Re: [Talk-GB] Warwickshire County Council releases aerial imagery

2014-02-08 Thread Rob Nickerson
to raise this request on their behalf. Regards, Rob On 8 February 2014 19:53, Barry Cornelius barrycorneliu...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, 8 Feb 2014, Rob Nickerson wrote: Warwickshire CC are documenting it at http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/gisAt the moment they seem to have gone for the approach

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] OpenData List for BCC

2014-02-07 Thread Rob Nickerson
Try the NCR for electric charge points (need survey to confirm they are in deed there): http://data.gov.uk/dataset/national-charge-point-registry http://www.nationalchargepointregistry.com/ What we could do with is an phone app in which you can load all this data, and then when surveying you can

Re: [Talk-GB] Confirmation of Rights of Way tags

2014-02-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
are missing. If it's then later discovered *not* to be a right of way, the designation tag can always be removed. Nick -Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: - To: Gregory Marler nomoregra...@googlemail.com, Talk-GB talk-gb@openstreetmap.org From: Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker

[Talk-GB] Confirmation of Rights of Way tags

2014-02-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi, Just to confirm, the tags for a right of way are described at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_access_provisions#Public_Rights_of_Way Basically, if its on the ground AND in the councils definitive map as a right of way then use designation=public_footpath (or public_bridleway, etc).

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] OFF-TOPIC: Andy's Wikipedia voice project

2014-01-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I spotted this on Engadget.com and thought, hmm, sounds like Andy's work. Although he's not mentioned by name in Engadget's write-up, the Guardian did give him a shout out. Well done Andy Mabbett :-) Now if only we could get both pronunciations of Shrewsbury added to it's wikipedia

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Open Government Licence

2014-01-25 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Okay, I'm going to take a different approach and look at the original intention of the OS OpenData initiative (ignoring OpenStreetMap). Not that this relates to the original OS OpenData product. A) Following public consultation [1]: Central government has negotiated a commercial

[Talk-GB] Warwickshire County Council releases aerial imagery

2014-01-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi everyone This url is indeed just for the 3 sets of aerial imagery and I will check with Jonathan at WCC if it's correct Regards Brian Hi All, As noted the http://wppgeog3/gs/Aerial_Photography/wms link will not work on the public web (it's a internal link for Warwickshire CC only as it

Re: [Talk-GB] Warwickshire County Council releases aerial imagery

2014-01-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
Oh sorry, I've just realised that Grant's link is fine. I should read (and test) before writing! http://maps.warwickshire.gov.uk/gs/Aerial_Photography/wms Just pop this in JOSM's +WMS dialogue in the setting menu. Best wishes, Rob On 14 January 2014 21:41, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] December meetup

2013-12-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, I'm busy in the hours before our meeting so cannot give a definite time, but will aim to be there before 8 Rob On 3 December 2013 18:36, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: I usually try to get there between 7 and 7:30. I'm very busy this week but currently plan to be there -

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] New Mappa Mercia website

2013-12-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
Okay, time to re-focus my efforts on the Mappa Mercia website. The current version of the site is online at http://mappa-mercia.org/ . And the proposed new version is in development at http://mappa.stulester.co.uk/ Looking at the new design again (with SOTM now behind us) I now think we are

Re: [Talk-GB] Hants CC - Open Government Licence use of data

2013-12-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi, The Hants data was one of the first Rights of Way datasets that we got access to. It is my understanding that we did get the permission for using this OS OpenData licensed data above and beyond what the OS OpenData license says (we have permission from both OS and Hants CC). Having said

[Talk-GB] Fwd: Meet us in Birmingham on Thursday

2013-12-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, We are fast approaching the first Thursday of the month and that means it's time for the local West Midlands group to meet up for a drink or two in the evening. All are welcome, so please join us from 7:30pm at The Bull, Price Street, Birmingham.

[Talk-GB] The We of the recent redesign

2013-12-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
(And yes, before it went live, many people suggested to remove the Welcome box as well.) And the response was 'we will not change it!' so why ask for comments when the changes were already a done deal? -- Hi Lester, I just want to pick up on this point to make it clear that the we in this

Re: [Talk-GB] cycle.travel - new OSM-powered cycling site

2013-12-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
Oh, I forget to say that I like the way you are using the OS Open Data to add the built up landuse areas. Hopefully it will also encourage more people to map buildings to help improve the OSM data. Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-12-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
Brian, (I tried my best to communicate this change - oh, and it was also at SOTM 2013 :-P ) I agree that these changes should be communicated better which is exactly why I posted news of this change to both the talk and talk-gb mailing list a few weeks ago. I was only aware of it's imminent

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-11-17 Thread Rob Nickerson
To use the map I'd prefer not to have that signup box floating around all the time (I am only logged in when I am about to edit). Oliver You could tick the stay logged in button, or alternatively if you want a full screen map there are plenty of sites that provide alternate views of OSM

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-11-17 Thread Rob Nickerson
On 17 November 2013 21:14, Oliver Jowett oliver.jow...@gmail.com wrote: Is the response to Here's a usability issue with the proposed changes really use something else then? Oliver Not at all. I am trying to help you by communicating the fact that this change is upcoming, and I am collating

[Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-11-16 Thread Rob Nickerson
Thanks for all the comments so far. I will communicate them back to the github pull request [1] on your behalf. In regards to the comment about wanting a [x] button on the welcome text, it does disappear for logged in users and small screen devices. As for non logged in users this request has

[Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-11-15 Thread Rob Nickerson
(The aim of this email is to provide prior knowledge of an upcoming change to the OSM website and to give you an opportunity to provide constructive feedback) (I posted this email to the talk mailing list last Tuesday. Since then we had some great feedback and changes have been made to the

Re: [Talk-GB] Editor backbground layers in iD

2013-11-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Paul, I hope you are well. As you have seen my responses at [1] and [2], it will come as no surprise that I oppose this move. I have set out my reasoning below: == Reason 1: Open Historical Maps (OHM) is not an entirely separate project to OSM == I will start by providing a bit of

Re: [Talk-GB] Editor backbground layers in iD

2013-11-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Andy, We are mixing up two issues here. One is as to whether historic layers should be removed from the default menus (and determining what counts as historic of no value to current mapping) and the second issue of how iD presents the list. Please do not let an iD bug direct the future

Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Layers (WAS: Editor backbground layers in iD)

2013-11-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Andy T, By default menus I mean those background layers that appear for normal folk who just go to osm.org and click edit (be that in ID, JOSM, Potlatch). Basically those people who do not spend the time, or have the know-how to add a new layer in JOSM's menus, or add a custom URL in ID. I'm also

[Talk-GB] walks.io

2013-11-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
A great website in this weeks Weekly Notice [1] (translated from German), and a great reason as to why I contribute to OSM: http://walks.io/ Best, RobJN [1] http://blog.openstreetmap.de/blog/2013/11/07/wochennotiz-nr-172/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Social tonight (Thursday)

2013-11-06 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Share an OSM moment with us over a drink or two at The Bull, Price Street, Birmingham. Tonight (Thursday) from 7 ish. I'll aim to get there at around 7:30. Hope to see you all: -) Rob ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

[Talk-GB] Moderation (WAS: Primary or Trunk? PITA?)

2013-11-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, I think its probably my turn to step in and moderate on this one given that Jonathan's original post stems from me asking him about some road classifications in his home town. To summarise: a simple question was asked entirely inocently, and I am 100% sure that it was not meant to

Re: [Talk-GB] How to reference SotM?

2013-11-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
If you are using the Harvard style of referencing then this site should have you covered: http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm In regards to Alyssa's presentation, then there is a video available at http://osm.won2.de/sotm/ but there are unfortunately issues with echoing audio for

Re: [Talk-GB] Editor backbground layers in iD

2013-10-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Andy, I get all of your points on this one, but just as we generally don't go and remove other peoples custom tags, I think it would be a shame if we remove available layers. Having historical background layers can attract people to other projects (Open Historical Map). I've even used historic

Re: [Talk-GB] Editor backbground layers in iD

2013-10-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
Dealing with it from a UI perspective is difficult, and I get the impression that's the main issue, not the coding once the UI is figured out. I'm not a UI designer, but I'll have a go at sketching a few ideas over the next 7 days. It would be a shame to drop background layers where they are

Re: [Talk-GB] Editor backbground layers in iD

2013-10-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Andy, I would like to see as many layers as possible in iD and other editors. The issue, in my opinion, is one of how best to present the available layers (more on that later). So why more layers: 1). More layers = more choice and more potential sources for confirming the presence or absence

Re: [Talk-GB] Editor backbground layers in iD

2013-10-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
Is there a useful distinction between the two 1:25000 layers? -- Andrew At face value, no. They both show map sheets from the Ordnance Survey 1:25k series (although the dates may differ slightly). However if we look at the hosting of these tiles we find that one of these is provided by the

Re: [Talk-GB] Notes feature

2013-10-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
Great idea. I spotted http://onosm.org/ the other day. Perhaps this could be used to capture the details. Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fixing tag error

2013-10-22 Thread Rob Nickerson
Brian, I think the task was/is to change artist:name to artist_name so that it matches the existing tags used in your heritage map. Rob On 22 October 2013 17:41, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Andy Can I ask why? Please be aware that my heritage map data relies currently on

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fixing tag error

2013-10-21 Thread Rob Nickerson
Andy, The easiest way to do this is to go to the taginfo page and click the JOSM link in the top left. As long as you have JOSM open this will download all the content with the artist:name tag key. This is where I get stuck and have to refer to manually editing them. If you try to select all and

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fixing tag error

2013-10-21 Thread Rob Nickerson
On 21 October 2013 22:51, Ed Loach: Offlist – in JOSM after downloading, can’t you just search for things with the tag you want to change and then edit the tag, or do you mean it still adds it to the nodes of the ways even though they won’t be part of the selection? Ah yes that's how to do

Re: [Talk-GB] Names on Power Lines

2013-10-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi, Looking at National Grids shapefiles (published online [1] but no licence stated so assumed to be copyright), then it appears that names like the one you linked to are used but on the circuit rather than the line. For example, each line-string (or way in OSM terminology) can have a circuit 1

Re: [Talk-GB] ISO3166 on GB admin boundaries

2013-10-10 Thread Rob Nickerson
How would I deal with a subdivision that has multiple codes? For example in Wales, we have both GB-CRF and GB-CRD for Cardiff (Caerdydd) - one code for English language, and another code for Welsh. How to tag this? Regards, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list

[Talk-GB] Tesco Hudl - GPS accuracy

2013-10-07 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Has anyone tried the GPS on the new cheap Hudl tablet Tesco launched the other week? I'm just starting to venture into the modern world and have been trying out some of the android apps related to OSM. Many of these require a reasonably good GPS chip, which seems to be slowing me down a

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-10-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Thanks for those that have helped so far. I am now in contact with a OSM sys admin to get these maps up on a tile server (for subsequent use in the OSM editors). Out of interest, OSM servers are able to create tiles on the fly as long as it is provided a raster image that is geocoded.

[Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-10-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Thanks for those that have helped so far. I am now in contact with a OSM sys admin to get these maps up on a tile server (for subsequent use in the OSM editors). Out of interest, OSM servers are able to create tiles on the fly as long as it is provided a raster image that is geocoded.

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: This Is Then - music project in need of a map

2013-10-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
I think we can manage this :-) I would suggest just using one of the existing map tiles such as toner as a starting point. Plenty to keep us going post sotm!! Rob On 2 Oct 2013 10:09, Brian Prangle br...@mappa-mercia.org wrote: Hi everyone - I've responded to this guy and offered him our help.

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-09-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Corner coordinates are now displaying, allowing these to be aligned adjusted to fit. Have fun! Are the configuration files available already somewhere or is there a plan to make them available so users of the maps could just load the maps rather than having to align themselves with the given

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-09-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Andy, There is a whole bunch of OS Town Plans available on the National Library of Scotland website. They are already georectified and served up as tiles (ready for use in OSM editors). I am in the early stages of getting these added to iD and JOSM as a series of separate layers. I note that

Re: [Talk-GB] Land Registry postcode tool now running

2013-09-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
on the Copyright page [2] and the page makes it clear that you should see the Contributors page for the other sources. Best regards, Rob Nickerson [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#Land_Registry_-_Price_paid_data [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

Re: [Talk-GB] Land Registry postcode tool now running

2013-09-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
Oh I should add that I am a fan of source tags on the objects myself so I add a source:postcode=Land Registry 'Price Paid' data tag (or =ONS Postcode Centroids) to my edits. Not everyone agrees that source tags should be added to the objects, preferring instead to add them to the changeset

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [oxoncotswolds] Possible pub meetup with the West Midlands crew in early October?

2013-09-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
and get a better plan together. ** ** Cheers Andy ** ** *From:* Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 09 July 2013 21:13 *To:* Andy Robinson *Cc:* Oxford, Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds; talk-gb-westmidlands; Talk-GB *Subject:* Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Acesss behind houses in North Birmingham

2013-09-16 Thread Rob Nickerson
I've wondered about these in the past too. I'm not quite sure that track is correct even though they are unpaved (to me a track is more rural). How about: highway=service service=alley surface=unpaved I guess the next question is - what if the alleyway is only wide enough for wheelie

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Acesss behind houses in North Birmingham

2013-09-16 Thread Rob Nickerson
the end sections that may be paved where it rejoins the road). Rob On 16 September 2013 22:13, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: To complicate matters, a minority are paved, and a few are paved for some of their length. On 16 September 2013 22:05, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] SOTM 2013 - Poster and Accommodation deadline

2013-09-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
As the deadline for poster printing has gone, is there a possibility to get a print during the conference e.g. from a USB stick (like we did at FOSSGIS)? Yours, Stefan 2013/8/25 Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com Hi All, Two deadlines for State of the Map to be aware of: == 1. Posters

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of mates rates

2013-08-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hmm, that's odd as I seem to see it fine with and without my google account. Anyone else able to confirm this for me please? The programme will be making it's way onto Lanyrd soon so you should be able to view it there. Lanyrd has a great website designed for mobile devices (and a dedicated app)

[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of mates rates

2013-08-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, == SOTM Final Programme == After a lot of hard work and many long hours the final programme for State of the Map 2013 is now available to view at http://2013.stateofthemap.org/info/programme/ This will also be copied over to Lanyrd in the coming days and the preceding text updated on the

[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Poster and Accommodation deadline

2013-08-25 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Two deadlines for State of the Map to be aware of: == 1. Posters: == We are offering to print (free of charge thanks to ITO World) A1 sized posters for display at SOTM. This is ideal for people who want to share something with the community but are unable to attend. Our print deadline

[Talk-GB] Photo Competition

2013-08-19 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, To get you excited for State of the Map in 17 days time, we have launched a photo competition to find the most usual object / sign / situation found whilst surveying. You don't need to be attending SOTM 2013 to enter this competition so head over to the blog post [1] or wiki page [2] to

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Local places in Wikipedia but not OSM

2013-08-11 Thread Rob Nickerson
Half of them seem to be radio stations. Even if I can figure out how to tag these, should I tag the studio or something else (e.g. transmitter)? Radio Warwick always used to be in Students Union building, but Milliams may be able to confirm whether this is still correct. On 11 August 2013

[Talk-GB] Volunteers for SOTM 2013

2013-08-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hello Talk-GB, We could do with a few more volunteers helping out at SOTM 2013 (6th-8th September, Birmingham). The tasks will range from manning the front desk (general enquiries), helping the presenters with setting up, and keeping the conference running to schedule. Nothing too strenuous and

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] SotM 2013, Posters and Monday Hackday

2013-08-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Just a quick update on the Hackday following SOTM 2013: If you need somewhere to stay on the Sunday and/or Monday night, Conference Aston Hotel have kindly extended our discount code. Please book online at [1] using the discount code in the confirmation email you received when you signed

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] SotM 2013, Posters and Monday Hackday

2013-08-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
The hotel booking link I failed to attach is: http://kx-web-live.aston.ac.uk/ Cheers, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] SotM 2013, Posters and Monday Hackday

2013-08-08 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, SOTM 2013 is now only 4 weeks away!! For information on signing-up, submitting a poster and/or attending the post SOTM hackday, please see the sections below. == Register to attend == If you're planning to come and have not yet signed up, what are you waiting for? If you head over to the

[Talk-GB] OS OpenData Licence update (WAS: Finding Unmapped public rights of way)

2013-07-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Robert W said: That being the case, please note that Ordnance Survey have recently stated that their OS OpenData licence is not forward compatible with the ODC-By and ODbL. Yes, they did, and that quote has gotten them in a lot of trouble. The Open Government License (of which Ordnance Survey's

Re: [Talk-GB] Finding Unmapped public rights of way

2013-07-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
I created this in QGIS comparing the OSM data to the PRoW released from Durham County Council, I created a special query using intersects. This is why it's not perfectly accurate because if an OSM mapped math intersected with the PRoW data it would show up green, even though it may not be that

Re: [Talk-GB] Finding Unmapped public rights of way - SOTM topic?

2013-07-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi both, Those are some really neat ideas! I hope you are thinking about sharing them at State of the Map in September ;-) We have a theme of change this year and one of the areas I am interested in is how we manage external data sources. Public Rights of Way are a great example as it poses

Re: [Talk-GB] New tile rendering server (Experimental)

2013-07-24 Thread Rob Nickerson
Great work, and thanks to Andy for his work re-writing the rendering rules in CartoCSS. I'm forwarding this to the general talk mailing list as I expect there will be some not Brits who will be pleased to hear about the progress on this one. My understanding (from watching Andy's presentation and

Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help?

2013-07-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
Bob -- *From:* Steven Horner ste...@stevenhorner.com *To:* Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com *Cc:* histo...@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org *Sent:* Saturday, 13 July 2013, 18:18 *Subject:* Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help? I've

Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help?

2013-07-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
I'd like to be able to run through all issues of the Bartholomew half inch series but even the ones already available are a start. Lester, Are you aware that Bartholomew half inch maps for Scotland, England and Wales are available online at http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/ ? If yes, then can

[Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help?

2013-07-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I have been speaking with the National Library of Scotland (NLS) about their large collection of historic maps. Currently they provide a online collection of historic maps as set out on their website [1]. Some of these are georeferenced and can be used in OSM [2]. There is lots more left

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [oxoncotswolds] Possible pub meetup with the West Midlands crew in early October?

2013-07-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Sounds like a good plan :-) And thanks both for making me hungry!! On 8 July 2013 17:45, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, in the West Mids group a while back we mulled the idea of doing a joint meet with our southerly brethren on Oxfordshire. We are proposing Saturday October

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [oxoncotswolds] Possible pub meetup with the West Midlands crew in early October?

2013-07-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Sounds like a good plan :-) And thanks both for making me hungry!! On 8 July 2013 17:45, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, in the West Mids group a while back we mulled the idea of doing a joint meet with our southerly brethren on Oxfordshire. We are proposing Saturday October

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] 3D map example

2013-07-07 Thread Rob Nickerson
3D map example in an area with lots more detail about buildings http://map.f4-group.com/#lon=8.8073256lat=53.0758799zoom=18camera.theta=49.315camera.phi=-167.2 For those unable to see it, I have found a screenshot online: http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=27u=13208997 Other 3d projects

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Smart City Alliance

2013-07-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
Wow, sounds amazing. He wants to explore how to use our data at a meeting with his GIS guys. Does this mean just within Centro, or does he want someone from OSM present? Are these the sculptures you are talking about? http://www.flickr.com/groups/public_art_in_public_transport_wm/ On 5 July

[Talk-GB] Notification of Rights of Way

2013-06-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
Dear All, Some time ago I wrote to you about the process by which notice of changes to Public Rights of Way are distributed to Ordnance Survey and other interested third parties. These third parties are listed as Prescribed Organisations in Appendix A of [1]. Based on your comments, I contacted

Re: [Talk-GB] Notification of Rights of Way

2013-06-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
That was my Plan A when I contacted Defra. Unfortunately their response didn't really consider it properly. It sort of flirted round the edge - very public sector like!! ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-GB] UK Open Data updates

2013-06-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I'm aware that some within our community are very cautious of so called open data. As I'm not in any way qualified to assess legal jargon I can't provide much support. I can however notify you that the Open Government Licence has now been updated to make it more explicit that the OGL is

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] 3D map example

2013-06-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
One for the mappa-mercia website: http://map.f4-group.com/#lon=-168401lat=6874255zoom=19 P.s. This is a 3d web gl render of OSM including working fountains, flowing water, rain, and building heights/roofs (if tagged). I would imagine it needs an up to date browser (not IE6!) to view it.

[Talk-GB] Update to the OS OpenData Licence story

2013-06-17 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi List, A short update for those still following the OS OpenData Licence story: http://data.gov.uk/library/minutes-of-open-data-user-group-11-june-2013 Summary: The issue is supported by ODUG and is being progressed by them. For now its a waiting game. Regards, Rob

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM Presentation idea - Council footpath data - comments?

2013-06-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Nick, The more options we have as organisers of SotM, the better. I personally would love to hear more about this (and no doubt will chat to you during one of the breaks). Rob -- SOTM Organising Committee ___ Talk-GB mailing list

[Talk-GB] Last chance to submit a presentation for SotM 2013

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, The Call for Presentations for State of the Map 2013 closes Monday*. If you've not yet submitted your presentation proposal please act quickly. http://2013.stateofthemap.org/info/call-presentations/ I posted some ideas in recent SotM blog posts to get you thinking. These were: -

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] June meeting in Redditch

2013-06-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
the Industrial Estate bu Arrow Valley Lake Regards Brian On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.comwrote: The Royal Enfield it is then. Thanks Jonathan. See you all on Thursday. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.30698mlon=-1.943327zoom=18layers=Q

Re: [Talk-GB] Surveying Private Roads

2013-06-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
Lancashire CC have a good description of what a private street is: http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/atoz/a_to_z/service.asp?u_id=1065tab=3siteid=5409pageid=29027e=e As Nick said, a Private road often simply means that it has not been adopted by the Local Authority and therefore any

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] June meeting in Redditch

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
The Royal Enfield it is then. Thanks Jonathan. See you all on Thursday. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.30698mlon=-1.943327zoom=18layers=Q ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [OSM-talk] Early Bird sign-up for State of the Map 2013 closing soon

2013-05-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
Less than 24hrs to sign up for an Early Bird 25% discounted State of the Map 2013 ticket. Get yours now and join over 80 people who have already signed up: http://2013.stateofthemap.org/info/booking/ See you there, Rob Organising committee volunteer, State of the Map 2013, stateofthemap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] HS2 phase 2 routes

2013-05-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
Try here: http://www.thehs2.com/ Thanks Barry :-) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] State of the Map 2013 - Tickets now available

2013-05-11 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Tickets for OpenStreetMap's State of the Map 2013 conference in Birmingham, England, are now available. They can be purchased at a discounted Early Bird rate but only until the end of May. Get yours at http://www.stateofthemap.org/ Looking forward to seeing everyone there, Rob Nickerson

Re: [Talk-GB] Natural England Data

2013-05-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
I guess one question might be, would it be a good idea to distinguish between statutory and non-statutory designations? The simpler the tagging, and the easier it is to explain, the more likely it will be used as you intend. So, although this may be a good idea, it would need some supporting text

[Talk-GB] LR Price Paid (Address) data from 1995 onwards

2013-05-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I've previously written about the monthly releases of Land Registry Price Paid data as these datasets are a great source of address details and are available under OGL. Matt Williams has already done a good job pulling this data into his Postcode Finder [1]. This is a nice tool that

Re: [Talk-GB] Natural England Data

2013-05-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
Urrgg.. It was [0] that all Natural England open datasets (with the exception of Local Nature Reserves), were plain OGL licensed and could therefore be used. Looking again, it seems like NE have now added that annoying line at the top of the OGL licence that seems be be raising a few eyebrows:

[Talk-GB] Call for Presentations - SotM 2013 (annual conference)

2013-04-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, - please forward this on to your local communities - It's that time of year again when we look to you, the mind-bogglingly creative OpenStreetMap community, to tell us what you've been up to. That's right - it time to submit your presentation ideas for the annual State of the Map

Re: [Talk-GB] Trunk vs green-sign routes in the UK

2013-04-22 Thread Rob Nickerson
Yep, as others have noted, the Green Sign = Trunk Road is the age old convention. If you want to add details about who maintains the road you can use operator=Highways_Agency (the second highest use of the operator tag apparently [1]). We don't have a tag for indicating that the signs are green

[Talk-GB] Updating Imports (Was: 10 fascinating facts...)

2013-04-18 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi, The issue of how to update imports is an important one. For this years SotM (in Birmingham, September) we have a theme of Change, with one of these areas of change being how do we go from being map data creators to map data maintainers. I would love to see ideas put forward for this in the

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM OSGB

2013-04-18 Thread Rob Nickerson
I would not, therefore, support updating OSM with another NaPTAN import in my local area. Agreed that a blanket import would be a poor option, but surely a tool that would show comparisons between the new NaPTAN data and OSM data would be useful? Or perhaps a comparison between the old and new

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM OSGB

2013-04-18 Thread Rob Nickerson
Maybe we should be advising that for all imports the original files are kept somewhere safe. Rob On 18 April 2013 19:57, Oliver Jowett oliver.jow...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.comwrote: Or perhaps a comparison between the old

[Talk-GB] Please support my request to replace OS OpenData Licence with the standard OGL

2013-04-07 Thread Rob Nickerson
All, Whether you care for public sector data released under the OS OpenData Licence or not, this will probably effect you one way or another. Can I therefore request that you please submit a comment in support of the data request available at the link below. This is especially true if you run a

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] OS Terrain 50

2013-04-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
All, Anyone using OS Land-Form PANORAMA elevation data, might find the following announcement about OS Terrain 50 of interest. In essence (and to quote the Ordnance Survey) Land-Form PANORAMA was an unmaintained product and was last updated in the 1990s. The new product will give users more

Re: [Talk-GB] Taginfo Golf Tags

2013-04-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi, As Andy noted, the JOSM button is probably the best option. Alternatively as there are not too many, you can use the Overpass XAPI without restring to a geographic region. Simply paste the following URL into a browser, save the resulting file with the .osm extension and open in JOSM:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Easter Weekend

2013-03-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
Is probably too late for me to get over there now :-( What time and where? Also let me know the plans for Sunday Rob On 30 March 2013 18:07, Floris Looijesteijn o...@floris.nu wrote: Gregory (or anyone else interested), (This mail was bounced earlier today because I use the wrong email

Re: [Talk-GB] prow_ref

2013-03-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
The conclusion seemed to be to add the reference in the same format as used by the Local Authority. Some include the parish name, some also include FP for footpath etc. As your data is from a Parish level it's unclear whether the Local Authority will include the parish name before any numbers -

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] piwiki stats on mappa mercia

2013-03-16 Thread Rob Nickerson
All, Stu, Should have mentioned this the other week but it skipped my mind. :-) Piwik provides web analytics/stats about visitors to your website. The OSM French community run it on their website and have offered to help anyone who may be interested to add it to theirs too. I think it's quite

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-03-12 Thread Rob Nickerson
Brian, The list was of invalid postcodes. Hopefully everything you entered was a valid postcode (it seems that way given that only 3 invalid B27 postcodes appear in the list). Rob On 12 March 2013 22:37, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: Aidan I've had a look at your list and would

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New BING imagery

2013-03-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
Thanks for letting us know. Based on the progress of the Coventry public realm improvements and this cross-reference photo [1], I would date the imagery as circa 27th March 2012. In Coventry, as with the previous imagery, there may be a small offset. If you use Ordnance Survey data released

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-03-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
as well since it breaks from the convention of uppercase postcodes, you could argue that they should be in or out, but it was easier to leave them in. [1] https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0viaV_xKHyCNmJDY1A1X092Zkk/edit?usp=sharing On 28 February 2013 23:44, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-02-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
Interestingly out of the 95 you also identified 2 postcodes that are incorrect in OSM... raising the obvious questions: * How accurate is the data already in OSM? * Should imports be compared to 100% accuracy or a more realistic measure of OSM accuracy? Rob

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Coventry new edit

2013-02-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
Deleted after survey. Thanks Rob p.s. Interestingly on the opposite side of the road I found a plaque on number 51: http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/image_galleries/2_tone_plaque_gallery.shtml?29 ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

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