Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-transit] NaPTAN - Time for the rest?

Gregory wrote: > Ah, I hadn't seen http://openbusmap.org/ / http://www.öpnvkarte.de/ > before. > It looks cool and I sometimes want to know the route the buses take (in > a non-schematic way). Just a quick look of my parents place and I've > spotted two routes that

Re: [Talk-GB] Basildon - Reminder

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Williams wrote: > So, 24 hours until the Basildon Mapping party. > > Anyone know the ratio of miles of residential street:head of population? > Basildon has about 100,000 population & at present 3 of us are going to > map the

Re: [Talk-GB] Map of Trace data, was: Re: Stitching Aerial Photographs (John Robert Peterson)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Phil James wrote: > Thanks for that, but bearing in mind I am not a programmer, how does it > help me? :-\ > > I don't know the ID for any tracks there may or may not be in the area i > (may) want to map, and I can't find a way in OSM to reveal any

[Talk-GB] Basildon - Reminder

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 So, 24 hours until the Basildon Mapping party. Anyone know the ratio of miles of residential street:head of population? Basildon has about 100,000 population & at present 3 of us are going to map the whole town tomorrow ;) If anyone else fancies addi

Re: [Talk-GB] liam123 facts

Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > [] > Also, I think I have found one place where liam123 actually did > something good (but I reverted it nonetheless). There is a footway that > goes right across Cumberland drive here in Landon: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/28277588 > > Which liam123 h

Re: [Talk-GB] More NaPTAN Counties Uploaded - Bristol and Cheshire East

Peter Miller wrote: > > On 10 Sep 2009, at 21:00, Mark Williams wrote: [] >> When I voted for Essex I had hoped that all of Essex might turn up, >> but as far as I can see it's excluded Thurrock, a little unitary >> authority in the S.W. corner - which is

Re: [Talk-GB] More NaPTAN Counties Uploaded - Bristol and Cheshire East

Peter Miller wrote: > > On 7 Sep 2009, at 00:00, Frankie Roberto wrote: > >> Thomas wrote: >> >> I'm following the Be Bold motto, and am now uploading the remaining >> NaPTAN counties that have been requested. >> I'll probably do two or three at a time, following the list >> alpha

Re: [Talk-GB] Liam123 back again - can we check if this is vandalism?

David Earl wrote: > On 03/09/2009 14:53, Peter Miller wrote: >> This looks like messing with a street and yahoo photography shows it >> as going through a house. This appears to be straight forward vandalism >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/5215590 > > Yes, looking at the Yahoo images,

Re: [Talk-GB] NAPTAN update?

Thomas Wood wrote: [] > Regarding remaining counties, Essex is definitely a priority, we may > as well just upload the remaining counties as and when we can. > (Which'll probably be when the new dev server is up with a sane python > environment) > Good, thanks for that - I am hoping to go round m

[Talk-GB] Proposed Basildon Mapping Party

One month to go to the Basildon Mapping Party! I've meant to do this for some time, and have now made plans to move away from the area, so it's now or never. The 26-27th September looks clear in the OSM diary. Basildon is one major cause of Essex looking a bit short in the Completeness Map, wi

Re: [Talk-GB] A13 and NCN13 getting muddled?

Peter Miller wrote: > > On 7 Aug 2009, at 08:02, Shaun McDonald wrote: > >> >> On 7 Aug 2009, at 00:06, Mark Williams wrote: >> >>> Peter Miller wrote: >>>> This is the A13 and it in the ncn13 relation which I think is wrong >>>> ht

Re: [Talk-GB] A13 and NCN13 getting muddled?

Peter Miller wrote: > This is the A13 and it in the ncn13 relation which I think is wrong > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/23406798 > > Any thoughts? Anyone fancy following it up? > Actually no, the NCN13 route _IS_ down the A13! Bizarre but true.. It skips off for the flyover at Gall

Re: [Talk-GB] Roundabout, ways and relationship policies

Greg Stark wrote: > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Steve Hill wrote: >> 1. It is one way in the appropriate direction (clockwise in the UK) >> 2. All the roads leave/join the outside of the loop (*) >> 3. It generally isn't very built-up in the middle (**) >> 4. It has a reasonably circular shap

Re: [Talk-GB] Roundabout, ways and relationship policies

Jon Burgess wrote: > The roundabout I really dislike is at Winnersh Triangle, UK: > http://osm.org/go/eusmtxB_j- > If you look on some satellite imagery you will see it really does have > a dual carriage way going right through the middle of the roundabout. > And a very odd-looking bit at 1 O'Cl

Re: [Talk-GB] New wiki page for GB reversion requests

Peter Miller wrote: > On 22 Jul 2009, at 15:18, Andy Allan wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Peter Miller>> wrote: >>> Without going through every edit in the changeset it will be hard to >>> determine. If we do have to go through every changeset then we >>> might as well >>> revert t

Re: [Talk-GB] New wiki page for GB reversion requests

Peter Miller wrote: > On 22 Jul 2009, at 15:18, Andy Allan wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Peter Miller>> wrote: >>> Without going through every edit in the changeset it will be hard to >>> determine. If we do have to go through every changeset then we >>> might as well >>> revert t

Re: [Talk-GB] Reverting all Liam123's edits

Chris Fleming wrote: > On 21/07/09 16:39, Mark Williams wrote: >> My 2p; >> >> He has been very active around "my" area and I have had to put in some >> work righting wrongs; there are more out there than I have fixed& I >> believe the original

Re: [Talk-GB] Amenities

Jack Stringer wrote: > Well I have got a few replies to my e-mails to a few places. One of > which was Avon[1] & Somerset Police. Good.. > If I was to gather a the lists of places that we should be making sure > are mapped onto the maps. Should I gather these up and put them into a > database for

Re: [Talk-GB] Reverting all Liam123's edits

Tom Hughes wrote: > On 21/07/09 14:02, Steve Hill wrote: > >> Some thoughts on sensible protections which could be implemented in the >> future: >> 1. The ability to ban a user from editing. > > This would be easy to add - at the moment we have to lock the account > completely. > >> 2. The abil

Re: [Talk-GB] Liam123 is still active unfortunately

Peter Miller wrote: > On 19 Jul 2009, at 23:02, Frederik Ramm wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Peter Miller wrote: >>> We really need some better tools for reverting this sort of >>> nonsense and a way of patrolling the edits of new contributors . >>> This isn't a discussion for talk-gb really, but pos

Re: [Talk-GB] Freemap (OSM for walkers) - increased coverage

Nick Whitelegg wrote: >> For example, for public footpaths are you including all >> highway=footway/footway=yes ways, or are you using the slowly >> increasingly used tag that I read about somewhere of >> designation=public_footpath? > > As stated in my original message, highway=footway/foot=yes

Re: [Talk-GB] Isle of Wight 2

Peter Childs wrote: > 2009/6/1 SteveC : >> I'm tempted, but half the point is that we need to stop thinking that >> the IoW is mapped, without addresses or turn restrictions there's a >> long way to go. >> >> On 1 Jun 2009, at 10:53, Steve Chilton wrote: >> >>> Steve >>> >>> I would be very interes

Re: [Talk-GB] Isle of Wight 2

I'm in if the date suits. Mark Shaun McDonald wrote: > Yay, that'd be a great idea. > > Shaun > > On 30 May 2009, at 15:53, SteveC wrote: > >> Remember how awesome the wales mapping weekend was last year? >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Welsh_Mapping_Party_Weekend >> >> Remember t

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

Shaun McDonald wrote: > On 23 Mar 2009, at 19:14, Andrew M. Bishop wrote: > >> a...@gedanken.demon.co.uk (Andrew M. Bishop) writes: >> >>> I decided that what would be fun to implement is a routing algorithm >>> that can find the best (shortest or quickest) route between any two >>> OSM highway no

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping the unloved and unwashed

Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: > A quick scoot around our green and pleasant land reveals a number of really > unloved places (Why are so many in Lincolnshire!). We need ideas on how to > get these places on the map, whether it be motivating the natives or sending > in the OSM swat teams t

Re: [Talk-GB] OpenStreetMap street types

Mike Paley wrote: > Can someone remind me what details I need to enter as username 'pmailkeey' > on OSM please. > > I now have a list of OS grid refs > > ... > SD 17898 84329 > SD 17895 84379 > SD 17887 84428 > SD 17876 84475 > SD 17853 84551 > SD 17841 84602 > ... > > For the entire length of

Re: [Talk-GB] London to Brighton Bike Ride - registration

Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: > Gregory Williams wrote: >> Sent: 29 February 2008 3:55 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org >> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] London to Brighton Bike Ride - registration >> >> Don't worry! I took a trace last year: >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/use

Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: [CARTO-SoC] Priced out...

I presume someone's told him... Was it in time? Or have we not done his area yet, I wonder? Mark Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Interesting comment on the CARTO-SoC list. > > Richard > > - Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:25:43 GMT > From: Ga

Re: [Talk-GB] UK administrative subdivisions

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > >I'm a guest only on this list, having subscribed for the sole > purpose of asking this question but I thought it was not really > something for [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;-) > > I have extracted the following list of "second

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM gets a plug on the register.

Alexander Wright wrote: > The register published a story on how Google are to be offering the ability > to > edit their maps. Following reader comments, they have also published a story > on OSM: > > http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/11/22/blognation_os_maps/ > > Enjoy! > Read and enjoyed..

Re: [Talk-GB] mapping tunnels

My car (Fiat Stilo) uses wheel rotation data to calculate turns & distance. It goes horribly wrong if you reverse round a corner while it's getting a GPS lock, but works well in tunnels. For what that's worth... Unfortunately there's no way to save tracks (I haven't tried opening the box!) & it d

[Talk-GB] [Fwd: Re: Speed limits]

Original Message Subject:Re: [Talk-GB] Speed limits Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:04:07 +0100 From: Mark Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Richard Fairhurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL P

[Talk-GB] [Fwd: Re: Conflicting tagging of london undergound stations]

Original Message Subject:Re: [Talk-GB] Conflicting tagging of london undergound stations Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:14:50 +0100 From: Mark Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Nick Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[Talk-GB] [Fwd: Re: Conflicting tagging of london undergound stations]

Original Message Subject:Re: [Talk-GB] Conflicting tagging of london undergound stations Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:13:30 +0100 From: Mark Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Robert (Jamie) Munro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Talk-GB] Hindhead Tunnel

Jonathan Bennett wrote: > 80n wrote: > >> It was me. >> >> Yes, it really was surveyed, on foot, up to the point where there road >> will enter a tunnel (which hasn't been built yet). >> > > :-O Bloody hell! Was this before or after they brought in the Heavy > Plant, and started removing

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] dangerous cycling lanes (was Re: A new highway tagging scheme - thinking about)

graham wrote: > Or more dangerous. I won't mark some roads with cycle lanes where I > think they are really unsafe (ridiculously narrow and over drains; > jumping off road onto pavement and back again at dangerous points; > stopping suddenly where roads narrow leaving you in an unsafe position

Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: designated cycleway, designated bridleway, designated footway

Rik van der Helm wrote: >> The "designated" refers to their legal status, but in practise this is >> pretty much impossible to find out with copyright violations from the >> national mapping agency (the Ordinance Survey). Instead, we use >> signposts to determine the legal status of a particular ro

Re: [Talk-GB] affixing a GPS to a dashboard

Jonathan Bennett wrote: > Steve Coast wrote: > >> That burning question - if you have a GPS and a dashboard which lets >> it slide off when you turn a corner - what do you do? >> >> Maybe blu tak? >> >> > Works perfectly for me. Use many small blobs rather than one big one, > though. >

Re: [Talk-GB] Online POI editor for placemappingparty-usabilityenhancements

On Monday 28 May 2007 19:30, David Earl wrote: > Nick, > > There seems to be a problem whereby the POI editor gets 500 errors from the > server whenever a place name (and presumably other tag values as well) has > a single quote in the name: > name=Bishop's Castle always fails > name=Bishops Ca

Re: [Talk-GB] Open Street map servers and [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Sunday 29 Apr 2007 12:17, Alexander Wright wrote: > Is it just me, or are all the dev servers and [EMAIL PROTECTED] not working? > > Anything to do with the new proxies that have been installed? It's just you (4 hours later, so maybe it wasn't..) as it's OK now. They have been slow though. Ma