Re: [Talk-GB] Geological Data

2013-10-31 Thread Andy Robinson
k/deptserv/maps/ !!VAT NUMBER: G.B. 823 8476 09!! From: Michael Collinson [mailto:mj.collin...@gmail.com] Sent: 30 October 2013 16:10 To: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Geological Data It is an area that interests me too, explicitly surface expression of geology, (ou

Re: [Talk-GB] Geological Data

2013-10-31 Thread Andy Robinson
/ !!VAT NUMBER: G.B. 823 8476 09!! From: Michael Collinson [mailto:mj.collin...@gmail.com] Sent: 30 October 2013 16:10 To: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Geological Data It is an area that interests me too, explicitly surface expression of geology, (outcrops and faults mostly

Re: [Talk-GB] Geological Data

2013-10-30 Thread Michael Collinson
It is an area that interests me too, explicitly surface expression of geology, (outcrops and faults mostly) and geomorphology ("interesting" drumlins, meander loops, landslips, ...). My personal conclusion is that by all means do low-key experimentation but that any systematic mapping is bette

Re: [Talk-GB] Geological Data

2013-10-10 Thread SK53
I had a very brief chat with someone at SotM touching on this. I don't think the 1inch:10 mile data is at all useful in OSM: it's too generalised and would result in huge awkward to maintain polygons. However in many places the field geology is much more detailed and is both at a scale compatible

[Talk-GB] Geological Data

2013-10-10 Thread Jonathan
Hi, I was wondering whether anybody had discussed importing geological data into OSM before. We map surface details about the land cover and underground use if it's man-made so why not geological data? The BGS have a load of data at http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/downloads.html. So w