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

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 bette

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

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 indica

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

Hi Brian, There seems to be a few types of data in there:- BCC, Highways England and Car Parking signs. I'm not sure if these *need* treating separately but it may be worth doing so anyway. The car parks should be small enough to start with and will enable us to get a good grip of the data. For s

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

Hi everyone I'd like to open a discussion here first before opening it to talkgb and talkimport The raw data can be found here It covers the West Midlands and parts of the M1 and M69 also Licence is OGL I've edited the data to give lat/lo