[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Worcestershire Public Rights of Way - OGL
Hi All, I am happy to confirm that I have received confirmation that the PRoW data held at [1] is available under the OGL licence. This data is the digitised Definitive Map, and is provided as a WMS map service. This can be viewed online (through [1] or [2]), alternatively it can be opened in QGIS, or similar. Direct imports into OSM are not advised as most of the paths are already mapped. This data should therefore be used as a cross-reference and for confirming path types. Worcestershire have got one of the better GIS services and initial contact with their GIS Programme Coordinator seemed positive. Note: This follows the earlier approval to use the Definitive Statements held by Worcestershire CC. Regards, Rob [1] http://data.gov.uk/dataset/public-rights-of-way/ [2] http://gis.worcestershire.gov.uk/WccGISOnline/maps.aspx ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postboxes
Hi all, Good to see those who came to the social in Coleshill last night. As I mentioned, I've got the locations of all the postboxes and post offices in the UK (taken from this FOI requesthttp://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/postbox_data_in_central_collecti_2) in Scraperwiki here: https://scraperwiki.com/scrapers/uk_postboxes/ (Ignore what it says about the error, all the data is there). If you're not familiar with Scraperwiki, you can query the data and get it back in a variety of formats by clicking 'Explore with API'. It's basically SQL, so if you know what you're doing with SQL, then you should be good. If anyone wants any pointers, let me know. Will be interested to see what people do with it! Cheers Stuart ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postboxes
What licence is the data under? Cheers Andy From: Stuart Harrison [mailto:pezho...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 August 2012 11:26 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postboxes Hi all, Good to see those who came to the social in Coleshill last night. As I mentioned, I've got the locations of all the postboxes and post offices in the UK (taken from this FOI request http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/postbox_data_in_central_collecti_2 ) in Scraperwiki here: https://scraperwiki.com/scrapers/uk_postboxes/ (Ignore what it says about the error, all the data is there). If you're not familiar with Scraperwiki, you can query the data and get it back in a variety of formats by clicking 'Explore with API'. It's basically SQL, so if you know what you're doing with SQL, then you should be good. If anyone wants any pointers, let me know. Will be interested to see what people do with it! Cheers Stuart ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postboxes
Looking at the FOI request: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/119687/response/296922/attach/ 5/attachment.txt Ed From: Andy Robinson [mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 August 2012 11:37 To: 'Stuart Harrison'; talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postboxes What licence is the data under? Cheers Andy From: Stuart Harrison [mailto:pezho...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 August 2012 11:26 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postboxes Hi all, Good to see those who came to the social in Coleshill last night. As I mentioned, I've got the locations of all the postboxes and post offices in the UK (taken from this FOI request http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/postbox_data_in_central_colle cti_2 ) in Scraperwiki here: https://scraperwiki.com/scrapers/uk_postboxes/ (Ignore what it says about the error, all the data is there). If you're not familiar with Scraperwiki, you can query the data and get it back in a variety of formats by clicking 'Explore with API'. It's basically SQL, so if you know what you're doing with SQL, then you should be good. If anyone wants any pointers, let me know. Will be interested to see what people do with it! Cheers Stuart ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Worcestershire Public Rights of Way - OGL
Excellent, thanks a lot for that, very useful. Jonathan On 03/08/2012 11:09, Rob Nickerson wrote: Hi All, I am happy to confirm that I have received confirmation that the PRoW data held at [1] is available under the OGL licence. This data is the digitised Definitive Map, and is provided as a WMS map service. This can be viewed online (through [1] or [2]), alternatively it can be opened in QGIS, or similar. Direct imports into OSM are not advised as most of the paths are already mapped. This data should therefore be used as a cross-reference and for confirming path types. Worcestershire have got one of the better GIS services and initial contact with their GIS Programme Coordinator seemed positive. Note: This follows the earlier approval to use the Definitive Statements held by Worcestershire CC. Regards, Rob [1] http://data.gov.uk/dataset/public-rights-of-way/ [2] http://gis.worcestershire.gov.uk/WccGISOnline/maps.aspx ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postboxes
Hi Sorry to miss the social meet last night hoping to be at next one. I think it was at local gov camp recently someone mentioned that Royal Mail were documenting not only every post box but also the location of letterboxes on every house ... With scraperwiki could link that to what postoffices have disabled access http://pola.directenquiries.com/defaultPOL.aspx although it is questionable about how accurate it is as saying for example the Birmingham branch says it has wheelchair access doesn't account for the gradient outsides such as the main one in Birmingham. Birmingham Branch 1 Pinfold Street Birmingham B2 4AA It says parking within 50 meters but no mention of uphill gradient that you then have to go up to top of Pinfold Street and round down Hill Street negociating a steep hill to get the wheelchair accessible entrance in ironically named Hill Street (Pinfold Street has steep flight of steps into building) cheers, Alison On 3 Aug 2012, at 11:37, Andy Robinson wrote: What licence is the data under? Cheers Andy From: Stuart Harrison [mailto:pezho...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 August 2012 11:26 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postboxes Hi all, Good to see those who came to the social in Coleshill last night. As I mentioned, I've got the locations of all the postboxes and post offices in the UK (taken from this FOI request) in Scraperwiki here: https://scraperwiki.com/scrapers/uk_postboxes/ (Ignore what it says about the error, all the data is there). If you're not familiar with Scraperwiki, you can query the data and get it back in a variety of formats by clicking 'Explore with API'. It's basically SQL, so if you know what you're doing with SQL, then you should be good. If anyone wants any pointers, let me know. Will be interested to see what people do with it! Cheers Stuart ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
