Re: [Talk-GB] "Inclusion Matters" UK research funding

2017-08-10 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Dan The UK OSM chapter is keen to address the issue of diversity but we've got a few building blocks to put in place in order to get the chapter functioning at full speed.Once we have done this (no more than a few weeks) then we'll start addressing one of our core objectives which is to

Re: [Talk-GB] Edits in Wales

2017-08-10 Thread Miguel Sevilla-Callejo
On 10 August 2017 at 15:11, Lester Caine wrote: > On 10/08/17 14:32, Miguel Sevilla-Callejo wrote: > > Please, came to Wales and have a look of the bilingual situation within > > your country. > My origins are the Isle of Man and Manx is an even less used language > than

Re: [Talk-GB] Edits in Wales

2017-08-10 Thread Miguel Sevilla-Callejo
On 10 August 2017 at 13:18, Lester Caine wrote: > On 10/08/17 11:15, Miguel Sevilla-Callejo wrote: > > Hi Lester, > > God I hate replying to top posters :( > [I do not really understand] Hello to all of you (British OSM Community?) > > Have you read the Wiki [1]? Have you

Re: [Talk-GB] Edits in Wales

2017-08-10 Thread Lester Caine
On 10/08/17 11:15, Miguel Sevilla-Callejo wrote: > Hi Lester, God I hate replying to top posters :( > Have you read the Wiki [1]? Have you see street sing pictures [2][3]? That wiki page does not ACTUALLY say 'only map what is visible' The tag covering the sign for Queen's Square should have ...

Re: [Talk-GB] Edits in Wales

2017-08-10 Thread Miguel Sevilla-Callejo
Hi Lester, Have you read the Wiki [1]? Have you see street sing pictures [2][3]? I'm improving the DATA adding a neutral and appropriate "name" tag as well as the "name:en" and "name:cy" tags. I guess that the wiki says is the way to do it, right? Here we are to argue if it is wrong of not but

[Talk-GB] "Inclusion Matters" UK research funding

2017-08-10 Thread Dan S
Hi Thinking about the recent diversity discussions - this UK academic funding call just appeared, "Inclusion Matters": https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/inclusionmatterscall/ It's for university-based projects. If there are any GIS researchers reading this, maybe an opportunity for a

Re: [Talk-GB] Edits in Wales

2017-08-10 Thread Lester Caine
On 09/08/17 23:40, Miguel Sevilla-Callejo wrote: > So I would like to translate here why I'm using a neutral approach for > the bilingual tagging in Wales: mainly because I'm following the wiki. This is still a bit of a woolly area, but name= should only contain the information that is actually