[Talk-GB] Virtual meeting: New open data and towards more UK addresses

2020-06-30 Thread Nick
Hi I have just joined this list so apologies. I am really interested in the issue of UPRNs (Unique Property Reference Number) having worked for a local authority but also aware of the risks of not sharing quality data. So if possible I would like to join in any discussion - Saturday would wor

Re: [Talk-GB] positioning of shop nodes as entrances

2020-06-30 Thread Ken Kilfedder
I'm partial to tagging the shop/cafe as an area within the building. In a highstreet scenario, you might have a 3 storey terrace containing mostly flats, with cafes and Argos's on the ground floor. Very well, tag buildings as buildings, and tag the amenities as areas (likely most of the floo

Re: [Talk-GB] positioning of shop nodes as entrances

2020-06-30 Thread ndrw
Hi Jez, I am not a fan of using entrances for tagging POIs for three reasons: - An entrance to a shop is not a shop. - Multiple primary tags cause problems with consuming data (e.g. when rendering). Is the point mainly an entrance or mainly a shop? In practice, we leave this decision to a pie

Re: [Talk-GB] positioning of shop nodes as entrances

2020-06-30 Thread Cj Malone
>Personally, I don't like tagging the whole building as 'amenity=cafe' as it >is only the downstairs of the building being used for that purpose, which >is why they were nodes. I agree, it also means that shops on buildings sometimes have `level`, which doesn't makes sense. >So, is there any dow

[Talk-GB] positioning of shop nodes as entrances

2020-06-30 Thread Jez Nicholson
I notice that a number of my local shop's POI nodes have been relocated as entrances, e.g. https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2648378395 rather than them being a node within the building outline. Personally, I don't like tagging the whole building as 'amenity=cafe' as it is only the downstairs of

Re: [Talk-GB] Documenting tagging practice for place nodes in London

2020-06-30 Thread Alan Mackie
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 13:56, Russ Garrett wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 13:20, Andy Townsend wrote: > > Quite a lot of stuff of the placename info on OS StreetView probably > > _shouldn't_ be in OSM. Leaving aside farm and house names, the where I > > used to live in Derbyshire is according

Re: [Talk-GB] Virtual meeting: New open data and towards more UK addresses

2020-06-30 Thread Dan S
I probably won't make the meeting myself - but it sounds clever to put it in SotM, you might acquire a couple of bonus participants that way? Best Dan Op ma 29 jun. 2020 om 21:46 schreef Tony OSM : > > Hi Rob > > I think a meeting this weekend is a good idea. > > Even if a basic discussion of wha

Re: [Talk-GB] "secret" site

2020-06-30 Thread Steve Doerr
On 29/06/2020 22:56, Colin Smale wrote: It was completed in 1964 as the GPO Tower. The GPO became the Post Office in 1969, at which time the tower was also renamed. I stand corrected - partially. It seems to have been referred to in pariament as the Post Office Tower as early as 1963: https://