[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday Social

2010-03-04 Thread Gavin Clark
Is the get-together still on this evening (Thu 4th Mar)? gavin ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

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 Steve Doerr
On 03/01/2010 11:36, Colin Smale wrote: While searching the internet for arbitration in a case where local wisdom appeared to conflict with OSM data I came across the Kent County Council Highways Gazetteer. It contains a complete list of roads in Kent, including their reference, road number,

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

2010-03-04 Thread Trevor Hook
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Steve Doerr steve.do...@blueyonder.co.ukwrote: A couple of questions about C-roads... Is there a consensus about how these should be treated? Given that they are not a 'public-facing' classification (never appear on road signs or on any map you would buy from

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

2010-03-04 Thread Tom Hughes
On 04/03/10 09:51, Trevor Hook wrote: C roads are marked as yellow on OS landranger maps. I don't believe that's true. IIRC the key on such maps claims that the colouring is determined by the width of the road not any internal local government classification of it. No idea whether c-class

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

2010-03-04 Thread Nick Whitelegg
No idea whether c-class road references are nationally unique. It seems both plausible and implausible at the same time. The C-numbers seem to low (1000) for them to be national. You'd probably end up with 6-figure C roads if they were nationally numbered... Also Kent isn't in region 3 for

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

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

2010-03-04 Thread Colin Smale
On 04/03/2010 11:15, Tom Hughes wrote: On 04/03/10 09:51, Trevor Hook wrote: C roads are marked as yellow on OS landranger maps. I don't believe that's true. IIRC the key on such maps claims that the colouring is determined by the width of the road not any internal local

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

2010-03-04 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 04/03/2010 10:31, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: .and for around £50 you can look and feel the part: Shouldn't that be *a* part? -- Jonathan (Jonobennett) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

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

2010-03-04 Thread Gregory Williams
[Snip] A couple of questions about C-roads... Is there a consensus about how these should be treated? Given that they are not a 'public-facing' classification (never appear on road signs or on any map you would buy from W. H. Smith's), I'm not sure we want the standard renderings

[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