Re: [Talk-GB] Finding Unmapped public rights of way - SOTM topic?

2013-07-27 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi both, Those are some really neat ideas! I hope you are thinking about sharing them at State of the Map in September ;-) We have a theme of change this year and one of the areas I am interested in is how we manage external data sources. Public Rights of Way are a great example as it poses

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-GB] New tile rendering server (Experimental)

2013-07-24 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Great work, and thanks to Andy for his work re-writing the rendering rules in CartoCSS. I'm forwarding this to the general talk mailing list as I expect there will be some not Brits who will be pleased to hear about the progress on this one. My understanding (from watching Andy's presentation and

Re: [Talk-GB] New tile rendering server (Experimental)

2013-07-24 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Great work, and thanks to Andy for his work re-writing the rendering rules in CartoCSS. I'm forwarding this to the general talk mailing list as I expect there will be some not Brits who will be pleased to hear about the progress on this one. My understanding (from watching Andy's presentation and

[OSM-talk] Bringing new life to the OSM.org front page

2013-07-20 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, As noted the map controls have recently changed on the main osm.org page. On the talk@ mailing list there was a few comments stating that it would have been nice to have been asked/consulted first. The changes were in fact announced and stem from Saman's SOTM US talk (slides [1], video

Re: [OSM-talk] Bringing new life to the OSM.org front page

2013-07-20 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
I should add that this change lays the foundations for making new feature available. For example a URL link including marker (the mlat and mlon stuff). This can be seen here: https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/328#issuecomment-21197529 Best, Rob

Re: [OSM-talk] Bringing new life to the OSM.org front page

2013-07-20 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
1) The map controls change was publicised on the blog on the 19th (at the time of the change): http://blog.openstreetmap.org/2013/07/19/new-map-control/ 2) The Communications Working Group is currently looking for help - why not join them:

Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help?

2013-07-14 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Bob -- *From:* Steven Horner ste...@stevenhorner.com *To:* Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com *Cc:* histo...@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org *Sent:* Saturday, 13 July 2013, 18:18 *Subject:* Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help? I've

Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help?

2013-07-14 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
I'd like to be able to run through all issues of the Bartholomew half inch series but even the ones already available are a start. Lester, Are you aware that Bartholomew half inch maps for Scotland, England and Wales are available online at http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/ ? If yes, then can

[Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help?

2013-07-13 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I have been speaking with the National Library of Scotland (NLS) about their large collection of historic maps. Currently they provide a online collection of historic maps as set out on their website [1]. Some of these are georeferenced and can be used in OSM [2]. There is lots more left

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [oxoncotswolds] Possible pub meetup with the West Midlands crew in early October?

2013-07-09 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Sounds like a good plan :-) And thanks both for making me hungry!! On 8 July 2013 17:45, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, in the West Mids group a while back we mulled the idea of doing a joint meet with our southerly brethren on Oxfordshire. We are proposing Saturday October

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [oxoncotswolds] Possible pub meetup with the West Midlands crew in early October?

2013-07-09 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Sounds like a good plan :-) And thanks both for making me hungry!! On 8 July 2013 17:45, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, in the West Mids group a while back we mulled the idea of doing a joint meet with our southerly brethren on Oxfordshire. We are proposing Saturday October

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] 3D map example

2013-07-07 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
3D map example in an area with lots more detail about buildings http://map.f4-group.com/#lon=8.8073256lat=53.0758799zoom=18camera.theta=49.315camera.phi=-167.2 For those unable to see it, I have found a screenshot online: http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=27u=13208997 Other 3d projects

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Smart City Alliance

2013-07-05 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Wow, sounds amazing. He wants to explore how to use our data at a meeting with his GIS guys. Does this mean just within Centro, or does he want someone from OSM present? Are these the sculptures you are talking about? http://www.flickr.com/groups/public_art_in_public_transport_wm/ On 5 July

Re: [OSM-talk] State of the Map 2013 - July Update

2013-07-01 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Just a quick update to my previous email. There is now a blog post which includes a photo showing how we went about placing all your great presentation proposals in to the State of the Map schedule. Enjoy! http://2013.stateofthemap.org/blog/busy-june/ Reminder to our presenters: Please could you

[Talk-GB] Notification of Rights of Way

2013-06-30 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Dear All, Some time ago I wrote to you about the process by which notice of changes to Public Rights of Way are distributed to Ordnance Survey and other interested third parties. These third parties are listed as Prescribed Organisations in Appendix A of [1]. Based on your comments, I contacted

Re: [Talk-GB] Notification of Rights of Way

2013-06-30 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
That was my Plan A when I contacted Defra. Unfortunately their response didn't really consider it properly. It sort of flirted round the edge - very public sector like!! ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-GB] UK Open Data updates

2013-06-29 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I'm aware that some within our community are very cautious of so called open data. As I'm not in any way qualified to assess legal jargon I can't provide much support. I can however notify you that the Open Government Licence has now been updated to make it more explicit that the OGL is

Re: [OSM-talk] Please test this Native wikipedia link - feature

2013-06-27 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
It was IE8 on XP Sp3 that it did not work on. Rob ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Please test this Native wikipedia link - feature

2013-06-26 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Working on: Firefox 21 on ubuntu 12.10 Chromium 25.0.1364.160 (Developer Build 25.0.1364.160-0ubuntu0.12.10.1) Ubuntu 12.10 Chrome 28.0.1500.52 (Official Build 207119) Not working on: IE (V7 I think - can check tomorrow) on XP Best, Rob ___ talk

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] 3D map example

2013-06-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
One for the mappa-mercia website: http://map.f4-group.com/#lon=-168401lat=6874255zoom=19 P.s. This is a 3d web gl render of OSM including working fountains, flowing water, rain, and building heights/roofs (if tagged). I would imagine it needs an up to date browser (not IE6!) to view it.

[Talk-GB] Update to the OS OpenData Licence story

2013-06-17 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi List, A short update for those still following the OS OpenData Licence story: http://data.gov.uk/library/minutes-of-open-data-user-group-11-june-2013 Summary: The issue is supported by ODUG and is being progressed by them. For now its a waiting game. Regards, Rob

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM Presentation idea - Council footpath data - comments?

2013-06-09 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Nick, The more options we have as organisers of SotM, the better. I personally would love to hear more about this (and no doubt will chat to you during one of the breaks). Rob -- SOTM Organising Committee ___ Talk-GB mailing list

[OSM-talk] Last chance to submit a presentation for SotM 2013

2013-06-08 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, The Call for Presentations for State of the Map 2013 closes Monday*. If you've not yet submitted your presentation proposal please act quickly. http://2013.stateofthemap.org/info/call-presentations/ I posted some ideas in recent SotM blog posts to get you thinking. These were: -

[Talk-GB] Last chance to submit a presentation for SotM 2013

2013-06-08 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, The Call for Presentations for State of the Map 2013 closes Monday*. If you've not yet submitted your presentation proposal please act quickly. http://2013.stateofthemap.org/info/call-presentations/ I posted some ideas in recent SotM blog posts to get you thinking. These were: -

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] June meeting in Redditch

2013-06-02 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
the Industrial Estate bu Arrow Valley Lake Regards Brian On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.comwrote: The Royal Enfield it is then. Thanks Jonathan. See you all on Thursday. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.30698mlon=-1.943327zoom=18layers=Q

Re: [Talk-GB] Surveying Private Roads

2013-06-02 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Lancashire CC have a good description of what a private street is: http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/atoz/a_to_z/service.asp?u_id=1065tab=3siteid=5409pageid=29027e=e As Nick said, a Private road often simply means that it has not been adopted by the Local Authority and therefore any

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM accommodation options?

2013-05-31 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Apologies for the delay in replying - I wanted to chase up the facts before getting back to you. The Classic, Standard and Superior options are all for the Aston Conferences hotel. Details about the rooms can be found at http://www.conferenceaston.co.uk/Content.aspx?PageId=1705 As for

Re: [OSM-talk] Who interprets semicolon in tag values?

2013-05-31 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
I would imagine that the semicolons in the opening_hours tag are interpreted by numerous data consumers. Rob ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] SOTM 2013 - An update

2013-05-31 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Everyone, So the Early-bird tickets for OSM's State of the Map conference are now all gone :-( Did you get one? If not don't worry, normal tickets remain on sale* and you can still get a GBP10 discount if you join the OSM Foundation. It's worthwhile joining the foundation and attending the

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM 2013 - An update

2013-05-31 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
On 1 June 2013 00:30, Paul Norman wrote: Does this include poster exhibitions? No, the posters option will stay open after the call for presentations closes, but we do encourage people to have a go at presenting if they can attend in person. We're a great community and it's always nice to

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] June meeting in Redditch

2013-05-31 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
The Royal Enfield it is then. Thanks Jonathan. See you all on Thursday. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.30698mlon=-1.943327zoom=18layers=Q ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Early Bird sign-up for State of the Map 2013 closing soon

2013-05-30 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Less than 24hrs to sign up for an Early Bird 25% discounted State of the Map 2013 ticket. Get yours now and join over 80 people who have already signed up: http://2013.stateofthemap.org/info/booking/ See you there, Rob Organising committee volunteer, State of the Map 2013, stateofthemap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [OSM-talk] Early Bird sign-up for State of the Map 2013 closing soon

2013-05-30 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Less than 24hrs to sign up for an Early Bird 25% discounted State of the Map 2013 ticket. Get yours now and join over 80 people who have already signed up: http://2013.stateofthemap.org/info/booking/ See you there, Rob Organising committee volunteer, State of the Map 2013, stateofthemap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] HS2 phase 2 routes

2013-05-14 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Try here: http://www.thehs2.com/ Thanks Barry :-) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[OSM-talk] State of the Map 2013 - Tickets now available

2013-05-11 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Tickets for OpenStreetMap's State of the Map 2013 conference in Birmingham, England, are now available. They can be purchased at a discounted Early Bird rate but only until the end of May. Get yours at http://www.stateofthemap.org/ Looking forward to seeing everyone there, Rob Nickerson

[Talk-GB] State of the Map 2013 - Tickets now available

2013-05-11 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Tickets for OpenStreetMap's State of the Map 2013 conference in Birmingham, England, are now available. They can be purchased at a discounted Early Bird rate but only until the end of May. Get yours at http://www.stateofthemap.org/ Looking forward to seeing everyone there, Rob Nickerson

Re: [Talk-GB] Natural England Data

2013-05-02 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
I guess one question might be, would it be a good idea to distinguish between statutory and non-statutory designations? The simpler the tagging, and the easier it is to explain, the more likely it will be used as you intend. So, although this may be a good idea, it would need some supporting text

[Talk-GB] LR Price Paid (Address) data from 1995 onwards

2013-05-01 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I've previously written about the monthly releases of Land Registry Price Paid data as these datasets are a great source of address details and are available under OGL. Matt Williams has already done a good job pulling this data into his Postcode Finder [1]. This is a nice tool that

Re: [Talk-GB] Natural England Data

2013-05-01 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Urrgg.. It was [0] that all Natural England open datasets (with the exception of Local Nature Reserves), were plain OGL licensed and could therefore be used. Looking again, it seems like NE have now added that annoying line at the top of the OGL licence that seems be be raising a few eyebrows:

[OSM-talk] Call for Presentations - SotM 2013 (annual conference)

2013-04-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, - please forward this on to your local communities - It's that time of year again when we look to you, the mind-bogglingly creative OpenStreetMap community, to tell us what you've been up to. That's right - it time to submit your presentation ideas for the annual State of the Map

Re: [OSM-talk] Call for Presentations - SotM 2013 (annual conference)

2013-04-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Just to add a little more to the Call for Presentations: This year I personally want to try and get as many people involved as possible. We are therefore hoping to have a Poster Exhibition for people who may not be able to attend in person (we can print them locally). If this sounds interesting

[Talk-GB] Call for Presentations - SotM 2013 (annual conference)

2013-04-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, - please forward this on to your local communities - It's that time of year again when we look to you, the mind-bogglingly creative OpenStreetMap community, to tell us what you've been up to. That's right - it time to submit your presentation ideas for the annual State of the Map

Re: [OSM-talk] RFC updated: OSM Attribution Mark (was: contributor mark)

2013-04-22 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
It seems that the desire to use a huge image as the background comes at the expense of the page content. To me a copyright page is about getting the *details* over. By placing too much emphasis on the image the copyright page appears like a *brand* or some fancy press release. We have other pages

Re: [Talk-GB] Trunk vs green-sign routes in the UK

2013-04-22 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Yep, as others have noted, the Green Sign = Trunk Road is the age old convention. If you want to add details about who maintains the road you can use operator=Highways_Agency (the second highest use of the operator tag apparently [1]). We don't have a tag for indicating that the signs are green

Re: [OSM-talk] Extracting data from traffic sign recognition aboard modern cars ?

2013-04-21 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Phil, From what I can see the technology is used to detect a limited set of signs only (e.g. Speed limits), rather than reading town names/road reference numbers/etc. There are a few different ways to do this which you can find by searching online, but generally the steps are: 1. Detect presence

Re: [OSM-talk] Embedding videos on wiki

2013-04-21 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
It looks like you know the answer. And to confirm, this is the list of installed extensions [1] and the list of admins [2]. I'm not sure if Grant will have picked up you message on here, so try messaging him through his Firefishy username. Don't expect anything to occur instantly - we all have our

[Talk-GB] Updating Imports (Was: 10 fascinating facts...)

2013-04-18 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi, The issue of how to update imports is an important one. For this years SotM (in Birmingham, September) we have a theme of Change, with one of these areas of change being how do we go from being map data creators to map data maintainers. I would love to see ideas put forward for this in the

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

2013-04-18 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
I would not, therefore, support updating OSM with another NaPTAN import in my local area. Agreed that a blanket import would be a poor option, but surely a tool that would show comparisons between the new NaPTAN data and OSM data would be useful? Or perhaps a comparison between the old and new

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

2013-04-18 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Maybe we should be advising that for all imports the original files are kept somewhere safe. Rob On 18 April 2013 19:57, Oliver Jowett oliver.jow...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.comwrote: Or perhaps a comparison between the old

[Talk-GB] Please support my request to replace OS OpenData Licence with the standard OGL

2013-04-07 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
All, Whether you care for public sector data released under the OS OpenData Licence or not, this will probably effect you one way or another. Can I therefore request that you please submit a comment in support of the data request available at the link below. This is especially true if you run a

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] OS Terrain 50

2013-04-05 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
All, Anyone using OS Land-Form PANORAMA elevation data, might find the following announcement about OS Terrain 50 of interest. In essence (and to quote the Ordnance Survey) Land-Form PANORAMA was an unmaintained product and was last updated in the 1990s. The new product will give users more

Re: [Talk-GB] Taginfo Golf Tags

2013-04-05 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi, As Andy noted, the JOSM button is probably the best option. Alternatively as there are not too many, you can use the Overpass XAPI without restring to a geographic region. Simply paste the following URL into a browser, save the resulting file with the .osm extension and open in JOSM:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Easter Weekend

2013-03-30 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Is probably too late for me to get over there now :-( What time and where? Also let me know the plans for Sunday Rob On 30 March 2013 18:07, Floris Looijesteijn o...@floris.nu wrote: Gregory (or anyone else interested), (This mail was bounced earlier today because I use the wrong email

Re: [Talk-GB] prow_ref

2013-03-29 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
The conclusion seemed to be to add the reference in the same format as used by the Local Authority. Some include the parish name, some also include FP for footpath etc. As your data is from a Parish level it's unclear whether the Local Authority will include the parish name before any numbers -

Re: [OSM-talk] [Design] Banners on the Front Page

2013-03-27 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
organising team intend to bid for main SotM next year - if not then surely you agreeing that SotM is less relevant? On 27 March 2013 21:44, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote: Hi, On 03/23/2013 11:21 AM, Rob Nickerson wrote: Hi All, I saw the request for a banner [1] and replied via

Re: [OSM-talk] [Design] Banners on the Front Page

2013-03-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I saw the request for a banner [1] and replied via email as I am not on the design mailing list. For transparency here is my reply: === start === There is a wider issue (and don't mean to be a spoil sport) that local events using the SotM brand could lead to a weakening of the main

[OSM-talk] Jump in to SotM 2013

2013-03-21 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hello, === Welcome to SotM 2013 === It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to State of the Map 2013. This year's annual conference for all OpenStreetMap contributors and users will be held in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on the weekend of 6th-8th September. The organising team is working to

[OSM-talk] Build your own GPS receiver

2013-03-17 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Going back a few years before GPS was widely available in pretty much everything bar the kitchen sink (please do post a link if you find a gps enabled sink :-) ) there was some discussion about making your own GPS receiver. If anyone is interested in taking this on as a nice weekend

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] piwiki stats on mappa mercia

2013-03-16 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
All, Stu, Should have mentioned this the other week but it skipped my mind. :-) Piwik provides web analytics/stats about visitors to your website. The OSM French community run it on their website and have offered to help anyone who may be interested to add it to theirs too. I think it's quite

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-03-12 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Brian, The list was of invalid postcodes. Hopefully everything you entered was a valid postcode (it seems that way given that only 3 invalid B27 postcodes appear in the list). Rob On 12 March 2013 22:37, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: Aidan I've had a look at your list and would

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New BING imagery

2013-03-01 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Thanks for letting us know. Based on the progress of the Coventry public realm improvements and this cross-reference photo [1], I would date the imagery as circa 27th March 2012. In Coventry, as with the previous imagery, there may be a small offset. If you use Ordnance Survey data released

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-03-01 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
as well since it breaks from the convention of uppercase postcodes, you could argue that they should be in or out, but it was easier to leave them in. [1] https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0viaV_xKHyCNmJDY1A1X092Zkk/edit?usp=sharing On 28 February 2013 23:44, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-02-28 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Interestingly out of the 95 you also identified 2 postcodes that are incorrect in OSM... raising the obvious questions: * How accurate is the data already in OSM? * Should imports be compared to 100% accuracy or a more realistic measure of OSM accuracy? Rob

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Coventry new edit

2013-02-27 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Deleted after survey. Thanks Rob p.s. Interestingly on the opposite side of the road I found a plaque on number 51: http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/image_galleries/2_tone_plaque_gallery.shtml?29 ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-02-27 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Andy, Aidan approached the talk-gb mailing list last month about this postcode idea [1]. A discussion was held, and from the back of this several changes were made (mainly related to reducing the size of the import to ensure that only the very best data was used, but also to ensure that QA was

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] OpenStreetMap in Coventry City Council

2013-02-25 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Good news! Here in Coventry we are making in-roads to get Coventry City Council to think more about OpenStreetMap. PeterP has done some fantastic work adding details about public rights of way to OpenStreetMap and, on Friday, was able to present a map he created using the Maperitive tool

[OSM-talk] Branding?

2013-02-22 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Do we have any guidelines for use of the OSM brand? I'm aware that the OSM-GB issue gets raised every now and then but hadn't realised until today how easy it is to get confused between OSM.org and OSM-GB - see for example the OSM-GB wiki:

Re: [OSM-talk] License Review

2013-02-22 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
** My Opinion ** It looks fine to me as it: 1. Allows the right to use, incorporate, sublicense (with further right of sublicensing), modify, improve, further develop, and distribute the Data; and to manufacture and / or distribute Derivative Products 2. Does not make a claim on any derivative

[Talk-GB] Branding?

2013-02-22 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Do we have any guidelines for use of the OSM brand? I'm aware that the OSM-GB issue gets raised every now and then but hadn't realised until today how easy it is to get confused between OSM.org and OSM-GB - see for example the OSM-GB wiki:

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, We also have many cross-road or T-junctions junctions in the United Kingdom that have names. Particularly in rural areas where early fingerpost signs still exist: Devon: I believe I am right in saying that the name on the column is the junction name. I seem to remember that I've been

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder: Social this Thursday (7th Feb)

2013-02-10 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
not at the social last night let me know if you would like to come along. ** ** Cheers Andy ** ** *From:* Florian LAINEZ [mailto:winner...@free.fr] *Sent:* 08 February 2013 15:24 *To:* Rob Nickerson *Cc:* talk-gb-westmidlands *Subject:* Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Recent deletions in Coventry

2013-02-09 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, A new user who joined in the last few days has managed to delete data in the area around War Memorial Park, Coventry. I have reverted the most recent changesets today (the first changeset was reverted on Thursday) and contacted the member. As we know, these things happen and often it can

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Land Reg INSPIRE data

2013-02-08 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
All, We discussed the Land Reg INSPIRE data yesterday. Should you wish to give it a go in JOSM set up a WMS layer in the preferences/setting as follows:

Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of way - LAs and OS

2013-02-07 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Thanks Robert, That's very useful and interesting advice. I'll have a proper read when I get a bit more time. I think just getting the info is a good starting point. We can then go out and survey the paths thus removing any of OS's IP rights. We would just be picking the LA's path reference and

[Talk-GB] Rights of way - LAs and OS

2013-02-06 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, In regards to public rights of way and the relationship between Local Authorities and Ordnance Survey, see my recent blog post: http://opendatauser.posterous.com/loacal-authorities-in-bed-with-the-ordnance-s I would be interested if anyone with knowledge of the legal system has an

[Talk-GB] Record of problematic rights of way

2013-01-27 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, As noted, all problematic rights of way should be brought to the attention of the relevant local authority. It may also help if you record the details on the following wiki page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Problematic_rights_of_way (alternatively, send me the details and I'll

Re: [Talk-GB] Record of problematic rights of way

2013-01-27 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
I've updated the wiki with our first real problematic right of way. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Problematic_rights_of_way Thanks, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Go Map!! is in the Apple app store

2013-01-25 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi folks, If anyone has a iphone and/or an ipad and wants to try this new OSM app out then I would be very interested in feedback. Perhaps a few sentences and we can upload it to the mappa mercia blog too. All the best, Rob -- Forwarded message -- I'd like to highly recommend a brand-new,

Re: [OSM-talk] piwik.openstreetmap.org - what is it?

2013-01-24 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
I actually brought this up again on the dev mailing list just the other day: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/dev/2013-January/026467.html I very much think it would be a big benefit to see some more stats - it'll enable me to better focus my time. Regards, Rob

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW surveying authorities (Was: Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=)

2013-01-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
In regards to Other roads with public access (ORPA) - this is a term that the Ordnance Survey have used, in other places they are called Unclassified County Road. Most often they are legally the same as a normal road (and should therefore appear in the Local Authorities list if streets, in which

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW surveying authorities (Was: Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=)

2013-01-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
these roads are actually like on the ground - photos welcome too) Rob On 23 January 2013 19:17, Kevin Peat k...@k3v.eu wrote: On 23 Jan 2013 18:58, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: ... Thanks for that. Any thoughts on whether they should be specifically tagged in OSM

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW surveying authorities (Was: Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=)

2013-01-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
is probably a must. And ideally we need a not really recommended / avoid unless the alternatives are just as bad / far out of the way type tag. As far as I know we don't have one. :-( Rob On 23 January 2013 20:28, Kevin Peat k...@k3v.eu wrote: On 23 Jan 2013 19:38, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker

Re: [OSM-talk] Wiki documentation on GPS devices - please help answer some questions

2013-01-20 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
GPS Tracks vs GPS Traces doesn't bother me either way, as long as we are consistent. Once I'm done writing up the Recording ... wiki page I'll see if I can organise a move. Any more feedback to my questions (especially about using smartphones in built GPS) would be very welcome. RobJN

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] operator = bcc

2013-01-18 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
On 18 January 2013 11:03, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: We seem to have a number of tags, in Birmingham, with a value of operator = bcc. Would it be possible, and sensible, to have these changed to operator = Birmingham City Council? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-01-17 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
I would imagine that this would add a fair number of postcodes, and although those interested in address lookup can just use the centroid database without needing to go to OSM, this requires knowledge of the database (which non-UK developers might not have) and does not link postcodes back to

Re: [OSM-talk] RFC - OSM contributor mark

2013-01-16 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Why not keep the © Openstreetmap contributors bit and add a Report an issue / Add to the map type button or text? This would then link to a very simple page as proposed (but themed to better match OSMs brand) which also explains how to add a bug/notice using [1] and how to get more involved with

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting map Dudley

2013-01-15 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Andy, We discussed the mappa Mercia website at this months meet up. Essentially the original admin has moved back to his home country and although he has continued to host the site, the time has come to bring it back in house. Stu kindly offered so watch this space. Rob P.s see my recent

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-01-15 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Matt, I'm getting results from other cities in the Land Registry tool. Should this apply the same +- 0.1 degrees logic? Would also be nice if you could add the edit this way in external links (like those on a way's page on OSM.org). Cheers, Rob ___

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-01-14 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Aidan, Sounds like you have thought this through to ensure that this import will work well in practice. I would be more satisfied if imports were to closed ways with building=* only (as mentioned by others). Have you seen the Land Registry 'price paid' open data that includes addresses and

Re: [OSM-talk] piwik.openstreetmap.org - let's make it happen!

2013-01-10 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi, I've just had a look at the French publicly available piwik page and it looks fantastic - lots of great information on here. It seems like some of the French OSM community are more than willing to help with opening up the same functionality on the main OSM piwik page so lets get than one live

Re: [OSM-talk] Taginfo updates

2013-01-10 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Nice one! Looks like you have been busy with the improvements to TagInfo. Thanks for spending the time to make these improvements, I imagine they weren't particularly quick or easy, but I expect them to benefit many users. The new API documentation will be a big plus and looks great :-) RobJN

Re: [OSM-talk] Overlapping ways

2013-01-10 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
It sounds like some programmer forgot to allow for the fact that we live in a three-dimensional world. No, no. The nodes hadn't been properly unglued and hence the fixing tool flagged the ways as duplicate. I'm going to restore the way but make sure the nodes are not shared (connected) this time.

[OSM-talk] Overlapping ways

2013-01-09 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi List, If I have a situation (e.g. a 2 level carpark) where a road runs exactly above another road, how do I map this? Currently I used layers but I have found that the way is being deleted by another mapper who sees this as a duplicated way (possibly in keep right). Do I simply need to draw

Re: [OSM-talk] Overlapping ways

2013-01-09 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
/9 Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com Hi List, If I have a situation (e.g. a 2 level carpark) where a road runs exactly above another road, how do I map this? Currently I used layers but I have found that the way is being deleted by another mapper who sees this as a duplicated way

Re: [OSM-talk] Overlapping ways

2013-01-09 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Can I ask for some clarification on what is meant by sharing nodes. For example, if I draw the layer 0 way, then draw the layer 1 way on top, using the same nodes as a guide, BUT THEN unglue all the nodes by pressing G in JOSM, does this still count as a shared node? Thanks, Rob

Re: [OSM-talk] piwik.openstreetmap.org - what is it?

2013-01-09 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Is there any way to pull out the reports that are fine into a document that can be periodically released? Rob ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Thank you

2013-01-08 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Richard, (All,) I read your email below and it saddened me that you feel this way. I therefore want to write a quick thank-you on behalf of the silent layer of contributors. We are grateful for the work that all developers put into OSM and please do not feel disheartened by a few negative

Re: [OSM-talk] Rendering of Farmland not 'Light' enough?

2013-01-06 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
it is now and/or use a different hue than brown, but don't make it as light as the default background color. On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, (full text and images at https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6J5ZA1hu93bYm9IWXdlVHM1N1U

Re: [OSM-talk] Rendering of Farmland not 'Light' enough? Updated Proposals

2013-01-06 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Thanks for the feedback. I have tested some other shades: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6J5ZA1hu93bMzVMQ1Z1SHFqcmM Any additional comments are very welcome. Rob On 5 January 2013 22:18, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, (full text and images at https

[OSM-talk] Rendering of Farmland not 'Light' enough?

2013-01-05 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi All, (full text and images at https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6J5ZA1hu93bYm9IWXdlVHM1N1U ) Recently landuse=farmland (or simply landuse=farm) has been added to fields near me. This has led to a discussion about how the rendering 'looks' with some arguing that it doesn't look that good. I

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