Re: [Talk-GB] Names on Power Lines

2013-10-13 Thread Craig Wallace
On 2013-10-13 13:21, SK53 wrote: This morning I came across a name tag on a power line . I believe this is now quite a common practice (> 8% of lines in an 3-month old data-set). Personally I deplore it: * I have never found a convenient

Re: [Talk-GB] Names on Power Lines

2013-10-13 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Also a reference number, e.g "PKF 14". This seems to be the ref of the line (e.g "PKF") plus the sequential number of the pylon. Nick -Brad Rogers wrote: - To: TalkGB ML From: Brad Rogers Date: 13/10/2013 07:25PM Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Names on Power Lines On Su

Re: [Talk-GB] Names on Power Lines

2013-10-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 13 Oct 2013 19:00:58 +0100 Rob Nickerson wrote: Hello Rob, >seeing signs on pylons but cannot recall exactly what was on it. Usually warnings of dire consequences (i.e. death) for anyone playing on them. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad

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] Names on Power Lines

2013-10-13 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sun, 2013-10-13 at 13:21 +0100, SK53 wrote: > This morning I came across a name tag on a power line. I believe this > is now quite a common practice (> 8% of lines in an 3-month old > data-set). Personally I deplore it: > * I have never found a convenient sign on a power line giving >

[Talk-GB] Names on Power Lines

2013-10-13 Thread SK53
This morning I came across a name tag on a power line. I believe this is now quite a common practice (> 8% of lines in an 3-month old data-set). Personally I deplore it: - I have never found a convenient sign on a power line giving it's na