Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
> "instead the postcodes need to be attached to specific addresses" That's what I posted in the Land Reg link. :-) Rob p.s. What I have in my mind is to grab each months data release from land registry (thus building up a good database of address + postcode), and then have some tool to visualise

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-27 Thread Shaun McDonald
Hi Rob, Postcodes are a bit more complicated. Postcodes are a series of points, not a single point, as based on CodePoint data. I would not like to see a raw import of the CodePoint Open data as it is just the centroids of the postcodes, instead the postcodes need to be attached to specific add

[Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Please correct me if I am wrong, but to the best of my understanding we are still struggling to find a good source of postcode data under an open licence. From what I understand the CodePoint data set is currently seen as not available for use in OSM. That is where this data set available

Re: [Talk-GB] Southwest Coast Path (relation) has mostly disappeared.

2012-08-27 Thread Jason Cunningham
On 9 April 2012 20:04, SomeoneElse wrote: > Jason Cunningham wrote:ks that way - the links work OK on one of the > smaller relations on the United Kingdom Long Distance Paths page. > > Is this a type of relation that should be broken up and put into a >> super-relation? >> > > I guess so - at it

Re: [Talk-GB] Hadrian's Wall

2012-08-27 Thread Dudley Ibbett
Hi I'm trying to do a bit of mapping near Once Brewed following a walk this weekend. Hadrian's Wall seems to be tagged as "historic=ruins, name=..." at one point and "historic=wall, name=..." at another. The former seems to be trying to create an area in JOSM. Given that I am trying to add

[Talk-GB] State of the map Scotland - Speakers and Sponsors

2012-08-27 Thread Bob Kerr
Hi, This years State of the map Scotland is a slightly different affair than last years due to a larger venue. We are splitting both days into two, morning and afternoon. In the afternoon we are requesting speakers from other GIS or professional organisations to come in and speak about their w