Re: [Talk-GB] Have you contacted a UK local authority in regards to Rights of Way?

2012-05-03 Thread Ed Loach
Andy wrote: I contacted Hampshire County Council last week but haven't had a response yet. I haven't made a formal approach to Essex CC, but have been trying to build up a good relationship with their PROW team by reporting blocked paths, broken stiles, fallen direction posts and the

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Tagging Guideline - wiki page proposals

2012-05-03 Thread Andy Allan
On 30 April 2012 10:23, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com wrote: Which (yawn) is not a bad thing: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tagging_for_the_renderer On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: IMHO it's either a track on the main highway

Re: [Talk-GB] Designation: should we begin using prefixes

2012-05-03 Thread Jonathan Harley
On 02/05/12 16:38, Chris Hill wrote: On 02/05/12 16:29, Andrew Chadwick wrote: designation=* has been evolving recently, and has added some open land classifications: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:designation#UK_Protected_Areas With the proliferation of these designation codes, would

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Tagging Guideline - wiki page proposals

2012-05-03 Thread Nick Whitelegg
P.S. Please don't yawn in your emails, it's rude. Seconded. There's no need for this sort of disrespectful rudeness and sarcasm on this list. Nick ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Have you contacted a UK local authority in regards to Rights of Way?

2012-05-03 Thread David Groom
- Original Message - From: Andy Street m...@andystreet.me.uk To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Have you contacted a UK local authority in regards to Rights of Way? On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 16:22 +,

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Rights of Way - WikiProject

2012-05-03 Thread Andrew Chadwick
On 02/05/12 16:41, Nick Whitelegg wrote: One project goal might be to consolidate the various scattered information on the wiki describing how to map RoWs in the first place. Come up with *one* consensus approach. We seem to be settling on designation=* + highway={foot,cycle,bridle}way, by the

[Talk-GB] Addresses for blocks of flats

2012-05-03 Thread Tom Chance
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 with: A block of flats, 1-12 Honor Oak Mansions, sits on Underhill Road. The block doesn't have a number

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Rights of Way - WikiProject

2012-05-03 Thread Andy Street
On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 12:58 +0100, Andrew Chadwick wrote: We both agree on using designation. This is good. +1 Would you also agree that h=paths are generally too narrow to use in a 4-wheeled vehicle? After all, that's what h=tracks or the other road types are intended for. Generally, yes.

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

2012-05-03 Thread Matt Williams
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 with: A block of flats, 1-12 Honor Oak

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

2012-05-03 Thread Ed Loach
I’ve used addr:flatnumber occasionally, but doubt anything currently uses it judging by the overall low usage figures: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/addr%3Aflatnumber So in your example it would be something like addr:flatnumber=1-12 addr:housename=Honor Oak Mansions and add the

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

2012-05-03 Thread Derick Rethans
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] Addresses for blocks of flats

2012-05-03 Thread Tom Chance
On 3 May 2012 14:59, Derick Rethans o...@derickrethans.nl wrote: I've done addr:flats=1-18 before which I saw was in use: 14:57 osmbot-test Derick: Tag addr:flats has 1468 values and appears 5220 times in the planet. 14:58 osmbot-test Derick: Tag addr:flatnumber has 68 values and appears

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

2012-05-03 Thread Robert Scott
On Thursday 03 May 2012, Tom Chance wrote: On 3 May 2012 14:59, Derick Rethans o...@derickrethans.nl wrote: I've done addr:flats=1-18 before which I saw was in use: 14:57 osmbot-test Derick: Tag addr:flats has 1468 values and appears 5220 times in the planet. 14:58 osmbot-test Derick:

Re: [Talk-GB] Have you contacted a UK local authority in regards to Rights of Way?

2012-05-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
* I contacted Hampshire County Council last week but haven't had a** response yet.* Is there a standard letter we are using to ask for this information? David I was intending to produce a standard letter and will post it here when its done (might take me a week as I've got lots to do), but

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Rights of Way - WikiProject

2012-05-03 Thread Andrew Chadwick
(Where's the path?, Yes it does, doesn't it?) On 03/05/12 14:47, Andy Street wrote: On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 12:58 +0100, Andrew Chadwick wrote: By now, h=footway seems merely a specialisation of h=path. The _only_ information it adds is that it's normally used by pedestrians, or that it is

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Rights of Way - WikiProject

2012-05-03 Thread Andy Street
On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 18:02 +0100, Andrew Chadwick wrote: The thing I dislike about footway, bridleway, etc. is that they mix the physical characteristics with access information. Using your definition above I can think of a number of foottracks, bridletracks and even a footunclassified.

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Rights of Way - WikiProject

2012-05-03 Thread Andrew Chadwick
[... (g) stray dogs, (h) those that are included in this classification, (i) those that tremble as if they were mad ...] On 03/05/12 19:11, Andy Street wrote: This hypothetical track follows the route of an ancient pathway and is used more by the plethora of dog walkers from the nearby village

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Rights of Way - WikiProject

2012-05-03 Thread Nick Whitelegg
On 02/05/12 16:41, Nick Whitelegg wrote: One project goal might be to consolidate the various scattered information on the wiki describing how to map RoWs in the first place. Come up with *one* consensus approach. We seem to be settling on designation=* + highway={foot,cycle,bridle}way, by the

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Rights of Way - WikiProject

2012-05-03 Thread Andy Street
On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 20:08 +0100, Andrew Chadwick wrote: On 03/05/12 19:11, Andy Street wrote: This hypothetical track follows the route of an ancient pathway and is used more by the plethora of dog walkers from the nearby village than by Farmer Giles. Surely by your logic this should be a