Re: [Talk-GB] Tools to support solar panel mapping?

2019-05-23 Thread Dan S
Thanks Rob - we're using the FiT register already, but please note that it doesn't disclose any official IDs (for privacy reasons, I presume) so there's no "primary key", no definitive way to join the dots e.g. across different versions of the FiT data. The REPD has a primary key but it only

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread David Woolley
On 23/05/2019 21:37, Mark Goodge wrote: Normally, commercial buildings have the owner's name as the value of the 'name' key. This is often wrong, as often the business does not occupy the whole building. ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
>I could do that here, and then move the building name into the 'addr:housename' key, but that seems inappropriate. That's what I would have done. Curious as to why you think that is inappropriate? Seems logical to me (addressing a letter would be Jewellery company name, Wisdom Hall, Street,

Re: [Talk-GB] Tools to support solar panel mapping?

2019-05-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
> we don't have any official ID numbers for the items-to-map I'm almost certain I have pointed it out here already, but in case not: any solar PV installation which is receiving a subsidy will be registered and will therefore have an ID. Larger installations are installed in the Renewable

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
23 May 2019, 22:37 by m...@good-stuff.co.uk: > However, the building is still known locally as "Wisdom hall" > Then name tag is correct. > But then, where does the current owner's name go? For now, I've put it into > the 'operator' key. But I'm not really sure if that's the right place

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Mark Goodge
On 23/05/2019 22:09, Phillip Barnett wrote: Not sure how to tag it now, but are you sure the name is correct? JW’s place of worship has always been known as a Kingdom Hall, not Wisdom. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Hall No; this is definitely Wisdom Hall. It's an early name,

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Phillip Barnett
Not sure how to tag it now, but are you sure the name is correct? JW’s place of worship has always been known as a Kingdom Hall, not Wisdom. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Hall Sent from my iPhone > On 23 May 2019, at 21:37, Mark Goodge wrote: > > Looking for some advice... > >

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Edward Catmur via Talk-GB
The "building:name" tag would seem to be appropriate here. Some examples: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/170028507 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/85945126 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/25911545 An alternative could be to have two objects: the building as a way, and the tenant either as

[Talk-GB] Tagging a named building now used for a different purpose

2019-05-23 Thread Mark Goodge
Looking for some advice... There's a building in the town where I live that was originally constructed by the Jehovah's Witnesses and named, by them, "Wisdom Hall". It hasn't been used by the JWs now for several years, ever since they moved to a new location. The building is currently

Re: [Talk-GB] Déjà vu

2019-05-23 Thread Jez Nicholson
Thanks all! I'm probably just going mad :) On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 2:12 PM SK53 wrote: > This is what I do with some kind of binary chop on dates (usually one has > a decent idea of when one thought it was on OSM), > > I do have shops (& probably other stuff) extracted from an OSM History >

Re: [Talk-GB] Tools to support solar panel mapping?

2019-05-23 Thread SK53
For solar panels as nodes I have been adding two things which could fulfil these criteria: - A count of solar panel modules (the roughly 1.5 by 1 m individual panels) with generator:solar:modules. - Orientation (as generator:orientation) which can be in degrees or one of the 16 points

Re: [Talk-GB] Déjà vu

2019-05-23 Thread SK53
This is what I do with some kind of binary chop on dates (usually one has a decent idea of when one thought it was on OSM), I do have shops (& probably other stuff) extracted from an OSM History file from the middle of last year, so could probably get more details that way if required. Jerry On

Re: [Talk-GB] Déjà vu

2019-05-23 Thread Andy Townsend
On 23/05/2019 12:40, Gareth L wrote: Ive used http://overpass-api.de/achavi/ for this, if there is no trace of the element. Not so good on mobile. Another overpass option is to search on a particular date, for example: [date:"2018-09-04T00:00:00Z"]; node({{bbox}}); out geom; (that's saved

Re: [Talk-GB] Tools to support solar panel mapping?

2019-05-23 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
23 May 2019, 13:37 by r...@garrett.co.uk: > On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 11:22, Mateusz Konieczny > wrote: > >> To fit StreetComplete it must be >> >> - refining existing objects, not adding new ones >> - be solvable by any normal human by answering a simple question >> > > One option for this is

Re: [Talk-GB] Déjà vu

2019-05-23 Thread Gareth L
Ive used http://overpass-api.de/achavi/ for this, if there is no trace of the element. Not so good on mobile. On 23 May 2019, at 12:12, Jez Nicholson mailto:jez.nichol...@gmail.com>> wrote: When tracking down some FHRS sites I have distinct feelings of déjà vuI'm sure that I've seen a

Re: [Talk-GB] Tools to support solar panel mapping?

2019-05-23 Thread Russ Garrett
On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 11:22, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > To fit StreetComplete it must be > > - refining existing objects, not adding new ones > - be solvable by any normal human by answering a simple question One option for this is turning generator=solar nodes into areas. -- Russ Garrett

[Talk-GB] Déjà vu

2019-05-23 Thread Jez Nicholson
When tracking down some FHRS sites I have distinct feelings of déjà vuI'm sure that I've seen a shop/cafe in the map ages ago but now cannot see it. I have to admit to being a dummy on some OSM features. Is there a simple way to zoom in on a place and either see it how it was in the past, or

Re: [Talk-GB] Tools to support solar panel mapping?

2019-05-23 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
23 May 2019, 09:57 by danstowell+...@gmail.com: > streetcomplete > There was one attempt[1] but it was poorly fitting StreetComplete design. To fit StreetComplete it must be - refining existing objects, not adding new ones - be solvable by any normal human by answering a simple question

Re: [Talk-GB] Tools to support solar panel mapping?

2019-05-23 Thread SK53
A few thoughts: 1. The technologies used by OpenSolarMap by Christian Quest and others Etalab.could be applied to OS OpenLocal buildings with a suitable training set. The original French data used high quality imagery classified by cloud sourcing as to roof orientation (flat, E-W or

[Talk-GB] OSMUK Annual Gathering, London, 29 June 2019

2019-05-23 Thread Jez Nicholson
In true wedding invitation style: The OSMUK Directors request the pleasure of your company at the AGM and Annual Gathering Saturday, the twenty-ninth of June two thousand and nineteen at one o'clock in the afternoon Newspeak House, 133 Bethnal Green Road, London Reception (ad-hoc beer and

Re: [Talk-GB] Tools to support solar panel mapping?

2019-05-23 Thread Jez Nicholson
Obviously we are talking about home/small-scale solar here. It could get quite involved, I'm sure that people are running whole businesses trying to analyse satellite imagery for this. Need to keep it simple and practical for this project, unless people have lots of time and energy to spare. An

[Talk-GB] Tools to support solar panel mapping?

2019-05-23 Thread Dan S
Hi Related to the idea of solar panel mapping, I've had a request for info about what sort of software tools might help support this work. We might be using some of the familiar tools (e.g. streetcomplete, openinframap, ... even tasking manager?). It'd be useful to have something like