Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

think it was Harry, one of the main people >answering queries who produced it. > >Regards > >Nick >my phone is responsible for any spelling mistakes! > >On Wed, 2 Oct 2019, 17:12 Russ Phillips via Talk-GB, < >talk-gb@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > >> OsmA

Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

Collinson's discussions with OSGB about OS Open Data. On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 13:44, Russ Phillips via Talk-GB mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org>> wrote: Hi, I'm wondering if it would be feasible and advisable to import the UK postcode data from OS OpenData Codepoint <ht

[Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

be discussed on the imports@ list and the appropriate local communities, hence this email. Russ Phillips ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging post towns and other addressing issues in the UK

Hi Andrzej, I feel a bit conflicted here. Having the choice of several tags does make things easier when adding complicated addresses, but for less experienced mappers it does also help if things are kept simple. For example, if better guidance regarding UK address mapping was added to the

Re: [Talk-GB] Checking UK Towns

I've already raised concerns I have in a changeset comment about these edits adding admin_level=10 administrative boundary relations for voids between civil parishes. They are tagged with designation=non-civil_parish. This has been discussed on this list previously. My main objection is that

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging post towns and other addressing issues in the UK

urst <mailto:rich...@systemed.net>> wrote: I'm not quite sure what you've done with the quoting but you've attributed me as writing your reply, which evidently I didn't. :) Will Phillips wrote: > I really don't see what is outlandish about using post towns as a >

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging post towns and other addressing issues in the UK

On 28/01/2019 15:06, Richard Fairhurst wrote: I really don't see what is outlandish about using post towns as a guide for what goes in the addr:city tag. Royal Mail might be becoming less important, but when most people are asked for their address, they will give their address as defined by

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging post towns and other addressing issues in the UK

On 28/01/2019 17:28, Lester Caine wrote: The reality is that for the UK ALL we need is the Postcode to supply a reference to the Royal Mail 'postal address' as that is purely a Royal Mail invention anyway.  I personally don't see the need to add 'addr:street' everywhere but that is what people

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging post towns and other addressing issues in the UK

y we could make a new tag like addr:campus. Best regards, Andrzej On 28 January 2019 20:36:24 GMT+08:00, Colin Smale wrote: Hi Will, On 2019-01-28 13:19, Will Phillips wrote: Hi, I agree we need another tag below addr:city for localities. For this I have usually used a

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging post towns and other addressing issues in the UK

Hi, I agree we need another tag below addr:city for localities. For this I have usually used addr:suburb when mapping in urban areas and addr:locality elsewhere. Ideally I think it would be best to have just one recommended tag, perhaps addr:locality, because having addr:town addr:village

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcodes

Register of Social Housing (NROSH, not updated since 2011, but still very useful); CQC (medical practices, care homes etc). I haven't looked to see how many postcodes are covered by these in total, but it should be a reasonable proportion of the total. If you aren't aware Will Phillips OSM

Re: [Talk-GB] Bottle Kilns

> > From: Mark Goodge > To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 20:48:18 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Bottle Kilns > > > On 06/04/2018 18:58, Brian Prangle wrote: > >> Hi Russ >> >> If any are listed buildings it would be good to tag them >> >>

Re: [Talk-GB] Bottle Kilns

Forgot to add: Elsewhere, someone suggested using kiln=bottle_kiln and building=industrial instead of building=bottle_kiln. Any thoughts? Russ On 6 April 2018 at 07:38, Russ Phillips <russ.phillips.nos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Right, I'm now thinking I'll tag as: > > building=bot

Re: [Talk-GB] Bottle Kilns

Right, I'm now thinking I'll tag as: building=bottle_kiln kiln=pottery disused:man_made=kiln former_product=pottery historic=kiln and add tourism=museum where appropriate. Ideally I'd have the building as a way. Then the kiln as a node with the product. This allows the building to remain

[Talk-GB] Bottle Kilns

Hi, I'm intending to map the bottle kilns in Stoke on Trent. For those that don't know, they're an important part of the area's industrial heritage (there were several thousand of them at the height of the pottery industry). There are 47 now, and just under half are currently mapped. Based on

[Talk-GB] Problematic edits to access and oneway tags

Over the last two days there have been a series of edits with users removing or changing access and oneway tags. Around Nottingham the quality of these edits has been very poor with 6 of the 7 changesets appearing to remove or change accurate information. My impression is that some sort of

Re: [Talk-GB] Errors in Street Names in Addresses

On 31/01/2018 09:07, Mark Goodge wrote: Which is the more correct usage here? Do we a) tag the dependent street as the addr:street, and the main street as addr:parentstreet, or should we b) (following Royal Mail practice as found in the PAF), tag the dependent street as a addr:substreet and

Re: [Talk-GB] Import process

Looking at the data that has been imported, my first reaction is that some of the keys/values do look rather non-standard. This suggests to me that the process might have benefited from wider discussion. With the tree data, what jumps out is that every single tree has 'constituency' and

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a multilvel building

On 12/01/2017 11:25, Mark Goodge wrote: OK, I've done that for now. We'll see how it looks when it updates. On a related note, should a cafe-bar be tagged as a cafe, or a bar? There doesn't seem to be an option for cafe-bar, despite this being an increasingly popular form of catering outlet!

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging a multilvel building

Great to see some new mapping taking place in Evesham. I do visit occasionally and last year did some updates around the centre. Unfortunately I haven't had much time during recent visits. Tagging multi-level buildings can be difficult and there isn't one agreed way to go about it. Generally

Re: [Talk-GB] ref:hectares on admin boundary, and non-responsive mapper

On 15/08/2016 08:39, Colin Smale wrote: Hi, I noticed a number of new admin boundaries have been tagged with ref:hectares=* with the numeric value giving the area of the entity in hectares. This feels to me like an inappropriate use of "ref" and also redundant as the area can be calculated

Re: [Talk-GB] ref:hectares on admin boundary, and non-responsive mapper

Hi, This user is currently adding admin_level=10 admin boundaries, which we use for civil parishes (or communities), to areas where no such administrative unit exists. To me this seems problematic because my understanding is that these are legal entities which either exist or they don't.

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

I have had an initial look at the three new open data products that contain road names: OS Open Map, OS Open Names and OS Open Roads. I was hoping they might provide new information for improving the accuracy and completeness of road naming, but my preliminary conclusion is that they offer

Re: [Talk-GB] Voting mechanical edit: UK shop names

On 01/11/2014 09:15, Ed Loach wrote: The logo is the symbol at the top, the shop name is Brantano Footwear, the operator is Brantano (UK) Limited. This is (was) the shop sign at the one I mapped (as Brantano Footwear, as that is the name on the sign):

Re: [Talk-GB] addr:place

On 26/10/2014 10:36, Andy Street wrote: On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 07:28:42 + SK53 sk53@gmail.com wrote: The tag addr:place has been used to locate one element inside another addressed element. See this example for shops within a Tesco Extra store http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/5CN. Surely that

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC Mechanical edit: shop=betting to shop=bookmaker for selected names

Matthijs, I'm confused by your actions. Yesterday you started the formal process for making an uncontroversial change to the tagging of bookmakers, but since then you have made a series of considerably more controversial edits with no discussion at all. I wish to register my objection to

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC Mechanical edit: shop=betting to shop=bookmaker for selected names

, Will Phillips wp4...@gmail.com wrote: I'm confused by your actions. Yesterday you started the formal process for making an uncontroversial change to the tagging of bookmakers, but since then you have made a series of considerably more controversial edits with no discussion at all. I wish to register

Re: [Talk-GB] UK addresses

On 13/08/2014 09:11, Lester Caine wrote: On 13/08/14 08:58, David Woolley wrote: On 13/08/14 08:29, Lester Caine wrote: rest can be cloned from the postcode - or some other unique ID for the related object. Only if you have purchased access to the PAF or National Gazeteer. Capture of the

Re: [Talk-GB] UK addresses

I use addr:flats regularly. I've recently been mapping high density areas around the city centre where a high proportion of the residential addresses are flats, often in converted factories. Here it seems worthwhile to add flat numbers when they are displayed outside the building. Here's an

Re: [Talk-GB] UK addresses

Hi, I think we could do with a wiki page dedicated to tagging UK addresses and covering how to tag the more complicated cases. The problem at the moment is that there has been little discussion and no consensus about certain situations such as tagging parent/subsidiary streets. I have been

Re: [Talk-GB] UK addresses

On 12/08/2014 22:46, Derick Rethans wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2014, Tom Hughes wrote: On 12/08/14 20:18, Rob Nickerson wrote: Example 1 Flat 2 8 Something Road, Town, ... addr:flatnumber=2 I actually have used addr:flat here before (and addr:unit for slightly related things in like parades).

Re: [Talk-GB] C roads again

This is a widespread problem and I wouldn't oppose a mechanical edit in this case. The one concern I have is the rare cases where C road references really do appear on signs, but perhaps even then official_ref is appropriate. Similarly, some rights of way references appear on signs: I recall

Re: [Talk-GB] Marks Sparks...

From a quick look, there seems to be a lot wrong with osmmaker's edits. It appears he has indiscriminately selected all objects in the world tagged with 'Marks and Spencer' (and variant spellings) and then added a load of tags. No checks seem to have been done to confirm whether the things

Re: [Talk-GB] Marks Sparks...

On 09/08/2014 11:16, Richard Symonds wrote: Perhaps should not be tolerated is a bit strongly worded. Should be prevented? Yes, I accept that was a little too strong. In this case, an earlier version of the edit had already been reverted by a member of the Data Working Group, and I was a

[Talk-GB] Recent edits to estate agents / companies adding their own branches to OSM

Over the last few months user 'country_wide' has been systematically adding branches of estate agents as well as adding data to already mapped ones. Following recent communication I have confirmed that this is an official account for Countrywide PLC who own these branches. I have been mildly

Re: [Talk-GB] NaPTAN (stop) import

I have recently resurveyed all the bus stops in the centre of Nottingham (NG1 area) and quite a few changes have occurred since the NaPTAN import: most often changes to stop names but some more complicated changes to stop layouts too. I think the quality of the NaPTAN data must vary quite a

[Talk-GB] OSM Nottingham

of details such as flat numbers, which I routinely tag, but often seem to get overlooked. Cheers, Will Phillips (will_p) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Bing imagery

I'm still experiencing this. I've been looking at lots of different locations and can't access imagery above zoom 19 for anywhere I've checked. I've also been checking using different computers, but I'm basically seeing the same thing in all cases. The only change I've noticed is that I can

Re: [Talk-GB] Bing imagery

What I don't understand is why some people are seeing this problem but other aren't. I've just got someone who edits in another part of the country, and so will not be seeing cached images, to have a look at a location in my local area in JOSM. They could definitely see three different lots of

Re: [Talk-GB] Bing imagery

for us. Thanks, Eric On 3 March 2014 16:35, Will Phillips wp4...@gmail.com mailto:wp4...@gmail.com wrote: What I don't understand is why some people are seeing this problem but other aren't. I've just got someone who edits in another part of the country, and so will not be seeing

Re: [Talk-GB] Bing imagery

My impression is that the imagery at zoom level 20 has gone for most, if not all, the country. This might not be noticeable everywhere: many areas will have only ever had images up to level 19. Also, some of the level 19 imagery is well lit, sharp and not particularly different from what

[Talk-GB] Bing imagery

Since about last Tuesday, the highest resolution Bing aerial imagery is no longer available in the Nottingham and Derby area. Previously the imagery went up to zoom level 22, but this has now been reduced to level 19. I was wondering whether this is also the case in other parts of the country?

Re: [Talk-GB] Tidying up some shop tags

These generally seem fine to me. The only one I think is questionable is shop=locksmith from shop=keycutting. There is a risk of losing some meaning here: some shops tagged shop=keycutting might offer only keycutting, while shop=locksmith implies a broader range of services. Perhaps

Re: [Talk-GB] A newbie question - 'What are you doing ?'

On 16 July 2010 20:47, Ciarán Mooney general.moo...@googlemail.com wrote: It has, the wiki has a flyer that can be  printed and folded into a nice, here you go size. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Flyer I'm pretty sure I have some printed out leaflets. Remind me before the next LUG

[Talk-GB] Can I post about an iPhone OSM app

On 30 June 2010 20:38, Chris S lostst...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, I am working on an offline OSM browser for the iPhone/iPad.  Do people think it would it be acceptable to post details to this list if/when it is on the App Store?  I thought I should ask before posting... I don't have any

[Talk-GB] Fwd: UK Mapping Priorities

On 24 June 2010 12:41, Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com wrote: I just had a look at the UK Mapping Priorities page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Mapping_Priorities and I noticed that Darlington has gone from unmapped to awesome over the last few months. Who wants to step up and take

Re: [Talk-GB] skobbler OSM bug backchannel

On 14 May 2010 13:53, Marcus Thielking marcus.thielk...@skobbler.com wrote: It would be much appreciated if some of you could have a look at www.skobbler.co.uk/osmbugs and tell us what should be changed in order to make it more accessible for you. I'd like to be able to subscribe to an area

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData StreetView

Damn. Intended to send this to the list earlier. On 5 May 2010 12:29, Russ Phillips r...@phillipsuk.org wrote: On 5 May 2010 12:06, Tim Francois sk1pp...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Oh, really? I've just changed a few from Saint to St. based on road signs. Personally, I'm not bothered either way

Re: [Talk-GB] Matching OS Locator with OSM data

On 27 April 2010 22:21, Tim François sk1pp...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Anyway, let me know if you find this useful, or if someone has a more advanced script and I'm just wasting time here! I haven't had a chance to really investigate these scripts yet, but they're on my to-do list. I suspect

[Talk-GB] Workington Bridges

After the November floods, the map of Workington [1] in Cumbria was updated very quickly to show the state of the bridges, and the location of the temporary road bridge that was to be built. I've just read on the BBC news site [2] that the temporary bridge is to open today, at 10:30. Can a local

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Error now detects source=OS_OpenData

On 8 April 2010 09:01, Tim François sk1pp...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Great site! I have bug report though. I've done a bit of tracing from the OS SteetView in conjunction with some GPX traces I have. Using the site, I download a GPX file of the area but a load of the waypoint tags have empty

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Error now detects source=OS_OpenData

On 8 April 2010 09:30, Dan Karran d...@karran.net wrote: Hi Russ, Nice idea for the site. Just wondering, do you also check for description tags that have fixme in them? I often add that in when I'm mapping with the Mapzen POI editor as it doesn't allow custom tag keys like fixme to be used.

[Talk-GB] OSM Error now detects source=OS_OpenData

During all the discussion about OS OpenData, it was suggested that anything derived from OS data should be surveyed on the ground at a later date, since on-the-ground surveying is the preferred method of gathering data. With that in mind, I've added OS OpenData source tags to OSM Error [1]. For

Re: [Talk-GB] building shapes from OS Street View

On 6 April 2010 12:46, TimSC mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk wrote: Hi again, Thanks for the feedback on building traces. The consensus seems to be for a JOSM plugin while others saying all surveying should be done on the ground. Personally, I'd be happy to see a JOSM plugin similar to the

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

On 1 April 2010 09:39, Richard Bullock rb...@cantab.net wrote: As Andy says, I say we start with getting boundary data fixed up from Boundary Line and then look at Vector Map District in a month's time and decide what the next step is I agree with this; especially as boundary data is hard to

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

And again, I sent this to Richard instead of Talk-GB On 1 April 2010 09:44, Russ Phillips r...@phillipsuk.org wrote: On 1 April 2010 09:25, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Gregory wrote: Without restrictions? Does that mean no attribution, it sounds like PD. Or does it mean

[Talk-GB] Garmin maps no larger than 24MB

My father-in-law has a Garmin eTrex Legend C, and we'd like to put some OSM maps on it for use when walking up hills in Scotland and the Lake District. As he's a hillwalker, contours are important, but it only has 24MB of storage. All the UK maps with contours are far too big to fit. Does anyone

Re: [Talk-GB] Garmin maps no larger than 24MB

On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 14:44 +, Glenn Proctor wrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: All the UK maps with contours are far too big to fit. Does anyone know of anywhere that I can get maps of regions, that would be small enough to fit? What's the

Re: [Talk-GB] Garmin maps no larger than 24MB

On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 14:42 +, Glenn Proctor wrote: Hi Russ I have a little Perl script that will create GPSMAPSUPP.IMG files (suitable for a Garmin GPS) from arbitrary combinations of OSM tiles and contours. Hi Glenn, That sounds perfect. I'll talk to my father-in-law about exactly

Re: [Talk-GB] latest garmin cyclemap img

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:36 AM, andrew n...@sylva.icuklive.co.uk wrote: The site where I downloaded my last one is not available. Where is the most up to date source of the garmin gmapsupp.img with contours available? I don't know if they're the most up to date or not, but are the maps here

[Talk-GB] OSM Error (was Re: NaPTAN import status - update and question)

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com wrote: Thinking about it, one could get OSM to produce a list of things to check for any particular trip - First one would produce a GPX for the trip and then a 'job-creator' would identify streets without names, villages

Re: [Talk-GB] Locating Postboxes article Guardian

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:49 PM, John Robert Peterson jrp@gmail.com wrote: I'm pretty sure I heard from somewhere that the post code associated with the post box is actually a post code assosiated with the collection office, and that a house next to it can have a totally different post

[Talk-GB] Healthware OSM-Atlas

Hi, I've been working on a couple of OSM-Related things, on-and-off, for a while, and I'm happy to announce that I've just released version 1.0 of both. Healthware [1] is a web site that uses the API XAPI to find pharmacies (and, later, will also find hospitals). It's designed to run on any

Re: [Talk-GB] Old data in XAPI

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:36 PM, 80n80n...@gmail.com wrote: Try [amenity=pharmacy] instead of [*=pharmacy] The index for the second form is no longer being maintained.  There were relatively few queries of this form and the overhead was substantial. Ah, that worked. Excellent, thanks :-) The

Re: [Talk-GB] Postal Area/District maps

2009/7/3 Mike osm-talk...@norgie.net: Folks, Does anyone know of any maps marking UK postal areas/districts?  I seem to recall picutre of the day on OSM having a map of postal areas but I can't seem to find it. Any ideas where I can see the postal boundies? You're probably thinking of:

Re: [Talk-GB] Hello All

2009/6/24 Jack Stringer jack.ix...@googlemail.com: I would also like to get involved in adding address data for already added amenities to in turn improve the postcode database. If you're interested in improving free postcode information, then these two web sites will probably also be of

[Talk-GB] Sat Navs to stop working?

Yesterday, on Radio 2's drive time show, someone mentioned that sat navs would stop working next year. My wife heard it as she was driving home, but there were no details. We can't work out what they were talking about. The Listen Again page is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kg9fr I

Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party

2009/5/18 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com: Stoke needs work but a party will probably happen there in July, watch the wiki for that. I live in Stoke-on-Trent, but don't have a great deal of time to spend mapping, so I'd love to see a mapping party there. I don't know

Re: [Talk-GB] How to add roundabouts?

2009/1/28 Chris Andrew cjhand...@gmail.com: Hi, all. New to the list. Just wondering, some roads near me have big roundabouts that aren't mapped, they are just seen as converging roads. I see that a tag exists to mark roundabouts (OSM Wiki), but I can't see how to apply it using the

Re: [Talk-GB] Yet another rail network map

2008/12/18 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com: But where a footpath or other feature makes use of the original feature then I would definitely add a tag that explains the features former use, that's useful data. I hadn't thought of it before, but that sounds like a good

Re: [Talk-GB] Automatically make street atlas?

Quoting David Groom [EMAIL PROTECTED]: As a starting point you might look at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/PDF_atlas Thanks, I'll take a proper look later. I'm not sure if it'll do quite what I want. If I knew Perl I might be able to adapt it, but I've never managed to get my

[Talk-GB] Automatically make street atlas?

Hi people, I'd like to make some street atlases using OSM data. Has anyone created a script/program to do this automatically? If not, I might have a go at writing something myself, but I thought I'd see if anyone else has done it first. Basically, I'd like to feed it a .osm file, and have

Re: [Talk-GB] Nottingham progress?

Quoting Andy Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Russ Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could anyone here give me an idea of progress in Nottingham? I had a quick look recently and it appeared that all the roads are in place, but some (many?) don't have names. Hi Russ

[Talk-GB] Nottingham progress?

Could anyone here give me an idea of progress in Nottingham? I had a quick look recently and it appeared that all the roads are in place, but some (many?) don't have names. I have some friends in Nottingham, so it'd be good to be able to tell them that OSM has mapped their home town. I

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans

Quoting Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So, my belief is that in realty recruiting sustrans people to our cause is unlikely to be very fruitful. Look instead for people with time on their hands, those still in education, bored professionals like me ;-) and the retired. Ah

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans

Quoting Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A simple card with the web address and the OSM logo would be perfect, I'm always needing the same but haven't got around to doing any. I'd add my name and an email address too so that the person can make contact again. Has anyone

[Talk-GB] Sustrans

Hi list, On Saturday, the wife I went to have a look at a local (Stoke on Trent) fun day, and got talking to the guy at the Sustrans stand, largely because I started looking at his maps. I'm not a cyclist, so I don't know a great deal about Sustrans, but I get the impression that there

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans

From: Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans A quiet revolution, with OSM showing how we might be better than what they have now seems to be the best approach and Andy's version of our data is one of the ways to prove that. And as Andy says,

Re: [Talk-GB] Oxford hi-res on Yahoo

On Thu, January 10, 2008 2:19 pm, Gregory Williams wrote: http://maps.yahoo.com/broadband/#mvt=slat=52.949414lon=-1.178971mag=4 PS, I also discovered several other new areas of coverage last night. See: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Yahoo%21_Aerial_Imagery/Coverage Excellent,