Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

2017-12-19 Thread Ian Caldwell
On 19 December 2017 at 15:20, Tom Hughes wrote: > > > The fundamental problem of imports that conflate with existing data is > that you have way of knowing whether or not you are actually improving > anything - you are making an assumption that an "official" source will be > up

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

2017-12-19 Thread Tom Hughes
On 19/12/17 14:46, Brian Prangle wrote: For those who decry the approach of using third party data, preferring instead the personally surveyed approach, I echo Ilya's and Warin's sentiments: Lloyds TSB demerged in 2013 and we still have 200 instances of Lloyds TSB, TA Centres became Army

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

2017-12-19 Thread Brian Prangle
Paul thank you for suggesting this, it's certainly something as a UK community (and I guess more widely)we need to deal with. Unfortunately website data can be problematic, as others have already indicated, for us to use, but instead we should ask the organisations concerned to provide the data in

Re: [Talk-GB] OpenRailwayMap

2017-12-19 Thread Steven Abrams (Brook Street)
Thanks very much. That is awesome. Steven -Original Message- From: Ilya Zverev [mailto:i...@zverev.info] Sent: 19 December 2017 12:21 To: Steven Abrams (Brook Street) Cc: Paul Berry ; Talk GB Subject: Re:

Re: [Talk-GB] OpenRailwayMap

2017-12-19 Thread David Woolley
On 19/12/17 10:23, Steven Abrams (Brook Street) wrote: https://twitter.com/MrTimDunn/status/942751174922555393

[Talk-GB] Nottingham Pub Meeting tonight Lincs Poacher

2017-12-19 Thread SK53
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Re: [Talk-GB] OpenRailwayMap

2017-12-19 Thread Steven Abrams (Brook Street)
Is there a similar map for bus routes and trams around the world? From: Paul Berry [mailto:pmberry2...@gmail.com] Sent: 18 December 2017 17:55 To: Talk GB Subject: [Talk-GB] OpenRailwayMap A nice little social media boost courtesy of Tim Dunn: