struggled to remember which of my e-mail addresses I had registered with. On 7 April 2012 14:47, Graham Heyes grahamhe...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello Is anyone else on this mailing list besides me prepared to keep this going? Graham ___ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth -- Gregory o...@livingwithdragons.com http://www.livingwithdragons.com ___ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth
[Talk-gb-thenorth] List moderator
Hi lists, Sadly, I don’t foresee much future involvement with OSM, so I’m looking for someone to take over moderation of talk-gb-thenorth. You only have to see the months missing from the archives[1] to see that it is a very low traffic list. (The two messages last year were from me forwarding event details—is it worth keeping the list running?) Mostly it’s just discarding spam (or leaving it to be automatically discarded), and IIRC there hasn’t been a spark to ignite a flame since the list was created. Tim Waters (aka Chippy) is also a moderator. [1]: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb-thenorth/ Simon -- A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.—John Gall signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Talk-gb-thenorth mailing list Talk-gb-thenorth@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth
