Re: [Talk-GB] RFC: Solar panel mapping in the UK

2019-04-04 Thread Russ Garrett
s which solar power doesn't have. Also, in some cases the land under/around solar farms is used for grazing, or at any rate it's still mostly grass. I'm not too bothered either way, though. Cheers, -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB m

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC: Solar panel mapping in the UK

2019-04-04 Thread Russ Garrett
se. Cheers, [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Power_generation_refinement -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Replacement of leisure=common

2019-03-30 Thread Russ Garrett
going to email the tagging list about marking leisure=common as deprecated, seeing as it's not a great tag anyway, and it's been removed from the map. Cheers, -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-GB] Replacement of leisure=common

2019-03-31 Thread Russ Garrett
es. In rural areas, tagging of grassland is a much-debated subject which is outside the scope of this thread, but I will not judge. I suspect there are far more leisure=common areas which are not legally commons than which are, but it definitely looks like a good cleanup project in general. Cheer

Re: [Talk-GB] Solar data

2019-04-10 Thread Russ Garrett
th clear licensing) at the moment - I'll see if I can get some of those other datasets in there as well. Cheers, -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Tools to support solar panel mapping?

2019-05-23 Thread Russ Garrett
On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 11:22, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > To fit StreetComplete it must be > > - refining existing objects, not adding new ones > - be solvable by any normal human by answering a simple question One option for this is turning generator=solar nodes into areas. -- Ru

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC: Solar panel mapping in the UK

2019-05-01 Thread Russ Garrett
>> Is there any good way to tag the vertical tilt of a panel? I know in >> many cases we won't be able to measure it well, but I thought I'd ask. >> For example, there's roof:angle=* for the slope of a roof, which is a >> mildly related concept. >> >> Cheers >>

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC: Solar panel mapping in the UK

2019-05-01 Thread Russ Garrett
On Wed, 1 May 2019 at 11:36, Jez Nicholson wrote: > BTW...shouldn't the points on the map reduce when I filter? They should but I'm still working on that feature. -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.

Re: [Talk-GB] What is a residential area?

2019-05-07 Thread Russ Garrett
um zoom levels (e.g. https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/50.4437/-4.8581) due to lack of landuse mapping. -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] What is a residential area?

2019-05-07 Thread Russ Garrett
patience. The ideal is that everywhere is covered by a landuse/natural tag. Stuff like gardens, buildings, etc, are a higher level of detail which live inside the broad landuse areas. Cheers, -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing lis

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

2019-08-04 Thread Russ Garrett
with the infrastructure mappers I know (I suspect it will be). Russ -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] accurate GPS

2019-10-09 Thread Russ Garrett
r than trig points, and so not something you can go and plonk your GPS receiver on. The file definitely seems to list the model of receiver at each one. Cheers, -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] accurate GPS

2019-10-09 Thread Russ Garrett
143161.7110356.42 y -21739.43 -25963.72 > 4224.29 > height above 142.73 307.00 -164.27 z 4952444.39 4946141.89 > 6302.49 > sea level > > distance 11082.66 11085.53 > ___ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] accurate GPS

2019-10-09 Thread Russ Garrett
ed, so presumably the GPS receiver has some of those incorporated. I think for the highest accuracy it's probably worth taking the position as WGS84 rather than doing the coordinate system transformation on-device, but I'm not 100% sure on this. -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett

Re: [Talk-GB] accurate GPS

2019-10-09 Thread Russ Garrett
valid endeavour in my opinion. But, as I mentioned before, that rabbit hole can go extremely deep and is probably off topic here. I hope I've given you a flavour of that though!) Cheers, -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB maili

Re: [Talk-GB] accurate GPS

2019-10-09 Thread Russ Garrett
orrection should at least get you sub-20cm. -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Import UK postcode data?

2019-10-04 Thread Russ Garrett
So I guess it would technically be possible to use Code-Point Open to add at least one address location to OSM for most postcodes. I'm still uneasy about doing this automatically though. Cheers, [1] https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/product-support/user-guide/code-point-open-user-guide.pdf

Re: [Talk-GB] Still too many universities in Cambridge

2020-02-04 Thread Russ Garrett
On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 at 21:37, Alan Mackie wrote: > On a completely unrelated note. Does any software actually support site > relations? openinframap.org does, for power plants (wind farms etc). I suspect it may be the only one. -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett

Re: [Talk-GB] Map with AI comes to the UK

2020-01-05 Thread Russ Garrett
t near me where roads are well mapped) but this does >>> demonstrate what is possible. Let us know if you have a good or bad >>> experience with this. >>> >>> Would be great to see this extended to buildings but we may have to wait >&

Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

2020-04-03 Thread Russ Garrett
common land. However it looks like town greens and village greens are legally identical under the Commons Act. Maybe designation=green might be best, although it looks a little weird. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:designation=common -- R

Re: [Talk-GB] Flatholm Island Boundary Problem

2020-09-12 Thread Russ Garrett
either. So it's not clear what these seaward extensions currently achieve. I'd love to find the actual legislation which created this... Russ On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 at 22:24, Mark Goodge wrote: > > > > On 12/09/2020 21:23, Russ Garrett wrote: > > I've foolishly now decided to try to

Re: [Talk-GB] Flatholm Island Boundary Problem

2020-09-12 Thread Russ Garrett
on it, though. Cheers, Russ On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 at 18:48, Russ Garrett wrote: > > I'm pretty sure Flat Holm is part of Cardiff - Steep Holm is in > England but it also isn't in Bristol as far as I know. There's > definitely something weird going on with the boundaries there but it >

Re: [Talk-GB] Flatholm Island Boundary Problem

2020-09-12 Thread Russ Garrett
_ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Flatholm Island Boundary Problem

2020-09-12 Thread Russ Garrett
k-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Solar tagging app

2020-10-05 Thread Russ Garrett
mminently). It'll likely be a separate task from the module-counting one. Location is also another task which I could potentially add. Russ -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Solar tagging app

2020-10-04 Thread Russ Garrett
have agreed on, I'll batch insert the data into OSM using a new account - I will update this list once that is happening. Cheers, -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Solar tagging app

2020-10-06 Thread Russ Garrett
On Sun, 4 Oct 2020 at 15:41, Russ Garrett wrote: > Once we have panel counts that multiple people have agreed on, I'll > batch insert the data into OSM using a new account - I will update > this list once that is happening. We now have around 1500 nodes with agreed module counts. I'v

Re: [Talk-GB] Solar tagging app

2020-10-06 Thread Russ Garrett
nt re adding them. All the info you need is (hopefully) here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_Kingdom/Rooftop_Solar_PV Cheers, -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetm

Re: [Talk-GB] New Bing Imagery

2020-08-19 Thread Russ Garrett
ata, especially in more rural & hilly areas. In my experience, once you start trying to go below 5m accuracy you swiftly learn not to trust anyone. Cheers, -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] New Bing Imagery

2020-08-19 Thread Russ Garrett
://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > ___ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > ___ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > ___ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] UPRN Locations Map

2020-08-02 Thread Russ Garrett
has done. -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] UPRN Locations Map

2020-07-03 Thread Russ Garrett
ere: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Copyright_information_for_UK_mappers -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] UPRN Locations Map

2020-07-03 Thread Russ Garrett
os.openstreetmap.org/ and presumably it will percolate down into editors in due course. -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] UPRN Locations Map

2020-07-03 Thread Russ Garrett
https://osm.mathmos.net/ > > ___ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > ___ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https:

Re: [Talk-GB] Rockall

2020-06-15 Thread Russ Garrett
lier message I will not make any > changes to Rockall until we have had the discussion. > > Colin > > > ___ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

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

2020-06-24 Thread Russ Garrett
s/develop/develop/Ranking -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

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

2020-06-25 Thread Russ Garrett
London, and I'm pretty sure that there are areas of London where the area names have never been adequately mapped (which is why I started this thread). So I'm not sure how best to solve that conundrum. Cheers, -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___

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

2020-06-25 Thread Russ Garrett
et" probably shouldn't be present in London, except in the few legitimately rural areas of outer London. (A lot of those hamlets are definitely wrong and I plan to go through them at some point.) Russ -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB

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

2020-06-23 Thread Russ Garrett
them. I've generated a list of all place nodes within Greater London and the City, by type: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Ru/London_Place_Nodes Cheers, -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Newbie damage alert in West Midlands

2020-12-09 Thread Russ Garrett
> Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] High quality NLS imagery of buildings and HOUSENUMBERS (!) available in London (and Scotland). Create a tasking manger to add this?

2020-12-01 Thread Russ Garrett
me cases, although the wording is a bit vague and could probably do with being clarified: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Scotland -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists

Re: [Talk-GB] High quality NLS imagery of buildings and HOUSENUMBERS (!) available in London (and Scotland). Create a tasking manger to add this?

2020-10-30 Thread Russ Garrett
On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 at 15:49, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote: > Link to this on NLS? I think it's the "OS 1:1,250/1:2500 1944-1969" layer: https://maps.nls.uk/os/national-grid/ -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] High quality NLS imagery of buildings and HOUSENUMBERS (!) available in London (and Scotland). Create a tasking manger to add this?

2020-10-30 Thread Russ Garrett
re the copyright of the scans lies with other parties, which does not seem to be the case in this instance) are acceptable for use in OSM. -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-london] Anyone up for the task of mapping the new Lambeth electoral ward boundaries?

2022-02-16 Thread Russ Garrett
> majority actually weren't. But every existing ward boundary is changing in > any case...) > ___ > Talk-gb-london mailing list > Talk-gb-london@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstre

Re: [Talk-gb-london] Update on TfL CID conflation plans

2022-06-25 Thread Russ Garrett
Talk-gb-london mailing list > > Talk-gb-london@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-london > > > ___ > Talk-gb-london mailing list > Talk-gb-london@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-london -- Russ Garrett r...@garrett.co.uk ___ Talk-gb-london mailing list Talk-gb-london@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-london