Re: [Talk-GB] ITO! World Tools

ight lessen the development effort and it might be > easier to get some volunteers. > > Regards > > Brian > > On Thu, 28 Nov 2019 at 10:51, Shaun McDonald <mailto:sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk>> wrote: > > >> On 28 Nov 2019, at 10:26, SK53 > <mailto:sk5

Re: [Talk-GB] ITO! World Tools

gt; I'd like to see a new tool be builti'd also like someone to fund it being > built and sustain it either through a grant or donated work. > We at Ito are also hopeful that the community would implement new more up to date tools with a more modern look. Shaun McDonald Ito Wor

Re: [Talk-GB] New Ghosts Set and Survey Me Auto-Location Feature

> On 7 Aug 2018, at 10:53, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > > Philip Barnes wrote: >> Recently new blue branded co-op shops have started to appear, >> some have changed and at least one has opened in direct >> competition with an existing Mid-counties. > > Midcounties are also adopting the "new"

Re: [Talk-GB] New Ghosts Set and Survey Me Auto-Location Feature

> On 6 Aug 2018, at 12:04, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > > (It looks like the East of England Co-op also operates a few pharmacies. I > haven't investigated further.) > To confirm East of England Co-op do have their own brand pharmacies. https://www.eastofengland.coop/pharmacy Shaun

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Locator November 2016

> On 6 Feb 2017, at 20:35, Robert Scott > wrote: > > On Monday 06 February 2017 20:27:16 Robert Scott wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> Does anyone have a copy of OS OpenData Locator's November 2015 release still >> kicking around anywhere? > >

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Locator November 2016

> On 6 Feb 2017, at 20:35, Robert Scott > wrote: > > On Monday 06 February 2017 20:27:16 Robert Scott wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> Does anyone have a copy of OS OpenData Locator's November 2015 release still >> kicking around anywhere? > >

Re: [Talk-GB] UK website

The openstreetmap.co.uk and openstreetmap.org.uk domains could be an option, currently in OSMF ownership, as listed on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Domain_names Shaun > On 31

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping dangerous - but valid - routes

Hi Stuart, I'd keep it in, ensure other object information such as the number of lanes is included within the data. Then the routing engine can take account of the additional information, such as avoiding, but not exempting (thus creating islands that you can't walk out of) at crossing points

Re: [Talk-GB] taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk down?

Hi Robert, I'd seen the alert that it was down at the weekend, however wasn't in a position at the time to get to a computer and fix it. I've now rebooted the machine and it's back. Thanks for the reminder to look into it. Shaun > On 3 Oct 2016, at 14:34, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) >

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes

I'm wondering if this FAQ is still up to date, which notes that the postcodes were computed in October 2012 and haven't been updated since. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/FAQ#My_postcode_is_missing.2Fwrong_but_I.27ve_fixed_it_in_the_OSM_data._What_is_wrong.3F There are many

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK site

> On 1 Jul 2016, at 16:38, Dennis Bauszus wrote: > > I have setup a wordpress site. > > http://osmuk.org/ > > Please drop me a mail if you want to become an editor and start posting or an > administrator and help with the general layout. I can

Re: [Talk-GB] Assistance fixing wonky bits of London?

Hi Stuart, Looking at the history, it looks like the name was changed 8 months ago incorrectly and should be changed back, similarly for the relation. http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/206072/history It looks like the tags on the relation and linked node for the name need to be changed to

Re: [Talk-GB] First UK/GB OpenStreetMap group meeting - 17th December at 8pm

Hi Brian, Are you aware that 0800 numbers are now free from mobiles? http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/phones/2015/06/0800-numbers-now-free-to-call-from-mobiles Shaun > On 16 Dec 2015, at 23:06, Brian Prangle wrote: > > Hi everyone > > Calls from a mobile, the number

Re: [Talk-GB] ITO World - OSM OS Locator Analysis

Hi Philip, Do you have a specific example where the not:names are not working? The left hand column on http://product.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/area?name=Cambridge has a list of the streets where the not name has been used, so that the Ordnance Survey can use that information as

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

Hi, The coastline is updated at a much slower pace compared to everything else, so it's expected that it won't align for some time in the map rendering. It could be days, weeks, or months between coastline updates, and not minutely updates like all of the other OSM data. So don't worry about

Re: [Talk-GB] Last quarterly project for 2015

A number of different boundaries such as SSSIs, national parks, and nature reserves are available from http://www.geostore.com/environment-agency/WebStore?xml=environment-agency/xml/ogcDataDownload.xml

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

On 22 May 2015, at 12:30, David Earl da...@frankieandshadow.com wrote: Does the main OSM rendering understand building=university? Yes, for example this building at Heriot-Watt University: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/22881764 http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/22881764 where I used

[Talk-GB] ITO - OSM Analysis Updated with May 2015 OS data

Hello UK mappers, I’ve updated the ITO OSM Analysis with the new OS Locator data which has been released this month (May 2015). Many areas have had significant increases in the number of missing road names. Leeds has had the biggest increase of 35 more missing road names. Moray for example is

[Talk-GB] OSM Analysis Updated with latest OS Locator data

Hi, OSM Analysis has been updated to the latest OS Locator data. http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/main http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/main There have been many places knocked off the 100% completeness, with 17 areas now below 95% complete. Overall

Re: [Talk-GB] Confused over access...

Hi Stuart, The bus=yes and psv=yes override the access=no to say only buses/public service vehicles can use the road. The access=no says ignore the normal defaults for access on the road, and instead use the access values included in this object instead. I hope that clarifies things. Shaun

Re: [Talk-GB] Lloyds TSB

Thanks for the reminder, I’ve updated one in Ipswich based on Mapillary images I took recently. Still need to get a bit more coverage to get the other one that still needs to be done. Shaun On 2 Oct 2014, at 09:30, Ed Loach edlo...@gmail.com wrote: It has been over a year now since I first

Re: [Talk-GB] NaPTAN (stop) import

I see it as being better to put the right hints into the OSM data and the routing algorithm so that they can be automatically chosen from the TNDS data, rather than having the data in OSM, which is hard to represent some complexities such as a few journeys go via a school, some are part route,

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

On 25 Jul 2014, at 17:37, David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote: On 25/07/14 17:15, Philip Barnes wrote: Are you proposing we tag for the renderer by not tagging trunk roads as trunk? No. He wants people to tag for the router, not the renderer. I think that is a bad idea,

Re: [Talk-GB] Getting Highway Agency information into OSM

Another option to the GPS data, would be to use Mapillary to provide the latest images of the roads, and automatically a GPS trace is included too. This would mean that the images could be used for us to map alongside a feed of the changes that are known. This also has the advantage in that

Re: [Talk-GB] Getting Highway Agency information into OSM

Maybe a simple method is to use the OSM notes system, which is what the feature was designed for? Shaun On 3 Jul 2014, at 19:10, Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote: You know, rather than thinking about automatically importing any of their data into OSM, my intuition is that given the

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcodes

Personally I’d say it’s better to place the postcode on the buildings, as they are delivery points, that the postcode relates to, whereas adding them to the street is both more complex, error prone and not tagging what the postcode actually relates to (i.e. the collection of delivery points).

[Talk-GB] OSM Analysis updated with May 2014 OS Locator data

ITO’s OSM Analysis has been updated with the latest OS Locator data. Most places have dropped out of the 100% completeness compared to OS Locator. There’s now 18 places which have less than 95% completeness. http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/main Shaun McDonald Developer ITO

Re: [Talk-GB] newbie questions about building outlines

On 30 Apr 2014, at 09:52, Ed Loach edlo...@gmail.com wrote: Tom wrote: In many other areas of inner London, particularly residential (e.g. http://binged.it/1iByiPy), the typologies and shapes are pretty easy to understand from aerial imagery so you can accurately guess individual

[Talk-GB] Fwd: [Talk-scotland] Shetland-Orkney ferry and NCN 1

To: Shaun McDonald sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk I'm pretty sure there are issues with ferries around orkney too, last time I checked, there are 2 ferries that link Orkney to the mainland, and one goes to aberdeen. I sugest someone with proper cycling experience does a proper audit of edits

Re: [Talk-GB] name=Flooding

Also while around York the past couple of days, I noticed various flood barriers being closed, thus closing some roads to access. Is there a way to tag a flood barrier or gate? Shaun On 12 Feb 2014, at 12:25, jonathan jonat...@bigfatfrog67.me wrote: I agree it isn't, however, considering the

Re: [Talk-GB] POI features: node vs way?

The osmconvert has the ability to turn all the areas and ways to single nodes: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmconvert Shaun On 26 Jan 2014, at 10:15, Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote: Hi - Definitely you should _not_ tag both the polygon and a node. That creates two objects, and

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

On 12 Jan 2014, at 13:03, Borbus bor...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/01/14 12:30, Andy Street wrote: On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:52:02 + John Aldridge j...@jjdash.demon.co.uk wrote: Is there a consensus on how to tag Royal Mail Parcel Force delivery offices? Are these amenity=post_office, or

Re: [Talk-GB] Primary or Trunk?

themselves. ITO World make a series of maps which highlight some of the above additional tags that can be added to OSM so that routers can decide whether each road is suitable based on objective data, rather than broad generalisations. http://www.itoworld.com/map/group/2 Shaun McDonald Developer ITO

Re: [Talk-GB] Notes feature

That should use another first world object as a calendar item so that it’s properly supported. Shaun On 28 Oct 2013, at 08:28, Bob Kerr openstreetmapcraigmil...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Maybe we could use it to make an note for mapping parties, social events and conferences too Bob From:

Re: [Talk-GB] Notes feature

The place your business here may be better dealt with through clickable POIs on the OSM site, plus some dot or something for every shop/address available. Shaun On 27 Oct 2013, at 16:15, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: It seems that some businesses are starting to use the notes

Re: [Talk-GB] Advice needed for maxweight turning restriction

The oneway except cyclists bit is a well defined thing, whereby you can use the tag cycleway=opposite. You can be more specific by saying opposite_lane, or opposite_track as appropriate. (There are other way to tag the same thing which may be appropriate). Shaun On 12 Oct 2013, at 21:00,

Re: [Talk-GB] State of the map Scotland 2013 - 6 days away

On 5 Oct 2013, at 14:13, Robert Scott li...@humanleg.org.uk wrote: On Saturday 05 October 2013, Bob Kerr wrote: Counting down to State of the map Scotland 2013 wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Scotland_2013 Please send out messages to your social media of choice Booked

Re: [Talk-GB] iD and accidental landuse deletions

On 10 Sep 2013, at 07:05, Andrew andrewhain...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: Tom Chance tom@... writes: Here's another one, this editor really ought to be fixed or removed:http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17655245 I tried using the JOSM Revert plugin, but it just downloaded the nodes

Re: [Talk-GB] Phone numbers in little England

There are some areas where you must dial the area code, so that there is enough numbers available in the area. I've always dialled the full number, thus don't see what the fuss is about area codes. Shaun On 22 Aug 2013, at 11:42, Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote: So to dial

Re: [Talk-GB] ITO's OSM Analysis updated with the latest OS Locator data

Adding not:name is the correct method to resolve these errors and remove them from the list, as they are otherwise tagged correctly in OSM with the name and ref detailed separately. Shaun On 18 May 2013, at 10:51, Donald Noble drno...@gmail.com wrote: I notice that in Glasgow there are 9

[Talk-GB] ITO's OSM Analysis updated with the latest OS Locator data

been any area dropping to a lower coloured band. We're currently at 95.91% completeness with 35,846 major differences. Shaun McDonald Developer ITO World ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Tidying up some shop tags

On 5 May 2013, at 14:51, Malcolm Herring malcolm.herr...@btinternet.com wrote: On 05/05/2013 14:25, sk53.osm wrote: I propose to tidy up some shop=* tag values. Synonyms fine but not specific products/services to generic ones as this deletes useful information. e.g: Shops that do key

Re: [Talk-GB] Writing a howto wiki page for mapping golf courses

There is also an ITO Map for Golf courses: http://www.itoworld.com/map/47 Shaun On 30 Apr 2013, at 12:07, sk53.osm sk53@gmail.com wrote: Have you seen Richard Weait's page on this subject : http://weait.com/node/21. And fewer of those named ways to make the hole names look nice :-)

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM OSGB

Not all of NaPTAN was imported. It was only done in some regions. It still needs the maintenance, i.e. updating from the updates from NaPTAN too, however no tools have been built to make this happen yet. Shaun On 18 Apr 2013, at 11:41, Barnett, Phillip phillip.barn...@itn.co.uk wrote: I

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM OSGB

On 18 Apr 2013, at 12:33, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 18/04/2013 11:59, SomeoneElse wrote: Shaun McDonald wrote: Not all of NaPTAN was imported. It was only done in some regions. It still needs the maintenance, i.e. updating from the updates from NaPTAN too, however no tools

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM OSGB

On 18 Apr 2013, at 13:01, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 18/04/2013 12:52, Shaun McDonald wrote: Updates are a lot harder to do as you have to deal with differences When you say differences, do you mean within the tags? Does it need to do that, could it not do a simpler find

Re: [Talk-GB] Ambiguous restrictions sign

On 31 Oct 2012, at 16:02, David Earl da...@frankieandshadow.com wrote: On 31/10/2012 15:29, Andy Robinson wrote: Shaun McDonald [mailto:sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk] wrote: Sent: 31 October 2012 15:21 To: Matt Williams Cc: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Ambiguous

Re: [Talk-GB] New user reinstating old railways in Norfolk

It may be worth pointing out that you can have different view of the same data. For example ITO have a map highlighting the former railways: http://www.itoworld.com/map/198#fullscreenlat=52.58151540618443lon=1.0302901709739063zoom=9 Shaun ITO World Developer On 18 Feb 2013, at 14:24, Robert

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

Hi Ralph, I'll get this added to ITO Map in the next day or so. Shaun On 28 Nov 2012, at 15:37, Ralph Smyth ral...@cpre.org.uk wrote: This afternoon the Daily Telegraph has released Green Belt data for England. Could anyone import this into OSM? If so how might it be rendered?

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Locator 201211 out, musical chairs updated

Hi all, Thanks Robert for the notification about the updated data, hopefully the OS will get better at sending out those notifications. The ITO OSM Analysis has been updated and there's now only 7 areas at 100%. http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/main Shaun On 7 Nov 2012, at

Re: [Talk-GB] Office of National Statistics data

CycleStreets for example use a different database for the postcodes (Code Point Open) and if any search query looks like a post code the look it up there first. Similarly for station names they look them up in their own table first before going to nominatim. Shaun On 31 Oct 2012, at 12:30,

Re: [Talk-GB] Ambiguous restrictions sign

On 31 Oct 2012, at 14:49, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: On 31 October 2012 14:37, David Fisher djfishe...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, The pedestrianised main shopping street in Croydon has a sign with the following wording: Pedestrian Zone. No vehicles except cycles and for

Re: [Talk-GB] Ambiguous restrictions sign

On 31 Oct 2012, at 15:29, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Shaun McDonald [mailto:sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk] wrote: Sent: 31 October 2012 15:21 To: Matt Williams Cc: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Ambiguous restrictions sign On 31 Oct 2012, at 14:49, Matt

Re: [Talk-GB] DfT Cycling data - cycle lanes

Gregory, I thought that cycleway=opposite_lane was the equivalent of cycleway:right=lane. And if it was a lane only on the left then it would be cycleway:left=lane. Shaun On 9 Oct 2012, at 17:28, Gregory Williams greg...@gregorywilliams.me.uk wrote: Richard, It looks good and useful. On

Re: [Talk-GB] DfT Cycling data - cycle lanes

On 9 Oct 2012, at 17:47, Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 October 2012 17:34, Shaun McDonald sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk wrote: Gregory, I thought that cycleway=opposite_lane was the equivalent of cycleway:right=lane. no - opposite_lane is useful in a one-way road to indicate

Re: [Talk-GB] Gibraltar - Mapping Party?

Assuming suitable dates, I'm in for this. Shaun On 2 Oct 2012, at 22:47, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Roger Bamkin, prior chair of Wikimedia UK board and following a prompt from Andy Mabbett, has sent me an email asking if OSMer's would be interested in a mapping party based in

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Open Data User Group asks what data do you want

PDF isn't necessarily the best format if you want to process the data with some other program. It's great for presentation, but as soon as you want to push it around and mix it with things, and do interesting things it's much less useful. Shaun On 27 Sep 2012, at 23:19, Richard Mann

[Talk-GB] Geovation: innovation in transport event

Hi all, On Monday there is an event at the RSA in London as part of Geovation about innovation in transport which you may be interested in. There will be opportunities to talk about OSM, and discuss new transport ideas. More information:

[Talk-GB] ITO - OSM Analysis updated with latest OS Locator data

, please let me know. Shaun McDonald Developer ITO World ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

Hi Rob, Postcodes are a bit more complicated. Postcodes are a series of points, not a single point, as based on CodePoint data. I would not like to see a raw import of the CodePoint Open data as it is just the centroids of the postcodes, instead the postcodes need to be attached to specific

Re: [Talk-GB] Find My Nearest Cash Machine

On 22 Aug 2012, at 08:10, Graham Jones grahamjones...@gmail.com wrote: Seem Graham beat me to publishing a map of the ATMs: http://www.itoworld.com/map/230 But yours looks nicer, and doesn't have odd references to breweries mixed in with ATMs! Excellent, great that you like it.

Re: [Talk-GB] On Countryside paths

On 22 Aug 2012, at 13:21, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 22/08/2012 01:06, SomeoneElse wrote: Well, there's this one that ITO have made: http://www.itoworld.com/map/87#fullscreen Is there description of the rules ITO is using? It doesn't recognise highway=bridleway as a

Re: [Talk-GB] Footway to Sidewalk?

On 20 Aug 2012, at 13:30, Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: Have just spotted this changeset, which has globally changed footway tags to sidewalk, the area covers the UK. Any thoughts, to me sidewalk is one of those American words that should not find its way into English.

Re: [Talk-GB] Find My Nearest Cash Machine

On 20 Aug 2012, at 13:15, Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 12:33 +0100, Brian Prangle wrote: Hi Andy Impressive! Shame about the data. Just done a quick look around Acocks Green - ATMs missing and some are up to 30m away from their actual location. I

Re: [Talk-GB] Find My Nearest Cash Machine

On 21 Aug 2012, at 18:44, Graham Jones grahamjones...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 August 2012 14:40, Sam Larsen samlars...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I don't really see the point of this thread. UK cash machine data is fairly dense in OSM, i very rarely find any that aren't already mapped. Can't we

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping Party - Manchester

There will be SOTM Scotland in Edinburgh later this year on 19th and 20th October: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_Scotland_2012 Shaun On 17 Jul 2012, at 10:55, Nick Whitelegg wrote: I might be interested depending on the date - missing SOTM for the first time this

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

On 2 Jul 2012, at 16:19, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Peter Miller wrote:  I started using railway:historic=xxx in place of railway=dismantled for cycletracks etc in response to a comment through OSM messaging that one editor had found it confusing to suddenly have cyclepaths being rendered

Re: [Talk-GB] OT: Is Bristol the UK's only cross-border city?

On Wed, June 13, 2012 3:40 pm, Colin Smale wrote: On 13/06/2012 14:38, Philip Barnes wrote: The built up area of Chester straddles the England-Wales border and the football ground is right on the border. The pitch being in Wales and some of the car park and offices in England. I think this

Re: [Talk-GB] Cycling, the law and traffic signs

On 16 May 2012, at 01:05, Jason Cunningham wrote: On 15 May 2012 23:32, rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: As I am not a regular cyclist I must admit that I don't pay much attention to these signs. So my question is do Local Authorities use the cycle and foot signs (segregated or

Re: [Talk-GB] Doodle: OpenStreetMap Brighton mapping party

On 31 Oct 2011, at 19:25, Nick Whitelegg wrote: Anyone else got opinions on the date? We could go for a two day mapping party? might be interested depending on the type of mapping. Not so interested in addressing etc, but if it's road surveying/naming I'd be tempted. ATM can do any

Re: [Talk-GB] Doodle: OpenStreetMap Brighton mapping party

Anyone else got opinions on the date? We could go for a two day mapping party? On Mon, October 31, 2011 1:45 pm, Dan Karran wrote: Good point, that works better. On 31 October 2011 13:05, Shaun McDonald sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk wrote: On Mon, October 31, 2011 11:52 am, Dan Karran wrote

Re: [Talk-GB] SABRE Maps

On 12 Apr 2011, at 14:14, Lester Caine wrote: Bob Kerr wrote: I just heard about this, I don't know anything about the group but I thought I'd pass it on since it's using openstreetmap http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/ They have links to a number of growing historic maps as well as

Re: [Talk-GB] NaPTAN station codes

On 24 Oct 2010, at 21:41, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 24 October 2010 21:12, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote: o...@... writes: We're importing the location of bus stops from NaPTAN, can we also load the NaPTAN codes for railway stations? National Rail seems to use a three-letter code for

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

On 25 Sep 2010, at 15:32, Andrew wrote: Martin Lucas-Smith - CycleStreets list-osm-talk...@... writes: Andy Allan and Shaun McDonald have created a webapp for the specific purpose of merging (manually) this data into OSM. http://shaunmcdonald.dev.openstreetmap.org/bike-shop-locator

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

://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2010/09/10/get-all-uk-bike-shops-in-osm/ Andy Allan and Shaun McDonald have created a webapp for the specific purpose of merging (manually) this data into OSM. http://shaunmcdonald.dev.openstreetmap.org/bike-shop-locator/ Effectively it has a map of locations not yet

Re: [Talk-GB] Datastore musical allotments

On 15 Sep 2010, at 23:21, Robert Scott wrote: On Wednesday 15 September 2010, Will Abson wrote: Great tool! I've checked out my local area (Ealing) and there's a few disagreements marked for several allotments which are listed as 'Private Site' in the GLA data. Effectively there is no name

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

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] Derbyshire area unconnected

Hi, I have come across a few mappers in the past who have put in a huge amount of effort to map their town, but were not aware of the connectivity or the importance of. When I have explained it to them and shown them some routing service that they hadn't come across before, they are generally

Re: [Talk-GB] A newbie question - 'What are you doing ?'

The explanation I've found best to use since most people understand it the fastest is to ask if they know what the Wikipedia is, and then compare OSM to Wikipedia by instead of an encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, it's a map that anyone can edit. Shaun On 16 Jul 2010, at 20:31, Iain Simpson

Re: [Talk-GB] Help Needed

Hi Roy, Do you have a link to the map area so that someone can look at the data to see what the problem is? You should be able to have landuse and buildings without a problem. Have you looked at the tags that are used for the buildings in central london, for a comparison? Shaun On 2 May

Re: [Talk-GB] Building alignment

In JOSM select the building and press q. Potlatch currently doesn't have that feature, but it is in the upcoming Potlatch 2. Don't know about Merkaartor. Shaun On 2 May 2010, at 16:00, Roy Jamison wrote: Hey guys, Is there any way in Potlatch or Merkaartor (I can't understand JOSM) to

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping Beginnings

Hi Roy, As someone who has cycled out and mapped parts of Sheerness and Minster, it's great to see someone local starting to map recently. I'd recommend taking a looking at central London or Canterbury for inspiration of the amount of detail that you can enter into OpenStreetMap. Shaun On 1

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Boundaries

On 25 Apr 2010, at 07:57, Lester Caine wrote: If a footpath gets moved do you think I should still show a way mark it as 'this is where it used to go'? 'closed=2007' makes perfect sense to me. People then coming back to an area that they walked 30 years ago would then see why they

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

On 1 Apr 2010, at 01:16, Phil Monger wrote: Hi Tom, Not sure I agree that Streetview is 'horrible' - as a free base map it will rival or beat any of the others I have seen. This is even more true for rural areas. I am aware most of the raster stuff got left out, but streetview *is*

Re: [Talk-GB] Yet another trunk road query - A495

Do the signs on the road have a green or white background? If they are green, then it is a trunk road, otherwise it is primary. Shaun On 31 Dec 2009, at 03:11, brenda cameron wrote: The A495 runs from Oswestry to a junction with the A525 a mile or so west of Whitchurch and is tagged as

Re: [Talk-GB] last london pub meetup of the year

We'll today is Tuesday, since the wiki page hasn't been updated yet, I'll assume that the meetup has not been postponed. Shaun On 18 Dec 2009, at 22:03, Matt Amos wrote: the wiki currently has the meetup set for the john snow on tuesday[1]. how do people feel about moving that to wednesday?

Re: [Talk-GB] Funny with Mapnik?

It is probably due to a fresh planet import. http://matt.sandbox.cloudmade.com is currently up to date. Shaun On 23 Oct 2009, at 15:21, Ian Caldwell wrote: I put a few roads in last night and when I checked them this morning they were missing from the level 14,15,16 in Maplink. I then added

Re: [Talk-GB] Is the London congestion zone included within OSM at present?

On 15 Oct 2009, at 12:09, Peter Miller wrote: Does anyone know if the London Congestion zone boundary included in OSM? I can find it on a quick inspection of part of the boundary. Which part of the boundary can you find it? Unless you meant can't in your last sentence. ;-) Also note

Re: [Talk-GB] Gravesend Dumfries Mapping Parties Today

Sorry, I'm a little too far away, in Dumfries for the Mapping Party here, so if anyone in the central belt or north England wants to come along, please do. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Dumfries/MappingParty2009-10 Shaun On 10 Oct 2009, at 06:15, Peter Childs wrote: There is a

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey 7th series available

On 6 Oct 2009, at 21:24, Frankie Roberto wrote: 2009/10/6 Steve Chilton s.l.chil...@mdx.ac.uk I am pleased to announce that the first of the OS 7th series out-of- copyright maps are available for use in OSM. Very brief details of the sheets and how to access them is available on the wiki

Re: [Talk-GB] Locating Postboxes article Guardian

Nice article, though I'm sure there is an inaccuracy there as the Royal Mail don't actually know the exact locations of the post boxes, instead they have a rough description which was provided through the FOI. Shaun On 17 Sep 2009, at 10:48, Bob Kerr wrote: Hi all, Just in case you

Re: [Talk-GB] More NaPTAN Counties Uploaded - Bristol and Cheshire East

On 15 Sep 2009, at 22:48, Thomas Wood wrote: ref/local_ref has been argued here in the past, I can't remember the reason for settling on the latter, I personally prefer the former. ref should be a national reference whilst local_ref is a reference on a more local basis, in this case usually

Re: [Talk-GB] Edinburgh Meetups: Glasgow Central Scotland

On 27 Aug 2009, at 00:15, Chris Fleming wrote: On 26/08/09 16:29, Callum Noble wrote: Hi Bob, Sounds like a good idea. I organized a meetup in Glasgow back in Feb '08. There were a few Edinburgh people came through but in the end there weren't as many people came as had posted to the list

Re: [Talk-GB] Wales Boundaries (Wrexham Denbighshire)

On 11 Aug 2009, at 06:41, Peter Miller wrote: On 10 Aug 2009, at 23:09, Bogus Zaba wrote: With Denbighshire however I made a new relation (192442) and am slowly adding various ways that will make up this boundary. Not sure however how to edit the Denbighshire entry in the wiki to add

Re: [Talk-GB] NAPTAN update?

Hi Tom, This is being discussed on the talk-transit mailing list: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit Thomas Wood who is doing the import is on holiday for a couple of weeks at the moment if I remember right. Progress status will be available on

Re: [Talk-GB] Cambridge reversion needed

On 10 Aug 2009, at 18:51, David Earl wrote: David Earl wrote: Ito OSM Mapper has reported no changes in Cambridge since 3/8, otherwise I'd have spotted this sooner. In fact, I've got no sessions recorded for any of the areas I'm monitoring since 4/8 - Peter, do you know why? The

Re: [Talk-GB] Progress on estimating coverage

It would be interesting to see the same charts taking into account the nonames, to take into account the places that have been traced but not yet named. Shaun On 10 Aug 2009, at 23:35, Peter Reed wrote: I have now fixed the problem I was having with measuring the length of roads in

Re: [Talk-GB] A13 and NCN13 getting muddled?

On 7 Aug 2009, at 00:06, Mark Williams wrote: Peter Miller wrote: This is the A13 and it in the ncn13 relation which I think is wrong http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/23406798 Any thoughts? Anyone fancy following it up? Actually no, the NCN13 route _IS_ down the A13! Bizarre but

Re: [Talk-GB] Red Routes

On 29 Jul 2009, at 16:26, Brian Prangle wrote: Finally decided to map red routes after avoiding it for over a year (red routes are sprouting up rapidly in South Birmingham despite fierce oppostion from local traders - they're no stopping routes which are rigidly enforced). There's not

Re: [Talk-GB] Roundabout, ways and relationship policies

On 22 Jul 2009, at 23:24, Richard Mann wrote: I've not exactly rushing to get to that stage, but I couldn't see any obvious way to edit the ordering of a relation. Could anyone give me any clues? You can change the ordering of the relation using JOSM's relation editor. You may need to

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