Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sun, 2018-08-05 at 08:44 -0500, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Rob Nickerson wrote: > > Dave can you do the D class roads too. Someone has added these -  > > e.g: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/52.21554/-1.87663 > > That reminds me - there's some weird ones in Hillingdon too: >    

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sun, 2018-08-05 at 15:23 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: > So we end up with data that should not be displayed ... but is still  > valid data in terms of the database! Which comes back to they should not be in the ref tag in osm, but in something else such as admin_ref so that those who are

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Rob Nickerson wrote: > Dave can you do the D class roads too. Someone has added these - > e.g: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/52.21554/-1.87663 That reminds me - there's some weird ones in Hillingdon too: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/51.5603/-0.3943 Can anyone think of a

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Lester Caine
On 05/08/18 14:44, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Rob Nickerson wrote: Dave can you do the D class roads too. Someone has added these - e.g:https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/52.21554/-1.87663 And D designations will be reused in other areas ... I have seen a couple more D5383 such as D5383,

Re: [Talk-GB] 'C' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Killyfole and District Development Association wrote: > So I hear a urgent traffic update on the radio that there was a forest > fire > on the C425 Eshnadarragh Road and that the Fire Service have closed > the road due to the pumping equipment needed to fight the fire. Dave originally wrote

[Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
Dave can you do the D class roads too. Someone has added these - e.g: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/52.21554/-1.87663 Thanks, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Martin Wynne
There is also the question of the source used, locally the source of these references would be an overlay over an OS map labeled crown copyright making such data incompatible with OSM. I assume that most local authorities will use similar GIS systems? Hi Phil, Worcestershire County Council

Re: [Talk-GB] 'C' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sun, 2018-08-05 at 16:21 +0100, Brian Prangle wrote: > There is at least one C road that is signed on the ground because I > remember being surprised at seeing it. It's somewhere in > Cumbria/Yorkshire but I mapped it so long ago I can't remember where > the hell it is > Although it could

Re: [Talk-GB] 'C' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Martin Wynne
There is at least one C road that is signed on the ground because I remember being surprised at seeing it. It's somewhere in Cumbria/Yorkshire but I mapped it so long ago I can't remember where the hell it is Hi Brian, There are dozens of them. See this page for photos:

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Martin Wynne wrote: > Worcestershire County Council publishes PDF text lists (no mapping) > of classified and unclassified roads. Google publishes a map, but that doesn't mean it's an admissible source for OSM. :) Richard -- Sent from:

Re: [Talk-GB] 'C' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Brian Prangle
There is at least one C road that is signed on the ground because I remember being surprised at seeing it. It's somewhere in Cumbria/Yorkshire but I mapped it so long ago I can't remember where the hell it is Regards Brian On 5 August 2018 at 12:34, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Killyfole and

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Martin Wynne
Google publishes a map, but that doesn't mean it's an admissible source for OSM. :) Richard Google publishes a map for profit. Worcestershire County Council is paid for by me. And a few others. At this rate, nothing could ever appear on OSM because it is mentioned in a dictionary or on a

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Mark Goodge
On 05/08/2018 14:44, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Rob Nickerson wrote: Dave can you do the D class roads too. Someone has added these - e.g: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/52.21554/-1.87663 That reminds me - there's some weird ones in Hillingdon too:

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Martin Wynne
But C and D numbers are not (normally) public, they are internal identifiers not intended for public use. They often appear in planning applications, and public notices about road works and diversions. All of which are intended for public use. I can't see why Worcestershire County Council

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread David Woolley
On 05/08/18 21:10, Martin Wynne wrote: Copyright doesn't work like that. But you can't copyright names, addresses and similar material. That's why the legislators introduced the concept of database rights. OSM works more in the concept of database rights, which don't require creativity,

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Mark Goodge
On 05/08/2018 22:55, Martin Wynne wrote: But C and D numbers are not (normally) public, they are internal identifiers not intended for public use. They often appear in planning applications, and public notices about road works and diversions. So do extracts of detailed OS maps. That

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread David Woolley
On 05/08/18 22:00, Mark Goodge wrote: either via a licence which permits re-use or an explicit grant of permission from the rightsholder. That's what a licence is, an explicit grant of permission! The confusion probably arises because of the open source movement's creation of the concept of

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Warin
On 06/08/18 06:10, Martin Wynne wrote: Copyright doesn't work like that. But you can't copyright names, addresses and similar material. Road names and numbers would surely fall within that. I'm not suggesting copying the document and posting it verbatim. There was a long and costly court

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread David Woolley
On 05/08/18 23:04, Warin wrote: The legal niceties are above me, but the phone book people won ... so even though the facts in the phone book are not copyright, practically you cannot copy them into your own data base. Ridiculous but true. I'd think similar legal arguments could be made in a

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread David Woolley
On 05/08/18 19:02, Martin Wynne wrote: Worcestershire County Council is paid for by me. And a few others. The only place for which I am aware of national legislation making certain government publications automatically free to use is the USA. Even there it only applies to the Federal

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Martin Wynne wrote: > Google publishes a map for profit. > Worcestershire County Council is paid for by me. And a few others. Sure. The point is that copyright automatically subsists unless expressly disclaimed. WCC has not expressly openly licensed this data. You can't just say "it's publicly

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Martin Wynne
Copyright doesn't work like that. But you can't copyright names, addresses and similar material. Road names and numbers would surely fall within that. I'm not suggesting copying the document and posting it verbatim. Martin. ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] 'D' class roads references.

2018-08-05 Thread Mark Goodge
On 05/08/2018 21:10, Martin Wynne wrote: Copyright doesn't work like that. But you can't copyright names, addresses and similar material. Road names and numbers would surely fall within that. Public road names and numbers (eg, names on name plates and numbers on road signs) fall within