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

2015-07-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
All, Last chance to fill in the UK/GB OSM group survey if you have not already done so. I aim to release the results soon along with suggestions on how we should proceed. This second stage will allow for more comment than the initial survey (with the survey results acting to support any

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

2015-07-25 Thread SK53
Fascinating stuff Frederik. Not entirely convinced by some of the detail. The project I ran got a domain name in 1987 of thorn-emi-crl.co.uk (I remember being slightly irritated that the guy administering names hadn't used crl.thorn-emi.co.uk which would have been more future-proof. By then UCL

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

2015-07-24 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 07/11/2015 10:19 PM, Rob Nickerson wrote: a UK/GB OpenStreetMap group (name yet to be decided) Just saw this: https://30yearsof.uk/the-birth-of-uk-an-oral-history-ab3ebc0e499f The story behind how domains in your part of the world came to use .uk and not .gb. Bye Frederik --

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

2015-07-14 Thread Nick Whitelegg
...@raggedred.net Sent: 13 July 2015 19:08 To: Dave F.; Andy Mabbett; Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Survey: A UK/GB OpenStreetMap group? Dave, I don't think anyone has a veto. Why would it harm you if this went ahead? On 13 July 2015 19:00:56 GMT+01:00, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com

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

2015-07-14 Thread Harry Wood
: [Talk-GB] Survey: A UK/GB OpenStreetMap group? I agree; I don't really see what harm a UK group would have; after all, there are local OSM groups in other countries, so why not here? No-one's being asked to stump up money for servers etc just yet; it's just an initial survey. Nick

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

2015-07-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Thanks to those 65 people who have responded to the survey so far. I want to address a few of the comments on the mailing list. The idea of a group has been discussed many time before but it has never progressed. I believe that this is because it has never been clear what the group

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

2015-07-13 Thread Dave F.
You say there's no neutrality, but there's no option to disagree with the whole proposal. On 11/07/2015 21:19, Rob Nickerson 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

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

2015-07-13 Thread Stuart Reynolds
…and what does “support the development of OSM tools and apps” mean in this context? Support in the sense that we think its great and will promote / aid / assist, or support in the sense that we hand over a sum of money towards development? And in that case, where does it come from? The

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

2015-07-13 Thread Dave F.
Find out first if people want it, rather than ask how they think it should be implemented. On 13/07/2015 14:03, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 13 July 2015 at 12:39, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com mailto:dave...@madasafish.com wrote: there's no option to disagree with the whole proposal What

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

2015-07-13 Thread Chris Hill
Dave, I don't think anyone has a veto. Why would it harm you if this went ahead? On 13 July 2015 19:00:56 GMT+01:00, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: Find out first if people want it, rather than ask how they think it should be implemented. On 13/07/2015 14:03, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 13

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

2015-07-13 Thread Dave F.
That doesn't get recorded. On 13/07/2015 17:18, Andy Robinson wrote: It’s easy to disagree with a proposal. You simply ignore it. J *From:*Dave F. [mailto:dave...@madasafish.com] *Sent:* 13 July 2015 12:40 *To:* talk-gb@openstreetmap.org *Subject:* Re: [Talk-GB] Survey: A UK/GB OpenStreetMap

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

2015-07-13 Thread Andy Robinson
It’s easy to disagree with a proposal. You simply ignore it. J From: Dave F. [mailto:dave...@madasafish.com] Sent: 13 July 2015 12:40 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Survey: A UK/GB OpenStreetMap group? You say there's no neutrality, but there's no option to disagree

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

2015-07-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
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

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

2015-07-13 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 13 July 2015 at 19:00, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: Find out first if people want it That they do is already evident. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

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

2015-07-13 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 07/13/2015 08:08 PM, Chris Hill wrote: I don't think anyone has a veto. Why would it harm you if this went ahead? I think I can see why Dave F might have an issue with the whole thing. Rob has phrased it as a question: A UK/GB group? and also in his message he says ... should a group be

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

2015-07-11 Thread Rob Nickerson
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