Re: [Talk-GB] Updated GB cycle lanes map

2012-10-02 Thread Peter Childs
On 2 October 2012 09:55, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.comwrote: I've updated my map of GB cycle lanes (and quiet cycle routes). Rendered using Geofabrik/Osmosis/Maperitive. Now with OdbL data... http://www.transportparadise.co.uk/DualCycleNetworkMap/ It looks to me like

Re: [Talk-GB] London Underground roundel

2010-03-25 Thread Peter Childs
On 25 March 2010 15:03, Tom Chance t...@acrewoods.net wrote: On 25 March 2010 14:50, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Tom Chance wrote: We only do it for public services, That is going to be one hell of a definition problem. Isn't London Underground run by some kind of

Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network - filling the gaps

2010-03-08 Thread Peter Childs
On 8 March 2010 14:46, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Gregory wrote: On 8 March 2010 02:23, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: - *To complete the C2C*: Forest section near Keswick - the one gap in our coverage of the NCN's most popular route! The end of the mapped

Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network - filling the gaps

2010-03-08 Thread Peter Childs
On 8 March 2010 15:37, Gregory Williams gregory.willi...@purplegeodesoftware.co.uk wrote: -Original Message- From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Peter Childs Sent: 8 March 2010 15:24 To: Richard Fairhurst Cc: talk-gb OSM

Re: [Talk-GB] Looking for places to map?

2010-02-24 Thread Peter Childs
On 25 February 2010 03:30, Peter Childs pchi...@bcs.org wrote: On 24 February 2010 01:16, Peter Reed peter.r...@aligre.co.uk wrote: Steve, It needn't be parishes. For population data it looks as though I can get down to ward level with up-to-date numbers from ONS. http

Re: [Talk-GB] Change Set Error: 3552319

2010-02-21 Thread Peter Childs
On 21 February 2010 07:14, WessexMario wessexmario-...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: If the whole changeset was removed it might erase some correct mapping that he did. Isn't the principle supposed to be: It's better to lave less known correct mapping, than lots of mapping some of which is complete

Re: [Talk-GB] Adding some additional building around the Angel area of London?

2009-11-11 Thread Peter Childs
2009/11/11 Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net: Ed Loach wrote: Why do we have to try and get multiple logos rendered on Mapnik, rather than anyone who wants to use different renderings in a specific area rendering their own? They have access to the data after all. Indeed. We shouldn't

Re: [Talk-GB] maposmatic for the UK?

2009-10-23 Thread Peter Childs
2009/10/23 Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com I was at a meeting with our county council yesterday evening to discuss 'strategic cycle routes' in my town for inclusion in the official cycling strategy which will be applicable for the next decade. It was a very good and useful meeting,

Re: [Talk-GB] maposmatic - update

2009-10-23 Thread Peter Childs
2009/10/23 Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com Ok, so after looking a bit more carefully and reading their blog[1] it says that they are working on the performance issues associated with running a global service. Regards, Peter [1] http://news.maposmatic.org/

Re: [Talk-GB] Inaccurate Sea Boundary of England

2009-10-16 Thread Peter Childs
2009/10/15 Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com: John Robert Peterson jrp@... writes: Don't you mean the French Channel? :PJR Good question.  Names of seas and oceans aren't currently shown on the main OSM slippy map; are they tagged anywhere? Well, The Bristol Channel has got a node, and is

Re: [Talk-GB] Royal Mail lawyers demand closure of postcode lookup site

2009-10-06 Thread Peter Childs
2009/10/6 OJ W ojwli...@googlemail.com: First strike! [jobcentre-plus seem to have been using this data].  Two more, and we should cut-off the government's internet connection ;) Actually I think its more along the line of a company that knows its head is on the line. The SCO stuff a few

Re: [Talk-GB] 'High speed one' rail

2009-10-01 Thread Peter Childs
2009/10/1 OJ W ojwli...@googlemail.com: Is this break in it intentional? http://osm.org/go/0EDRRyA6 ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb One Word, Liam123 The last change to both ends

Re: [Talk-GB] liam123's latest

2009-09-18 Thread Peter Childs
2009/9/18 David Earl da...@frankieandshadow.com: ***PLEASE*** PULL THE PLUG ON HIM! Is it a good idea to remove the Live Change Feature in Potlatch for everyone. I'm thinking this is the cause for a lot of our problems. I can't see why anyone would want it any more anyway. Its a dangerous

Re: [Talk-GB] NOVAM viewer

2009-09-15 Thread Peter Childs
2009/9/15 Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com: On 15 Sep 2009, at 08:27, Brian Prangle wrote: Hi everyone Shelter = yes/no I think is essential to leave in as a requirement as to whether a bus stop is completley surveyed or not. For two reasons: indication of a shelter is a

Re: [Talk-GB] Chester Zoo: feedback requested

2009-09-06 Thread Peter Childs
2009/9/6 Dan Karran d...@karran.net: Frankie, Is there really a bridleway right through the middle? Doesn't that play havock with the paying to get in? There is indeed! It's kept completely separate from the zoo though by walls on both sides. It's crossed by two bridges and the monorail. I

Re: [Talk-GB] Uk Missing Major Roads.

2009-08-27 Thread Peter Childs
2009/8/26 Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com: On 26 Aug 2009, at 10:08, Chris Hill wrote: The orange (maybe brownish) roads can be secondary, tertiary or unclassified.  I've compared the NPE roads to some roads that I know well and they cover what I would say are secondary, tertiary or

Re: [Talk-GB] Uk Missing Major Roads.

2009-08-27 Thread Peter Childs
Would it be useful to validate our classification and labelling of roads in OSM against the relevant WIkipedia article[2]. Yes, But I'm still a little unclear from is as to what makes a trunk road trunk. I'm wondering if a render that ignores the classification but takes notice of lanes=? and

[Talk-GB] Uk Missing Major Roads.

2009-08-25 Thread Peter Childs
I was trying to fill in a few gaps in what I thought was where by looking at the Out Of Copyright OS Maps at http://www.npemap.org.uk Would it be right to suggest that all Orange Roads on this old map (should they still exist) including any obvious diversions are either Secondary (and should have

[Talk-GB] Gravesend Mapping Party Plans

2009-08-23 Thread Peter Childs
Quick date for your Diaries Mapping Party in Gravesend 10th/11th October 2009 See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GravesendMappingParty for more details Hope to see you there. Peter. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] District Boundaries - N Wales

2009-08-23 Thread Peter Childs
2009/8/23 David Dixon da...@ddixon.force9.co.uk: In short, Wales includes the adjacent sea - don't ask me to what distance from land though! One would infer from that that it includes all Uk waters round Wales (is that 20km or something), except where that would meet other national water,

Re: [Talk-GB] Progress on estimating coverage

2009-08-10 Thread Peter Childs
2009/8/10 Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com: It's good to see continuing progress with English boundaries. I have added Leicestershire council and Plymouth UA to the English Boundaries page. However... I can't find find an administrative boundaries for Derbyshire County Council or for

Re: [Talk-GB] Liam123 again

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Childs
2009/8/8 Dave Stubbs osm.l...@randomjunk.co.uk: On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Jeffrey Martindogs...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe we want different policies for different areas and different kinds of data. For example once all the roads are mapped we freeze the roads, but we allow free changing

[Talk-GB] Sand Bar

2009-08-05 Thread Peter Childs
How to I tag a Sand Bar that extends 50meters in the sea at low tide and disappears at High Tide. Its called The Street and its in Tankerton, Kent. Uk http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=0.2519539minlat=51.2615685maxlon=0.6075064maxlat=51.5630983box=yes There is also a life guard station that

Re: [Talk-GB] Adding unofficial cycle routes

2009-07-28 Thread Peter Childs
2009/7/27 Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:04 PM, John McKerrellj...@mckerrell.net wrote: How about a bus route? Though there's bus stops along the way there's no arrows or anything like that saying bus route goes this way. Not trying to be difficult, just

Re: [Talk-GB] Adding unofficial cycle routes

2009-07-27 Thread Peter Childs
2009/7/27 John McKerrell j...@mckerrell.net: On 27 Jul 2009, at 15:02, Jonathan Bennett wrote: Furthermore, unless the group has based its maps on OSM in the first place, the chances are there will be a derived data problem -- who owns the original mapping the routes were plotted against?

Re: [Talk-GB] Dartford Mapping Party

2009-07-24 Thread Peter Childs
a long way in the wrong direction, when most of the stuff to be mapped is closer.. Peter Childs ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Chatham Town Centre

2009-07-20 Thread Peter Childs
If anyone happens to be in Chatham, it needs remapping (again), they have removed a major flyover and are looking and further work. Not sure how much data we can extract from Medway's website, http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/business/medwayrenaissance/chathamfuture.htm without copyright issues. Or

Re: [Talk-GB] Tooting Bec Lido

2009-07-03 Thread Peter Childs
2009/7/3 Mike osm-talk...@norgie.net: Folks, Just looking at Tooting Bec Lido on the Map.  I see that the site is marked as a lesure area.  I was wondering if it was also appropriate to map the pool as it's outside and if so, how one would tag it? Mike. This is not that easy, Tag it

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Railway route relations

2009-07-02 Thread Peter Childs
Forgive me for asking. How does the Route Code relate to the number on the front of the Train. eg Charing Cross to Gillingham via Lewisham has a 62 on the front but if it goes via Greenwich its 85 (I think) Does the number on the front of the time-table mean anything? Oh and the Routes listed

Re: [Talk-GB] Counties and coasts

2009-06-22 Thread Peter Childs
2009/6/22 Ed Loach e...@loach.me.uk: The Essex one I traced from the dotted line on NPE. I'm not sure about 12 miles for county boundaries - I don't think Essex would want to have to maintain it's own navy to repel Suffolk encroachers for example. Having said that, I think I read somewhere

Re: [Talk-GB] Tank=yes?

2009-06-13 Thread Peter Childs
2009/6/12 Ed Loach e...@loach.me.uk: I'd suggest hazard=tanks (plural). I've not seen signs warning about tanks, but did have to give way to one at a t-junction once on the road from Wolverhampton to Cosford (as I joined it on the road from Shifnal). You could feel the road (and car)

Re: [Talk-GB] Authorities, boundaries and admin-levels

2009-06-13 Thread Peter Childs
2009/6/13 Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com: On 13 Jun 2009, at 09:30, Peter Childs wrote: 2009/6/11 Ed Loach e...@loach.me.uk: And here is the current OSM guidance:- http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:admin_level#admin_level In order to tie in with NUTS and with guidance

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] When is a road a secondary road and when is it not?

2009-06-03 Thread Peter Childs
2009/6/3 Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net: Peter Miller wrote: Personally I want a structure for the town which tells a story about today's road use, rather than a dusty document in a council. I should inform routing engines to keep cars on major roads and cyclists off them. I don't

Re: [Talk-GB] Isle of Wight 2

2009-06-01 Thread Peter Childs
2009/6/1 SteveC st...@asklater.com: 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 interested. Would you consider

Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party

2009-05-18 Thread Peter Childs
I get the message, clearly our Scottish folk are feeling unloved too ;-) I think its more of a problem that the Scores are done Per Head Population Rather than land area. Its just important that The Highlands and Dartmoor get mapped as it is that London or Birmingham get done, In just as much

Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party

2009-05-18 Thread Peter Childs
2009/5/18 Bruce Cowan li...@bcowan.fastmail.co.uk: On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 10:33 +0100, Tom Hughes wrote: I also think we need to decide where tertiary should be used, as there's quite a difference between different blocks at the moment - most don't have any but some have loads. My personal

[Talk-GB] Wincanton streets in the news

2009-04-07 Thread Peter Childs
I notice this week that Wincanton has a new house estate and the streets are getting named after Ankh-Morpork (If any one is going to map that I'm not sure where we put the data :) Is there a way to tag towns with there twin town. Oh where is Peach Pie Street and Treacle Mine Road. Peter.

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

2009-03-23 Thread Peter Childs
2009/3/23 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com: Nice work :-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Andrew M. Bishop Sent: 22 March 2009 10:23 PM To:

Re: [Talk-GB] Clarifying tagging for footway/cycleway etc

2009-03-23 Thread Peter Childs
2009/3/23 Andrew Chadwick (email lists) andrewc-email-li...@piffle.org: Richard Mann wrote: Ways in OSM - at least as I've been told - are assumed to include any pavements/cycleways there may be to the side of the road (both in-lane and on-sidewalk), but not more segregated stuff. At least

Re: [Talk-GB] What should we do with the towns/cities section on the England page

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Childs
2009/3/10 Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com: The Cities/Towns and Vilages section on the England page is very out- of-date. It is however a way of accessing the country by post code. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_England#Cities.2C_Towns_and_Villages Personally I do see

Re: [Talk-GB] Markers on OSM with text

2009-03-09 Thread Peter Childs
2009/3/9 Mike m...@csits.net: Folks, I'm trying to use a slippy OSM map on a webpage with various markers.  I want each marker numbering from one to whatever.  I have read the guide here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Openlayers_POI_layer_example which explains how to add a text box

[Talk-GB] Kent entry on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK

2009-03-08 Thread Peter Childs
Seams Kent is missing on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK not 100% of the full status, so I'll add a blank in and someone can fill in the gaps, Also Medway following the recent 2nd Medway mapping party http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Medway. I'll link it all together the best I can.