[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: Planning Applications to 6th October 2012

2012-10-10 Thread Andy Robinson
For the change register Cheers Andy Subject: Planning Applications to 6th October 2012 Nothing to report this week other than just to mention the erection of 168 houses and apartments in Lozells, between the Holte School site and the A34. (Application Number: 2012/06728/PA). David.

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Scotland SOTM

2012-10-10 Thread stuart lester
Looks a well organised event: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_Scotland_2012 Some things to be learnt for a full SOTM bid? ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] mapping conundrum

2012-10-10 Thread Andy Robinson
Thanks all for looking. I don't think the latest points deal with the query. The old station is some distance away and I know where the old station building foundations are so it's nothing to do with that (the label on streetview is just poorly associated because there is no disused station

Re: [Talk-GB] Stiles (and gates) on roads

2012-10-10 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM)
On 9 October 2012 23:15, Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: I have recently found a fairly common problem with stiles and pedestrian gates where footpaths join roads. Often a stile, or gate tagged for access on foot only, is used at the junction with a road. Routers then assume the

Re: [Talk-GB] DfT Cycling data - cycle lanes

2012-10-10 Thread Richard Mann
I'll include opposite_lane; there are enough of them. I'd probably tag the one by the Jeremy Bentham as cycleway:right=track (and indeed that is how it is tagged). You can determine its unconventional usage from the oneway tag(s), if you so wish. I'd guess most of the cycleway=opposite_lane tags

Re: [Talk-GB] Garmin eTrex 30 - just reduced on amazon

2012-10-10 Thread Tim Waters
Nuts, I just this week got a etrex 20 for a little bit less than this. Tim ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Stiles (and gates) on roads

2012-10-10 Thread Lester Caine
Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote: Instead, the two paths on the same side should meet at a separate node a small distance from the style, with a short linking segment between that node and the stile. With a short segment joining the stile to any other highway ... Ideally the barriers would be

Re: [Talk-GB] Stiles (and gates) on roads

2012-10-10 Thread Philip Barnes
On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 19:07 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote: Instead, the two paths on the same side should meet at a separate node a small distance from the style, with a short linking segment between that node and the stile. With a short segment joining the

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013

2012-10-10 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 10/09/2012 04:48 PM, Brian Prangle wrote: Hi everyone At our previous pub meeting for mappa-mercia on October 4 we had a great discussion about how we'd like SOTM2013 to come to Birmingham - so we got a group of volunteers (well everyone at the meeting) and have come up with an outline

Re: [Talk-GB] Stiles (and gates) on roads

2012-10-10 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Philip Barnes wrote: Does anyone know how I go about getting this added to keepright? Harald Kleiner, keepright [at] gmx [dot] at (and +1 to the suggestion) cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Stiles-and-gates-on-roads-tp5729687p5729817.html

Re: [Talk-GB] Stiles (and gates) on roads

2012-10-10 Thread Dudley Ibbett
Having recently started mapping paths, stiles etc I did find this in the documentation for stiles and gates. There is nothing in barrier=entrance but presumably this isn't an issue for routers. A general page on mapping the UK countryside might be useful for new mappers. Regards Dudley