Re: [Talk-GB] Location: High accuracy mode on android

2016-10-09 Thread Warin
On my Android phone I can set the GPS on, WiFi off ... in the pull down settings menu. This avoids any issues with wifi errors in their location and copyright. I normally use a dedicated GPS receiver, the phone is a backup and as I normally use it as a simple phone I turn off both WiFi and GPS

Re: [Talk-GB] Autumn Quarterly Project

2016-10-09 Thread Neil Matthews
Brilliant -- that'll make surveying a lot easier. As an aside -- I've noticed that a lot of local establishments often include their address (postcode) on menus posted outside -- or on alcohol "licences". Cheers, Neil On 09/10/2016 10:45, Greg wrote: Hi Neil, I've added the feature you

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly project - taginfo tracker

2016-10-09 Thread Greg
The python-fhrs-osm tool will now create a CSV file containing statistics for each district each day, which should allow detailed tracking. It will be located at http://gregrs.dev.openstreetmap.org/fhrs/stats--mm-dd.csv once

Re: [Talk-GB] Location: High accuracy mode on android

2016-10-09 Thread Andy Townsend
Short answer: Probably not.Longer answer:There are two bits to this. One is where your phone got its location from and the other is what you actually added to OSM.Taking the first bit first, it would depend on

Re: [Talk-GB] Location: High accuracy mode on android

2016-10-09 Thread Colin Smale
I hope we can have a legal opinion on this... It's a bit ridiculous if the most ubiquitous mobile platform in the world can't be used for location. Surely this will affect every single app that reads its location from Android and passes it on for its own use? What about location data in photos, is

[Talk-GB] Location: High accuracy mode on android

2016-10-09 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Hi, just wanted to check something. Unintentionally I had location on High accuracy mode on android when mapping last week... Annoyingly it sets it to this each time you turn location on... And the documentation says it uses Google location services. Will this violate any copyright? Hope not as

Re: [Talk-GB] Autumn Quarterly Project

2016-10-09 Thread Greg
Hi Neil, I've added the feature you requested. It's now possible to download various GPX files for each district, which should allow easier surveying on the ground. From tomorrow, it should also be possible to download a GPX file for OSM entities with invalid fhrs:ids too (i.e. the ones listed