Re: [Talk-GB] OS 1:25000 out of copyright maps and WMS url

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:46:29 + Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: Hello Brad, Replying to self As an experiment; http://ooc.openstreetmap.org/wms/map.php?source=os1; I wonder if the above works correctly. Not in my MUA. :-( -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM coverage

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:22:26 +0100 Andy Street m...@andystreet.me.uk wrote: Hello Andy, to download the csv file but the link isn't working (404). It worked for me; Temporary snafu somewhere, perhaps? -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)rad

Re: [Talk-GB] OS StreetView accuracy: caution!

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:57:40 +0100 David Ellams osmli...@dellams.fastmail.fm wrote: Hello David, it is just reassuring to know that even the great Ordnance Survey can't get it all right. By their very nature paper maps, like telephone directories, are almost certain to be out of date before

Re: [Talk-GB] Stratford Imagery

On Fri, 28 May 2010 09:47:06 + (UTC) Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote: Hello Ed, Apparently I have unlimited storage on Flickr, so I could do it. With a proviso; There is a restriction on the _free_ Flickr accounts in that only a certain number of images (200, IIRC) are publicly viewable.

Re: [Talk-GB] - Map layer with OS Locator comparison from ITO

On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:49:53 +0100 SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: Hello SomeoneElse, Chine; due west of Niton if you're interested). It's been there a few years and is not particularly subtle. Indeed;

Re: [Talk-GB] Local walking routes

On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 10:44:45 +0100 Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello Richard, probably advise against putting them in the database unless they are waymarked. There are named routes that aren't waymarked. Near me, for example, there's the Little Dart Ridge and

Re: [Talk-GB] Derbyshire area unconnected

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:33:49 +0100 Ian Spencer ianmspen...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Ian, It is a tricky one in that if you can't tell how they interact with OSM you don't know whether the person is being wilful or not. I always True. I tend to assume that user is doing accidental 'damage',

Re: [Talk-GB] Long Distance Paths

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:35:27 +0100 SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: Hello SomeoneElse, there's not many of them, and a map rendering those nicely at a decent That depends on what you mean by not many. The Long Distance Walkers Association recognise 1200 or so LDPs. Not all of

Re: [Talk-GB] Long Distance Paths

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:50:03 +0100 Ian Spencer ianmspen...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Ian, the OS map provides all sorts of useful clues (e.g. which side of a hedge should a footpath run can be very important when you are at a complicated junction of footpaths) Trouble is, the OS maps can wrong:

Re: [Talk-GB] On footpaths

On Thu, 5 May 2011 11:20:45 +0100 Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote: Hello Nick, area, and the National Parks. Time for some footpath parties, or getting people interested in (say) the southwest? There's me, living just off Exmoor. Time limited, but I do what I can. --

Re: [Talk-GB] Invisible/impassable rights-of-way

On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:24:44 + John Aldridge j...@jjdash.demon.co.uk wrote: Hello John, In one case, the location of the path is clear, because it runs between two walls and the green Public Footpath signs are present, but a section of it has become completely and densely overgrown with

Re: [Talk-GB] Invisible/impassable rights-of-way

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:56:53 + Jonathan Harley j...@spiffymap.net wrote: Hello Jonathan, Actually, AIUI, the landowner can't be forced to, but if the landowner won't reinstate and clear the path, the council must. The council can then charge the full cost of them doing so to the landowner

Re: [Talk-GB] Ambiguous restrictions sign

On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:13:48 + Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Andy, Both those links are the same, and both seem to point (for me anyway) to the original except buses junction. It's not just you, Andy. I got the same result and thought it must be me. -- Regards _

Re: [Talk-GB] Ambiguous restrictions sign

On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:31:26 + David Earl da...@frankieandshadow.com wrote: Hello David, Sigh. I corrected them immediately afterwards. They've not arrived here yet, nor do they appear in the list archive. It's not a big deal, just pointing out to Andy he wasn't alone. -- Regards _

Re: [Talk-GB] Dartmoor needs fixing (heath area missing a chunk)

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:25:25 +0100 Kevin Peat k...@k3v.eu wrote: Hello Kevin, Is it not just a browser caching issue? Looks okay to me in Firefox and Doesn't render correctly at the resolution Jason indicated for me, either. It's not an area I look at usually. -- Regards _ / )

Re: [Talk-GB] Dartmoor needs fixing (heath area missing a chunk)

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:27:37 +0100 Jason Woollacott wool...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello Jason, It renders fine at all levels when I look at it on the standard map, however on the french map the gap is still there. Strange, as I find it to be okay on the French map, and broken on streetmap.org.

Re: [Talk-GB] Dartmoor needs fixing (heath area missing a chunk)

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:04:48 +0100 Kevin Peat k...@k3v.eu wrote: Hello Kevin, I assume you mean openstreetmap.org ? My apologies. Yes, I mean openstreetmap.org. Bad shorthand on my part. [snipped] If none of this makes a difference to your problem then let people know as there may be

Re: [Talk-GB] Names on Power Lines

On Sun, 13 Oct 2013 19:00:58 +0100 Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Rob, seeing signs on pylons but cannot recall exactly what was on it. Usually warnings of dire consequences (i.e. death) for anyone playing on them. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly

Re: [Talk-GB] Royal Mail Parcelforce delivery offices

On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:30:42 + Andy Street a...@street.me.uk wrote: Hello Andy, If there is a facility that allows the general public access to collect or send mail then I'd consider amenity=post_office to be appropriate. Royal Mail, Post Office and Parcel Force are three separate

Re: [Talk-GB] Royal Mail Parcelforce delivery offices

On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:00:20 + Andy Street a...@street.me.uk wrote: Hello Andy, Not only that but there are other companies in the UK post/parcel market. I'd absolutely agree that setting the correct operator= and/or brand= tags is important. Good point. FWIW I can't tax my car at my local

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans Cycle Maps - Copyright

On Sat, 07 Jun 2014 16:09:02 +0100 Bogus Zaba bog...@bogzab.plus.com wrote: Hello Bogus, This seems to be saying that use has been made in these maps of both OpenStreetMap data and OS data, but overall copyright is being claimed by CycleCity Guides and FourPoint Mapping. Does this make any

Re: [Talk-GB] Duff data on facebook

On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:48:13 +0100 Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: Hello Lester, Facebook. Can anybody throw ANY light on to why they insistthat their data is the correct view? The company that runs facebook don't give a toss. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly

Re: [Talk-GB] Life Ring - British English

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 11:05:34 +0200 Andreas Goss andi...@t-online.de wrote: Hello Andreas, Is life ring how it is commonly referred to in British English. Just Always been referred to as lifebelts wherever I've been in England. Lifebuoy immediately makes me think of soap. -- Regards _

Re: [Talk-GB] addr:place

On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:27:11 + Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net wrote: Hello Chris, Like you, I live in a different parish than the one RM route my post through. spurious and wholly wrong concept of Royal Fail's postal town. Postal I agree it's a shame that so many people attribute so much

Re: [Talk-GB] addressing (was addr:place)

On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:41:56 + Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net wrote: Hello Chris, Addresses are allocated by Local Authorities, not Royal Mail. I use the I never said they were, although I concede it could read like that. However, some addresses do seem to get mutilated once Royal Mail get

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Projects Update

On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:31:32 +0100 pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello pmailkeey, It's likely the right version - as without punctuation is Royal Mail preferred and it's a new street. Royal Mail don't decide the correct spelling/punctuation, the relevant Local Authority does(1).

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging adjacent barriers on a way

On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 11:28:41 + Philip Barnes wrote: Hello Philip, >horses, I as a walker tend to walk over the grid, in my nearly 30 years >as a rambler I have never know anyone to open a gate in these cases. Like you, I cross the grid (it takes time to open & close a