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

2010-10-12 Thread Chris Fleming
Quick question on this what are poeple doing with this data in cases where a shop is showing correctly in the list and is on the ground but isn't really a bike shop? The example I found is TISO: http://shaunmcdonald.dev.openstreetmap.org/bike-shop-locator/shop/2549 Which is an outdoor shop,

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

2010-10-12 Thread Craig Wallace
On 12/10/2010 20:49, Chris Fleming wrote: Quick question on this what are poeple doing with this data in cases where a shop is showing correctly in the list and is on the ground but isn't really a bike shop? The example I found is TISO:

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

2010-10-03 Thread Shaun McDonald
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

2010-09-25 Thread Andrew
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/ Could you add a name search? Moving the map is

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

2010-09-20 Thread Martin Lucas-Smith - CycleStreets
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010, Martin Lucas-Smith - CycleStreets wrote: http://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.

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

2010-09-15 Thread Kevin Peat
Yes, that was exactly the same for me so local knowledge is definitely required. Kevin On 14 September 2010 21:44, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com wrote: At least one of the ones round here is the home/workshop of a roving bike mechanic, so treat the data with care!

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

2010-09-15 Thread Tom Chance
I think the failure to render bike shops as buildings is a bug. Shaun and Andy are simply overstretched so haven't fixed it on the map add tool yet. Tom On 15 Sep 2010 11:27, Graham Stewart gra...@dalmuti.net wrote: The documentation at

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

2010-09-15 Thread Shaun McDonald
Hi, On Wed, September 15, 2010 11:27 am, Graham Stewart wrote: The documentation at http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2010/04/05/add-point-of-interest/ suggests that bike shops should always be added as nodes. Is that the case? For example I'd previously added the Evans Cycles at the

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

2010-09-15 Thread Andy Allan
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Graham Stewart gra...@dalmuti.net wrote: For example I'd previously added the Evans Cycles at the Metrocentre (near Newcastle) as a building (closed way). Tags: building=yes, name=Evans Cycles, shop=bicycle

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

2010-09-15 Thread Ed Loach
At least one of the ones round here is the home/workshop of a roving bike mechanic, so treat the data with care! The one near here that I think is similar advertises their address on their website, but it looks like a house. When I went to double check it at lunchtime, I was fortunate enough

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

2010-09-15 Thread Dave F.
On 15/09/2010 13:48, Andy Allan wrote: Yep, that's a buy in the OpenCycleMap rendering, and it's on my todo list after Tom Chance pointed it out recently. The same appears to go for pubs cafes that are closed ways/buildings. Out of curiosity, is there a specific reasons post boxes are

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

2010-09-14 Thread Martin Lucas-Smith - CycleStreets
We've brokered a dataset of all 2,500-ish bike shops in the UK from the Association of Cycle Traders (many thanks to them!), for the purposes of merging this dataset into the OpenStreetMap database. It has postcode-level accuracy only but that's a massive head-start. Read more at:

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

2010-09-14 Thread Dave F.
On 14/09/2010 17:56, Martin Lucas-Smith - CycleStreets wrote: We've brokered a dataset of all 2,500-ish bike shops in the UK... Thanks. How old is the database are all bike shops members of this association? Cheers Dave F. ___ Talk-GB

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

2010-09-14 Thread Martin CycleStreets
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 bike shops members of this association? Good point - I've no

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

2010-09-14 Thread Shaun McDonald
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] UK Bike Shop dataset obtained: please merge in locations in your area

2010-09-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 14 September 2010 18:07, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: How old is the database are all bike shops members of this association? I found one error today, where a shop moved some weeks ago. And it doesn't seem to include Halfords. Some may say that's a good thing... -- Andy Mabbett

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

2010-09-14 Thread Jim Avery
On 14 September 2010 20:07, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 14 September 2010 18:07, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: How old is the database are all bike shops members of this association? I found one error today, where a  shop moved some weeks ago. And it doesn't

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

2010-09-14 Thread Richard Mann
At least one of the ones round here is the home/workshop of a roving bike mechanic, so treat the data with care! Richard On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Martin Lucas-Smith - CycleStreets list-osm-talk...@cyclestreets.net wrote: We've brokered a dataset of all 2,500-ish bike shops in the UK

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

2010-09-14 Thread Ed Loach
It has postcode-level accuracy only but that's a massive head-start. I wish I'd realised that before heading off earlier. I mapped the section of the street where the dot appeared, but checking the business address when I got back I hadn't mapped far enough down the street. I still suspect it