Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Replying to myself here. Northampton would be another location option. Its on the London Midland line which has some cheap fares. It's also a very very unloved town. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 26 April

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Workshop day booking open

2010-04-26 Thread Andrew Mackenzie
Booking open for the workshop day. Details here http://mapitude.eventbrite.com/ Volunteers please to present a short introduction on each topic. Or nominate someone else. Thanks Andrew ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Proposed Developers' Day in Birmingham- experienced volunteers wanted Sat May 22nd

2010-04-26 Thread Brian Prangle
We are trying to stimulate some local expertise up here to complement our surveying and increasing contacts with public sector bodies which will soon produce demands to produce more customised maps from our data. So we have got a small local TV production company(based in the centre of

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus Routes

2010-04-26 Thread Brian Prangle
I'm sure I remember contributing to a page on the mappa-mercia wiki which listed the bus routes that had been entered as relations. I can't seem to find it - all I can find is a wikipedia entry which lists ALL the bus routes in the West Midlands. Can anyone help my memory? Regards Brian

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus Routes

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Brian, click click http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bus_Routes_in_West_Midlands/Route_Refs Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Brian Prangle Sent:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Black [mailto:nickbla...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 26 April 2010 6:45 PM To: Emilie Laffray Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb OSM List (E-mail); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; Richard Fairhurst Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter I would be super keen on Charlbury.

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Locator - using in JOSM

2010-04-26 Thread Tim François
...and to the list --- On Mon, 26/4/10, Tim François sk1pp...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Tim François sk1pp...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: RE: [Talk-GB] OS Locator - using in JOSM To: Ed Loach e...@loach.me.uk Date: Monday, 26 April, 2010, 9:04 Whoops, yeah, I will document it on that page:

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Might be cool to set up a Saturday mapping party and social combined somewhere easy to reach and needing some mapping between London and Birmingham. We could thrash out the bones of a UK chapter and see who's interested in working on it over a beer or two. Anyone want to look and suggest a

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Artem Pavlenko
Charlbury comes to mind (good beer!) Best, Artem On 26 April 2010 09:43, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com wrote: Might be cool to set up a Saturday mapping party and social combined somewhere easy to reach and needing some mapping between London and Birmingham. We

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Ciarán Mooney
Hi, Might be cool to set up a Saturday mapping party and social combined somewhere easy to reach and needing some mapping between London and Birmingham. That's a great idea! Could you suggest a date? Date's are usually more of a problem for me than location. Cheers, Ciarán

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Andy Robinson wrote: Might be cool to set up a Saturday mapping party and social combined somewhere easy to reach and needing some mapping between London and Birmingham. We could thrash out the bones of a UK chapter and see who's interested in working on it over a beer or two. Anyone want to

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 26 April 2010 09:51, Artem Pavlenko artem.map...@googlemail.com wrote: Charlbury comes to mind (good beer!) Sounds good to me. Hopefully it will be during a week I am not on holiday :) Emilie Laffray ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Might be cool to set up a Saturday mapping party and social combined somewhere easy to reach and needing some mapping between London and Birmingham. We could thrash out the bones of a UK chapter and see who's interested in working on it over a beer or two. Anyone want to look and suggest a

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcodes to Shapefile

2010-04-26 Thread Kev js1982
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Kev js1982 o...@kevswindells.eu wrote: I am currently trying to create a series of shapefiles from postcodes (using OS Open Geo Data) using the code from Random Junk ( http://random.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodes/#) running on Ubuntu 9.10 but I can't get it

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Gregory
I On 26 April 2010 04:57, Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote: Might be cool to set up a Saturday mapping party and social combined somewhere easy to reach and needing some mapping between London and Birmingham. We could thrash out the bones of a UK chapter and see who's

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcodes to Shapefile

2010-04-26 Thread Dave Stubbs
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Kev js1982 o...@kevswindells.eu wrote: On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Kev js1982 o...@kevswindells.eu wrote: I am currently trying to create a series of shapefiles from postcodes (using OS Open Geo Data) using the code from Random Junk

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Banbury gets my vote. How would Saturday 12 June fit with folks? May is pretty stacked out for me already. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Richard Fairhurst Sent: 26 April 2010 10:49 AM To:

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcodes to Shapefile

2010-04-26 Thread Jerry Clough - OSM
GRASS seems to have some kind of Voronoi algorithm, but I find its interface very non-intuitive, so have not found it to try it out. This may be worth pursuing as an alternative route. As an aside: I notice that virtually all postcode boundaries are obviously created in this way. For instance

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 26 April 2010 15:12, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com wrote: Banbury gets my vote. How would Saturday 12 June fit with folks? May is pretty stacked out for me already. +1 for me Emilie Laffray ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Replying to myself here. Northampton would be another location option. Its on the London Midland line which has some cheap fares. It's also a very very unloved town. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 26 April

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcodes to Shapefile

2010-04-26 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 26 April 2010 15:13, Jerry Clough - OSM sk53_...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: GRASS seems to have some kind of Voronoi algorithm, but I find its interface very non-intuitive, so have not found it to try it out. This may be worth pursuing as an alternative route. As an aside: I notice that virtually

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 26 April 2010 15:18, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com wrote: Replying to myself here. Northampton would be another location option. Its on the London Midland line which has some cheap fares. It's also a very very unloved town. For those living near Croydon and

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Locator - using in JOSM

2010-04-26 Thread Tim François
All, I've updated the wiki page with the code I've been using, and smartened up the instructions a bit. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bath/OSLocator_Comparison The code isn't perfect (for example, I don't think it works with street names which have an apostrophe - there are probably more

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Black [mailto:nickbla...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 26 April 2010 6:45 PM To: Emilie Laffray Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb OSM List (E-mail); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; Richard Fairhurst Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter I would be super keen on Charlbury.

Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter

2010-04-26 Thread Gregory
For finding out when is a good date: http://doodle.com/gbm9zezspi9tz6m4 Add your name, tick the dates that are good for you. I see this is on the talk-gb-wetmidlands list, so I'm also sending to talk-gb-thenorth for anyone who just reads that. We're planning a get together on a Saturday (for some