[Talk-GB] OSMUK: Where should we focus our 2019/20 strategy?

2019-08-04 Thread Jez Nicholson
Hello Mappers, The first OSMUK board meeting for 2019/20 season is tomorrow (Mon 5 August). We will mostly be discussing what we plan to do with this year. You have the opportunity to tell us what you think on a dot poll at https://www.loomio.org/p/965t2PXE the poll also has a freeform comment

Re: [Talk-GB] UK coastline data

2019-08-04 Thread Borbus
Hello again, I've finished integrating the VectorMap data all the way along North Norfolk and now the Blackwater estuary too. I did a survey in Maldon before I made changes near the town to make sure nothing was wildly different. It looks like the new Maxar imagery is quite recent in that area

Re: [Talk-GB] Removing "WikiProject" prefix

2019-08-04 Thread dcapillae
Hi, Russ. Thank you for commenting. I don't know the pages naming conventions for other types of pages, as I told Andrew in a previous message. In place pages (United Kingdom, Spain, London, Madrid, etc.) it is not recommended to use the prefix "WikiProject". I collaborate on a wikiproject

Re: [Talk-GB] Displaced nodes

2019-08-04 Thread Simon Poole
Seems as if the culprit is reverting the changesets themselves (not quite done as I write this). I do think a mandatory debrief on how they managed to do this without noticing is clearly in order. Nobody moves > 100'000 nodes and then uploads them without tons of indications that something is

Re: [Talk-GB] Removing "WikiProject" prefix

2019-08-04 Thread dcapillae
Hi, I'd just rename these pages: WikiProject United Kingdom --> United Kingdom WikiProject United Kingdom/Parcel Lockers --> United Kingdom/Parcel Lockers WikiProject United Kingdom Sustrans Artwork --> United Kingdom/Sustrans Artwork And in response to Andrew's request: WikiProject Power

[Talk-GB] Displaced nodes

2019-08-04 Thread Roland Olbricht
Dear all, there has been a couple of probably accidential movements of thousands of nodes off central London. The changesets in question are most likely 72980739 72980741 72980743 72980748 72980751 72980758 72980760 72980761 72980762 72980765 72980767 I'm attempting to revert them right now.

[Talk-GB] weeklyOSM #471 2019-07-23-2019-07-29

2019-08-04 Thread weeklyteam
The weekly round-up of OSM news, issue # 471, is now available online in English, giving as always a summary of all things happening in the openstreetmap world: http://www.weeklyosm.eu/en/archives/12277/ Enjoy! Did you know that you can also submit messages for the weeklyOSM? Just log in to

Re: [Talk-GB] Displaced nodes

2019-08-04 Thread Simon Poole
I believe the last errant changeset was just reverted. Am 04.08.2019 um 11:37 schrieb Simon Poole: > Seems as if the culprit is reverting the changesets themselves (not > quite done as I write this). I do think a mandatory debrief on how they > managed to do this without noticing is clearly in

Re: [Talk-GB] Removing "WikiProject" prefix

2019-08-04 Thread Russ Garrett
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 at 12:32, dcapillae wrote: > WikiProject Power networks/Great Britain (redirect) > --> United Kingdom/Power networks FWIW, I'm responsible for this page and it has "Great Britain" rather than "United Kingdom" in the title for a valid (pedantic) reason: the power network in

Re: [Talk-GB] UK coastline data

2019-08-04 Thread ael
On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 12:34:53PM +0100, Borbus wrote: > looks like the new Maxar imagery is quite recent in that area and, Just a quick comment. Parts of the Maxar imagery seem to have significant offsets. At least I have noticed that it often does not match my (fairly accurate) gps tracks.

Re: [Talk-GB] UK coastline data

2019-08-04 Thread Borbus
> Just a quick comment. Parts of the Maxar imagery seem to have significant offsets. I have noticed that too. The geometry is often wonky with incorrect angles. I'm not sure how that's possible, but comparison with something like Esri reveals it. At the moment I'm using it more for confirming