[Talk-GB] MapRoulette challenge for schools

Hi all, We have a maproulette challenge for UK schools!! Thanks go to Martijn for setting this up. We’re live: http://maproulette.org/#t=ukschools/6d5899d6-facc-4460-b152-6e0ac68188bb It focuses on the postcode areas that are least mapped including Wales and NI. Notes: * Pan around the map to

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] MapRoulette challenge for schools

Hi all, We have a maproulette challenge for UK schools!! Thanks go to Martijn for setting this up. We’re live: http://maproulette.org/#t=ukschools/6d5899d6-facc-4460-b152-6e0ac68188bb It focuses on the postcode areas that are least mapped including Wales and NI. Notes: * Pan around the map to

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Wednesday meet-up

Hi all, It's time for another midlands meet-up this Wednesday. Hope to see you all there: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Next_meeting *Rob* ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] lidar

Mark, The Lidar data we took a look at for OpenStreetMap was the Environment Agency data - we didn't collect anything ourselves. For OSM you'd need 50cm resolution or better plus lots of people dedicated to then converting that in to map data. You may want to look at "StreetView" type images for

[Talk-GB] Case study: Big Pathwatch

All, Last year the Ramblers launched an app to encourage people to report problems with rights of way. The concept was easy: You pick a 1km square, survey the paths it in, and report back. I've just received the following email which gives an indication of public interest in this sort of thing:

[Talk-GB] New users and P2

Hi, Is anyone aware of any recent OSM press - we've seen a lot of new OSM mappers in the Midlands in the last 2 days :-) Also is Potlatch 2 still the default for new mappers as they all seem to be using that? I though we'd switched to iD as the default across all browsers now (although I don't

Re: [Talk-GB] Tuesday March 1st is Night School

Blog post and tweets - please share to help spread the word on our 1st March "Night School" mapathon. http://www.mappa-mercia.org/2016/02/welcome-to-night-school-1st-march.html https://twitter.com/osmuk/status/702599949293363201 Cheers, *Rob* p.s. We;re 70 edits of 10,000 if anyone wants to see

[Talk-GB] Schools mapping project: Update number ?

Hi all, I've lost track of which update number we are on, but here are the latest things from the UK Quarterly Project to map schools: 1. "Night School" event To coincide with Open Data Day we are looking to hold an evening mapping event. The aim being to get as many people involved for one

Re: [Talk-GB] 2016 first quarterly project:Schools

>Hi Rob et al., > >I've created a quick umap instance > >showing school points within a school polygon. > >If anyone can tell me how to remove the bit of html which makes the url to >the polygon not work, do let me

[Talk-GB] UK group: Community Interest Company

Hi all, One of the outstanding actions for the UK group is should we set up as a regular Limited Company or a Limited Company with Community Interest Company (CIC) special features. The special features (e.g. Asset Lock) sends a clear message of our intention to support the community rather than

Re: [Talk-GB] Redraft of objectives for OSMUK

on (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > On 17 February 2016 at 22:05, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> > wrote: > &g

Re: [Talk-GB] Redraft of objectives for OSMUK

>Hi everyone > >3rd draft following this week's concall > > >@Rob - this really needs to go in the wiki but I'm not really proficient at >wiki editing > >Regards >Brian Hi Brian, Sorry for the delay. This is done now [1]. By the way the wiki is now a lot easier to edit as it has a new "WYSIWYG"

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools project update 4

/pipermail/talk-gb/2016-February/018434.html On Sun, 14 Feb 2016 at 23:21 Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > A few updates on the school mapping project (sorry if I missed any, I've > been away from it a little so may have missed a few things): > >

[Talk-GB] Schools project update 4

Hi, A few updates on the school mapping project (sorry if I missed any, I've been away from it a little so may have missed a few things): 1. Trial of Loomio In the loomio trial we have decided to attempt a press release. Gregory has got a great draft up already for review [A] and you can join

[Talk-GB] Schools project, testing Loomio, and the UK OSM group.

Hi all, I don't like asking people to sign up to yet another online service but I think this *could* be really good. TL;DR Please sign up to the following group to discuss how we can continue to support the quarterly project: https://www.loomio.org/invitations/1f686576bce85c49f956 =Full

[Talk-GB] School mapping - Who's involved

All, We've a few of way's of counting how many people are involved with the quarterly project to map schools. As such I have updated the wiki to focus on comments rather than the raw numbers (e.g. which areas are you mapping, how else are you helping). Feel free to update.

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] February meeting on Wednesday

Hi all, Don't forget that we have our regular monthly meeting this Wednesday! Hope to see you there: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Next_meeting Best, *Rob* ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools project - update 3

>>* 1. Open Data Manchester *>>* Following a tweet Open Data Manchester have asked whether anyone can *>*> go and show them how to map. Looks like their next meeting is Monday *>*> February 1st, 6.30 – 8.30pm. Any volunteers? *>*> *>Have you any more information on this? I can get into Piccadilly

[Talk-GB] Schools project - update 3

A third update on the quarterly project. 0. The what project? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Quarterly_Projects 1. Open Data Manchester Following a tweet Open Data Manchester have asked whether anyone can go and show them how to map. Looks like their next meeting is Monday February 1st,

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools project - update 3

Am aware of this Lester. It makes the blog post a lot harder though. Feel free to write something up and send it through :-) BTW: The amenity=college page on the wiki [1] is lacking a lot. Could do with some extra details (rather than simply linking to wikipedia) and it's context needs expanding

Re: [Talk-GB] Next UK chapter concall

Brian wrote: >On legal structures, please read Rob's excellent summary before the >concall. I've read it and my conclusion so far, and I'm still not clear on >some things, is that we shouldn't go for unincorporated society (unlimited >liablity for officers) or charity (we don't have a charitable

[Talk-GB] Schools project - update 2

Another update on the quarterly project. 0. The what project? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Quarterly_Projects 1. GL postcode gains the lead I've updated the progress table in the above link. GL postcode has surged from 12th place to 1st! Well done :-) 2. Matching algorithm updated It

[Talk-GB] Schools project - update

Hi all, > Cross post to talk-ie (we are working on a quarterly project to map schools - feel free to join (see item 3 below). A few updates for the schools mapping project. As always there is also the page on the wiki for quick reference ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Quarterly_Projects

Re: [Talk-GB] NLS OS 6in E in Potlatch & iD

have to wait until they can get it re-created. The positive take-away is how popular the NLS digitisation process/outputs are! :-) *Rob* On 31 December 2015 at 12:36, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > The url's on the OSM wiki page for NLS should all wo

Re: [Talk-GB] Schools project - update

official reference numbers: ref:deniirn=* (note the double i - stands for Department for Education Northern Ireland - Institution Ref Number). Best, Rob On 12 January 2016 at 22:01, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > > Cross post to talk-

[Talk-GB] UKOSM - technical aspects

Hi all, Good to see lots of enthusiasm for this but to address Lester's point, no decisions have yet been made. Please feel free to think about the website and technical side as we will need this thinking when we get to that stage, but to clarify we have 3 topics currently "active": * Aims *

[Talk-GB] Schools - KY postcode "leads"

Well done to those contributors in the KY postal region of Scotland: http://www.mappa-mercia.org/2016/01/kirkcaldy-postcode-leads-the-way.html Happy mapping, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-GB] Unusual surface

Hi all, Any idea how to tag the following surface: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6J5ZA1hu93bM2Q1V29WcGNJZVk=sharing *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Oneway

Got tweeted by BCC today. Anyone able to look into a comment this triggered: @mappamercia @BhamCityCouncil @BCCNewsRoom could you correct the direction of traffic on Charlotte Street too please? (I dont know how) https://t.co/gG4WdaO8WU Rob ___

Re: [Talk-GB] 2016 first quarterly project:Schools

Not my tool - I just have a version of it running. Adam has provided me an updated version that I need to look at this weekend. I can see if I can add such a percentage tracker at the same time. For now you'll just have to keep looking at the taginfo page:

Re: [Talk-GB] UKOSM or OSMUK or OSMGB proposed aims

Thanks Dudley, I loose track of the definitions you sometimes get in business, and to confirm we are looking for "aims" here. The objectives would be the "projects" I mentioned in a previous email. The bit on "use" probably does need expanding as Robert W also mentioned it. If anyone has any

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly project: Map of changesets

Hi Stuart, Yeah #OSMschools works well (if the hashtag is missed then it will still appear in my search so no need to worry). At the moment we have a few ways to track progress - for more info see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Quarterly_Projects#Progress_trackers Best, *Rob* On 4

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly project - Progress tracker

>On 04/01/16 10:11, Lester wrote: >On 03/01/16 22:14, Rob Nickerson wrote: >> This makes use of the TagInfo to Google Sheets script that Adam Hoyle >> kindly wrote for the last project :-) > >Do we really have to resort to pushing traffic to google which then gets >link

[Talk-GB] Quarterly project: Map of changesets

Hi all, Can you please add "OSMschools" to your changesets so that we can track them. For now you can see any changest with "school" in the comment at the following site but this isn't restricted to our UK project - hence the request to use "OSMschools".

Re: [Talk-GB] 2016 first quarterly project:Schools

Hi all, Some great ideas and tools already shared and only January 3rd! This made me think I should set up a wiki page but I have been beaten to it. I've expanded on the page to add links to all the resources being discussed here. Page at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Quarterly_Projects

Re: [Talk-GB] UKOSM or OSMUK or OSMGB proposed aims

On 3 January 2016 at 16:45, Brian Prangle wrote: >> Proposed aims for UKOSM: >> >> The aims of (eventual name) are: >> >> To increase the number of data contributors;develop their skills and keep >> their motivation so that new contributors become active mappers to improve >> and maintain

Re: [Talk-GB] 2016 first quarterly project:Schools

>I've imported a current GB extract with osm2pgsql I find: > > > >Bye >Frederik > Good analysis there Frederik. Are you able to share the outputs so that others can use it to help the mapping efforts? A slippy map or maproulette task would be good but maybe just the raw data to get us started if

Re: [Talk-GB] 2016 first quarterly project:Schools

Hi, There is also a mapzen map that helps identify schools marked only by a node. The map is a bit clunky so someone may be able to come up with something better using umap. As Brian noted, we have over 6000 schools tagged just with a node. https://mapzen.com/blog/targeted-editing-school-polygons

Re: [Talk-GB] 2016 first quarterly project:Schools

Surely that is where the benefit of a community really helps. With government data keeping up to date then we should be able to track the changes quite easily, georeference the address in order to calculate the rough location and then ask our local mappers to help with on the ground surveys. A

Re: [Talk-GB] NLS OS 6in E in Potlatch & iD

All, The url's on the OSM wiki page for NLS should all work but are only for use in OpenStreetMap/OpenHistoricalMap. The NLS have a lot of companies free-riding on their tile server and have now got the the point where there need to implement a subscription API in order to support the costs. For

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK group - Sign up to mail lists

Hi Tim, Mailing list in the sense of talk-gb is not right here. I simply meant I need an updated list of email addresses of people who still want to be involved. Currently I am using the emails provided in the survey from several months ago (68 out of 101 respondents), tweeting and using OSM

[Talk-GB] OSM UK group - Sign up to mail lists

Hi all, Great first meeting today. For those unable to attend the minutes are attached below. As noted I would like to set up mailing lists as a replacement to the current system (mailing those who submitted an email address in the original survey). Please sign up via the following form. Page 2

[Talk-GB] Agenda and Joining details for Today's OpenStreetMap UK/GB telephone meeting

Hi all, As noted in previous emails to this list, please find the dial in number for the first UK/GB OpenStreetMap group meeting below. Brian Prangle has kindly volunteered to help facilitate the first meeting following on from his Chairmanship of the State of the Map 2013 (Birmingham) group.

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Last week on OSM

Hi, Was good to see so many at last weeks Mappa Mercia meeting in Birmingham. Just sharing this here as it was one of the things we discussed. https://tyrasd.github.io/latest-changes/ *Rob* ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

[Talk-GB] First UK/GB OpenStreetMap group meeting - 17th December at 8pm

Hi all, Early this year I published a survey asking about “a UK/GB OpenStreetMap group”. 101 people filled it in and many contacted me to say they liked the idea. Encouraged by the this and my local Mappa Mercia group, we feel the time is right to start the group. To get us going Wikimedia UK

Re: [Talk-GB] traffic calming

for someone to un-revert this changeset? Rob On 22 Nov 2015 20:29, "Rob Nickerson" <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 22 November 2015 at 19:33, Chris Hill <o...@raggedred.net> wrote: > >> >> Gerd did the work you describe but went ahead with an almos

Re: [Talk-GB] traffic calming

>There has been a discussion on the tagging mailing list triggered by >Gerd Petermann having made a mechanical edit to some traffic calming >features. Thanks Chris, To summarise for those who don't want to get stuck in the tagging mailing list, Gerd spotted that traffic calming (speed bumps,

Re: [Talk-GB] traffic calming

On 22 November 2015 at 19:33, Chris Hill wrote: > > Gerd did the work you describe but went ahead with an almost nation-wide > mechanical edit without any prior discussion or description. That's why I > asked him to revert it. Mechanical edits need to be discussed. He then >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Lidar imagery

ould make the job easier or > not. > > > > Cheers > > Andy > > > > *From:* Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 13 November 2015 19:26 > *To:* Brian Prangle; Andy Robinson > *Cc:* talk-gb-westmidlands > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-gb-westm

[Talk-GB] EA LiDAR now as a WMS tile layer

Hi all, Typical just after getting some tiles up online, the EA 25cm LiDAR data is now available as a WMS layer that can be added to JOSM using:

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] EA LiDAR now as a WMS tile layer

Hi all, Typical just after getting some tiles up online, the EA 25cm LiDAR data is now available as a WMS layer that can be added to JOSM using:

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fix oneway streets with Telenav tool

Hi all, At the end of October Telenav released a tool to help identify incorrectly tagged, or missing, one way streets in OpenStreetMap. The *potential* errors can be viewed at [1] , but the best way to use it is with the

[Talk-GB] Fix oneway streets with Telenav tool

Hi all, At the end of October Telenav released a tool to help identify incorrectly tagged, or missing, one way streets in OpenStreetMap. The *potential* errors can be viewed at [1] , but the best way to use it is with the

[Talk-GB] Fwd: Re: Quarterly project : Stats

Meant to copy the reply to the mailing list. See below. -- Forwarded message -- From: "Rob Nickerson" <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> Date: 6 Nov 2015 08:03 Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly project : Stats To: "Fake Robertbrook" <metaz...@fastmail.net>

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly project : Stats

ds pretty straightforward - I'd be up for doing that. :-) > > And I do quite like making graphs too, although Google Sheets can probably > do that better. > > Best, > > Adam > > // 07973 428 333 > // http://www.adamhoyle.co.uk/ > // @adamhoyle > > On 5 Nov

[Talk-GB] Quarterly project : Stats

Hi all, During another eventful Mappa Mercia meeting in which we continued to plot world domination, one idea that came up was "would a kind OSMer who has a server running be willing pull back some stats for us on a daily basis?" In essence we're looking for a volunteer to query the TagInfo UK

[Talk-GB] PIE Mapping (Was: User dataone: "splitting into 2 way to tag restriction ")

>Phil (trigpoint) wrote: > >In http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/34325458 comments Zain Ahmad >Hashmi mentions PIE mapping, which is is for commercial truck routing. > Hi all, PIE mapping were at the London OSM mobile themed dev hack weekend at Geovation's office a few months ago. In fact

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging street areas controlled by rising bollard barriers

That sounds like you need a conditional restriction on the way and probably on the bollard node too. Most likely "motor_vehicle=no" and "access:motor_vehicle:conditional=yes @ (18:00-10:00)". For more: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Conditional_restrictions Rob

[Talk-GB] Spamdalism caught

Don't think it was spam as I think they are actually based here. If true, this is user error in editing the road instead of adding a building/address. Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

; wrote: > Done > > > > Ed > > > > *From:* Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 14 October 2015 18:04 > *To:* talk-gb@openstreetmap.org > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed > now available > > > &

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hacks and Hackers

Sounds interesting. See you Wednesday 7th October in the Bull. Rob On 29 September 2015 at 22:36, stuart lester wrote: > hello, > > Paul Bradshaw who organises the hacks and hackers meet up wondered if > either any OSMers fancy attending the next one or look at

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

Sounds good Chris. No problems with imports from me (assuming the data passes reasonable* quality assurance). I do feel that the concerns over imports are preventing OSM from properly innovating. This is a good example of dataset and an innovative approach that has been made available to us. It

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

>On 24/09/2015 18:41, Phil Endecott wrote: >> You could easily trace building outlines from this > >This looks excellent, but being inherently lazy, is there any software >to convert what I assume are pixels outlines into vectors? > >It would save a *lot* of tracing. (Caveat: I'm not advocating

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New user edits in Stratford

> Corrected most of them and contacted the user politley > > On 26 August 2015 at 18:22, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I've only just sorted the last lot you identified! Having to contact the >> user then wait a few days to give then chance

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] September meeting - Wednesday 2nd in Tamworth

Hi all, We are due to hold our next meeting this Wednesday (you will recall that we have switched to the first Wednesday of the month). It's due to be in Tamworth. Can you please let me know if you can go ASAP as I know a number of you are unable to attend this month. Regards, Rob p.s. If you

Re: [Talk-GB] Paths and Footways

Thanks Andy, Fully aware of access land, undocumented rights of way and permissive paths. I just need to remember to be careful of what I write on this mailing list (but I was trying not to write an essay). I'm surprised if this is just England and Wales as I would have thought some other

Re: [Talk-GB] Paths and Footways

and how many people had walked it recently. I guess if the new rendering for footway throws up significant problems there will be more interest in a UK website. Regards Dudley Sent from Windows Mail *From:* Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com *Sent:* ‎Sunday‎, ‎16‎ ‎August‎ ‎2015 ‎18‎

[Talk-GB] Paths and Footways

Hi all, Given that paths and footways are now rendered the same way in the default OSM style I wonder whether it is time to look at how the map can provide better information. For rural mappers tagging a path/footway as unpaved surface results in it having less prominence on the map. As most

Re: [Talk-GB] UK/GB OpenStreetMap survey results

things that people voted agree/strongly agree to? Best wishes, Rob p.s. I'll be in London this weekend at the OSM mobile app dev event. I'll try to tweet and blog about this on mappa-mercia.org . If you have any app ideas you want me to share then let me know soon :-) On 1 August 2015 at 12:53, Rob

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Rugby tonight

I'll be there. Probably won't map a lot as I don't have much free time to put it in OSM afterwards right now. Will discuss the website as in trying to redesign that at the moment. Rob On 5 Aug 2015 12:01, Greg gre...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: Hi all. I'm local to Rugby and will be coming along to

[Talk-GB] Better building terracer for JOSM

This looks promising. Worth a share :-) http://derickrethans.nl/buildings.html Regards, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Open Access Land

Where are you looking? Most of the data available at [1] is available under the Open Government Licence or the OS OpenData Licence. Rob [1] http://www.gis.naturalengland.org.uk/pubs/gis/GIS_register.asp ___ Talk-GB mailing list

[Talk-GB] Open Access Land

I thought this was available in the Natural England data. Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] UK/GB OpenStreetMap survey results

Hi all, Thank you for taking the time to fill out the A UK OpenStreetMap group? survey. In the 3 weeks since the survey first opened we received a total of 101 responses. This is a great response rate and indicates that many people are interested in the prospect of such a group. So what do the

Re: [Talk-GB] Survey: A UK/GB OpenStreetMap group?

commentary). Best, Rob On 11 July 2015 at 21:19, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Dear UK/GB OpenStreetMappers, From time to time we talk about the potential of setting up a UK/GB OpenStreetMap group (name yet to be decided) but we never quite know what it should look like. Survey

[Talk-GB] Ramblers app

Looks interesting. Anyone know more information about this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33532041 Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Survey: A UK/GB OpenStreetMap group?

in different ways. This is especially true when crossing cultural boundaries. My top tip is to assume positive intent and if in doubt ask :-) On 11 July 2015 at 21:19, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Dear UK/GB OpenStreetMappers

Re: [Talk-GB] Survey: A UK/GB OpenStreetMap group?

Hi all, As I'm not signed up to all mailing lists, can I please have volunteers to forward this to talk-gb-london, talk-gb-midanglia, talk-gb-thenorth and talk-scotland? Thanks, Rob On 11 July 2015 at 21:19, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Dear UK/GB OpenStreetMappers, From

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: Survey: A UK/GB OpenStreetMap group?

Forwarding the following email to local mailing lists. We're nearing 30 responses already. Let's make that 50 by tomorrow :-) Rob -- Forwarded message -- Dear UK/GB OpenStreetMappers, From time to time we talk about the potential of setting up a UK/GB OpenStreetMap group (name

[Talk-GB] Survey: A UK/GB OpenStreetMap group?

Dear UK/GB OpenStreetMappers, From time to time we talk about the potential of setting up a UK/GB OpenStreetMap group (name yet to be decided) but we never quite know what it should look like. Survey time!! Please fill in the following 2 minute survey: http://goo.gl/forms/Z797QhC27c Your

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] July Meeting

What are the mapping priorities? i seem to recall someone said there was a lot left to map here? Do you think a cake is needed? Rob On 1 July 2015 at 21:27, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: I've got a family commitment pm so I'll be mapping am -getting some listed bdg pics in Codsall

Re: [Talk-GB] England LIDAR data to be OGL in September

Hi all, Just passing this on - the Environment Agency's LIDAR mapping of much of England is going to be opened up in September, under the Open Government Licence:https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2015/06/16/free-mapping-data-will-elevate-flood-risk-knowledge/

[Talk-GB] Fwd: England LIDAR data to be OGL in September

version; the same data that will be open from September is currently available free for non-commercial and academic use. You can get it here: https://www.geomatics-group.co.uk/GeoCMS/Order.aspx Regards, Owen On 19 June 2015 at 21:04, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Just

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: Re: Bidford Bridge

Forward to list. R -- Forwarded message -- From: Rob Date: 15 Jun 2015 19:44 Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bidford Bridge To: Andy Cc: Yeah I heard about that on the radio. The tags would be access=no, with foot=yes, bicycle=yes if they can still use it. We need to

[Talk-GB] Apple streetview

Apple collecting images for a street view competitor? Details: http://maps.apple.com/vehicles/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Water Orton tomorrow

Hi all, Don't forget we are in Water Orton tomorrow evening (Thursday). Details on the Mappa Mercia page on the wiki. See you there :-) Rob ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible collaboration with Amey

Sounds interesting. Do you know where they are hoping to hold the event? As you say, it would be good if we could get a few folk there to describe what can be done with OpenStreetMap data and associated technologies. Regards, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project All things delivery-related - an update

times to existing post boxes. Jerry On 5 May 2015 at 23:40, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Robert Whittaker has an excellent site http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ monitoring OSM data on postboxes in the UK. Here you can see progress (even a league table of who's

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project All things delivery-related - an update

Robert Whittaker has an excellent site http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ monitoring OSM data on postboxes in the UK. Here you can see progress (even a league table of who's contributing). From the history graph you can see there's been an increase in activity since the project got going.

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] May Meeting (Disabilty Kurb Project)

Sounds like an interesting project. Hopefully we'll see you in Bromsgrove on Thursday to discuss this in more detail. Speaking of which does anyone know what the plan is for Bromsgrove. Is there any priority areas that we should focus on or shall I just pick something and meet you in the pub

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Cycle parking

Quick question. What is the capacity of the following cycle parking rack? (The image shows a cycle rack consisting of 6 hoops/stands) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6J5ZA1hu93ba09qLTlnZFJMSkk/view?usp=sharing I have my view but just want to confirm with others. Cheers, Rob

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Cycle parking

Good. Something a bunch of OSMers agree on - that's novel! Rob On 26 Apr 2015 22:09, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: 6x2 *From:* Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 26 April 2015 12:00 *To:* talk-gb-westmidlands *Subject:* [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Cycle parking

[Talk-GB] SotM 2016: Call for venues - Last Week

Hi all, Just one more weekend until the call for venues for State of the Map 2016 closes. We've also got the website up and running thanks to Tom H and the Operations Working Group. I'm getting excited and we still have a long way to go! www.stateofthemap.org Regards, Your SotM team

[Talk-GB] Postbox refs

Hi, I've noticed recently that postbox references have started appearing with a D on the end (same ref as before just with a D added to the end). This seems to be in areas where RM have updated the collection times. Does anyone know what the D means? Does RobW's tool allow for this D (as in

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Visualising 10 years of OSM

This is pretty cool: https://www.mapbox.com/ten-years-openstreetmap/ Rob ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-GB] New OS open data now available

Some more detail in the following article. Includes the assessment that it offers spatial data that is generally much higher in accuracy than most building shapes already on OpenStreetMap http://oobrien.com/2015/03/os-open/ Rob On 24 March 2015 at 17:58, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com

[Talk-GB] New OS open data now available

Hi all, So the new OS OpenData that was discussed a few weeks ago is now available: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2015/03/new-os-opendata-products-now-live/ I think there could be many good uses of this including to help validate some of our data. If anyone is using this then let us

Re: [Talk-GB] New OS open data now available

to include a few more details, but not enough detail on them for accurate usage in OSM. So basically, it gives us slightly improved buildings, but they are still highly simplified in terms of their pay for products. Tony On 24 March 2015 at 18:58, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham meeting this Thursday

Hi all, Nearly the first Thursday of the month again so it's time for our Mappa Mercia meeting. We'll be in our usual winter home in The Bull, Birmingham (last time this winter?) so come join us. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia Rob PS. I can't make this one myself but hopefully

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData now OGL

Robert wrote: I think that would be jumping the gun slightly. What I understand from OS's answer to me, is that previously released datasets will remain under the OS-ODL, and there is no automatic retrospective change of the licence. I think you are overly risk averse in this case and it could

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