Re: [Talk-GB] Datastore musical allotments

2010-09-14 Thread Ed Avis
Robert Scott li...@... writes: Musical allotments now ignores allotment(s). Thanks. There are some odd cases where the local authority's name ends in '(streetmap)'. Could that also be ignored? -- Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com ___ Talk-GB mailing

[Talk-GB] UK Bike Shop dataset obtained: please merge in locations in your area

2010-09-14 Thread Martin Lucas-Smith - CycleStreets
We've brokered a dataset of all 2,500-ish bike shops in the UK from the Association of Cycle Traders (many thanks to them!), for the purposes of merging this dataset into the OpenStreetMap database. It has postcode-level accuracy only but that's a massive head-start. Read more at:

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Bike Shop dataset obtained: please merge in locations in your area

2010-09-14 Thread Dave F.
On 14/09/2010 17:56, Martin Lucas-Smith - CycleStreets wrote: We've brokered a dataset of all 2,500-ish bike shops in the UK... Thanks. How old is the database are all bike shops members of this association? Cheers Dave F. ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Bike Shop dataset obtained: please merge in locations in your area

2010-09-14 Thread Martin CycleStreets
Dave F. wrote: How old is the database It was a snapshot from their database about 4-6 weeks ago, so should be pretty fresh, though it does contain errors (as would be expected given the way bikeshops come and go). are all bike shops members of this association? Good point - I've no

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Bike Shop dataset obtained: please merge in locations in your area

2010-09-14 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 14 Sep 2010, at 18:28, Martin CycleStreets wrote: Dave F. wrote: How old is the database It was a snapshot from their database about 4-6 weeks ago, so should be pretty fresh, though it does contain errors (as would be expected given the way bikeshops come and go). are all

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Bike Shop dataset obtained: please merge in locations in your area

2010-09-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 14 September 2010 18:07, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: How old is the database are all bike shops members of this association? I found one error today, where a shop moved some weeks ago. And it doesn't seem to include Halfords. Some may say that's a good thing... -- Andy Mabbett

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Bike Shop dataset obtained: please merge in locations in your area

2010-09-14 Thread Jim Avery
On 14 September 2010 20:07, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 14 September 2010 18:07, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: How old is the database are all bike shops members of this association? I found one error today, where a  shop moved some weeks ago. And it doesn't

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Bike Shop dataset obtained: please merge in locations in your area

2010-09-14 Thread Richard Mann
At least one of the ones round here is the home/workshop of a roving bike mechanic, so treat the data with care! Richard On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Martin Lucas-Smith - CycleStreets list-osm-talk...@cyclestreets.net wrote: We've brokered a dataset of all 2,500-ish bike shops in the UK

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Bike Shop dataset obtained: please merge in locations in your area

2010-09-14 Thread Ed Loach
It has postcode-level accuracy only but that's a massive head-start. I wish I'd realised that before heading off earlier. I mapped the section of the street where the dot appeared, but checking the business address when I got back I hadn't mapped far enough down the street. I still suspect it

Re: [Talk-GB] Datastore musical allotments

2010-09-14 Thread Ed Avis
I and others have been busy adding or naming allotments from this data. Thanks! Now for the inevitable follow-up question: how do we report errors back to the GLA, and will they pass them on to the local authorities? There are some cases (particularly in Barnet it seems) where the lat/lon for

Re: [Talk-GB] Datastore musical allotments

2010-09-14 Thread Ed Avis
I'd also like to ask about the two postcode fields. What do 'supplied postcode' and 'nearest postcode' mean? Perhaps the first one is for the allotment itself and the second is for a nearby street? If so, some entries in the data are clearly bogus: # Name: Hendon Grove # Borough Ref: 27 #

Re: [Talk-GB] Datastore musical allotments

2010-09-14 Thread Ed Avis
Ed Avis e...@... writes: There are some odd cases where the local authority's name ends in '(streetmap)'. Could that also be ignored? In fact any parenthesized stuff could be stripped, for example 'Gladstone Park Gardens (off Broadfield Close)' in the GLA list becomes just 'Gladstone Park