Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Use of OSM screenshot in a Channel 4 production?

2023-12-06 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Ryan If it bothers you then just look for the production company in the credits and drop them an email reminding them that OSM should be credited. Thanks Rob On Wed, 6 Dec 2023, 14:41 Ryan Underwood, wrote: > Hi all, > > > *(sending again as I tried to attach an ima

Re: [OSM-talk] OSRM Update

2023-08-26 Thread Seke Rob
As I was testing routing around an new complex roundabout 2 weeks ago and found Valhalla is the quickest with a day or so delay, GraphHopper came second after a good week, OSRM had me waiting but eventually did.The cycle is not clear. On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 6:54 AM Phil Wyatt wrote: > Hi

[OSM-talk] area:highway=pedestrian signalled in Inspector as an object without tag features

2023-07-18 Thread Seke Rob
redundant. Is this a false positive needing adding to the valid list? Rob (SekeRob in OSM world) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] @MappaMercia on Twitter

2023-06-06 Thread Rob Nickerson
I should still have access. I used to manage it but gave up. Happy to pass this on to someone else if they'd like to take over. Thanks Rob On Tue, 6 Jun 2023, 20:08 Andy Mabbett, wrote: > Who has access to post on the @MappaMercia Twitter account? Is anyone > monitoring it? > >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Elmley/Hockley Brook

2023-04-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
Alex, The walkthrough the first time you use the iD editor is also good. If you struggle do let me know. Happy to jump on a call and show you the basics. Thanks Rob On Wed, 5 Apr 2023, 13:33 Andy Robinson, wrote: > H Alex, > > > > Welcome to OSM. > > > > Y

[OSM-talk] Adoption of OSM geometry as state mapping base

2023-02-09 Thread rob potter
quot;Store data available through the Services in order to evade these Terms (including aiding anyone else in doing so); or"* Please any advice would be greatly appreciated, ultimately we will enhance the overall content of OSM in the Victoria, but really do not want to cause

[talk-au] Adoption of OSM geometry as state mapping base

2023-02-09 Thread rob potter
quot;Store data available through the Services in order to evade these Terms (including aiding anyone else in doing so); or"* Please any advice would be greatly appreciated, ultimately we will enhance the overall content of OSM in the Victoria, but really do not want to cause

Re: [talk-au] Talk-au Digest, Vol 188, Issue 6

2023-02-09 Thread rob potter
RE:Tagging Culverts on Roads Hi Andrew, I answer your questions from my personal deep knowledge of the source system within DOT. Your questions: 1. All caps, for the VIC:DOT:SN suffix? Yes the prefixes are all CAPS 2. Sure there is no "GOV" in there? ref:AU:*GOV:*VIC:DOT:SN = ??? I

Re: [OSM-talk] Automated Populate/Update Problem

2022-09-28 Thread rob potter
Thanks for your reply. I have read the guidelines. I'm in Victoria, Australia Rob On Wed, 28 Sept 2022, 18:07 Eugene Alvin Villar, wrote: > Hi, > > I work for the state transport department >> > > Sorry if I missed this somewhere, but which state and which country? >

[OSM-talk] Automated Populate/Update Problem

2022-09-28 Thread rob potter
current, match data location, enrich what stops.txt has then create all new and remove existing as final step. I would guess there are people screaming NO!! if so, please advise of a viable way of making such a significant Regards, Rob ___ talk mailing

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Using lidar data

2022-06-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
the boxes to bring the layer into the map. The 25cm layer is only available in a few GB locations. https://environment.data.gov.uk/DefraDataDownload/?Mode=OGCPreview=https%3A%2F%2Fenvironment.data.gov.uk%2Fspatialdata%2Flidar-composite-digital-surface-model-dsm-25cm%2Fwms Thanks Rob On Fri, 3 Jun

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Access to High Street, Birmingham for blue badge holders.

2022-03-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
to indicate that the road is physically large enough to cater for these vehicles. I'm assuming they can ignore all legal restrictions. Note on PSV: The psv=yes tag is equivalent to the combination of bus=yes, taxi=yes and a couple others related to public transport (minibus, on demand / on call pu

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Access to High Street, Birmingham for blue badge holders.

2022-03-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Access_hierarchy_simple2.png#mw-jump-to-license Rob On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 20:39 Andy Mabbett, wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 19:44, Rob Nickerson > wrote: > > > > No it's the other way round. More specific tags override the general > tags. >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Access to High Street, Birmingham for blue badge holders.

2022-03-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
imple2.png Best regards Rob On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 12:55 Andy Mabbett, wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 09:33, Brian Prangle wrote: > > > > I've added the 7 disabled spaces round the corner on Albert Street and > New Meeting > > Street. > > Thank you, but I think your

[Talk-GB] Electric forecourt

2020-12-20 Thread Rob Nickerson
scheme doesn't look like it allows for that. Is this an issue? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station Best regards Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] NLS maps

2020-12-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, A few points of clarification related to the other thread. 1. I am Rob, ex OSM UK Director (not that that makes me any more special than anyone else in our community) and not "Rob from OSMF". 2. National Library of Scotland keep the OSM wiki page up to date themselves. C

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK's first tile layer

2020-10-26 Thread Rob Nickerson
ns/wgs84-to-etrs89-datum-transformations Best regards, *Rob* On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 21:53, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Thanks for this. > > I'm still confused as to what exactly I need but at least I can run some > tests using these places. If it helps anyone, below is the xml we are usin

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK's first tile layer

2020-10-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
,0%,0%)" stroke-width="4" /> </Rule> My Style shape york.shp *Rob* On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 20:02, Adrian wrote: > The Ordnance Survey provides a transformation between OSGB36 and ETRS. It > is described on this page > https://www.

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK's first tile layer

2020-10-17 Thread Rob Nickerson
the equivalent data for Northern Ireland, Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, please let me know. Best regards, *Rob* On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 at 08:16, Jez Nicholson wrote: > Nice one. I've been wanting to do this for ages. > > Re: file size. Can JOSM and iD display Mapbox .pbf vec

[Talk-GB] OSM UK's first tile layer

2020-10-16 Thread Rob Nickerson
ping as we don't have permission to use their WMS service wms: http://inspire.landregistry.gov.uk/inspire/ows?SERVICE=WMS=image%2Fpng=inspire%3ACP.CadastralParcel=image%2Fpng=true=1.1.1=GetMap=_FORMAT=application%2Fvnd.ogc.gml=XML&_OLSALT=0.789927776902914={proj}={bbox}={width}={height} Best

[Talk-GB] Invitation: OSM UK annual general meeting + HOTOSM presentation @ Sat 17 Oct 2020 13:00 - 15:00 (BST) (talk-gb@openstreetmap.org)

2020-10-10 Thread rob . j . nickerson
tering room “osmuk/join”\, or by telephone (dial 0330 808 1706 and enter the room PIN: 247 948 16#).Best regards\,Rob\n\n-::~: ~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: :~:~::-\nPlease do not edit this section of the description.\n\nView your e vent at https://www.google.co

[Talk-GB] Any UK datasets that we could use with the new (July) version of RapiD OSM editor?

2020-09-16 Thread Rob Nickerson
that at the same time (similar to what we were suggesting at the SotM workshop with combining a few of the recent open datasets). So yeah, let me know if you have any suggestions. :-) Thanks you *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

[Talk-GB] Flatholm Island Boundary Problem

2020-09-12 Thread Rob Nickerson
situation with Denny Island which lies within English waters but is part of Monmouthshire. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7019663.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20071012220607/http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/press-releases/2007/sep/beating-bristols-water-boundary.en Best r

[Talk-GB] OSM UK meeting

2020-09-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
would like to include. Please let us know if there are topics you would like adding to the day. Also if you have suggestions for speakers we can certainly reach out to them but no guarantees. The best plan is one which we can do without having to find others input. Thank you, *Rob

[Talk-GB] Voting underway - UPRN and USRN tags

2020-08-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
/ref:GB:usrn Voting is scheduled to close in two weeks. This closes out one of the actions I picked up after the SotM meeting we held. It was great to discuss this with you during that meeting and on talk-gb. Thank you, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

[Talk-GB] Eat out to help out data

2020-08-19 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Anyone considered using the Eat out to Help out data that HMRC have published to aid with mapping efforts? https://github.com/hmrc/eat-out-to-help-out-establishments Prior to this, there was a scraper that collated the data: https://github.com/svenlatham/eatout-scraper Thank you, *Rob

Re: [Talk-GB] Proposal: Import EV charging point data

2020-08-18 Thread Rob Nickerson
as we've no agreed threshold. We all know that OSM is not perfect but less clear on what level of accuracy we require for imports. As for tools, consider Ilya's OSM Conflator tool. Works well for node data. Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

[OSM-talk-ie] Fwd: UPRN tag proposal page

2020-07-22 Thread Rob Nickerson
/Proposed_features/ref:GB:usrn Please feel free to share any comments you may have on this proposal. Also if you are aware of open data access to the equivalent data for Northern Ireland, I would love to hear about this so that we can include links in the relevant wiki pages. Best regards, *Rob

[Talk-GB] And the USRN tag proposal page

2020-07-22 Thread Rob Nickerson
to highlight these proposals to the tagging mailing list? If we do, could someone kindly volunteer please. Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] UPRN tag proposal page

2020-07-20 Thread Rob Nickerson
this later in the week. Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] POI files of Pub/Restaurant chain

2020-07-16 Thread Rob Nickerson
Harvester is one of many brands owned by M: https://www.mbplc.com/ Try writing to the parent group as you might get permission for all of their brands. Best regards Rob P.s. sorry for lack of threaded email. I'm still struggling with nabble. ___ Talk

[Talk-GB] Updated invitation: New UK open data - towards more addresses @ Sat 4 Jul 2020 19:00 - 20:00 (BST) (talk-gb@openstreetmap.org)

2020-07-01 Thread rob . j . nickerson
BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200704T18Z DTEND:20200704T19Z DTSTAMP:20200701T230918Z ORGANIZER;CN=rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com:mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com

[Talk-GB] Virtual meeting: New open data and towards more UK addresses

2020-06-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
and dates might work best? One option is we schedule it as a State of the Map virtual session. Either 19:00 BST on Saturday 3rd July (just before Allan's Q session) or at 19:45 BST on Sunday 4 July. If this is too soon then we can slip it by a week or so. Let me know what you think. Best regards, *Rob

Re: [Talk-GB] Land Registry INSPIRE data - 1 July OGL release

2020-06-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
urban paths/shortcuts. That's a few that came to me initially but I'm sure there are many more. Best regards Rob On Sat, 27 Jun 2020, 09:50 Andrew Hain, wrote: > A lightning talk could get some attention, including mappers with > experience of datasets elsewhere in the world. > >

Re: [Talk-GB] Land Registry INSPIRE data - 1 July OGL release

2020-06-26 Thread Rob Nickerson
Here's the corresponding page for those living and/or mapping in Scotland: https://www.ros.gov.uk/about/news/2020/hmlr-and-ros-to-share-inspire-data Best wishes, Rob On Fri, 26 Jun 2020, 20:49 Rob Nickerson, wrote: > Hi all, > > Looks like 1 July will be a big open data release day.

[Talk-GB] Land Registry INSPIRE data - 1 July OGL release

2020-06-26 Thread Rob Nickerson
a mixture of uses across those OSMers who may want to do something with this date? Best regards Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] TfL Cycle Infrastructure Database - matching against OSM

2020-06-20 Thread Rob Nickerson
or are data items simply dropped if no existing nodes is nearby? - And what tolerance is being applied (i.e. how close is "nearby")? As noted this really is tiny discrepancies with the benefits of the import being far greater than the odd shift of a few metres. Best regards Rob P.s sorry f

[Talk-GB] Road closures/changes during Covid19

2020-05-24 Thread Rob Nickerson
. Is it worth setting up a coordinated approach to mapping these changes? We can set up a wiki page with a table of who is contributing in each city, where data is available, and what tags we want to use. Let me know what you think. Thanks, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of way mapping - making it easy for newcomers to OSM (perhaps!)

2020-05-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
authority line it highlights the full line. I would like to see the start and end point of the line so that I can properly add the reference to OSM. Currently I have to click along the path several times to see where the reference changes. Thank you, *Rob

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMF microgrants

2020-05-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
the form and the range of things that are eligible is quite substantive. Best regards, *Rob* On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 at 16:45, Jez Nicholson wrote: > Not entirely serious/thought through, but i'd like to but an electric > bike, cover it with OSM branding, and camera kit for making >

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL Cycle Infrastructure Database - matching against OSM

2020-04-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
employees being trained on? The raster tilesets are obviously a huge advantage but do you plan for something that integrates a bit more with the editor? Something along the lines of the P2 merging tool, RapID or Hootenanny (also ID)? Thank you, *Rob

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMF microgrants

2020-04-25 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Just wanted to follow up on this to see if anyone had ideas for the OSMF microgrant scheme. Thanks Rob On Sun, 19 Apr 2020, 17:49 Rob Nickerson, wrote: > Here are some ideas to get us started. Happy for anyone to pick these up > and run with them. If you do, please let m

[Talk-GB] Open Data Manchester online workshops

2020-04-19 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Some upcoming online workshops from ODM to keep you busy during the lockdown. Includes intros to OSM and QGIS and much more: http://www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/?p=1343 Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMF microgrants

2020-04-19 Thread Rob Nickerson
and car mounts to help us collect more Mapillary / OpenStreetCam imagery? That's my starter for ten. Looking forward to seeing your ideas. Thank you, *Rob* On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 17:17, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > The OSMF launched their microgrant scheme today. Value is up to

[Talk-GB] OSMF microgrants

2020-04-19 Thread Rob Nickerson
our Loomio group. We are happy to collate and send a mailchimp newsletter to all our OSM UK members to ensure they get the messages (as not sure if all read this list or Loomio). Moving on from the admin, what ideas do you have? :-) Best wishes *Rob* ___

Re: [Talk-GB] List moderator - volunteers needed

2020-03-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
Oops, I've just seen Matthew's post. @Matthew: I agree, this is rare. Are you happy with continuing to support the talk-gb list on your own or will extra volunteers help? Regards Rob On Sat, 14 Mar 2020, 12:16 Rob Nickerson, wrote: > Thanks for the clarification Tom. > > Are w

Re: [Talk-GB] List moderator - volunteers needed

2020-03-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
Thanks for the clarification Tom. Are we allowed to know the person's name? The wiki refers to Matthew Newton but I wasn't sure if this was still correct. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mailing_lists Thanks Rob On Sat, 14 Mar 2020, 11:38 Tom Hughes, wrote: > On 14/03/2020 11:37, Da

[Talk-GB] List moderator - volunteers needed

2020-03-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
like to see in a mailing list moderator please share with this mailing list. Thanks, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] OSM UK updates

2020-02-10 Thread Rob Nickerson
-and-venue-ideas Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] "OSMUK-in-a-box"

2020-02-06 Thread Rob Nickerson
>do we cover British Overseas Territories such as Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands? Not as OSM UK CIC. We ended up settling on the British Islands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Islands Thank you, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: OSM UK microgrants

2020-02-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, OSM UK is now offering some small funding for OSM related projects - please see below. Sorry if this is the second time you have seen this. I thought there might be some people on this local list that are not on talk-gb. Thank you, *Rob* -- Forwarded message - From: Rob

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa Mercia this Thursday

2020-02-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, By my calendar it is the next meetup this coming Thursday. I am assuming central Birmingham, likely at The Bull...? *Rob* ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[Talk-GB] OSM UK microgrants

2020-01-26 Thread Rob Nickerson
- Thank you, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] WeeklyOSM: Road colouring and local taginfo

2020-01-12 Thread Rob Nickerson
the Overpass API or have your own copy of the OSM database. https://taginfo.geofabrik.de/europe/great-britain/england/lancashire/ https://taginfo.geofabrik.de/europe/great-britain/england/warwickshire Thank you. *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Map with AI comes to the UK

2020-01-11 Thread Rob Nickerson
Thank you, *Rob* On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 at 22:08, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > I just spotted that Facebook have pushed an update to their map with AI > project: > > "For our final release of 2019, we have released 84 new countries for our > AI road data with new

Re: [Talk-GB] Map with AI comes to the UK

2020-01-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
solar panels. Best regards, *Rob* On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 at 14:07, SK53 wrote: > Perhaps more useful is that one can download the UK data as a geopackage > from > https://github.com/facebookmicrosites/Open-Mapping-At-Facebook/wiki/Available-Countries. > It's 147Mb zipped in a tar wh

[Talk-GB] Map with AI comes to the UK

2020-01-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
but we may have to wait for Microsoft for that. P.S. A happy new year to all! Thank you, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] December - Christmas curry

2019-12-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Just a reminder that this is tomorrow (Manzils Restaurant, Digbeth - Thursday, 5th December meet at 7:30). Hope to see you there. Rob On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, 21:42 Rob Nickerson, wrote: > Great. Anyone else able to make it? > *Rob* > > > On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 at 15:14

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Adding crossing_ref to west midlands pedestrian crossings

2019-12-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
/Automated_edits/RobJN#Toucan.2C_tiger.2C_pelican_and_pegasus_crossings_in_the_West_Midlands Thank you, *Rob* ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] HSBC UK edit

2019-11-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
West Midlands so that I can stand a chance of being able to visit any sites that get queried. I'll get on to making this edit hopefully at the weekend. Best, Rob On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, 23:04 Brian Prangle, wrote: > Why restrict it to w mids? Do the whole UK and have done with it . I

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK meetings - opening them to everyone

2019-11-24 Thread Rob Nickerson
eo Meetings App: Use meeting name osmuk/join - Dial-in: +44 330 808 1706 PIN: 518 299 17# Best regards *Rob* On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 at 19:30, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > As noted in my recent email we have some news regarding OSM UK meetings. > > Prior to setting up the non-pr

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] December - Christmas curry

2019-11-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
Great. Anyone else able to make it? *Rob* On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 at 15:14, Brian Prangle wrote: > Works for me > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:05 PM Rob Nickerson > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> In what is now becoming a bit of a tradition, we discussed going fo

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] HSBC UK edit

2019-11-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
/RobJN I've suggested December 2019, but if supportive I might be able to do this before the end of November. Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] December - Christmas curry

2019-11-21 Thread Rob Nickerson
to meet at 7:30? Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-GB] Strava heatmaps - permission reconfirmed

2019-11-21 Thread Rob Nickerson
.D0.B8.D1.80.D0.BE.D0.B2.D0.B0.D0.BD.D0.B8.D1.8F_.D1.82.D0.B0.D0.B9.D0.BB.D0.BE.D0.B2 Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Strava heatmaps - permission reconfirmed

2019-11-16 Thread Rob Nickerson
. Happy mapping, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
link to a long article about how .co.uk ended up being used instead of .co.gb (GB being the 2 letter ISO code for the UK). P.P.S I think the +44 international telephone calling code is the same locations as OSM UK. Perhaps we should have called ourselves OSM+

[Talk-GB] OSM UK meetings - opening them to everyone

2019-11-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
ppreciated. I hope to speak with many of you in December :-) Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
update can just join the newsletter list. I'm going to start a new thread as we also have some news about future meetings. Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Rights of way layer - raster and vector tiles

2019-11-11 Thread Rob Nickerson
ow why! We could see if Mapbox will allow us (or OSM UK) so additional free allowance. Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] OSMF board election

2019-11-10 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Are there any questions that you want asking of the candidates for OSMF directorship? We have until 2019-11-13 00:01 UTC to submit these. Best, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[Talk-GB] West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 24hr mapathon

2019-11-06 Thread Rob Nickerson
/update/improve go for it. Alternatively just see how it's mapping compares to regions you're more familiar with. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_24_hour_mapathons Thank you, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-GB] Name Suggestion Index

2019-11-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
the pencil icon in the top right corner. This forks the repo and lets you edit the file. Make your changes and then raise a Pull Request. [1] https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/tree/master/brands *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

[Talk-GB] OS Map Rules

2019-11-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
Doing so would be fine. Just look out for the signs which tell you which type of public right of way it is* rather than copying that detail from OS. * applicable if you are intending to add the designation=public_footpath (and similar for bridleway etc) tags. Best regards and happy mapping Rob

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Meeting in Birmingham on Thursday

2019-11-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
with that for the first meeting or would you like to try somewhere else? See you soon, *Rob* ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-GB] Zebra crossings being lost in iD - how to respond

2019-10-24 Thread Rob Nickerson
he MapRoulette option wouldn't be an option for all of these. Thank you, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] FIXME/fixme/OSm Notes Quarterly Project

2019-10-24 Thread Rob Nickerson
ng off all these quality assurance issues? P.S. The number of Notes is on the up again as well. There are a lot of good descriptions in the Notes that can be used to update the map. Check them out at http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-notes-country?c=United%20Kingdom Best reg

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hay Mills Rotor Station

2019-10-19 Thread Rob Nickerson
Curious. I'm struggling but here is another photo that shows more of the surroundings. I'll keep poking around. https://www.airteamimages.com/pics/94/94944_800.jpg *Rob* On Sat, 19 Oct 2019 at 22:16, Andy Mabbett wrote: > I'm trying to pinpoint the former location of Hay Mills Rotor Stat

Re: [Talk-GB] Overpass question: Fixmes and surroundings

2019-10-18 Thread Rob Nickerson
plete|stub|Longer than this|continue))$",i]; )->.fixmes; // find surrounds ( node(around.fixmes:50); way(around.fixmes:50); //relation(around.fixmes:50); )->.surrounds; // return results, fixmes and surrounds (.fixmes; .surrounds;>;); out meta; *Rob* On Tue, 24 Sep

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL cycle data published - proposed conflation process

2019-10-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
eed that it is not viable. Would be a shame to see it just drag out. Happy to help as much as I can to ensure this. Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Fixmes and Notes

2019-10-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
in effect tacking this would be an extension of our previous quarterly project on paths. Here is an overpass turbo query to show those fixmes: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/N56 Happy mapping! *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-GB] 24 hour mapathon - Aberconwy

2019-10-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
Thanks all. Great idea to tie it in with the Quarterly Projects by looking for solar. Which reminds me, we are in the next quarter now. I will send a separate email asking for ideas on how to work on Fixmes and Notes. Best regards, *Rob* On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 at 10:40, SK53 wrote: > From mem

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa Mercia October mapping

2019-10-12 Thread Rob Nickerson
26th is good for me. Does it work for you Gareth? Rob On Fri, 11 Oct 2019, 15:38 Brian Prangle, wrote: > Hi Gareth > > My only two free dates are 19 and 26 October. Of the two I'd prefer 26 > October. So I propose 26 October unless it's inconvenient for anyone else > >

[Talk-GB] 24 hour mapathon - Aberconwy

2019-10-08 Thread Rob Nickerson
. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_24_hour_mapathons Thank you, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK volunteers required

2019-10-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
to take more questions on email or arrange a quick chat / call. Let me know what works for you. Best regards, Rob On Thu, 26 Sep 2019, 09:09 Edward Bainton, wrote: > Thank you, I think I could do a bit on 1, 2, and/or 3. > > 1, 3. Do you have brief case studies you could share as example

[Talk-GB] 24 hour mapathon - Aberconwy

2019-10-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
stage during the 24 hour period. If you spot something you can add/update/improve go for it. Alternatively just see how it's mapping compares to regions you're more familiar with. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_24_hour_mapathons Thank you, *Rob

[Talk-GB] Resurrecting the 'find the missing paths for 2026' project

2019-10-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
wathe of data which is wholly or partly based in aerial imagery. As such you can see why I disagree wholeheartedly with your interpretation. Yes to real surveys and real signposts as much as possible but no to "cutting off our nose to spite our face&q

[Talk-GB] OSM UK volunteers required

2019-09-25 Thread Rob Nickerson
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[Talk-GB] Overpass question: Fixmes and surroundings

2019-09-24 Thread Rob Nickerson
please? Thank you. *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Next quarters project will be fixmes and notes

2019-09-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
was the Notes Review website which lets you see notes by date (colour coded), user or free text search. I am embarrassed that it reports the average age of my notes as "3 years ago" and that most of my notes are red (2 years+). https://ent8r.github.io/NotesReview/ Thank you, *Rob* On Sun, 2

[Talk-GB] Next quarters project will be fixmes and notes

2019-09-22 Thread Rob Nickerson
. Please update as you see fit: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_2019_Q4_Project:_Fixmes_and_Notes With best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL cycle data published - schema mapping

2019-09-21 Thread Rob Nickerson
What are the next steps for this work? Thank you, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL cycle data published - schema mapping

2019-09-21 Thread Rob Nickerson
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Re: [Talk-GB] TfL cycle data published - schema mapping

2019-09-21 Thread Rob Nickerson
t better here ("A custom-built closed shed..."). Rest looks fine to me and the above is not a blocker - just something to encourage others to look and have their say. Thank you, *Rob* On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 22:27, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi Martin, > > I've started to loo

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL cycle data published - schema mapping

2019-09-20 Thread Rob Nickerson
t; then my suggestion is to use: - asl:feeder:right = yes - asl:feeder:left = yes Or some such like. Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] September meeting

2019-09-06 Thread Rob Nickerson
Works for me. Best wishes, Rob On Fri, 6 Sep 2019, 18:41 Brian Prangle, wrote: > Hi everyone > This was planned for a Saturday meeting and the next place on our list is > Southam in Warwickshire. > The only free Saturday I have is 21st so I'm proposing that. If there are > any t

[Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps

2019-09-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
tml @Jez: you may want to add this to the wiki page as well. Best, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMTracker for Android - detailed survey of paths & tracks layout

2019-08-17 Thread Rob Nickerson
wiki (e.g. update screenshots, removal of PDA survey) would of been a help to attract new users. Anyway, not an issue for me (as I don't use it) so I won't loose any sleep over this one. Certainly not "upset" just confused by the situation. *Rob* On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 at 12:45, Andy Towns

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMTracker for Android - detailed survey of paths & tracks layout

2019-08-17 Thread Rob Nickerson
r_(Android) Thanks, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] (no subject)

2019-08-08 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, The following from Dorothea at OSMF. We'll see what scope there is for OSM UK to answer (likely just re-iterating our aims and membership size). I encourage individuals to respond too. Best wishes Rob Hello, The following survey on global and local communities in OpenStreetMap

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