Re: [Talk-GB] Building that have been replaced

a similar size to the old >> one - given the planing permissions. >> >> So unless you intend to put in the new building .. I would leave it alone >> - that gives at least an indication that there is a building there. >> >> Add a note to say it has been replaced

Re: [Talk-GB] [Osmf-talk] OSM and Diversity

Hi, Yes - I find myself in the confusing position of being very grateful for Kate's message, and for Fredrik's message. This recent discussion originated in the talk-gb mailing list. Now that OSM UK has been formed as a hub for UK-specific work http://osmuk.org/ I've been wondering if that will

Re: [Talk-GB] Building that have been replaced

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:demolished: (your note is not likely to be noticed by someone who is in the middle of editing, I suggest) 2017-08-03 16:39 GMT+01:00 Andrew Black : > What should one do if there are building that have been knocked down and >

Re: [Talk-GB] Live OSM discussion in ~45 minutes (7.30pm UK time)

2017-07-26 20:14 GMT+01:00 Dave F : > What the !*&@ > > Just tuned in & they're talking about hostility & sexism?! Well, these are common problems in open/libre forums, well documented in open-source projects such as GNU/Linux and Wikipedia, and it's not unreasonable

Re: [Talk-GB] Uploading pictures to OSM

Hi No, the "main" OSM database has no way to store images. But there are third-party projects that integrate with OSM, and your group can use those! Mapillary: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapillary OpenStreetCam: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenStreetCam They have JOSM plugins

Re: [Talk-GB] Whether to tag/best tag for an unofficial name?

2017-05-31 18:38 GMT+01:00 Philip Barnes : > On Wed, 2017-05-31 at 18:29 +0100, Adam Snape wrote: >> Hi >> >> "Is it signed as such?" >> >> No. No signed or official name. > > We have had issues with other mappers adding made up fantasy > descriptive names to motorways and

Re: [Talk-GB] Whether to tag/best tag for an unofficial name?

Adam > > On 31 May 2017 at 17:09, Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> alt_name? >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:alt_name >> >> 2017-05-31 17:01 GMT+01:00 Adam Snape <adam.c.sn...@gmail.com>: >> > Hi, >> > >&g

Re: [Talk-GB] Whether to tag/best tag for an unofficial name?

alt_name? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:alt_name 2017-05-31 17:01 GMT+01:00 Adam Snape : > Hi, > > A new mapper has added a name tag, name=Walton Summit Motorway to a local > stretch of motorway: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4720086 . The motorway > is

Re: [Talk-GB] Help

Hi - you unsubscribe yourself, via https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb 2017-05-09 10:04 GMT+01:00 Peter Duthie : > Please unsubscribe me > > Peter > > -Original Message- From: talk-gb-requ...@openstreetmap.org > Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 8:28

Re: [Talk-GB] Birmingham Tree Import

Hi Well, as a humble community member, IMHO most of the "tag problems" listed at are indeed problems. (I have no comment on species/genus tagging though.) Easy fixes: - change "usrn" to

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Coordinates in OSM. Really annoying

Hi Did I miss some emails, or did someone redirect this thread to a different mailing list half-way through? I don't see what the latter would be for, in this case, so I'm wondering if I'm losing emails...! Thanks Dan 2017-04-22 16:23 GMT+01:00 Dave F : > In this

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Import Progress

2017-03-24 11:31 GMT+00:00 Andy Mabbett : > On 24 March 2017 at 00:48, Andy Townsend wrote: > >> On 19/03/2017 14:57, Andy Mabbett wrote: >>> >>> "On 19 March 2017 at 13:13, ajt1...@gmail.com wrote: On 19/03/2017 12:52,

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Import Progress

2017-03-24 11:31 GMT+00:00 Andy Mabbett : > On 24 March 2017 at 00:48, Andy Townsend wrote: > >> On 19/03/2017 14:57, Andy Mabbett wrote: >>> >>> "On 19 March 2017 at 13:13, ajt1...@gmail.com wrote: On 19/03/2017 12:52,

Re: [Talk-gb-london] cool surprise

Harry, you've really changed. I don't remember you being a spambot when I met you in the pub... Dan 2017-03-23 17:54 GMT+00:00 Harry Wood : > Hey! > > > > I've got a surprise for you, it's really cool and awesome, you'll like it > for sure. Check it out read

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Import Progress

2017-03-20 12:17 GMT+00:00 Andy Allan : > On 19 March 2017 at 15:04, Rob Nickerson wrote: >> Hi Chris, >> >> I don't think any of us are members of the import mailing list and I don't >> see the point of joining any more mailing lists. They

Re: [Talk-GB] Import Progress

2017-03-20 12:17 GMT+00:00 Andy Allan : > On 19 March 2017 at 15:04, Rob Nickerson wrote: >> Hi Chris, >> >> I don't think any of us are members of the import mailing list and I don't >> see the point of joining any more mailing lists. They

Re: [Talk-GB] Legally permitted vs inadvisable

Sounds like a quarterly project? 2017-03-09 6:05 GMT+00:00 Dudley Ibbett : > If I’m planning a walk for myself or leading a group in a rural area such > as the Peak District I would always assume for an A or B road sidewalk=none > as the default. Because of a lack of

Re: [Talk-GB] Legally permitted vs inadvisable

Hi foot=no would definitely be inappropriate! It would mean not permitted. This is basically the same as the "Mapping dangerous - but valid - routes" question that you asked in December, and the responses to that are relevant here. Best Dan 2017-03-08 11:27 GMT+00:00 Stuart Reynolds

Re: [Talk-GB] 'permanent' mobile caterers

Hi There was some discussion of this a while ago, as a side-issue when I asked about greasy spoons... https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2015-April/017371.html I don't have any particular advice on the matter myself. Best Dan 2017-02-26 11:24 GMT+00:00 Dave F

Re: [Talk-GB] London, network=Barclays Cycle Hire

I've now made this edit. Bit scary doing these bulk edits - now waiting to get shouted at ;) http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46394466 Cheers Dan 2017-02-23 15:44 GMT+00:00 Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com>: > Thanks all for the comments. So I'll plan to make this change soon.

Re: [Talk-GB] London, network=Barclays Cycle Hire

Thanks all for the comments. So I'll plan to make this change soon. I made an "automated edit" page to officially describe the change: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits/mcld Best Dan 2017-02-18 12:31 GMT+00:00 Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com>: > Hi all, >

Re: [Talk-GB] London, network=Barclays Cycle Hire

ear? >> >> My 2 pence worth. >> >> Phil (trigpoint) >> >> >> >>> On Sat, 2017-02-18 at 12:31 +, Dan S wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Exactly 1 year ago, Harry pointed out that most of London's bike hire >>>

[Talk-GB] London, network=Barclays Cycle Hire

Hi all, Exactly 1 year ago, Harry pointed out that most of London's bike hire scheme was still tagged as "Barclays Cycle Hire" even though it's not called that any more. He said: "I think

Re: [Talk-GB] Church architecture tagging

Hi Stuart, Ah, the Ordance Survey view of the world: you're either a tower or a steeple ;) Towers and steeples are just one of many building parts, which can be mapped the same way as other 3D aspects of buildings: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:part Heights are readily added

Re: [Talk-GB] Named landuse polygons

2017-01-18 13:51 GMT+00:00 Dave F : > Hi > > Do people reside & sleep in the park or nursery? > If 'no' then is it really residential? ...! > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dresidential > > As the database becomes more detailed/accurate the

Re: [Talk-GB] Named landuse polygons

2017-01-17 19:50 GMT+00:00 Dave F : > > "The Bow Quarter" appears to be an attempt to posh up the area. Gated > communities scare me as the most dangerous people are usually inside the > fence. > > DaveF > Oh indeed. You should see it: some rather interesting

Re: [Talk-GB] Named landuse polygons

Colin, do you have your own preferred style for how to tag a named housing estate in a city for example? I use landuse=residential for this (e.g. http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/51736709 though that one wasn't by me) and I feel it a very appropriate style. It can easily be carved out of a larger

Re: [Talk-GB] Named landuse polygons

Hi Andrew, Well, my 2p: I like to name landuse=residential when it corresponds to a delineated housing estate or whatever. I agree that as in this case they're almost always "somewhat arbitrary" (only rarely do we have access to some official polygon corresponding to a housing estate or retail

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK - Membership stats

Hi I just signed up. I'd just like you to know that I object to the use of google recaptcha on the signup. It tricks us into giving our interaction data to google's big centralised data pot and gives us no option to participate without doing that. Best Dan 2017-01-15 22:45 GMT+00:00 Rob

Re: [Talk-GB] Legible London signs - tagging suggestions

2017-01-10 16:37 GMT+00:00 Andy Mabbett : > On 10 January 2017 at 07:54, Robert Skedgell wrote: > >> ref=legible_london Yeah, I agree this isn't the way "ref=" is normally used > I'd expect to see something like: > >

Re: [Talk-GB] natural=heath

2017-01-09 12:40 GMT+00:00 Jez Nicholson : > has there ever been discussion about code branching in OSM? In git terms, we > are all making changes direct to master. I'm wondering whether small changes > could be automatically approved and large changes would require peer

Re: [Talk-GB] Ideas for quarterly projects

Nice ideas. My thoughts: * GLAMs seems a well-defined, well-scoped and accessible task, I like it! * Shops - no, IMHO. I've said this before, but a one-off push to update a high street's shops is unhelpful in my experience it leaves rapidly outdated data thereafter. Shops data needs local

Re: [Talk-GB] HS2 phase 2a preferred route

I must admit I'm with DaveF on this. It's immaterial to me whether previous proposed routes were added to osm; this does not feel to me like osm data, what with it not yet existing. But... I presume there's been some previous detailed discussion thread about all of this, since it's quite a

Re: [Talk-GB] Autumn Quarterly Project

Hi all, The "suggested matches" in greg's tool* has this useful "add tags in JOSM" link when you click on a dot. Does anyone know of a way to do this in bulk? (Yes I'm aware of the perils of bulk edits - just want to do what I would be doing anyway but with fewer clicks...) Cheers Dan * e.g.

Re: [Talk-GB] access:psv

Chris, I think that's a bit too dogmatic, if you don't mind me saying. It seems to imply nothing should ever be tweaked, e.g. spelling mistakes. It's entirely possible that the key in question was a simple misremember rather than a deliberate choice. There have been many larger mechanical edits

Re: [Talk-GB] Autumn Quarterly Project

Hi all, Really sorry for the stupid question, but: what is a participant in this quarterly project actually supposed to *do*? This page https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_2016_Q4_Project:_Food_Hygiene_Ratings doesn't really say what action a mapper should take if they want to contribute. I

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly project - taginfo tracker

Hi, "Horses for courses" is certainly correct - but let me comment: please don't rely on website=* as a way for people to get hold of further info. Even if the establishment continues to exist, many small places have websites that vanish, or are stolen, or are full of incorrect info. I've

Re: [Talk-GB] Autumn Quarterly Project

2016-10-02 11:54 GMT+01:00 David Woolley : > On 02/10/16 10:56, John Aldridge wrote: >> >> Would one be breaking rules to copy that information to OSM? After all, >> the text on the web site will be, AIUI, copyright.) > > > The question would be whether or not there is

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Quarterly Project Oct-Dec 2016

2016-09-26 12:20 GMT+01:00 Jez Nicholson : > 5 days to go until the next UK Quarterly Project > > Without spinning off into a discussion of the merits of each > suggestionwhat do we need to do to agree the subject? > > I believe that suggestions were: > > A. improving

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging redevelopment and closed roads

2016-09-20 10:38 GMT+01:00 Derick Rethans : > On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, Stuart Reynolds wrote: > >> There are some major redevelopment works just starting in central >> Lincoln. The old bus station has closed, and a number of streets and >> car parks between it and the rail

Re: [Talk-GB] Summer quarterly project

Town-centre blitzes can lead to out-of-date data very quickly. Town centre data is better to have in OSM if it has maintainer(s). Jerry acknowledged this, but I still would like to register a concern about that! Best Dan 2016-09-13 18:31 GMT+02:00 Paul Berry : > +1 for the

Re: [Talk-GB] Summer quarterly project

2016-09-12 8:18 GMT-07:00 Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) : > On 11 September 2016 at 18:45, Brian Prangle wrote: >> Only a couple of weeks left - time to start thinking about our next >> quarterly project, while we see how many more farmyards we

Re: [Talk-GB] Composite mapping (OSM and OS, PRoWs etc)

Looking good! Is there a key? Would help to make sense of the various footpath markings etc Best Dan 2016-09-06 8:02 GMT-07:00 Luke Smith : > I mentioned a while back that grough was developing a composite map, > blending OSM data with OS OpenData to fill in the gaps,

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools

2016-08-04 16:39 GMT+01:00 Lester Caine : > On 04/08/16 15:22, Andy Allan wrote: >> On 4 August 2016 at 15:14, Andy Townsend wrote: >>> > On 04/08/2016 14:42, Brian Prangle wrote: >> >> Yesterday approx 150 schools were added as relations according

Re: [Talk-GB] Night Time Aerial Imagery?!?

It's gorgeous. We could do a "lit=*" project? Dan 2016-07-10 22:45 GMT+01:00 Grant Slater : > Hi OSM-GB, > > The Environment Agency recently release a massive trove of Open Data, > which I am slowly started to process. > > One of the smaller and quicker to process

Re: [Talk-GB] Tag for a scrap yard?

Hi, I don't know, but a taginfo search suggests one approach people use rather widely is amenity=recycling + recycling=scrap_metal: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/recycling%3Ascrap_metal Cheers Dan 2016-07-04 20:20 GMT+01:00 ael : > I have just searched on the

Re: [Talk-GB] How to mark something as closed

Hi You're talking about the leisure=recreation_ground? Change it to "disused:leisure=recreation_ground" http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:disused: Best Dan 2016-07-01 15:27 GMT+01:00 Lester Caine : > On 01/07/16 15:15, Stuart Reynolds wrote: >> Action Park, near

Re: [Talk-GB] sport=soccer not sport=football.

2016-06-13 8:16 GMT+01:00 Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > I advocate British terminology, and it's very clear that British > English is the standard for OSM. However ...ahem, however, the wiki is perfectly clear about why we use "soccer": http://wiki.open

Re: [Talk-GB] sport=soccer not sport=football.

Hi, I advocate British terminology, and it's very clear that British English is the standard for OSM. However Dan 2016-06-13 7:06 GMT+01:00 Jez Nicholson : > Ah yes 'soccer' as a corruption of 'Association' to distinguish it from the > other football, 'rugger'. Very

Re: [Talk-GB] Crediting OSM (was Birdtrack using OSM maps)

The Sacred Heart is a good example - using openlayers, set up so that the "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors" is clearly visible. Seems to me you're doing it right - Dan 2016-04-27 19:44 GMT+01:00 Colin Spiller : > Interesting wiki entry. Very technical - at least for me.

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools Progress Tracker Update

2016-01-24 11:42 GMT+00:00 Ed Loach : > Stuart wrote: > >> 1 site, 2 schools: >> • boundary has amenity=school >> • buildings have school names & e.g. edubase tags. I used amenity=school for >> the individual buildings though, as well as building=school. It should >> probably

Re: [Talk-GB] [Imports] OSM with Wikidata: 27, 232 matches found in England

Hi, All looking interesting! Skimming around some of the data I know and the vasy majority of it is looking sensible and useful. I'm curious how The Shard ended up matching against its correct match but also London Bridge station? The station doesn't seem to have any matching metadata:

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMSchools - Tagging question Outdoor Education Centre

Hi, I don't have a good answer, but I had a similar problem when trying to tag a "Go Ape" outdoor centre last year. If you search for "Go Ape" you find many different taggings around the country, including: leisure=sports_centre tourism=attraction tourism=theme_park leisure=high_ropes_course

Re: [Talk-GB] More questions on Schools project

2016-01-08 12:22 GMT+00:00 Stuart Reynolds : > Hi All, > > I have some questions about naming, and also the content of Edubase. > > In Southend (SS postcode area) there are some schools which have > “alternative” names by which they are more commonly known. One

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project: Nature Reserves

2015-11-02 11:24 GMT+00:00 tshrub <my-email-confirmat...@online.de>: > Hey Dan, > > Dan S schrieb: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I went to check out a local nature reserve. It's currently in OSM as a >> leisure=park. I would like to tag as leisure=nature_reser

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

2015-10-31 21:57 GMT+00:00 jonathan : > I don't like it. I like it :) Much more legible, less messy, than it was. > It very simple, the colours should match the road sign colours: Blue, Green, > Red! Not obvious to me why that would be a requirement, but I guess it's

Re: [Talk-GB] 'Romantic London' - reusing Horwood's 1790's map

2015-10-27 14:40 GMT+00:00 Richard Symonds : > This is excellent - but didn't the NLS do something similar not long ago? You mean this? http://maps.nls.uk/view/102342014#zoom=6=2270=3124=BT If so, I can't find a way to switch quickly between OSM-vs-old. Perhaps

Re: [Talk-GB] 'Romantic London' - reusing Horwood's 1790's map

Very nice! The map sync really makes it interesting to explore. My house is off the side of the map, unfortunately, but where my university now stands was "Bencroft's Alms Houses" :) Thanks Dan 2015-10-27 13:30 GMT+00:00 Andy Mabbett : > I witnessed a fascinating

Re: [Talk-GB] Last quarterly project for 2015

Hi all, I might be able to help with Lea Valley - especially the central London end of it. I've been mostly too busy for OSM this year, but should try and get to some of the NRs... Best Dan 2015-10-05 10:43 GMT+01:00 SK53 : > Hi Steve, > > The local hotspot around you is

Re: [Talk-GB] Paths and Footways

Hi all, I'm so fed up of the carping over the default map render (OSM-Carto). It's clearly a contested resource for our community. Was there ever much discussion about creating transparent overlays (e.g. a hiking overlay) on top of a minimal baselayer, so that we can disaggregate the thing and

Re: [Talk-GB] Thrapston viaduct

Andy Townsend wrote: (6) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:SomeoneElse/Your_tiles_from_osm.org Interesting hack Andy, thanks 2015-07-14 6:18 GMT+01:00 Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net: Unfortunately I suspect what I'd choose works well for a certain type of countryside, but

[Talk-GB] England LIDAR data to be OGL in September

Hi all, Just passing this on - the Environment Agency's LIDAR mapping of much of England is going to be opened up in September, under the Open Government Licence: https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2015/06/16/free-mapping-data-will-elevate-flood-risk-knowledge/ Best Dan

Re: [Talk-GB] too many universities in Cambridge

2015-05-23 12:49 GMT+01:00 David Earl da...@frankieandshadow.com: On Sat, 23 May 2015 at 12:43 Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 22 May 2015 at 14:58, David Earl da...@frankieandshadow.com wrote: Yes, the operator tags are the same when it is the same institution - the

Re: [Talk-GB] too many universities in Cambridge

rendering understand building=university? On Fri, 22 May 2015 at 12:27 Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote: Hi David, Thanks for the detailed info. My main concern is in terms of the consequences for other data consumers. If someone tries to use OSM data for anything - such as: (a) to plot

Re: [Talk-GB] too many universities in Cambridge

? On Fri, 22 May 2015 at 12:27 Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote: Hi David, Thanks for the detailed info. My main concern is in terms of the consequences for other data consumers. If someone tries to use OSM data for anything - such as: (a) to plot the density of universities per county (b

Re: [Talk-GB] too many universities in Cambridge

University to actually map the university - see this link http://soc2012.soc.org.uk/node/16.html Thanks On 21 May 2015, at 22:39, Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I don't relish bringing this up since it's a bit of a tangle, but I noticed Cambridge has a lot more

Re: [Talk-GB] too many universities in Cambridge

a search hit where the result blobs are overlapping they should be merged into one. This is very hard to do, so it will cost a lot. On Fri, 22 May 2015 at 12:40 Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-05-22 12:33 GMT+01:00 David Earl da...@frankieandshadow.com: to render a map using a UK

Re: [Talk-GB] too many universities in Cambridge

2015-05-22 14:49 GMT+01:00 Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com: On 22 May 2015 at 14:27, David Earl da...@frankieandshadow.com wrote: Andy, the operator tags are all the same, not the building names. No, they really aren't. http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/148247775 - Churchill College

Re: [Talk-GB] too many universities in Cambridge

2015-05-22 14:03 GMT+01:00 SK53 sk53@gmail.com: For what it is worth, the universities in Nottingham are mapped exactly the same way as Cambridge It doesn't look like that to me. A query on Nottingham finds 16 objects tagged amenity=university, of which 4 are buildings. It looks to me like

[Talk-GB] too many universities in Cambridge

Hi all, I don't relish bringing this up since it's a bit of a tangle, but I noticed Cambridge has a lot more universities than I thought! Apparently 1219, judging from the number of amenity=university tagged objects. In real life I'm aware of two: Cambridge Uni, Anglia Ruskin Uni. I think

[Talk-GB] Labelling a greasy spoon caff

Hi all, Any thoughts about tagging a greasy spoon cafe (a caff)? It's a particular British type of food that we need to be able to locate accurately ;) In taginfo I see cuisine=breakfast (282) cuisine=british (73) but both seem too vague to me. There are a handful of cuisine=greasy_spoon

Re: [Talk-GB] Labelling a greasy spoon caff

2015-04-24 20:22 GMT+01:00 Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk: On 24/04/15 20:13, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: Greasy spoon truck stops (or any mobile food truck on a schedule) could be: transient:amenity=restaurant cuisine=greasy_spoon;british operating_hours=Sa 16:00-20:00 name=Greasy Spooning

Re: [Talk-GB] Police Scotland

Hurrah :) So is Shaun the Sheep http://shauninthecity.org.uk/Shaun_In_The_City_Trail_Map.pdf Dan 2015-04-07 9:31 GMT+01:00 Bob Kerr openstreetmapcraigmil...@yahoo.co.uk: Police Scotland are using our map http://www.scotland.police.uk/your-community/edinburgh/ Cheers Bob

Re: [Talk-GB] Postbox refs

2015-04-03 19:01 GMT+01:00 John Aldridge j...@jjdash.demon.co.uk: On 03/04/2015 18:49, Rob Nickerson wrote: Hi, I've noticed recently that postbox references have started appearing with a D on the end (same ref as before just with a D added to the end). This seems to be in areas where RM

Re: [Talk-GB] Road works

Hi, This is really more an issue for the tagging mailing list rather than talk-gb, I guess. Anyway I think people already use construction tags for the purposes you have in mind. This wiki page describes how to use (including a tag for estimated finish date):

Re: [Talk-GB] weeklyOSM 243 now in English

2015-03-22 15:54 GMT+00:00 Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk: On 21 March 2015 at 21:18, Manfred A. Reiter ma.rei...@gmail.com wrote: The weekly round-up of OSM news, issue # 243, is now available online in English, giving as always a summary of all things happening in the openstreetmap

[Talk-GB] Scenic or not?

Hi all, I just saw an announcement that mySociety will be mothballing some of their old projects. One of them is Scenic or not? - it's a project to gather a freely available nation-wide dataset of scenicness for the UK. http://scenic.mysociety.org/ So, well I never heard about it until now, but

Re: [Talk-GB] import / mech edit of some Aberdeen city council open data

Hi Jo, How do you know it's OGL licensed? I went to try and find the licence and I found this page: http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/open_data/education_learning.asp where the licence is stated to be CC-BY-SA-3, which cannot be imported into OSM (because the SA constraint means it can't be

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC-3 Mechanical edit: UK Shop Names

2014-12-18 10:39 GMT+00:00 SomeoneElse li...@atownsend.org.uk: On 18/12/2014 02:10, Matthijs Melissen wrote: If you oppose this proposal, or if you want to register particular areas or objects for an opt-out, please edit the wiki page under the section 'Oppositions and opt-out'. At the

[Talk-GB] Apple trees around Cambridge

Hi all, I heard of something that will be fun for someone who likes mapping trees! There's a project in Cambridge that is planting many apple trees, one of each variety, in a pattern centred around the south of Cambridge. It's said to be an art project called Cambridge Community Collection:

Re: [Talk-GB] Apple trees around Cambridge

rootstock even if other kinds of cherry. Jerry On 7 December 2014 at 20:09, Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I heard of something that will be fun for someone who likes mapping trees! There's a project in Cambridge that is planting many apple trees, one of each variety

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis Updated with latest OS Locator data

2014-11-19 19:14 GMT+00:00 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com: On 19/11/2014 09:42, Shaun McDonald wrote: There have been many places knocked off the 100% completeness, with 17 areas now below 95% complete. Overall completeness is currently 98.00%. Thanks for that. It's a really useful resource

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC-2 mechanical edit: UK shop names

2014-11-03 23:35 GMT+00:00 Matthijs Melissen i...@matthijsmelissen.nl: On 2 November 2014 16:11, Andy Street a...@street.me.uk wrote: On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 13:24:46 + Matthijs Melissen i...@matthijsmelissen.nl wrote: - 'Brantano Footwear' versus Brantano Whilst company names do not

Re: [Talk-GB] Voting mechanical edit: UK shop names

2014-11-04 15:20 GMT+00:00 Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net: Matthijs Melissen wrote: I therefore think inviting list members to vote in order to make the position of the community explicit - in addition to taking comments on the mailing list into account, not as a replacement of it -

Re: [Talk-GB] Voting mechanical edit: UK shop names

Chris, I appreciate what you're saying - except for one point: 2014-11-01 15:35 GMT+00:00 Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net: [...] to what is on the ground, I'll revert it and ask for Matthijs to be blocked from editing, as I would any other vandal. Please can we all stop using the word vandal to

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC Mechanical edit: UK Shop Names

Hi all, Coincidentally, I noticed this online project to maintain a list of canonical names. It's used for auto-suggest in iD, not for mechanical-edit: https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index I've checked the list against Matthijs' proposal, and I've proposed a few of his suggestions to

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Retail chains

2014-10-25 17:48 GMT+01:00 ael law_ence@ntlworld.com: I have made a large update to the UK retail chain page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Retail_Chains I am not sure that this is on topic here, but I didn't see the Post Office there. Presumably it now counts now as a private

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Retail chains

2014-10-25 20:14 GMT+01:00 ael law_ence@ntlworld.com: On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 07:39:49PM +0100, Dan S wrote: 2014-10-25 17:48 GMT+01:00 ael law_ence@ntlworld.com: I have made a large update to the UK retail chain page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Retail_Chains I am

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC Mechanical edit: shop=betting to shop=bookmaker for selected names

Matthijs, Fine with me. That's a good idea, to use known brand names to make sure you only change things that you can be confident about. You might want to add a link on the wiki page, to this email thread. Dan 2014-10-22 23:04 GMT+01:00 Matthijs Melissen i...@matthijsmelissen.nl: Dear all,

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC Mechanical edit: shop=betting to shop=bookmaker for selected names

2014-10-23 11:16 GMT+01:00 SK53 sk53@gmail.com: I have no particular objection to this mechanical edit. I would query whether it is that useful. You make a good point that it's fairly easy for any non-trivial data consumer to merge the two tags in their query. However, I'd say there are

Re: [Talk-GB] LEZ get this completed?

Hi Antje, So you're talking about this? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/LEZ#UK Looking at the relation we've got so far, I don't really see how we discover the border. I imagine in practice we'll see You are now entering the LEZ signs, so how do you manage to turn those into the

Re: [Talk-GB] LEZ get this completed?

2014-10-15 9:17 GMT+01:00 Antje (OpenStreetMap) kurias...@gmail.com: I live in London, so I could figure out a small part of the boundary based on the fact that it doesn’t go outside London for obvious reasons, and on the basis of a number of past surveys and personal memory (which I call

Re: [Talk-GB] Confused over access...

2014-10-14 17:02 GMT+01:00 Stuart Reynolds stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk: Hi Very quickly, if I have a road that is for bus/psv use, and is tagged like this: Access=no Bus=yes Psv=yes does that mean that buses are, or aren’t, allowed to use it? Are. The more specific access

Re: [diversity-talk] OSM code of conduct: starting points

2014-10-11 23:48 GMT+01:00 Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.org: On Oct 10, 2014, at 19:45, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: One last thought - where would the forums fit in this? They're on openstreetmap.org, but not run by the OSMF, so the forum admins would be perfectly capable of saying

Re: [diversity-talk] Greetings, thoughts, references

Hi Jo, This all looks good to me! Some thoughts in response: 1) Code of conduct / diversity statement I think it's interesting that both you and Kathleen (whose list of suggestions on the OSMF mailing list was widely supported) opened with this idea. So maybe it's the first thing we (meaning

Re: [Talk-GB] Deletions and newbie editors (was: Vandalism in London)

That's interesting Andy, thanks Dan 2014-10-05 23:07 GMT+01:00 SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk: With new editors though I sometimes think we forget how hard it is for someone to start editing now in e.g. the centre of London compared to when we experienced mappers started. Here, for

Re: [Talk-GB] Deletions and newbie editors

2014-10-05 12:11 GMT+01:00 David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk: On 05/10/14 11:27, Spike wrote: On 05/10/2014 10:47, David Woolley wrote: A classic example is NaPTAN stop data, where the rule for one that has gone away is to invalidate the bus stop tag and add physically_present=no,

Re: [Talk-GB] Updates from National Library of Scotlad

Thanks! One small but immediate benefit I found, regarding names. In East London there's an area called Globe Town, and recently I've been wondering how to place it, since it doesn't have much of an official existence. Luckily, it is at least labelled on the historic OS map, so I used it to help

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM on Traveline website

Hi all, Coincidentally, I'm in Sheffield this week too. Jerry said the traveline website so I went to Traveline Yorkshire. But Stuart corrected me offlist - the Yorkshire one is not using OSM data/maps yet I think. However if I go to http://www.travelinesw.com/ I can get OSM-powered routing...

Re: [Talk-GB] UK use of highway=living_street

Hi all, By coincidence, I've just got home from mapping a home zone signposted area - first time I've seen one. I'm tagging it as living_street. Here it is: http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4004201 I would say do not use the tag just because of seeing block paving on the street. As far as

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