Though having re-read your post, the incorrect attribution is really bad. Don't
think my local one had that otherwise I'd have probably noticed but will check
next time I'm there.
Nick
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Date
So if you wanted a map that highlights byways, you'd just need to make
sure that the stylesheet noticed those tags and chose the rendering
occasionally. I _think_ Nick W's Freemap does this already. Personally I
think it's fairly unlikely for either Mapnik or Osmarender, because
they're worldwide
The problem is having highway=bridleway with highway=track. Now as Richard B
said there is now the designation tag so highway=track and
designation=public bridleway can be done. However this isn't rendered
either at all, or if it were would clash and not render correctly (brown
dash for
Very basically this is all a problem becuase highway=track and
highway=bridleway/byway/footway cannot both be tagged together. They need to
be understood and moved, or duplicated into 'routes' or another key to state
access. Having them together any longer will knock 10 years off my life,
I have PHP code to do this, it was based on the JEEPS C library.
It's available
http://www.free-map.org.uk/svn/freemap/lib/latlong.php
Also available is Jcoord, JScoord and PHPcoord from Jonathan Stott
(www.jstott.me.uk/jcoord). Note this is GPL, not LGPL, and therefore can only
be used in
Actually just realised this is a dodgy svn version with bugs, it's not my
current production version. It won't work because some of the associative array
fields are called 'long' not 'lon'. I'll try and update this later.
Nick
-Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote
To me, the most significant thing about that map is that it demonstrates
how vast swathes of the UK have almost no footpath data at all.
True, it shows how the paths are nicely concentrated in the south-east, the
Manchester area, and the National Parks. Time for some footpath parties, or
Thanks for the suggestion. Take a look at this one which I hope does roughly
what you have asked for with the exception that I have coloured 'other
designations' with a off-yellow (as used for unrecognised values in other map
views) and I have added grey for paths with no designation. Grey
Can do. Is this a separate value/colour or is it an alias for another value?
If
it is a separate colour then what colour would you suggest?
I use it for full byways (rather than restricted) but others might use it for
other things.
Maybe in view of what Robert said it's best they're re-tagged
Hello Peter,
I would say the most important thing with official rights of way is to tag them
with designation=public_footpath, public_bridleway, public_byway or
restricted_byway (as appropriate). The designation tag is AFAIK generally
regarded these days as the most definitive indication of
-Adam Hoyle adam.li...@dotankstudios.com wrote: -
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From: Adam Hoyle adam.li...@dotankstudios.com
Date: 04/05/2011 06:07PM
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] On footpaths
This is a very interesting discussion. I've been walking and then adding
footpaths north of High
It's everyone else who we have to worry about. In the last couple of months,
I've personally noticed a national railway company, a charity with a
turnover of £100m, a vast firm of couriers, a magazine publisher, a book
publisher, all infringing our requirements/requests for attribution and
I'd just like some clarification on this. I have contributed a very, very small
amount of data via OS OpenData (Haslemere and Andover IIRC but such a small
amount that it won't take long to re-survey - feel free to delete any nickw
edits in those areas with source=OS Open Data) but being such
Hi,
Near me there are a couple of areas with paid access only - Marwell Zoo and
Exbury Gardens. Original tagging for the latter is foot=permissive which seems
inappropriate as you have to pay to get in, and foot=permissive suggests
completely open access.
What would others do in this
There are also sites like Nick Whitelegg's Freemap which are aiming
to integrate the sort of information walkers are interested in sharing.
Depending on other commitments/level of interest, I could do some more work on
Freemap regarding this.
At the moment, on Freemap, you can
Hello Dan,
There is Freemap which allows you to store your own walks, it does use OSM ways
but stores them locally. It doesn't use relations.
Not sure what other peoples thoughts would be but I'd guess storing them in OSM
itself would clutter up the database and it's best stored elsewhere.
Hi,
First of all I'd like to say I'm from England so not a local by any means, so
hope I'm not being presumptuous posting here!
Anyway I'm attending SOTM from England in September, and combining it with
a
2 week trip to Colorado, aiming to do quite a bit of hiking when not at SOTM.
Am
What has been questioned is whether the information that a particular
path has that designation has come from a legitimate unencumbered source
.that we are able to use or whether it has come from sources which are
subject to copyright and/or database right and which hence should not
have been
As far as I know, ORPA is a term invented by Ordnance survey to
describe and mark some unclassified roads that might otherwise appear
to be private tracks on their maps. These are routes that aren't one
of the designated public rights of way (footpath, bridleway, byway,
restricted byway), but are
Gert, as long as OSM is copyrighted, the OSMF will need to be in the
business of suing OSMers. If you don't like the idea that the OSMF
should come after a fellow mapper, why, then, welcome to the group of us
who believe that OSM should be in the public domain.
-russ
TBH I really don't care
Answering myself, the following seems to work:
CREATE TABLE contours (gid serial PRIMARY KEY, height double precision);
SELECT AddGeometryColumn('', 'contours', 'way', '27700', 'LINESTRING', 2);
Yes that should work, or just
CREATE TABLE contours (gid serial PRIMARY KEY, height int, way
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To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
From: Phil Endecott spam_from_os...@chezphil.org
Date: 18/03/2011 02:12PM
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] LandForm Panorama + VectorMap District + OSM
Footpaths : Method
Hi Nick,
Nick Whitelegg wrote:
Have
Have put up a wiki page detailing how the 'pseudo-Landranger' map at
http://www.free-map.org.uk/expts/vmdlfp200/
was created...
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/VMD_plus_LFP_plus_OSM
Nick
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I had a meeting with OS on Thursday, where they seemed to think the 1st
April would see the next release of VectorMap District. I'm going to
render the whole country in the mean time (will take a few days) and
work out what all the problems are, then see what's fixed in April.
Good; I'd
for top posting btw, in a bit of a rush and my mail client isn't
terribly compliant towards quoting conventions...
Nick
-Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote: -
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
From: Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk
Date: 12/03/2011 12:24PM
Subject: [Talk
Hi,
I've managed to produce a slippy VectorMap District map with LandForm Panorama
contours overlay at
http://www.free-map.org.uk/expts/vmdlfp200/
Only covers a 20km x 100km section of southern England at the moment.
Next stage will be to overlay OSM rights of way on the map.
Will write up a
Hi Steve,
I have been asked by editor of the Cartographic Journal to write a short
piece on the effect of the release of OS OpenData on the OpenStreetMap
project, and I am just trying to gather my thoughts, and make sure I cover
all bases.
[snip]
Not sure how relevant this is but I'd
Hello Graham,
Nick,
This has been on my list of things to do for a while too,
Same with me, but it's never been the no.1 priority, hence it's never really
seen the light of day yet. Maybe the next rainy weekend we get I'll do a
concentrated push at it...
but like many of my project ideas,
The main problem with the wiki page is that it didn't distinguish between an
official public footpath and a way which is there on the ground, but has no
known
designation or right of way status. (Or else the page just didn't cover that
case, even though it is by far the most common.)
Again this
Hi,
In case anyone might be interested I just thought I'd announce an initial
version of OpenTrail, which aims to become an Android OSM app for walkers and
hikers. At the moment it's pretty basic, but I thought I'd announce it now in
case anyone's interested in either the project or in
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Tom Chance t...@acrewoods.net wrote:
On 1 March 2011 14:00, Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote:
At risk of opening this discussion again ... You do need some way to
distinguish between official and unofficial rights of way though.
Nick, we do
eetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
The great strength of OSM is that it can be a platform for many (and hopefully
more to come) applications written by people all round the world.
Country-specific tagging guidelines make it more difficult to share
applications
with the rest of the world.
I'm not so
I think foot=designated should *only* be used where you have definite evidence
of a pedestrian right of way.
Or am I confusing foot=designated with designation=public_footpath? The latter
is what I have used until now for public footpaths, and seems unambiguous
enough
that it won't get tagged
Hi,
In case anyone might be interested I just thought I'd announce an initial
version of OpenTrail, which aims to become an Android OSM app for walkers and
hikers. At the moment it's pretty basic, but I thought I'd announce it now in
case anyone's interested in either the project or in
Hi,
Have just tried to use the promotional code 588EJ for flights from London to
Denver, out on Sep 7 back on Sep 22.
If I try united.co.uk, it says that it doesn't recognise the code at all.
If I try united.com (which I don't really want to do as it charges in dollars,
not GBP) it says that
Could it be because not many people use it?
I still don't understand why, in a collaborative project, that
osmbugs is used as a record to get other people to amend missing items
Feel free to put the modifications you would like to see on
OpenStreetMap on the map.
I think OsmAnd will do most of this. I used to use Andnav2 for in-the-field
maps but have recently replaced with osmand: this has a number of features
including OpenStreetBugs viewing and reporting, and I believe (haven't tried)
will allow you to enter POIs too.
For track recording I use
Some of the comments on the Android apps thread over on talk got me thinking
about approaches to try and get more of the UK rights of way network done,
particularly by contributors who may not wish to use a full scale editor.
Was thinking of a two stage approach, involving a relatively non
Nick,
Nick Whitelegg wrote:
Am interested in using the OS OpenData contour set for an
augmented reality app for walkers (extension of the OpenTrailView
idea). What I have in mind is to load them into a database
and implement a lookup facility where the elevation at a
particular lat/lon can
the fares start creeping up
anyway. At the moment full fares with United seem to be just over £500 so if
the reduction was as much as 20% this could bring it down to around £400.
Nick
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To: t...@openstreetmap.org t
Hi,
Am interested in using the OS OpenData contour set for an augmented reality app
for walkers (extension of the OpenTrailView idea). What I have in mind is to
load them into a database and implement a lookup facility where the elevation
at a particular lat/lon can be obtained by querying the
Hello Phil,
Am interested in using the OS OpenData contour set for an
augmented reality app for walkers (extension of the OpenTrailView
idea). What I have in mind is to load them into a database
and implement a lookup facility where the elevation at a
particular lat/lon can be obtained
I am very interested in this data. I can host it if that's useful to
people (assuming the traffic doesn't become crazy!).
That would be very useful, thanks. Depending on the data size I may be able to
host some of it too.
Nick
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yes, but I was talking about political reality. According to this page
(and not only):
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Admin_level
they are admin_level=4 entities, while capital=yes stands for admin_level=2.
Sorry, meant to send this to the list, really fed up of my mail client always
RTFM!
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Admin_level
Wales/Scotland/England are 4, regions are 5
To be quite honest I really, really don't care that much at all: but, by word
of explanation I was only suggesting what I *thought would be sensible* as
England/Wales/Scotland/NI all have
I think automatically importing the OS data for areas where OSM currently has
little to no coverage - or coverage merely traced from Yahoo imagery - is
a great idea. Many people don't want bots to trample on their 'patch' which
they
have carefully surveyed, which is fine.
Any bot would have to
As an extension to the OpenTrailView idea, I thought it might be an idea to
experiment with an augmented reality app for walkers (hikers) in which OSM ways
could be overlaid on a phone's camera. There appear to be a number of augmented
reality apps for POIs, peak naming, etc but nothing
Hi,
ISTR someone on talk-gb mentioning the desirability of a tile based OSM data
server about a week or so ago, where you can query based on standard x,y,z
tiles. I said I would dig it out and it is available under OSM SVN at
http://svn.openstreetmap.org/sites/free-map.org.uk/ws/trsvr.php
It
Hi,
As from today Freemap (UK OSM walkers' maps), OpenTrailView (StreetView-like
connected panoramas for hiking trails), and the demo WebGL OSM viewer have been
moved from the main OSM subversion repository to Freemap's own repository.
You can check out the source code at
Hi,
Am 99% certain of coming to Denver this September for SOTM. I'd like to book
flights as soon as possible before the fares start creeping up nearer the time,
however ISTR a mention of travel discounts when the venue was first announced.
Is this still going ahead? I'm planning on coming over
Hi Toby,
I uploaded a few sets of two images in the US a while ago. Were these
deleted in the upgrade because they weren't panoramas?
Toby
They are still present on the server, I think, but no longer linked from the
map. I figured it would be better to try and focus the project on one thing,
Have made a few updates to Freemap (www.free-map.org.uk) recently. Here's a
summary:
* You can once again add annotations (anything which might be of interest to
walkers, such as interesting views, path directions, points of historical
interest, problems or anything else) to the map;
Hi,
Would like to announce an update to OpenTrailView (OTV; now at
http://www.opentrailview.org/), which I introduced at Girona last year and
which aims to collect linked 360 degree panoramas of walking / hiking routes a
la Google StreetView.
A longer post will appear in due course on the
Hi,
Would like to announce an update to OpenTrailView (OTV; now at
http://www.opentrailview.org/), which I introduced at Girona last year and
which aims to collect linked 360 degree panoramas of walking / hiking routes a
la Google StreetView.
A longer post will appear in due course on the
With the imminent release of Firefox 4, now seems to be a good time to think
about in-browser 3D OSM applications using WebGL - indeed there are already one
or two things out there, including WebGLEarth (webglearth.com, using WebGL and
OSM tiles) plus my own (very limited at the moment, and
Hello Bob,
I developed a prototype a little over a year ago, at
http://www.free-map.org.uk/3d/.
It overlaid OSM data on NASA SRTM height data to produce a 3D scene.
However due to changes in the WebGL spec it is currently non functional. I have
not had time to update it as I have been
...@openstreetmap.org
From: David Paleino da...@debian.org
Date: 20/01/2011 11:36AM
Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] WebGL
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:18:56 +, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
[..]
The code however is open source so can be installed on any server.
Where is the code hosted
Hello Bob,
I developed a prototype a little over a year ago, at
http://www.free-map.org.uk/3d/.
It overlaid OSM data on NASA SRTM height data to produce a 3D scene.
However due to changes in the WebGL spec it is currently non functional. I have
not had time to update it as I have been
-gb@openstreetmap.org
From: David Paleino da...@debian.org
Date: 20/01/2011 11:36AM
Cc: t...@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] WebGL
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:18:56 +, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
[..]
The code however is open source so can be installed on any server.
Where is the code hosted
ITO are pleased to offer out updated version of OSM Analysis with a thematic
overview page allowing us to see how we are getting on in different parts of
the county.
To get the top prize 95% of the roads represented in OS Locator need to be in
OSM and there are 17 districts which achieve that
I developed a prototype a little over a year ago, at
http://www.free-map.org.uk/3d/.
It overlaid OSM data on NASA SRTM height data to produce a 3D scene.
However due to changes in the WebGL spec it is currently non functional. I
have not had time to update it as I have been concentrating on
I think that a static (periodically refreshed) 'binary tile'
architecture where the OSM DB is boiled down into tiles designed for
the single purpose of being rendered quickly is the way to go.
Ideally a map viewer can then call upon both the standard bitmap tiles
and the vector tiles and combine
A cursory glance suggests Britain appears to have more highway=unsurfaced
than other places, and even then there aren't that many. I will happily fix
200 of them _properly_ (i.e. with what the track actually is, not the
cop-out of highway=road) if someone creates a rendering to highlight where
-If you look at Android from the view point of the end user or the
hacker, it's quite closed. DRM, binary drivers, and the mobile
operators occasionally blocking tethering applications.
However, independent application developers with valid business models
love Android. Their applications aren't
I think we may be talking about different things. I thought the question was
about using a virtual server rather than a dedicated one. It sounds like it
is about using a virtual machine on a desktop.
In that case you are right that running the database on the host will work
better than on
In general databases and Virtual machines do not work well together.
Databases tend to want fast disk accesses and the virtual machine bit slows
these down. Also typically virtual machines restrict the memory and
databases use the memory to reduce disk accesses so you get a second hit
The wiki page mentions the import of planet.osm. Since I'm going to work with
other data, can I just create a sketch on JOSM them import it or should I use
anything else like the planet boundary? I really need only Rio de Janeiro's
downtown bbox, so anything else would be a waste of
What a stupid thing to do (and denotation is a stupid word to use too).
Thanks, that gave me a good laugh. I think we can add denotation=cluster to
the
tagging hall of shame alongside smoothness=very_horrible. Any others?
Not sure, but an anagram of denotation would be an appropriate thing
Hello everyone,
After discussion the Surrey pub meet is happening, on Wed 8th Dec 8pm at the
Sovereigns pub,
Woking, close to the railway station:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.31516lon=-0.55989zoom=17layers=M
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/81/810/Sovereigns/Woking
Nick
How about Thursday Dec 9th then? If not, the 1st, 2nd or 8th?
Nick
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To: Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk
From: 80n 80n...@gmail.com
Date: 15/11/2010 02:40PM
Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Time for another Surrey meetup
Hi,
The OSM for walkers site Freemap now has a new home on the Swansea University
Computer Society tile server... thanks to Chris Jones for the offer of space!
The site is still very basic at the moment, basically a slippy map and nothing
else - though I'm aiming to add extra features when
I think some discussion of this has come up before (some time ago) but how many
people are tagging footpaths with their council reference numbers?
Reason I ask is that I'm in the process of overhauling Freemap and one thing
I'd like to do is allow people to tag footpaths with (perhaps
Hi Tim,
I could be potentially interested in this, as long as the following are
satisfied:
1. Will there be GPS units provided?
2. Can I get there by public transport / be picked up from Swindon station?
3. Presumably I don't need any specialist knowledge, i.e the only knowledge
needed is
-
It'd be a whole lot easier for parsers if we just used
thing=fire_extinguisher/picnic_table/well/cable_distribution_cabinet/memorial/fountain/street_lamp.
Or
amenity=fire_extinguisher/picnic_table/well/cable_distribution_cabinet/memorial/fountain
/street_lamp.
In other words, the class tag.
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From: SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk
Sent by: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org
Date: 24/10/2010 11:37PM
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2011 UK? Setting up a GB OSMF chapter?
On 24/10/2010 18:15, Gregory
Just a quick update on the Midhurst area footpaths mapping party: it is now
almost certain to go ahead, meet at the Old Town Hall Coffee House, Market
Square, Midhurst, W Sussex map (12 miles north of Chichester on the A286) at
9.45am this Saturday 16th. From the internet it looks like this
Hello everyone,
(Andy - are you interested in this BTW?)
A quick update on the provisional footpaths party for the Midhurst area, West
Sussex. This party aims to introduce people to the subtleties of footpath
mapping, fill a few gaps in a generally well-mapped area, and enjoy some nice
Hello everyone,
Further to a previous email about this I'm proposing to hold a footpaths
mapping party in the Midhurst area of West Sussex on the weekend of October
9/10 - probably the Saturday only at this stage. The idea will be to meet in
Midhurst town, and will help fill in some gaps in
I don't think there is anyone rendering it explicitly at the moment, however,
it would be trivial for someone to take the OpenCycleMap code and apply a
similar style to an OpenWalkMap. Having said that, there are a number of
people who are experimenting with different map displays, so there is
Hello everyone,
Was thinking it might be an idea to have a final Surrey/Hants mapping event
before it starts getting too dark and horrible - i.e. no later than late
October. Was thinking of somewhere where we could fill in some countryside
mapping and maybe some town POI mapping for those who
Hi,
I'm interested (depending on how much work is involved - as I'm focusing on
OpenTrailView at the moment), as I belive one or two others have done, in
overlaying OS Landform Panorama contours and OSM footpaths on VectorMap
District data.
To save effort, are there any open source scripts
Hello Maning,
Yes, it can work anywhere.
Nick
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To: Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk
From: maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com
Date: 29/07/2010 03:07AM
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] OpenTrailView
Does this cover
Thanks for the ideas - the point below was raised by at least a couple of
people.
*Bulk upload*
That last one is the key to a successful project, in my opinion. It would be
very nice if support for this contributor-process would be supported.
I've found a JavaScript library to do this - see
Hello everyone,
As some of you may know I gave a talk on OpenTrailView, which aims to be a
StreetView-like project for paths and trails, at SOTM.
In case anyone didn't get the URL of the project it's here:
http://www.free-map.org.uk/otv/
and all updates during development will be made at the
Hello everyone,
(I thought I'd sent this earlier but it doesn't seem to have got through so
apologies if it comes through twice).
I'm doing a talk on the Sunday at SOTM. Will there be a laptop available for me
to use/borrow? Reason is that I'm combining SOTM with a 10 day holiday, some
days
Hi Andy,
You were in the same place as me this weekend more or less!!! I recognise that.
I walked from Andover to Winchester on Sunday afternoon and walked a small
section of this cycle track near the Mayfly at Fullerton. You weren't in the
area then?
I'd just suggest ncn_ref=246. I think,
I just had a look at the UK Mapping Priorities page
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Mapping_Priorities
and I noticed that Darlington has gone from unmapped to awesome over
the last few months. Who wants to step up and take credit for such
immense progress on what was the UK's highest
(when to use footway or path)
I use footway for surfaced paths and path for unsurfaced, unmaintained mud
paths, typically in the country. I don't think there's a right answer to this
though!
For actual legal rights of way, many believe that the
I have found ITO World's layer of name anomalies rather useful, but I
could only see it in an editor, so I put together a comparison page,
using the techniques from the sautter.com transparent map.
Interesting. Note there are several small streets in my
Greg,
Yes, there are a large number of POIs not in the correct place. Whether these
are a genuine mistake or some idiot trying to be funny I don't know, but I
think they should be reverted. I think a sysadmin needs to do that.
Nick
From: Greg Auger
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Nick Whitelegg
nick_whitel...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Greg,
Yes, there are a large number of POIs not in the correct place. Whether
these are a genuine mistake or some idiot trying to be funny I don't know,
but I think they should be reverted. I think a sysadmin
Hello everyone,
For the first time since OSM came into being I've just now visited low(ish)land
Scotland, i.e. Dumfries and Galloway and wondered what Scottish mappers
typically do about these situations.
Firstly, while (I believe) you can walk just about anywhere in Scotland, except
during
Sorry, this was intended for the *list*, not Anthony. Damn mail client...
She wasn't playing, she was walking to her destination. I can't tell
from the pictures whether it was her fault for following the route, her
fault for walking on the wrong side of the road, her fault for not
staying
Hello everyone,
I'm staying on in Spain until the 17th after SOTM and am intending to look
round other parts of the region. I mentioned before the possibility of a
post SOTM mapping trip and one area which looks interesting is the
volcanic landscape round Olot (google it to find more). It's
Just in the middle of an editing session of the Test Way (old railway north of
Southampton now bike/horse/foot trail). Noticed something called OSM Fixer
appears to have deleted loads of nodes and turned a curving track into a
straight line. What the hell is this??? Luckily I've got a new
OK, that explains it. Thought it was one of those bots trying to be too clever
for their own good - like that landuse=forest remover some months ago ;-)
Nick
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Hello everyone,
A reminder on behalf of Andy Street that there is a mapping party this
weekend (both days) at Andover, Hampshire.
A bit of background (from the wiki page): The county of Hampshire is
increasingly well mapped in OpenStreetMap with good coverage of a number
of towns and cities
If you've got reasonable non-copyright evidence that there's a PROW
across the field, use designation=public_footpath. If there's a path
that people seem to use, use the highway=path tag (or some other
highway tag if you prefer), and maybe a surface tag. You can have a
OSM way with just a
Hello everyone,
In case of interest here:
There is a British Computer Society talk given by a couple of guys from
the Ordnance Survey on OpenSpace and the release of free data at my work
place tomorrow.
It's at Room HC029, Southampton Solent University, 6pm for 6.30pm.
Nick
Apparently OS regards the PRoW data as containing IP belonging to the
local authorities (who maintain the definitive maps), and so were
unable to release them as part of OpenData. There is an agreement that
allows OS to include PRoW data in their Explorer and Landranger Maps.
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