Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network - filling the gaps - NCN54

2010-03-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst wrote: Sent: 08 March 2010 11:24 PM To: talk-gb OSM List (E-mail) Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network - filling the gaps - NCN54 Someoneelse wrote: Another North Midlands one that could do with checking is NCN54: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?relation=37545 OSM

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday Social

2010-03-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
It is indeed Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Gavin Clark Sent: 04 March 2010 5:26 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands OSM Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday Social Is

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster/Bewdley Mapping Party (SatMap) on Saturday 17th April 2010

2010-03-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Mappa Mercia team is organising a mapping party in Kidderminster on Saturday 17th April to support new OSM user there. Add your name to the wiki if you will be coming. More details to follow. http://is.gd/9GHqU Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-GB] Kent County Council Highways Gazetteer

2010-03-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
If this information is available then its useful data within OSM in the same way that references to gritting routes and customary bus stops are useful. However, because these things are difficult or impossible to verify on the ground its doubly important that if they are added to the database they

[Talk-GB] Kidderminster/Bewdley Mapping Party (SatMap) on Saturday 17th April 2010

2010-03-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Mappa Mercia team is organising a mapping party in Kidderminster on Saturday 17th April to support new OSM user there. Add your name to the wiki if you will be coming. More details to follow. http://is.gd/9GHqU Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Looking for places to map?

2010-03-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Andrew M. Bishop wrote: Sent: 28 February 2010 5:11 PM To: Brian Prangle Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Looking for places to map? Brian Prangle bpran...@googlemail.com writes: Can't seem to find Birmingham in your drop down list of bondaries! The list of boundaries is

[OSM-talk] HOT ready? Concepción, Chile eart hquake

2010-02-27 Thread Andy Robinson
8.8 strength earthquake hit the coastal area of Chile 3 hours ago. No news for the epicentre but understood to be around Concepción, Thanks to OSM that area is quite well mapped but only roads and the basics. http://osm.org/go/MOVHuQ7- -- Cheers Andy

Re: [OSM-talk] will walkingpapers printed on black and white work?

2010-02-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Simon Hewison wrote: Sent: 26 February 2010 10:55 AM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] will walkingpapers printed on black and white work? On 26/02/2010 08:25, maning sambale wrote: Hi, I am using walking-papers printed on black white laser printing but I didn't tried

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hi from Kidderminster

2010-02-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Welcome Gavin, Kiderminster is pretty much a blank canvas at the moment and I don't think it has any existing mappers other than those who have passed through and added the main thoroughfares. It's a place we could help get kick stared and give you a little support, and focus for what time you

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham Social (reminder)

2010-02-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that you are very welcome to join the OSM social evening in Birmingham next Thursday, 4th March. Venue is the City Tavern, Bishopsgate Street, off Broad Street, Birmingham (near Five Ways). We meet from 7pm, normally in the back room. The pub does curry and a pint for under a fiver

Re: [Talk-GB] Looking for places to map?

2010-02-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Peter Childs wrote: Sent: 25 February 2010 7:53 AM To: peter.r...@aligre.co.uk Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Looking for places to map? snip Thinking about this probably the best way to collect this data is to map who has there rubbish collected on which day of the

Re: [Talk-GB] Looking for places to map?

2010-02-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Peter Reed Sent: 24 February 2010 1:17 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Looking for places to map? Steve, It needn't be parishes. For population data it looks as though I can get down to ward level with up-to-date numbers from ONS.

Re: [Talk-GB] Looking for places to map?

2010-02-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Steve Doerr wrote: Sent: 23 February 2010 2:43 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Looking for places to map? On 23/02/2010 14:18, Peter Reed wrote: We start with a list of about 1,600 UK settlements, and a figure for the population that lives there. Baring a few errors and

Re: [Talk-GB] Looking for places to map?

2010-02-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Steve Doerr wrote: Sent: 23 February 2010 3:45 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Looking for places to map? On 23/02/2010 15:02, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Steve Doerr wrote: OK. How can we help in supplying better boundary information? For instance

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] BBC Midlands today - Gritting routes

2010-02-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 18 February 2010 2:08 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org; t...@mappa-mercia.org Subject: BBC Midlands today - Gritting routes Yay, the BBC have picked up on the gritting routes. Their science

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] BBC Midlands today - Gritting routes

2010-02-18 Thread Andy Robinson
Yep, and a nice blog post at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/davidgregory/ Just a pity about the top image. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Mabbett [mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk] Sent: 18 February 2010 7:29 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-GB] Two dozen mapping parties

2010-02-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
David Earl wrote: Sent: 17 February 2010 6:10 PM To: Jonathan Bennett Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Two dozen mapping parties On 17/02/2010 18:07, Jonathan Bennett wrote: The residential areas and suburbs of *any* town aren't places you'd normally go unless you had to,

Re: [Talk-GB] Two dozen mapping parties

2010-02-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A few comments and observations from setting up some of the previous parties. The location doesn't really seem to matter. People will come if it's advertised well and a core group agree to attend. Then things seem to click. Having a novel idea, like a mini bus, canal boat, cottage, bbq, hot tub

Re: [Talk-GB] Two dozen mapping parties

2010-02-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Dave F. [mailto:dave...@madasafish.com] wrote: Sent: 18 February 2010 2:27 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Two dozen mapping parties Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: A few comments and observations from setting up some

Re: [Talk-GB] BBC Midlands today - Gritting routes

2010-02-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 18 February 2010 2:08 PM To: talk-gb-westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; t...@mappa-mercia.org Subject: BBC Midlands today - Gritting routes Yay, the BBC have picked up on the gritting routes. Their science

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: BCC corrections to gritting routes

2010-02-05 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Great work Brian and all. I increased the size of permissible mail to this list to 100KB as this post was caught by the 40KB limit. There are some (some diehard mailing list aficionados) who disapprove of attachments being sent to mailing lists. Unless I receive complaints I shall let any that

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
David Fawcett wrote: Sent: 04 February 2010 2:30 PM To: John Smith Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block I think that that it would be useful to have a dedicated email account(s) or Web form(s) for reporting map abuse and wiki spam. That would limit the

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] City centre buildings

2010-01-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Russ wrote: Sent: 26 January 2010 9:54 PM To: Peter Millar Cc: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] City centre buildings On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 13:45 -0800, Peter Millar wrote: I think Delete it and replace it with the building shape would be the right

Re: [Talk-GB] OS 1:25K tracing

2010-01-22 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
+1 Power lines is a good example. We have some that were added for Birmingham from the 1:25k which are no longer present. Its easy to fix but a task we needn't have to do if folks traced what they know is present still on the ground. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From:

Re: [Talk-GB] OS DG Vanessa Lawrence on the Future of mapping

2010-01-22 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
: [Talk-GB] OS DG Vanessa Lawrence on the Future of mapping On Thursday 21 January 2010, Jonathan Bennett wrote: On 21/01/2010 15:21, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Maybe a big map of Haiti or something? Hardly a valid criticism of OS though, is it? You don't have any maps of Haiti

Re: [Talk-GB] OS DG Vanessa Lawrence on the Future of mapping

2010-01-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Robert Scott wrote: Sent: 21 January 2010 2:53 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OS DG Vanessa Lawrence on the Future of mapping Yes, I may go. Prominent OSM tshirts or are we going clandestine? You have to make a splash! If the banner hadn't been nicked in MK I'd suggest

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Gritting Routes

2010-01-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
rich...@systemed.net Andy Robinson wrote: Most councils publish their gritting route data, many on their websites. Some time back I asked BCC if we could make use of their list and received a positive response. Its public information after all so I suspect

Re: [Talk-GB] Gritting Routes

2010-01-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Routes Andy Robinson wrote: Most councils publish their gritting route data, many on their websites. Some time back I asked BCC if we could make use of their list and received a positive response. Its public information after all so I suspect most councils would not attempt to restrict any genuine

Re: [Talk-GB] Gritting Routes

2010-01-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
mappers got going. Could you explain what your base information was, how you got hold of it and on what license? Thanks, Peter Regards Brian 2010/1/18 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com The West Mids folks have been busy over

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting map

2010-01-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Looking great. I popped out at lunchtime and picked up some of the grit bins in Sutton Coldfield. The places to look at pretty obvious; at the top, bottom or middle of hills that are not on a gritting route and outside schools that are not on a gritting route. Cheers Andy -Original

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Some contradiction for some sections between wards. Where its different priorities in adjacent wards. It will probably emerge logically once we have it all set and then we can post a query to BCC to clarify what's actually what. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
You might do another update later today if you have a moment. I’ve already added a lot more over lunch and a bit more to go before I stop. At this rate we should be done by later this evening ;-) Great work everyone. Lets keep the momentum going Cheers Andy -Original Message- From:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
mappers to participate in updating the map? Andrew On 14 Jan 2010, at 17:31, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: That would be the plan. It's still fresh in everyone's minds right now so I suspect the newspapers would pick up on it if we got it done in the next few days and that’s a real

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Brian Prangle wrote: Sent: 14 January 2010 6:06 PM To: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham Looks like Christoph will be doing lots of re-rendering! As a by product I've discovered that lots of the primary/trunk roads which were

Re: [Talk-GB] More OS o-o-c sheets released

2010-01-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Robert Scott wrote: Sent: 07 January 2010 5:07 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] More OS o-o-c sheets released On Thursday 07 January 2010, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: If you are using Potlatch you can use Ctrl B I think to add an OS 1:25 source tag. In JOSM

Re: [Talk-GB] POI's for mass import?

2010-01-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
For post boxes see the work going on between OSM and Mathew Somerville's Draco's site at: http://www.dracos.co.uk/play/locating-postboxes/ Not aware of any public data sets of locations for either facility type, most probably because both are managed in the commercial sector, Post Boxes by Royal

Re: [Talk-GB] More OS o-o-c sheets released

2010-01-07 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Dave F. [mailto:dave...@madasafish.com] wrote: Sent: 07 January 2010 4:35 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] More OS o-o-c sheets released Andy This is fantastic. With your West country uploads I can now obsessively map the individual

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Coverage as at end 2009

2010-01-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed, btw, the Wolverhampton N/W 1:25k sheet is now out of copyright. I'll get that uploaded soon. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Ed Loach Sent: 04 January 2010

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder. Midlands Social in Birmingham. 7pm Thursday 7th Jan

2010-01-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that the first meeting of the New Year for the midlands OSMers is this Thursday evening from 7pm at the City Tavern in Birmingham. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia For those who have not been before, normally half a dozen folks turn up each month. It would be great to

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Free

2010-01-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
This will come up for review by the OSMF board, however it will need to OSM community to generate the views from which the board can prepare a single response. A single response from the OSMF doesn't stop individuals making their own response, but individuals won't be able to make the response in

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Happy New Year

2010-01-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Happy New Year folks. Lets hope 2010 is as great a year for OSM in the midlands as they have been to date. See you all on the 7th. Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Aston uni residence towers coming down

2009-12-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Stafford, Dalton and Lawrence residence towers (each 20 stories) on the Aston uni campus are being demolished next year. A tour is being organised to visit them in Feb before they are felled. I'll try and go as I spent my first year in Stafford and my final year in Lawrence. It's a pity that the

[OSM-talk] Contribution graph

2009-12-17 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I've added another OSM graph to the stats page. It shows the % contribution of ways (current table, no account for history) per editor. It reveals that 95% of the way data is contributed by just 10% of the contributor base. In fact 50% of way data has been contributed by just 31 user accounts

Re: [OSM-talk] Contribution graph

2009-12-17 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Martijn van Exel [mailto:mve...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 17 December 2009 4:04 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Contribution graph Intriguing, Andy. Thanks for adding this. Would be nice to be able to filter out the import-users when

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Digbeth Coach station

2009-12-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Cool :-) And RichardF tells me that the A46/M40 new junction layout is due to open today. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@googlemail.com] Sent: 14 December 2009 2:56 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] monthly get together

2009-12-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Yes, I'll be there and I think Brian is too. For latest and greatest on meet-ups its usually a good idea to check on mappa-mercia page of the wiki. See you Thursday. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Power Lines

2009-11-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
User tms13 has been adding a lot of features from the 1:25k mapping, power lines for example, without checking they still exist on the ground. I've sent the user a note but wanted to give the group the heads up as they will all need verifying. To save someone adding them again if they are deleted

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-transit] Updating the NaPTAN busstops in Birmingham

2009-11-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Cheers Christoph, Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Christoph Böhme Sent: 23 November 2009 1:19 PM To: Public transport/transit/shared taxi related topics Cc:

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Pelsall

2009-11-22 Thread Andy Robinson
Pelsall wrapped up http://blog.mappa-mercia.org/2009/11/pelsall-pleasure.html Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Toronto data license: Incompatible with OSM

2009-11-14 Thread Andy Robinson
-- Cheers Andy Robinson ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk

Re: [OSM-talk] changes not appearing in osm

2009-11-12 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: Sent: 12 November 2009 7:35 AM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] changes not appearing in osm On Thursday 12 Nov 2009 12:56:58 pm Jukka Rahkonen wrote: I find that changes made even 5-6 days ago are not showing up either in mapnik or in osmarender. I

Re: [OSM-talk] Addressing Question

2009-11-12 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Andy Allan [mailto:gravityst...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 12 November 2009 2:15 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: Ian Dees; OSM Talk; talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Addressing Question Ian Dees wrote: Hi everyone, I'm looking at some donated street centerline data

Re: [OSM-talk] Apostrophist corrects punctuation on street signs

2009-11-11 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
David Earl wrote: Sent: 11 November 2009 4:05 PM To: Ed Avis Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Apostrophist corrects punctuation on street signs On 11/11/2009 14:31, Ed Avis wrote: Frustrated by living in St Johns Close, in Turnbridge Wells, Mr Gatward decided to buy a can of

Re: [Talk-GB] Adding some additional building around the Angel areaof London?

2009-11-11 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nicely worded letter David. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of David Earl Sent: 11 November 2009 12:27 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Adding some additional building

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] Illegal activity

2009-11-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst wrote: Sent: 02 November 2009 11:52 AM To: t...@openstreetmap.org Cc: legal-talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] Illegal activity Pieren wrote: It's not the question about laws in France, Germany or US vs England. It's the question to know if OSM

[OSM-legal-talk] FW: [OSM-newbies] Attribution

2009-10-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Punted to legal-talk -Original Message- From: newbies-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:newbies-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Chris Brierley Sent: 30 October 2009 9:22 PM To: newb...@openstreetmap.org Subject: [OSM-newbies] Attribution Hi all, Quick question if anyone is able

Re: [OSM-talk] Howto calibrate aerial images for OpenStreetMap?

2009-10-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Take a look at how the 1:25,000 UK mapping is being rectified. Link on that out of copyright page you quoted. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Valent Turkovic Sent: 26 October 2009 12:21 PM To:

[Talk-GB] data.os

2009-10-24 Thread Andy Robinson
Been pointed out to me that http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ has a link to some cc-by data for Hampshire. Its sitting on a talis server as far as I can see. Have i missed something here? Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Wolverhampton this weekend - LUGRadio Live and OGGCamp

2009-10-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A roundup of plans for this weekend in Wolverhampton. I will be at LUGRadio [1] live all day Saturday. Speaking about OSM at 3pm but plan to do some mapping during the morning as a method of producing an informal map of the venue. If you want to help me/meet up give me a call and I'll come out.

Re: [Talk-GB] Proper Rights of Way coverage map

2009-10-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Whitelegg wrote: Sent: 23 October 2009 10:43 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Proper Rights of Way coverage map Hello everyone, Following on from the unintentional rights-of-way coverage map generated by zooming out from the OSM/First Edition mashup that I mentioned the

Re: [OSM-talk] Randomly disappearing streets

2009-10-22 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Shaun, You mean the examples Bev gave aren't good enough? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Shaun McDonald Sent: 22 October 2009 2:13 PM To: Bev M Ewen-Smith Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham/Solihull 1:25, 000 Out Of Copyright mapping now available

2009-10-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Year to be scanned and uploaded. Not long to wait now though. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 20 October 2009 8:28 AM To: 'Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)'; talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] More 1:25k sheets uploaded

2009-10-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Three more sheets uploaded today. Still haven't had the quote from David Archer Maps on the rest yet. All the sheets we needed are now sponsored. Thanks to everyone for that. http://ooc.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=10lat=52.52958lon=-2.03042layers=00B0 I think JOSM still won't work with the z15 and

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Lug Radio Live - How about a mapping party??

2009-10-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Andy -Original Message- From: Christoph Böhme [mailto:christ...@b3e.net] Sent: 18 October 2009 10:24 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Lug Radio Live - How about a mapping party?? Hi, have any plans been

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham/Solihull 1:25, 000 Out Of Copyright mapping now available

2009-10-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
). We still need sheets for Coventry for instance. I'll sponsor the sheet to the NE of Birmingham that has Sutton on it. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Christoph Böhme [mailto:christ...@b3e.net] Sent: 18 October 2009 10:22 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OS 7th series, accuracy update, request for calibration help

2009-10-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Tim, What's the scan file size? Will happily help look at calibration as I'm doing it all the time for the 1:25k so set up to do it easily. If I know the file size I can try a similar size on my box here. How many calibration points are you needing per sheet to do a reasonable job? Cheers Andy

[OSM-talk] New OSMF/OSM Blog

2009-10-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
and are looking for donations to cover the £800 cost of the acquisition. More, and a donate link, in the blog. Cheers Andy Andy Robinson Treasurer OpenStreetMap Foundation 0777 553 7872 a...@osmfoundation.org Name Registered Office: Openstreetmap Foundation 16 Oakfield Glade Weybridge Surrey KT13

Re: [OSM-talk] Older planet files (from 2007)?

2009-10-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Frederik Ramm wrote: Sent: 16 October 2009 10:30 AM To: Grant Slater Cc: Talk OSM Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Older planet files (from 2007)? Hi, Grant Slater wrote: Brief API (+data format) history... 0.3 - (remove segments?) 0.4 - (+relations) 0.5 - (+changesets) 0.6 No, 0.3 and 0.4 were

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham/Solihull 1:25, 000 Out Of Copyright mapping now available

2009-10-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
on ebay for much less (with 2027 in the set to collect its too much at £8 a sheet) but if anyone wants to sponsor a sheet I'll check what the current retail price is. Cheers Andy Christoph Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\) ajrli...@googlemail.com wrote: Some of you may know that I am

Re: [Talk-GB] Any more counties for NaPTAN import?

2009-10-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Peter J Stoner wrote: Sent: 15 October 2009 10:29 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Any more counties for NaPTAN import? In message on 15 Oct 2009, Peter Miller wrote: Some 36 authorities already have NaPTAN (bus stop data) imported. There are another 6 waiting

Re: [Talk-GB] ernestmarples, post code database, etc

2009-10-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
See also EDM 2000: http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=39229SESSION=899 Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of TimSC Sent: 15 October 2009 6:30 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] walking-papers hanging?

2009-10-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Any particular part of the site? The site is accessible for me and I printed off a sheet the other day. I haven't however uploaded a scan and I note the last scan in the list on the site is 11 days ago now. Maybe that's your problem? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From:

[OSM-legal-talk] FW: Crown copyright dates ( OS Reference 72267)

2009-10-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
As I suspected the OS has taken a hard line with respect to copyright and publication date. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Customer Services [mailto:customerservi...@ordnancesurvey.co.uk] Sent: 13 October 2009 2:10 PM To: blackadder...@googlemail.com Subject: Crown copyright

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] FW: Crown copyright dates ( OS Reference 72267)

2009-10-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
consider the environment. Do you really need to print this email? -Original Message- From: legal-talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:legal-talk- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Sent: 13 October 2009 15:33 To: 'Licensing and other legal discussions

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey 7th series available

2009-10-11 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
or Northumberland). You can keep up to date with changes related to OOC mapping via the wiki here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Out_of_copyright Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: David Earl [mailto:da...@frankieandshadow.com] Sent: 11 October 2009 3:43 PM To: Andy Robinson

Re: [Talk-GB] OS 7th Series offset

2009-10-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst wrote: Sent: 07 October 2009 5:34 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OS 7th Series offset I get a much better alignment for that area with the re-rectified NPE tiles from TimSC's space at http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~timsc/wms2/map.php? Yes, indeed,

Re: [Talk-GB] OS 7th Series offset

2009-10-07 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
. Re: Royal Mail lawyers demand closure of postcode lookup site (OJ W) 2. Re: Royal Mail lawyers demand closure of postcode lookup site (Peter Childs) 3. Announcement - OS 1:25k mapping availability for OSM data contributors (Andy Robinson

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey 7th series available

2009-10-07 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
[mailto:da...@frankieandshadow.com] Sent: 07 October 2009 11:23 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: 'Steve Chilton'; 'Shaun McDonald'; 'Frankie Roberto'; talk- g...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey 7th series available NPE maps have always had major alignment problems which

[Talk-GB] Announcement - OS 1:25k mapping availability for OSM data contributors

2009-10-06 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
We are all used to drawing in difficult or far away features by referring to the NPE 1 to 1 mile out of copyright Ordnance Survey mapping in JOSM or Potlatch. Its great for long linear features but for accurate stuff, like field boundaries and detailed information about the landscape, especially

Re: [Talk-GB] Announcement - OS 1:25k mapping availability for OSM data contributors

2009-10-06 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
And in my haste I omitted to thank Chippy for his excellent map rectification/warping and WMS facilities. Apologies Tim. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 06 October 2009 3:04 PM To: 'talk-gb@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] SteveC should decide

2009-10-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Matt Amos wrote: Sent: 01 October 2009 2:25 PM To: Russ Nelson Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] SteveC should decide On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Russ Nelson nel...@crynwr.com wrote: Andy Allan writes:   can win, and I decided about 6 months ago to ignore (or at least not  

Re: [OSM-talk] SteveC should decide

2009-10-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Frederik Ramm wrote: Sent: 01 October 2009 3:13 PM To: Matt Amos Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] SteveC should decide Hi, Matt Amos wrote: i absolutely agree. i'd also defend frederik's right to say this is the Frederik Ramm approved tagging scheme without catching grief, or

Re: [OSM-talk] SteveC should decide

2009-10-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
John Smith wrote: Sent: 01 October 2009 3:23 PM To: Frederik Ramm Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] SteveC should decide 2009/10/2 Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org: The idea behind that (and correct me if I'm wrong) is that anyone makes their own decisions (just like now) and

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OS map copyright expiry dates, FOI request

2009-09-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I've mad a further FOI request to the OS today seeking clarification with respect to those OS maps that do not carry a Crown Copyright (c) date. This is the case with a lot of the First edition 1:25,000 sheets which have a published date and a separate corrections/changes/additions date. I'm very

Re: [OSM-talk] Mobile countryside surveying tool

2009-09-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Whitelegg wrote: Sent: 30 September 2009 8:56 AM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: [OSM-talk] Mobile countryside surveying tool Hello everyone, With all the talk of countryside surveying issues recently (placement of hedges etc) I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to develop some

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Whitelegg wrote: Sent: 24 September 2009 10:30 AM To: Mike Harris Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries Hi Mike, OS one-inch (or 1:50k) mapping does not show field boundaries. But is anyone working on out-of-copyright 1:25k (or larger scale) mapping? Mike

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Dave F. wrote: Sent: 24 September 2009 6:36 PM Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries Mike Harris wrote: Dave makes a good point - the most important thing for walkers in farmed rural areas is often to know on which side of the hedge / fence they ought to be. OS

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Peter Childs wrote: Sent: 28 September 2009 3:42 PM Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries 2009/9/28 Mark Williams mark@blueyonder.co.uk: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 courtland.yoc...@mindspring.com wrote: I've been thinking a bit about this

Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries

2009-09-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Dave F. wrote: Sent: 29 September 2009 10:29 PM To: Peter Childs Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Field boundaries Peter Childs wrote: 2009/9/28 Mark Williams mark@blueyonder.co.uk: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 courtland.yoc...@mindspring.com wrote:

Re: [OSM-talk] How *NOT* to map

2009-09-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
David Paleino wrote: Sent: 29 September 2009 12:26 AM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Cc: talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] How *NOT* to map David Paleino wrote: http://osm.org/go/xZaERTJSm-- Ah, I forgot also this one: http://osm.org/go/xZYvzIcHP-- NOT THE WAY TO DO IT! There

Re: [OSM-talk] Breach of Copyright?

2009-09-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Chris Hill wrote: Sent: 25 September 2009 3:08 PM To: OSM Talk Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Breach of Copyright? Dave F. wrote: Tom Hughes wrote: On 25/09/09 13:16, Dave F. wrote: I had an email conversation with the mapping officer from my local council. He intimated that the data relating to

Re: [OSM-talk] Breach of Copyright?

2009-09-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
It does seem that what is needed here is not the definitive map but rather the survey data the two surveyors gathered. As others have said if that data has been overlain onto an OS map there is no way of knowing what is derived and what is not. Not unless the bod from the council is prepared to

Re: [OSM-talk] Breach of Copyright?

2009-09-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Chris Hill wrote: Sent: 25 September 2009 4:02 PM To: OSM Talk Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Breach of Copyright? Dave F. wrote: Chris Hill wrote: Dave F. wrote: Tom Hughes wrote: On 25/09/09 13:16, Dave F. wrote: I had an email conversation with the mapping officer from my local

Re: [OSM-talk] Distance to opacity (OT)

2009-09-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ian Dees wrote: Sent: 24 September 2009 9:35 PM To: Laurence Penney Cc: Talk OSM Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Distance to opacity (OT) On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Laurence Penney l...@lorp.org wrote: Was Re: [OSM-talk] Should Bridges be independent of their ways? Well, let's

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] October meeting

2009-09-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Sounds an interesting possibility, though it is a bit further out (I guess Five Ways station is the closest or a longer walk from New Street). What we've noted from experience is that it's important also that the place isn’t too noisy, otherwise it's too difficult to get a discussion going beyond

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Lug Radio Live - How about a mapping party??

2009-09-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Lug radio Live is fast approaching, running on Sat 24th October. This would seem a logical date to do a mapping party. While the lug folks listen to lug stuff we can feed out and map, returning to spread the word at lunchtime etc. I'm due to talk about OSM at 15:00, not clear yet if they will

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mapping the University of Birmingham

2009-09-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Looking great. halls of residence next? ;-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Eike Ritter Sent: 12 September 2009 9:32 PM To: Ciarán Mooney Cc:

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Fwd: [Talk-GB] Stratford-upon-Avon mapping party 2? Anyone fancy going flying?]

2009-09-05 Thread Andy Robinson
---BeginMessage--- A mapping party was held in Stratford-upon-avon in September 2008[1] and most of the streets and many of the amenities are now mapped but there is still a lot more that can still be done to improve the map. Stratford is now the location for the big AGI GIS conference

Re: [OSM-talk] GPS gadgets can get you jailed and fined

2009-09-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I've left my HCX on in flights more than once. I get a very nice trace if it's facing up and sitting in my hand luggage in the overhead locker. I really must remember to turn the darn thing off when boarding a flight as I really don't like the idea of taking it out and doing so during the flight

Re: [Talk-ca] [Osmf-talk] [Talk-de] EVERYONE: PLEASE VOTE

2009-08-27 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Gehling Marc wrote: Sent: 20 August 2009 9:54 AM To: Openstreetmap allgemeines in Deutsch Cc: osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org; Talk-CA OpenStreetMap Subject: Re: [Osmf-talk] [Talk-de] EVERYONE: PLEASE VOTE Hello, Am 20.08.2009 um 09:37 schrieb SteveC: come to your German-only German SOTM your

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