[Talk-GB] OS National Grid projection question

2012-06-15 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Posting this here as I hope someone can remember from when they were looking at the OS OpenData release: I'm trying to work out if I am using the correct Coordinate Reference System for a shapefile downloaded from Natural England. The shapefile includes a .prj as follows:

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Specific Cases of Governments Using OSM

2012-06-15 Thread Nick Whitelegg
This is not HCC doing something with OSM - this is HCC releasing their rights-of-way data under an open licence. The link provided is my own mash-up of OSM and HCC data. Nick -Gregory nomoregra...@googlemail.com wrote: - To: Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com From: Gregory

[Talk-GB] How to work with Government Open Data (e.g. Boundaries, Rights of Way)

2012-06-15 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, As the public sector release spatial data in an open licence we may end up with a few potentially conflicting data sources (Bing, Ground Survey, Government Shapefiles). I would like hear peoples opinions on this. I will use the Rights of Way data Hampshire CC recently released, however I

Re: [Talk-GB] How to work with Government Open Data (e.g. Boundaries, Rights of Way)

2012-06-15 Thread Rob Nickerson
Yeah, I think it might me a slow process but if there is a clear problem then may still be worth writing in to start the ball rolling. By keeping RoW and paths separate what do you mean? Add a way with a designation=public_footpath (for example) without the highway tag? RobJN