Re: [talk-au] BP service station import

2012-01-16 Thread Nick Hocking
My thoughts on petrol stations imports. The first import had some really dodgy data. The first one I checked, in my home town, was so far off from the actual position that you would have run out of petrol just trying to find it. What I'd really like to see is BP, Caltex, Shell etc take some resp

Re: [talk-au] BP service station import

2012-01-16 Thread SomeoneElse
Ian Sergeant wrote: Can we do some pre-work prior to considering any new import? Check if the dataset is really up-to-date and sufficiently accurate? Check how many existing service stations are nearby, and consider not placing a new service station where there is a similar one there already?

Re: [talk-au] BP service station import

2012-01-16 Thread Ian Sergeant
Can we do some pre-work prior to considering any new import? Check if the dataset is really up-to-date and sufficiently accurate? Check how many existing service stations are nearby, and consider not placing a new service station where there is a similar one there already? Local mappers are going

Re: [talk-au] BP service station import

2012-01-16 Thread Michael Collinson
On 16/01/2012 13:36, John Berkers wrote: Michael, There also appears to be some information related to the location of Coles Express (Shell) service stations on their web site at: http://www.colesexpress.com.au/store-locator/gps-poi.aspx There are data sets specifically formatted for use by Ga

Re: [talk-au] BP service station import

2012-01-16 Thread John Berkers
Michael, There also appears to be some information related to the location of Coles Express (Shell) service stations on their web site at: http://www.colesexpress.com.au/store-locator/gps-poi.aspx There are data sets specifically formatted for use by Garmin, Navman and Tom Tom devices, however,

[talk-au] BP service station import

2012-01-16 Thread Michael Collinson
Someone kindly updated the import catalogue page to suggest where the BP service station import came from. I have followed it up and have permission to use as copied below. I will also put a copy up for public record. This, or something similar, was imported by a declined user who refused to sa