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)
Robert, Well, don't downplay our capabilities quite so easily. If the OS wanted to set us a challenge to map something in the same detail and to the same accuracy they achieve I can be sue that within a short time it would be done. That's the nature of OSM. The wider point is of course that OSM

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

2010-01-22 Thread Chris Hill
Steve Hill wrote: Since the out of copyright 1:25K maps appeared, there has been rather a lot of tracing going on. On the whole, I think the availability of this data is good. However, I have noticed that around the Gower peninsula, quite a few nonexistent roads, etc. have appeared and

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

2010-01-22 Thread Jason Cunningham
+1, I think we should be printing off maps and using them during walks. Mark whats there, or not, with a highlighter pen. Havent used 1:25K maps yet, but I have compared them using google when a similar issue arose a couple of days ago. Its clear a huge amount of changes have happened and it

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

2010-01-22 Thread Steve Hill
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, Jason Cunningham wrote: We can't trace over google/bing satelite imagery because contract/terms of use, but it is tempting use the google satellite images to check what can be traced from the 1:25K (still the chance google is out-of-date!). This doesn't appear to go

[Talk-GB] [OT] No 10 postcodes petition

2010-01-22 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The PM has responded to the petition to make free-the-postcode like data available: http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page2 Unfortunately, they have confused PAF (the postcode address file, with every valid address in the country) with Postzon (a list

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

2010-01-22 Thread Nick Austin
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:43 AM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On Jan 21, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Robert Scott wrote: Perhaps it would be good to downplay Haiti, as it could give her a handle to say 'Of course projects like that are great for situations like Haiti but when it comes to real