Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Proposed Import of West Mids VMS Locations

2017-11-06 Thread Brian Prangle
I've examined the data againnst aerial imagery and the Highways England positional data for VMS signs is so poor it really precludes an import which is sad. Signs are up to an estimated 10m away from their gantries and signs on the same gantry don't even line up. The Birmingham data might be

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Balti resturants

2017-11-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
Checking possible venues for our Christmas curry, I noticed that we have balti houses tagged "cuisine=indian". I'm sure many Balti lovers will be affronted by this; as an "Indian restaurant" and a "balti house" are very different beasts Should we perhaps use "cuisine=kashmiri" or

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Christmas curry

2017-11-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 5 November 2017 at 16:35, Brian Prangle wrote: > Sounds good to me. It's in my diary. Likewise. > Anyone got any preference for a good curry house? I can recommend Manzils, next to Digbeth police station, if a central venue is wanted: http://www.manzils.co.uk/

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Proposed Import of West Mids VMS Locations

2017-11-06 Thread Brian Prangle
Thanks for this Rob I might parse the short description to split the identifiers and type_description I've asked Andy Radford in BCC for an explanation of acronyms etc As for placing as nodes on the highway - I'm torn - I can see why it would be useful for data users but it doesn't always