[Talk-GB] Hashtagging schools project chagesets

2016-01-23 Thread Bogus Zaba
changeset comments. Does it help to put it into the discussion on the chageset? Moving on to Flintshire next, paying more attention to my comments. Bogus Zaba -- Dr Bogumil N Zaba ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project : Schools - Wales data

2016-01-19 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 18/01/16 18:56, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: > On 18 January 2016 at 16:41, Bogus Zaba <bog...@bogzab.plus.com> wrote: >> I was however a bit surprised to see that the progress tool referenced >> here : http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/schools/progress/ >> includ

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project : Schools - Wales data

2016-01-19 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 19/01/16 14:58, Lester Caine wrote: > On 19/01/16 13:17, Bogus Zaba wrote: >> Is there a way of downloading the whole of the edubase database so that >> I do not run into the problems of searching on terms that I may not get >> quite right? > http://www.

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project : Schools - Wales data

2016-01-19 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 19/01/16 15:25, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: > On 19 January 2016 at 13:17, Bogus Zaba <bog...@bogzab.plus.com> wrote: >> At the end of the day however, if Welsh schools are tagged with >> ref:estyn=* but not with ref:edubase=*, am I right in thinking that they >

[Talk-GB] Quarterly Project : Schools - Wales data

2016-01-18 Thread Bogus Zaba
Following the wiki guidelines ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Quarterly_Projects ) I have been adding a ref:estyn=* tag to schools which are local to me. I plan to cover some rather further afield if other mappers in Wales do not seem to be participating enthusiastically. I was however a

Re: [Talk-GB] 2016 first quarterly project:Schools

2016-01-03 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 02/01/16 15:24, Dave F. wrote: > On 02/01/2016 12:51, Brian Prangle wrote: >> That gives a total of 32,318 schools. Taginfo shows 27,191 schools >> which is 84.1% coverage in OSM. However 6,348 are represented as >> nodes only. It would be great to have these as polygons and >> associated

Re: [Talk-GB] 2016 first quarterly project:Schools

2016-01-03 Thread Bogus Zaba
cal rec., or in association with a sports centre co-located > with the school. In this case I think it can be left to the > mapper's discretion as to whether the school polygon includes the > playing field or not. > > Jerry > > > On 3 January 2016 at 13:40,

[Talk-GB] Coastline - my botched attempt to re-align ?

2015-10-23 Thread Bogus Zaba
A seawall was recently re-built in west Rhyl. As a result, and following two GPS surveys, earlier this week (Tue 20/10) I moved three features on the coast in West Rhyl. These were : the coastline, the boundary of a beach and the route of a cycleway which follows the new seawall. The cycle route

Re: [Talk-GB] Coastline - my botched attempt to re-align ?

2015-10-23 Thread Bogus Zaba
eeks, or months between coastline updates, and not minutely > updates like all of the other OSM data. So don't worry about it, the > coastline will update in due course. > > Shaun > >> On 23 Oct 2015, at 14:02, Bogus Zaba <bog...@bogzab.plus.com> wrote: >> >> A s

Re: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

2015-09-29 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 22/09/15 10:34, Tim Waters wrote: > Hello, > > back in June we had a thread announcing that this LIDAR data was due > to be released. Well some of it has. > > https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2015/09/18/laser-surveys-light-up-open-data/ > > http://environment.data.gov.uk/ds/survey#/ > > I

Re: [Talk-GB] useless survey?

2015-09-28 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 24/09/15 20:41, malenki wrote: > Andy Townsend schrieb > am Tue, 15 Sep 2015 21:54:38 +0100: > >> First of all - thank you for "properly mapping" this bit of the >> country. > You are welcome. But it isn't much fun when I have to look repeatedly > after "my" data to verify it hasn't vanished. >

Re: [Talk-GB] What was the outcome of the discussion about C class roads with ref tags?

2015-05-04 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 04/05/15 02:18, Dave F. wrote: Hi I seem to remember there was general consensus that C class roads shouldn't have their reference number in the ref tag as they aren't really for public use, such as on signs or maps, but the official use of local councils etc. It was suggested,

Re: [Talk-GB] Road Names Quarterly Project

2015-02-16 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 10/02/15 15:56, Brian Prangle wrote: RobJN has added a bunch of Notes for Rotherham where we already have had a mapper step forward to try to resolve some of them, and Rob's tweeted the local Scouts. I've added a bunch of Notes for Liverpool (feel free to tweet anyone relevant - I'm not a

Re: [Talk-GB] highway=trunk Roads and Cycle Navigation

2014-08-04 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 28/07/14 14:07, Dave F. wrote: Hi I must be missing something in your question, because what's wrong with adding the sub tags bicycle/foot = yes/no? Some users have been adding bicycle=no to UK motorways for this specific reasons. This would appear to be the right way to do it and my

[Talk-GB] Sustrans Cycle Maps - Copyright

2014-06-07 Thread Bogus Zaba
copyright is being claimed by CycleCity Guides and FourPoint Mapping. Does this make any sense? Or am I misunderstanding the last line of the above? Thanks Bogus Zaba ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] BBC article on volunteers mapping hillforts

2013-07-08 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 07/08/2013 01:00 PM, Adam Hoyle wrote: On 8 Jul 2013, at 11:31, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: Adam Hoyle wrote: This would be awesome information to have in OSM, but as it is historic information, sometimes with no obvious above ground visualisation, is it definitely appropriate

Re: [Talk-GB] Complaining about refs on roads again!

2013-05-01 Thread Bogus Zaba
of it on the ground. I changed a number of these ref tags to official_ref in Chester making the mapnik map much more readable (IMHO). Bogus Zaba ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible Boundary Vandalism Warning

2013-03-25 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 03/23/2013 05:28 PM, Colin Smale wrote: I had already suggested boundary=planning to SemanticTourist. Boundary=civil is rather ambiguous. In my eyes the boundary tag serves to differentiate which hierarchy the area belongs to. For example boundary=police might serve for police force

Re: [Talk-GB] Refs on Tertiary Unclassifed Roads in Highland

2013-03-18 Thread Bogus Zaba
these IDs to the database, an appropriate tag would be local:ref=UX60? [1] Guidance on Road Classification and the Primary Route Network. Dept for Transport. Jan 2012. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-road-classification-and-the-primary-route-network Bogus Zaba

[Talk-GB] Rendering of disused railway stations

2013-01-17 Thread Bogus Zaba
of mapping can just get in the way of useful everyday find-your-way-around maps. Anybody know where should this be reported as a rendering bug? Thanks Bogus Zaba ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013

2012-10-10 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 10/09/2012 04:48 PM, Brian Prangle wrote: Hi everyone At our previous pub meeting for mappa-mercia on October 4 we had a great discussion about how we'd like SOTM2013 to come to Birmingham - so we got a group of volunteers (well everyone at the meeting) and have come up with an outline

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Tagging Guideline - wiki page proposals

2012-04-28 Thread Bogus Zaba
somebody else's practice and I could see that his way of doing it resulted in nice rendering on the Cycle Map which can be accessed from the main map page. Bogus Zaba ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Onward Travel Information posters

2012-03-30 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 29/03/12 14:24, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Just spotted, for the first time, one with correct attribution! Brand new poster at Burton-on-Trent station. Will post a pic when I'm, um, not on the train. :) cheers Richard ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] JOSM presets for rights of way in England and Wales

2012-02-05 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 04/02/12 20:00, Nick Whitelegg wrote: --- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines#JOSM_presets_now_available Comments on these presets and how they might be improved are welcome! I may have not been reading this list thoroughly but I did not realise

Re: [Talk-GB] JOSM presets for rights of way in England and Wales

2012-02-04 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 27/01/12 20:30, Andrew Chadwick wrote: Beta presets for path-like rights of way in England and Wales are now available in JOSM. They have pretty icons and everything! You can get them at https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Presets/EnglandWalesRightsOfWay or via Edit - Preferences - Map

Re: [Talk-GB] Example of OSM National Turst property map?

2012-02-04 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 01/02/12 18:27, Graham Jones wrote: Looks useful - could you add Cadw and Historic Scotland to the highlighted operators? (EG http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/117407496 ) Done! http://maps3.org.uk/EH_NTMap Now does CADW, Historic Scotland and Scottish Heritage. I ran

Re: [Talk-GB] Re-mapping : Are these two ways both valid ?

2012-01-23 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 20/01/12 15:58, woll wrote: I don't really have any LEGAL opinion/knowledge to answer your question with, but here is my experience: When I first started remapping, I took your option 1 (delete the feature and re-create it) because I felt that that option would ensure that no non-odbl

[Talk-GB] Re-mapping : Are these two ways both valid ?

2012-01-19 Thread Bogus Zaba
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Re: [Talk-GB] GB License Change Readiness

2012-01-15 Thread Bogus Zaba
either or both of these approaches, but (2) is obviously less time-consuming and preserves much more of other people's hard work. Bogus Zaba ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] For motorway travellers...

2012-01-03 Thread Bogus Zaba
://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb Nice idea. Not sure about a spree but I just tagged three close-to-motorway pubs known to me in the Wirral/Chester area with the requisite food=yes tag. Bogus Zaba ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] OS VectorMap water feature import

2011-12-13 Thread Bogus Zaba
could do. I would not feel comfortable importing features from OS Vector data which I would never be able to get around to seeing on the ground. Bogus Zaba ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [Talk-GB] District Boundaries - N Wales

2009-08-23 Thread Bogus Zaba
Bogus Zaba wrote: I have had confirmation from the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales who agree with the view below from Chris Hill. They say : ...in general the seaward extent of a local authority is the low water mark as defined by Ordnance Survey. The exception

[Talk-GB] District Boundaries - N Wales

2009-08-17 Thread Bogus Zaba
(which you find yourself tracing) which are nice dotted lines in the postcode application and faded grey lines in the josm/patlatch layers. Can the clearer (newer?) tiles be made available in the osm editing environments ? Thanks Bogus Zaba ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Public Rights of Way

2009-08-14 Thread Bogus Zaba
Nick Whitelegg wrote: Hello Godfrey, Sorry I should have made another point: If it's a path which you know is a right of way via an Ordnance Survey map, but cannot verify that on the ground, again you must use foot=permissive even if that's not true. This is because you can't verify the

[Talk-GB] Wales Boundaries (Wrexham Denbighshire)

2009-08-10 Thread Bogus Zaba
I have been working on these two relations. Wrexham is finished and the entries on the WikiProject Wales are complete, because somebody already put them there - I just fixed the relation (137981) and some of its members. With Denbighshire however I made a new relation (192442) and am slowly

[Talk-GB] How are we doing admin boundaries and what does nnnnnn b a r j stand for ?

2009-07-27 Thread Bogus Zaba
for a relevant relation followed by links marked b a r and j - how should I interpret these code letters. btw the r and j links seem to not work for me anyway. Thanks Bogus Zaba ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] How are we doing admin boundaries and what does nnnnnn ba r j stand for ?

2009-07-27 Thread Bogus Zaba
Peter Miller wrote: On 27 Jul 2009, at 17:25, Bogus Zaba wrote: Sorry if this contains some really stupid questions, but i have poked around the mailing list and the wiki and not been able to answer them for myself. 1. Given that we are not allowed to use official OS data (many threads