Re: [Talk-GB] High Speed 2 route mapping

On Mon, 21 Jan 2019, Jez Nicholson wrote: > I'm doing some professional work with High Speed 2 data. > > Can anyone update or add detail to > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Railways/High_speed_2 ? > I know that @blackadder worked on this. > > I've also been looking at

Re: [Talk-GB] Addressing of flats: review best practice

On Tue, 17 Apr 2018, Andrew Hain wrote: > I have been mapping a complex of flats that consists of a series of > blocks each with its own entrance, tagging each section with > addr:housename and addr:flats > [https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/580234651]. The standard layer > repeats the name

Re: [Talk-gb-london] Transport for London & OSM - station mapping project

Hi, I'm pretty sure Kilburn station was done too!: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/56962277 cheers, Derick On Tue, 13 Mar 2018, Chapple Theo wrote: > Hi everyone > Further to my earlier message, I'm pleased to inform you that TfL's supplier, > Mentz, has added the data to OSM to map

Re: [Talk-GB] Queensferry Crossing

On Wed, 30 Aug 2017, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: > The new Queensferry Crossing opened this morning. There's an article > at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41081556 with people > complaining that the new bridge doesn't appear in Google maps yet. > Although OS says they've added it

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping archaeology in towns

On Thu, 15 Jun 2017, Neil Matthews wrote: > I've recently noticed a lot of "historic" edits in Bath by user SNLA > (https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SNLA). > > There's been some discussion on the changeset > https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/49401905 > > What's the prevailing thought

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

On Wed, 31 May 2017, Adam Snape wrote: > 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 officially unnamed like most motorways but this pretty unusual > stretch is known amongst

Re: [Talk-GB] Named landuse polygons

On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Dave F wrote: > > On 17/01/2017 14:32, Derick Rethans wrote: > > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/77260547 > > > > I think this is inaccurate mapping. The buildings are called 'Queen's > > Par

Re: [Talk-GB] Named landuse polygons

On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Dave F wrote: > > On 17/01/2017 14:32, Derick Rethans wrote: > > > > It is what I do too: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/77260547 > > I think this is inaccurate mapping. The buildings are called 'Queen's Park > Court' The re

Re: [Talk-GB] Named landuse polygons

On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Dan S wrote: > 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

Re: [Talk-GB] Monitoring OSM changes (was Re: natural=heath)

On Tue, 10 Jan 2017, Andy Townsend wrote: > On 09/01/2017 14:38, Adrian McEwen wrote: > > On 09/01/17 12:50, Andy Townsend wrote: > > > More seriously, edits are public, and feeds such as Pascal Neis's, > > > Whodidit and OsmCha allow monitoring of changes in an area, so if you see > > >

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

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 station are now shut for the > construction of the new transport hub. In

Re: [Talk-gb-london] Strand East development and demolished buildings

On Mon, 8 Aug 2016, gianfranco g wrote: > Hello, > > I live quite close to the Strand East Development in Newham > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/48654733. > Several buildings in the area have been demolished. Neither Gmaps nor Bing > are updated. > The on the ground situation is that almost

[Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-london] Pub meet-up on Thursday: Monkey Puzzle near Paddington

Hi! I've set-up a pub meetup at the Monkey Puzzle for Thursday. Everybody is more than welcome to join us from 19:00 to talk about mapping, OpenStreetMap, and likely other geekie things. Where: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/15262028 Date: Thursday, February 25th Time: 19:00 You can

Re: [Talk-GB] route relations type=road

On Sat, 5 Dec 2015, Dave F. wrote: > I know this has been discussed before , but recent edits by user: > abc26324 prompts me to > ask/verify again the point of road relations in the UK. Example: > >

Re: [Talk-GB] temporary food markets

On Thu, 22 Oct 2015, Tom Hukins wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 02:42:48PM +, Jez Nicholson wrote: > > A highlight of the Brighton Tech scene is the Friday Street Diner food > > market > > http://vergemagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/street-diner.jpg > > > > Any tips on how I

Re: [Talk-GB] Birmingham New Street station re-opens

On Thu, 24 Sep 2015, Richard Mann wrote: > Had a look round. The main upper-level (ie Grand Central) footways are > mercifully fairly simple, but of course the proliferation of shops on > multiple levels is going to be very hard to display. > > My suggestion would be to focus conventional

Re: [Talk-GB] Ref names on Residential roads

On Tue, 12 May 2015, SomeoneElse wrote: On 12/05/2015 09:52, Bob Kerr wrote: On residential roads where there has been a ref= added is being rendered on Mapnik. Is this something new since I have not been checking recently. This is all over the highlands

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK Qarterly Project: Fix that Road name!

On Tue, 13 Jan 2015, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 13 January 2015 at 15:26, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: Coventry still has 38 names to go and has proved a perennial challenge to us - none of the regulars at our mappa mercia meeting lives or works there and it's proven difficult

Re: [Talk-GB] Allegedly named motorways

On Tue, 18 Nov 2014, SomeoneElse wrote: A welsh stretch of M4 is apparently named Mr: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24272190/history Looks like a typo, M4 vs. Mr — the r is just one key off the 4 on my keyboard. cheers, Derick___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Suburbs in London/Brum - big edits

On Wed, 19 Nov 2014, Tom Chance wrote: Hello there, As somebody who dislikes change, I was slightly horrified to see these edits: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/26783815 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/26795471 I'd certainly object to Camden - Camden Town. There are

[Talk-GB] Prominent UK Government Sites using OSM

Hi! My wife, who's working at DfT was asking me whether we have a list of government (local, or other) and other prominent organisations using OpenStreetMap. I couldn't find one, so if you know where to find it please let me know. If there *is* not such a list, I would like to make one. For

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

On Mon, 1 Sep 2014, Andy Allan wrote: On 31 August 2014 18:27, Donald Noble drno...@gmail.com wrote: I have tended to map sections of residential streets with block paving, no footways, and either chicanes of just sharp corners to prevent people driving quickly as living_streets, whether

Re: [Talk-GB] City names translation

On Sun, 10 Aug 2014, SomeoneElse wrote: On 04/08/2014 16:15, Pavlo Dudka wrote: Hi! I would like to add ukrainian names for cities of UK, but found that SomeoneElse_Revert removed some of name:uk-tags in changeset 20757217 with a comment reverting undiscussed Ukrainian translations

Re: [Talk-GB] New user changesets need reverts

On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Tom Chance wrote: Could somebody revert all of these? I'll revert it. Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug Posted with an email client that doesn't mangle email:

Re: [Talk-GB] New user changesets need reverts

On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Derick Rethans wrote: On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Tom Chance wrote: Could somebody revert all of these? I'll revert it. I've reverted the ones from the last day in London - but left the ones they did in China intact, as they looked good. cheers, Derick

Re: [Talk-GB] newbie questions about building outlines

On Wed, 30 Apr 2014, Shaun McDonald wrote: On 30 Apr 2014, at 09:52, Ed Loach edlo...@gmail.com wrote: Tom wrote: In many other areas of inner London, particularly residential (e.g. http://binged.it/1iByiPy), the typologies and shapes are pretty easy to understand from aerial

Re: [Talk-GB] newbie questions about building outlines

On Tue, 29 Apr 2014, Brian Norman wrote: Hi Everyone As a newbie contributor I was hoping to get some advice and wisdom before making a mess of things ;-). At the moment I am working on a commercial project that needs to show building outlines for inner London. I have done some simple

Re: [Talk-GB] One for Post Box obsessives

On Fri, 21 Mar 2014, SK53 wrote: I've been doing a bit of attributing to post boxes of late, and have a couple of queries: I'm trying to take a photo of all of them ;-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/derickrethans/sets/72157631372687474/ http://derickrethans.nl/postbox-hunting.html cheers,

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping the Void - BBC Radio

On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, martyn wrote: BBC Radio 4 recently aired Mapping the Void http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03s6mf0 Topics covered include OSM, Kibera, Haiti, and open source mapping in general. Only available for a limited time. I have a copy if need to be - for an unlimited time.

Re: [Talk-GB] Bitcoin business listings

On Wed, 22 Jan 2014, Tom Chance wrote: Has anyone else noticed these? I'm inclined to contact the user explaining why I think he/she should delete the node. I wouldn't want to see OSM fill up with pointless info like this. Just delete it. It's another form of spam, just like the user who

Re: [Talk-GB] London LOOP

On Thu, 31 Oct 2013, Gregory wrote: On 30 October 2013 11:44, Derick Rethans o...@derickrethans.nl wrote: I've recently started walking the London LOOP[1]. It's a 24 section walking tour around London which seems mostly fully mapped (yay!). However, it is mapped as one route which

[Talk-GB] London LOOP

Hey! I've recently started walking the London LOOP[1]. It's a 24 section walking tour around London which seems mostly fully mapped (yay!). However, it is mapped as one route which is rather large (245km). I wonder whether it would be a good idea to actually split it up in each of the

[Talk-GB] footway barriers (Was: Re: [OSM-dev] GraphHopper Maps 0.1)

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Peter K wrote: On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Tobias Knerr wrote: On 23.07.2013 09:22, Peter K wrote: yesterday we released the first public version of our fast and Open Source routing engine called GraphHopper. I'm curious which of the more tricky features of the OSM data

Re: [Talk-GB] Swindon mapping party

On Fri, 5 Jul 2013, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Swindon Borough Council is organising a mapping party in Swindon on Saturday 13th July. (How enlightened is that?) http://www.swindontravelchoices.co.uk/news/contribute-to-swindons-new-map.aspx Aw, that sounds like a great excuse to visit the

Re: [Talk-us] USNPS, Great Smoky Mountains Bulk Import In Progress

On Sun, 19 May 2013, Thomas Colson wrote: The parking icons and labels are a bit obtrusive in the default OSM renderer, as are the building labels. I'll likely remove some parking node tags as well as building labels, really not necessary to label every shed and generator building (this is

Re: [Talk-GB] ITO's OSM Analysis updated with the latest OS Locator data

On Fri, 17 May 2013, Shaun McDonald wrote: The ITO OSM Analysis comparison between OSM and OS Locator has been updated with the latest OS Locator data released this month. http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/main There has been a small dip in the completeness with a

Re: [Talk-us] Search For Intro to OpenStreetMap Slide Presentation

On Sun, 12 May 2013, Rick Marshall wrote: Fellow OSM'rs. We have only had one meeting so far with the OSM St Louis MidAmerica Mapping Group, (last February) but it has paid some great dividends. I have been asked by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) to

Re: [Talk-GB] London Tube Tagging Problems

On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, James Churchman wrote: I was originally attempting to get all the London Underground Tube stations and Rail stations from OSM ( london xml file ) The issues with the data I have had are : 1) Some stations are tagged as Nodes, some as Ways and some as Relations snip

Re: [Talk-GB] London Tube Tagging Problems

On Sat, 9 Mar 2013, James Churchman wrote: I am not sure that two nodes really does make sense when both tagged as stations? Having two nodes makes sense for sure, but both tagged as stations? are they really just not different buildings, entrances, lines or platforms of the same station that

[Talk-us] OSMers in NYC?

Hi, I am currently visiting NYC and was wondering whether there are any OSMers around here for a pub meetup (what we do in London once every two weeks)? I can do Wednesday and Thursday evening. cheers, Derick ___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Rendering of disused railway stations

On Thu, 17 Jan 2013, Bogus Zaba wrote: Has anybody else noticed / been annoyed by the way that disused railway stations are rendered just like regular railway stations on the cycle map, transport map and MapQuest open views of OSM? I think disused railways and raillines that are not visible

Re: [Talk-GB] Multiple postcodes with the same location?

On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Aidan McGinley wrote: Is it correct to add multiple addr:postcodehttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr:postcode tags to the building then? You can't add the same tag more than once to a way/node. cheers, Derick ___

Re: [Talk-GB] Downloading OSM data for certain area using Geofabrik

On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Dave F. wrote: On 18/10/2012 21:24, SomeoneElse wrote: If you want a one stop shop I'd zoom in using: http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ and select the tiles that you want. If you're happy to create your own using mkgmap, england.osm.pbf

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

On Thu, 13 Sep 2012, Nick Whitelegg wrote: I know I'm only one person but for me personally, the closer to summer proper the better due to work commitments. I'm guessing since people take leave in July and August more than other months, a conference in the summer months would work

Re: [Talk-GB] Footway to Sidewalk?

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012, Philip Barnes wrote: Have just spotted this changeset, which has globally changed footway tags to sidewalk, the area covers the UK. Any thoughts, to me sidewalk is one of those American words that should not find its way into English. They're not even equivalent

Re: [Talk-GB] Find My Nearest Cash Machine

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012, Brian Prangle wrote: Impressive! Shame about the data. Just done a quick look around Acocks Green - ATMs missing and some are up to 30m away from their actual location. I would estimate about 95% accuracy. Anyone else had a look? It's not great where I live either.

Re: [Talk-GB] Talk-GB Digest, Vol 70, Issue 29

On Tue, 24 Jul 2012, Fozy 81 wrote: Shotts Mapping Party, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Sat 28 July. All Welcome More info: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapping_Party/Shotts Want me to do a video again? cheers, Derick ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] Stations and platforms=*

On Thu, 28 Jun 2012, Gregory wrote: On 28 June 2012 14:11, Tom Chance t...@acrewoods.net wrote: It would then help if your fab transport layer rendered building=railway_station a bit more prominently, and rendered building=entrance nodes so people know where to enter large sprawling

Re: [Talk-GB] Changeset Revert

On Mon, 28 May 2012, Guy Collins wrote: Could we please revert change set 11519466 which was a new user accidently deleting a large area. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/11519466 I have spoken with them and they are happy to have these changes rolled back. ON it. Derick

Re: [Talk-GB] Changeset Revert

On Mon, 28 May 2012, Derick Rethans wrote: On Mon, 28 May 2012, Guy Collins wrote: Could we please revert change set 11519466 which was a new user accidently deleting a large area. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/11519466 I have spoken with them and they are happy

Re: [Talk-GB] Changeset Revert

On Mon, 28 May 2012, Derick Rethans wrote: On Mon, 28 May 2012, Guy Collins wrote: Could we please revert change set 11519466 which was a new user accidently deleting a large area. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/11519466 I have spoken with them and they are happy

Re: [Talk-GB] Problems in Farnham, Surrey

On Fri, 11 May 2012, Andy Street wrote: I've just noticed that parts of Farnham, Surrey above the A31 have been deleted. A quick skim through the history reveals that the damage was done in changeset 11477559. The account concerned was created recently so this is likely to be a mistake

Re: [Talk-GB] Problems in Farnham, Surrey

On Fri, 11 May 2012, Rob Nickerson wrote: Looks like a case of a new user simplifying the map to give directions to a friend (not realising that their deletes are implemented for everyone). There are 3 changesets. If people stay away from editing this area I will discuss a revert on talk IRC

Re: [Talk-GB] Addresses for blocks of flats

On Thu, 3 May 2012, Matt Williams wrote: On 3 May 2012 14:42, Tom Chance t...@acrewoods.net wrote: Is there a good way to tag flats within a building so that it is clear the flat numbers (e.g. 1-12) correspond with the building and not with the street? These are two examples I'm struggling

Re: [Talk-GB] Remapping update

On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Richard Fairhurst wrote: We're now down to 900 problematic trunk/primary/motorway: http://odbl.poole.ch/uk_major_roads.txt Also greatly impressed with Coventry progress - very little red left now! I've started intermittent work on Manchester; any help there

Re: [Talk-GB] Vandalism changeset

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012, Oliver O'Brien wrote: This appears to be a vandalism changeset: 10947970 Details: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/10947970 I've reverted it. cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation:

Re: [Talk-GB] Licence change - one month to go

On Tue, 6 Mar 2012, Tom Chance wrote: On 6 March 2012 15:48, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: (But I've not looked at really densely-mapped areas such as London, and the situation may be more serious there.) There are lots of patches of detail in London that are still at

Re: [Talk-GB] Surrey

On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Spike (Chris Foote) wrote: On 21/02/2012 23:03, Derick Rethans wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Spike (Chris Foote) wrote: I actually live in Weybridge, so if there are any road names that need to be surveyed in person, I'm happy to help. Absolutely! There are many

Re: [Talk-GB] Surrey

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Andrew wrote: I was reluctant to copy road names from OS OpenData in Weybridge though some other mappers were willing to do so. Does it make sense to get names in where people will not be visiting quickly? The council in Surrey Heath have been supporters of OSM.

Re: [Talk-GB] Surrey

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Spike (Chris Foote) wrote: I actually live in Weybridge, so if there are any road names that need to be surveyed in person, I'm happy to help. Absolutely! There are many around here: http://osm.org/go/euuLAKjx and http://osm.org/go/euuI5pb6 cheers, Derick --

Re: [Talk-GB] United Kingdom Tagging Guidelines on the OSM wiki: due for an update?

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Rob Nickerson wrote: I hadn't thought about public footpaths along a road. It nicely demonstrates that for RoWs the highway tag really doesn't matter as it is the designation that gives the relevant information. Well, in my case it's not even *along* the road... it's just

Re: [Talk-GB] United Kingdom Tagging Guidelines on the OSM wiki: due for an update?

Hi, On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Graham Jones wrote: On the other hand I treat highway=path as just being a statement of fact - 'there is a path here', so it needs some access tags adding to it. In my mind highway = footway is about the same as highway=path; foot=yes (or maybe

Re: [Talk-GB] Example of OSM National Turst property map?

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012, Fozy 81 wrote: Anyone know of a good example of National Trust property mapped in detail? I've done a few: http://osm.org/go/erUaVMKzv-- (Godolphin) http://osm.org/go/evoQXgbNl- (Nostell Priory) http://osm.org/go/euK~bjiHP-- (Barrington Court) cheers, Derick --

Re: [Talk-GB] Help with remapping

On Sat, 14 Jan 2012, Eike Ritter wrote: 1.) Assume you need to replace a node which is in the intersection of several ways. If I simply delete the node and re-create it, I'd have to adjust all the ways the node is part of. This is slow and error-prone. Is there an easier way of achieving this

Re: [Talk-GB] License change anonymous edits

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012, Ed Avis wrote: OK guys, it's public domain. Enjoy. Cheers! This is much appreciated. Derick ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] License change anonymous edits

On Tue, 10 Jan 2012, Ed Avis wrote: Personally I've tagged source=OS when relying only on OpenData and not additional ground survey or aerial photos; however, there is still some 'sweat of the brow' involved since matching up the streets against OS involves some judgement calls and common

Re: [Talk-GB] Doodle: OpenStreetMap Brighton mapping party

Hi! On Wed, 16 Nov 2011, Derick Rethans wrote: Just as a follow-up. Shaun has picked November 19th. I'll soon make a cake diagram, but please already sign up at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Brighton#Brighton_Mapping_Party It seems that we've all finally added all detail. I've created

Re: [Talk-GB] Doodle: OpenStreetMap Brighton mapping party

Hi, Just as a follow-up. Shaun has picked November 19th. I'll soon make a cake diagram, but please already sign up at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Brighton#Brighton_Mapping_Party cheers, Derick ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Doodle: OpenStreetMap Brighton mapping party

Hi, I'm also for the party on Saturday, and adding data on Sunday. A list of things that we need to look at (there is quite some stuff on http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/area?name=The+City+Of+Brighton+And+Hove) as well as our focus would be good though. cheers, Derick On

Re: [Talk-GB] Surrey Hills Mapping Party, Sunday September 25th

Hi! After this initial announcement, I haven't heard much more. Is this still going through? Who's attending? Is there a cake diagram yet? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Surrey_Hills_Mapping_Party cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis: highlighting missing roads over those without a name

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Graham Stewart wrote: I think everyone agrees that the OSM Analysis Summary ( http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/main ) is extremely useful for gauging our efforts and highlighting areas that need work - even if there is clearly some disagreement about how

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis: highlighting missing roads over those without a name

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Graham Stewart wrote: End users of the map are much more likely to be put off by missing roads than missing road names. That is something I agree with. And it's also a lot easier to get somebody to add a name, or go through the trouble of adding a whole new complicated

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot

On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, SteveC wrote: On Jun 9, 2011, at 7:42, Jerry Clough : SK53 on OSM sk53_...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Generally, I am still opposed to a bot. There is a substantial body of evidence that automated imports damage the ability to recruit and nuture new mappers. Could you

Re: [Talk-GB] OS grid positions

On Mon, 9 May 2011, Nick Whitelegg wrote: I have PHP code to do this, it was based on the JEEPS C library. It's available http://www.free-map.org.uk/svn/freemap/lib/latlong.php I've code here: http://derickrethans.nl/files/dump/convert.php.txt do what you want with it :-) This is an

Re: [Talk-GB] OS grid positions

On Mon, 9 May 2011, Tom Hughes wrote: On 09/05/11 13:17, Phil Endecott wrote: Good grief. Are people seriously suggesting that the Ordnance Survey owns the grid reference system to the extent that others cannot convert between grid refs and other formats, or draw a grid over their own

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: For those not aware, Christoph Böhme put together NOVAM: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NaPTAN/Novam Oh, that is awesome. But instead of deleting the n:verified tag, I have set it to yes everywhere and sadly Novam sees that as

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: I thought Christoph had it working with the various formats of verified. Try changing the scheme (bottom right) and see if that changes anything I've tried already... and although it does change things, it doesn't do the

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: The Birmingham scheme should show a naptan:verified=yes as green (assuming all other tags ok) as that's what I asked Christoph to add because I was doing the same as you, I.e. adding naptan:verified=yes rather than deleting the

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, Ed Avis wrote: I've stopped tagging route_ref because according to the wiki the preferred way to map bus routes is as a relation. Does that reflect the accepted practice in this country? Same here. What uses the bus route data anyway? I do :-) And Harry:

Re: [Talk-GB] SureStart Children's Centres

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011, Ed Loach wrote: Steve wrote: How do you tag these? I confess I don't really know what they are. I'd be tempted to make up a tag, or maybe use designation= as I think often the centres are primarily something else.

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011, Matt Williams wrote: On 16 March 2011 21:16, Tim François timhafranc...@gmail.com wrote: Good work! I just tried searching based on house number and street name, and it didn't work if I didn't capitalise the first letters of the street name. Is this a feature or a

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 16 March 2011 19:51, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: For the last week I've been working on a sort of 'replacement' for the Royal Mail's postcode/address finder That's great; and I trust that my constructive feedback won't be taken as

Re: [Talk-GB] tagging for average speed cameras

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Graham Stewart wrote: I can imagine two possible ways to handle average speed cameras: 1) Tag nodes on the way with the existing highway=speed_camera tag and add a new speed_camera:type=average tag to categorise them (possibly with a better tag name if someone would care

Re: [Talk-GB] tagging for average speed cameras

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Robert Scott wrote: On Friday 04 March 2011, Peter Miller wrote: Any thoughts about how should we tag highways equipped with average speed camera enforcement? Do you think that it is sufficient to just add 'highway=speed_camera' to the way in question?

Re: [Talk-GB] Update to OSM Analysis

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Peter Miller wrote: ITO are pleased to offer out updated version of OSM Analysis with a thematic overview page allowing us to see how we are getting on in different parts of the county. I've noticed an odd thing. The top 4 items on the left at

Re: [Talk-GB] Update to OSM Analysis

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Peter Miller wrote: ITO are pleased to offer out updated version of OSM Analysis with a thematic overview page allowing us to see how we are getting on in different parts of the county. To get the top prize 95% of the roads represented in OS Locator need to be in OSM

Re: [Talk-GB] Street name disagreement - whose right or wrong?

On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, Dave F. wrote: I have a street in my area whose name is being contest by another mapper. To prevent it reducing to a tit-for-tat retaliations I'd thought it best to get it adjudicated here. I think it's X because it signed on the ground in OS Locator as such. He

Re: [Talk-GB] Vandalism in central London - can someone fix it?

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Tom Chance wrote: Can someone try and unpick her changes, either reverting the changeset or manually correcting things? How would one go about fixing things? regards, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation:

Re: [Talk-GB] Vandalism in central London - can someone fix it?

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, Sam Larsen wrote: While all this talk of reverts is going on, I have made a quick fix (to help with routing, rendering etc.. while we are discussing this)using local knowledge http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6100372 so if someone is going to

Re: [Talk-GB] Map layer with OS Locator comparison from ITO - handling already-tagged fixmes

On Wed, 14 Jul 2010, Tom Evans wrote: Often when OS and OSM disagree I will tag this in the OSM database with a note such as FIXME=Check name - OSM has Marefield Gardens, OS has Maresfield Gardens Usually I will also delete the name= tag, so that the street shows up in