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

2012-02-21 Thread Andrew
Another issue is that the designation key is sometimes misused by newcomers because of its prominence in some editors (trac issue 4251), which makes it harder for international applications to use it even when this happens outside Britain and could well strengthen the opinion that this is not

[Talk-GB] Surrey

2012-02-21 Thread Andrew
I have a few questions about the situation in Surrey. Does anyone know the problem area well enough to replace the placenames or is it better to import them from a source such as NPE? I was reluctant to copy road names from OS OpenData in Weybridge though some other mappers were willing to

Re: [Talk-GB] Surrey

2012-02-21 Thread Derick Rethans
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

2012-02-21 Thread Ed Loach
Andrew asked: 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? I am willing to help remap roads in Surrey from OS OpenData if the help would be

Re: [Talk-GB] Surrey

2012-02-21 Thread Andrew
Derick Rethans osm@... writes: BTW, have you added your data yet so that I can wrap up our nice progress video again? cheers, Derick I am on holiday somewhere with no ODBL problems with only a mobile phone. Rhetorically rest of High Street and Church Street will be in later this

Re: [Talk-GB] Surrey

2012-02-21 Thread Spike (Chris Foote)
Hi! I actually live in Weybridge, so if there are any road names that need to be surveyed in person, I'm happy to help. Spike On 21/02/2012 16:02, Andrew wrote: I have a few questions about the situation in Surrey. Does anyone know the problem area well enough to replace the placenames or

Re: [Talk-GB] Surrey

2012-02-21 Thread Derick Rethans
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] Surrey

2012-02-21 Thread Spike (Chris Foote)
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 around here: http://osm.org/go/euuLAKjx and