Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] The Two Towers (at Bentley)

See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key%3Aadvertising Maybe add a new value of "tower" or use the existing "column". Ian On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 at 14:46, Andy Mabbett wrote: > How should we tag these two towers, that seem to exist primarily or > only for advertising purposes, at Boundary

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] March Meeting

I plan to be there. Ian On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 at 14:17, Brian Prangle wrote: > Hi everyone > > Thursday March 5th 730 The Bull. Come with ideas for travelling meetings > in the summer > > Regards > > Brian > > ___ > Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list >

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging showgrounds

As a local, I think it should be tagged as commercial. There is some event there most weeks. It's a very commercial organisation. On Mon, 24 Feb 2020, 09:58 Mark Goodge, wrote: > Morning all, > > Someone has commented on a change I made to the Three Counties > showground last year when I

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa Mercia this Thursday

I hope to be there. Ian On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 at 18:14, Brian Prangle wrote: > Good for me - I'll be there > > On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 at 13:12, Rob Nickerson > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> By my calendar it is the next meetup this coming Thursday. I am assuming >> central Birmingham, likely at The

Re: [Talk-GB] Showgrounds (tagging)

For the Three Counties Showground in Malvern https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/35432806 is tagged with landuse=commercial. Any given the number of events there most of which are commercial. Commercial would be correct. That how the NEC is mapped https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/243830271. Ian

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Collaboration with shire tansport authorities

I am OK for Worcestershire Ian On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 11:46, Brian Prangle wrote: > Hi everyone > > Mainly for west mids mappers but cross-posted to talkgb for a wider > audience. > > For some time I've collaborated with TfWM who make extensive use of > OpenStreetMap. Together we've

Re: [Talk-GB] Common Land has stopped rendering

rish map users. >> >> >> On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 at 12:35, Ian Caldwell via Talk-GB < >> talk-gb@openstreetmap.org> wrote: >> >>> In the last day or two the standard renderer as stop rendering common >>> land (leisure=common) see https://www.openstre

[Talk-GB] Common Land has stopped rendering

In the last day or two the standard renderer as stop rendering common land (leisure=common) see https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/311973831 Ian ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] March Meeting

I should be there Ian On Sun, 3 Mar 2019 at 19:42, Br Ian Prangle wrote: > Hi everyone > > This Thursday 7 March is our scheduled date for our monthly meeting. I've > checked that the Bull has re-opened so see you there at about 730 > > Regards > > Brian >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] January meeting

The bull is closed Ian On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, 11:29 Rob Nickerson See you all there :-) I will bring the new hi Vis vest for you to see. > > Rob > > On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, 11:09 Brian Prangle >> Me too! >> >> On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 10:03 PM Rob Nickerson >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> January 3rd

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] October Meeting

I hope to be there. Ian On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 at 21:44, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Great. See you there (back at our usual: The Bull, Price Street). > > *Rob* > > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 at 20:36, Eike Ritter wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> > I can make it. We're back in Birmingham for Winter. As I will

[Talk-GB] Closed Footpaths

this be tagged or should I just delete them? I do not think they exist on the ground anymore. Ian Caldwell ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Tagging/ naming a railway junction

Hi Andy, looking at http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk each point as a separate name: Castle Bromwich Jn, Water Orton West Jn and Park Lane Jn West Mids see http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/CBOMJN, http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/WTRORWJ and

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] March Meeting

Given the forecast, I will not be there tonight. Ian On 21 Feb 2018 9:32 a.m., "Ian Caldwell" <ian1caldwell+...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I am hoping to make it. > > Ian > > On 20 February 2018 at 18:00, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> > w

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Shell fuel stations

It was the only house between two junctions on a road. It was in the country. Ian On 29 December 2017 at 13:08, Mark Goodge <m...@good-stuff.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 29/12/2017 11:41, Ian Caldwell wrote: > >> >> >> >> On 29 December 2017 at 10:47, Mark

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Shell fuel stations

On 29 December 2017 at 10:47, Mark Goodge wrote: > since a filling station isn't going to be large enough to have a > single-user postcode > > Not necessarily I used to own a three bedroom house that had its own postcode. ___

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

On 19 December 2017 at 15:20, Tom Hughes wrote: > > > The fundamental problem of imports that conflate with existing data is > that you have way of knowing whether or not you are actually improving > anything - you are making an assumption that an "official" source will be > up

[Talk-GB] Rendering Stiles

I am having a conversation with a new mapper, he was adding stiles by using name="stile". The reason he is interested in stiles is as he says: "I like to walk with my dog but find that many of the stiles are not dog friendly and, being almost eighty, I find it difficult to lift my dog bodily

Re: [Talk-GB] Is this a pokemon go edit?

I have reverted the change set Ian On 6 March 2017 at 20:33, Ian Caldwell <ian1caldwell+...@googlemail.com> wrote: > This changeset look wrong. > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46565840 > > I have contacted the contributor but no reply in 24 hours. > > Is

[Talk-GB] Is this a pokemon go edit?

This changeset look wrong. https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/46565840 I have contacted the contributor but no reply in 24 hours. Is it the kind that pokemon go players do? Should I reverse it without a ground survey? Ian ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] March meeting

I am also planning to attend both Ian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-GB] Is there a problem with the standard tile rendering

gt; On 01/03/2017 10:11, Ed Loach wrote: > > I /dirty ‘d a couple of tiles (at z19 and z18) and they seem to have > rendered OK. > > > > Ed > > > > *From:* Ian Caldwell [mailto:ian1caldwell+...@googlemail.com > <ian1caldwell+...@googlemail.com>] > *Sent:*

[Talk-GB] Is there a problem with the standard tile rendering

Two days ago I add some buildings at https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/52.09396/-2.33114 and they have yet to appear on the standard tiles. They are on the Humanitarian tiles. I thought it might be a caching problem but I have tried it on different browsers, application, machines and

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Feb meeting

I plan to be there Ian On 30 January 2017 at 14:42, Brian Prangle wrote: > Hi everyone > > Our regular meeting is this week Thurs 2nd Feb at 7ish at the Bull Price St > > Regards > > Brian > > ___ > Talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] January meeting

On 2 January 2017 at 12:26, Brian Prangle wrote: > It's this Thursday Jan 5th, usual time and place Plan to be there Ian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] FHRS and businesses run from home

One I noticed was the local country market (country-markets.co.uk), the FHRs address was, I assume, the home of the ore fhrs:id. ganise and was not where the market takes place. It takes place in a local hall. I was planning not to map the fhrs:id. Ian On 19 November 2016 at 16:48, Andrew Hain

Re: [Talk-GB] River Severn riverbank not redering

On 7 October 2016 at 11:03, Jez Nicholson wrote: > because it's the only section with a name? The next section to the north also has a name and that is rendered. Ian ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-GB] River Severn riverbank not redering

Just noticed that https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/72551464 is not being rendered on the standard map. It has not been edited for two years and the adjoining riverbanks are being rendered. Anybody know why? Ian ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] October meeting on Wednesday

I hope to be there. Ian On 2 Oct 2016 3:37 p.m., "Rob Nickerson" wrote: > Hi all, > > Don't forget that we are meeting on Wednesday back in Birmingham for the > winter. Who's joining me? > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Next_meeting > > Best, >

Re: [Talk-GB] Does "Great Britain" need a relation with "place=island" on it?

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain Ian On 18 August 2016 at 14:32, Colin Smale wrote: > I am not sure the GB main island is actually called Great Britain. GB is a > "country," not an island. Is the Isle of Wight not included? > > > As to creating holes for

Re: [Talk-GB] wrong tag "tunnel_name""bridge_name"

They come from http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_waterways. Ian On 9 August 2016 at 18:25, wrote: > Hello OSM UK Community, > > I found a some tunnel_name and > bridge_name in United Kingdom

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] August meetup Pershore Aug 6th

I hope to be cycling to Pershore via Upton so will have a look at Eckington and the Combertons. Ian. Ian On 3 August 2016 at 12:18, Brian Prangle wrote: > Hi everyone > > Looks like now I CAN make it. Pub venue: can I suggest the Pickled Plum > Pershore High St for

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM with Wikidata: now covers UK and Ireland

This analysis shows some errors in both wikidata/wikipedia and OSM, we should try and fix some of them. On error in particular is difference in location, in Worcestershire they are 36 cases were the distance is 1 km or more. It quite a lot of cases this is an error in wikidata/wikipedia. To fix

Re: [Talk-GB] MapRoulette challenge for schools

Is there a quick way to get from the maproulette to the EduBase? Ian On 1 March 2016 at 12:36, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > We have a maproulette challenge for UK schools!! Thanks go to Martijn for > setting this up. > > We’re live: >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] MapRoulette challenge for schools

Is there a quick way to get from the maproulette to the EduBase? Ian On 1 March 2016 at 12:36, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > We have a maproulette challenge for UK schools!! Thanks go to Martijn for > setting this up. > > We’re live: >

Re: [Talk-GB] place=village/town/city

On 11 February 2016 at 21:32, Michael Booth wrote: > So my question is, how are we defining villages, towns and cities? Only by > population, or do we also take into account their generally accepted status > (whilst trying to be consistent across the country)? In England

Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: Search but cannot find

On 19 March 2015 at 15:54, Pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com wrote: If map renderers don't want to use C and U numbered roads, that is up to them to ignore and not for mappers to place in a different field in the database. But that means that renderers would have to analyse the strings

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Social this Thursday

I hope to be there. Ian On 3 Feb 2015 18:54, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: I'll be there too. Hope to see a few more folks there as well :-) Rob On 3 February 2015 at 16:12, Matthijs Melissen i...@matthijsmelissen.nl wrote: I will be there this Thursday (hopefully not on

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] January Meeting

I hope to be there. Ian On 7 January 2015 at 21:08, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Should be there. See you tomorrow Cheers Andy *From:* Brian Prangle [mailto:br...@mappa-mercia.org] *Sent:* 06 January 2015 19:08 *To:* OSM Group WM *Subject:* [Talk-gb-westmidlands]

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC-3 Mechanical edit: UK Shop Names

You are not checking that the entities are shops. In my area the Overpass Turbo finds the following node http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/502411262 a bus stop, from a NaPTAN import. Ian ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Google Maps: the city of Avon

It's in OSM http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/413600880 as a hamlet. Ian On 7 December 2014 at 12:39, Malcolm Herring malcolm.herr...@btinternet.com wrote: On 07/12/2014 12:17, Nick Whitelegg wrote: Do Google know something we don't? It also appears on Yahoo maps and Apple maps, in

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC Mechanical edit: UK Shop Names

You say we manually exclude bus stops (highway=bus_stop) I would have thought you should only be changing where there is a shop tag. If not your Cotswold - Cotswold Outdoor would change http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/146053979. Ian On 24 October 2014 20:39, Matthijs Melissen

Re: [Talk-GB] Deletions and newbie editors

On 5 October 2014 12:11, David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote: Could I ask please the logic behind retaining references to a stop that does not exist? In rural area there are places that buses stop but no physical stop. And in Malvern there are examples of where this only a physical

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mapping Wikipedia artciles

There is a plugin for JOSM that does Wikipedia. Just been using it around Malvern, There is quite a lot of work to do, plus it shows a few errors in Wikipedia. Ian Caldwell. Ian On 15 August 2014 21:47, Matthijs Melissen i...@matthijsmelissen.nl wrote: On 15 August 2014 21:11, Andy Mabbett

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday's meeting

I plan to be there from 7. Ian On 1 Apr 2014 15:29, Brian Prangle br...@mappa-mercia.org wrote: Hi everyone Don't forget our usual monthly meeting this Thursday at the Bull Price Street from about 7pm onwards. For anyone new contemplating coming we do tend to drift in and few make it for

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] March meetings

I will map North of the railway and west of the Canal, There is a lot of POI to be done at the A38 going north from Forgate street Ian On 10 March 2014 20:52, Brian Prangle br...@mappa-mercia.org wrote: I'll map the area South of the Cathedral On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Matthijs

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] March meetings

Cannot make Thursday. As a venue in Worcester one suggestion is The Crown ( http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.19306mlon=-2.22236#map=17/52.19306/-2.22236) which is a Weatherspoons. Ian On 4 March 2014 18:06, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: I'll be there this Thursday. Also

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] January Meeting Saturday January 11th

I will work on the west south of the Grand Union Canal. I was also planning to have a bit of a walk round Leamington since I have not been there since I lived there as a first year student! See you at 4:15. ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: OSM January Meeting

I would vote for Afternoon, Ian On 29 December 2013 17:06, Brian Prangle br...@mappa-mercia.org wrote: Hi everyone Jack - a local mapper in Warwick has forwarded this info on pubs for our Jan 11th meetup. Which one would folk like to meet in? Also do you want an afternoon of mapping

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] December meetup

I plan to be there, should be there about 7:30. Ian On 3 December 2013 18:36, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: I usually try to get there between 7 and 7:30. I'm very busy this week but currently plan to be there - I'll be in need of a beer by then! Cheers Andy -Original

[Talk-GB] Guardian gives Google credit for OpenStreetMap data!

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/interactive/2013/oct/02/live-london-bus-map quote Using Google Maps and data from Transport for London, Matthew Somerville has created this live London bus tracker But the map itself says map data by OpenStreetMap. Ian caldwell

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monthly Meet on Thursday 3rd October

I plan to be there from about 1930. Ian On 1 October 2013 17:00, Florian LAINEZ winner...@free.fr wrote: Hi everyone, I'll join you guys. Will we have a little retrospective of SOTM? 2013/9/30 Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com The Bull is on Price Street here: ** **

Re: [Talk-GB] Problem with missing links on road

The missing roads have highway=tertiary_link I suspect that the cycle and transport maps do not process this correctly. Ian On 14 November 2012 20:45, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.04697lon=-1.857193zoom=18layers=C has a gap between the

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] error in Bing

Just started to check the mapping following my cycle down the canal from the University station and found the the Bing Images were badly aligned. This error is not there by the time you get to around Selly Oak Station. If you edit at

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday

I hope to make it. Ian Caldwell Malvern On 4 January 2011 18:32, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: I'll be there On 4 January 2011 17:18, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Looking forward to seeing others on Thursday evening. Who else is going? http

Re: [Talk-GB] Yet more musical chairs updates.

Is just me or does musical chairs not work with the Chrome Browser. I cannot select the boxes. I can interestingly select the circles? Ian . ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] A pitch in a common

On part of the Malvern Common there is a football pitch which is notable as it flat and mowed, unlike the rest of the common but on Mapnik they are shown as the same colour. Any suggestions? Ian Caldwell ian1caldw...@googlemail.com ___ Talk-GB mailing

[Talk-GB] Funny with Mapnik?

at Thu Oct 22 22:38:30 2009 but were it is missing status shows http://tile.openstreetmap.org/18/129396/86456.png/status Tile is clean. Last rendered at Fri Oct 23 14:16:29 2009 So the later tile has the streets missing Have I done anything wrong or is it Mapnik? Ian Caldwell ian1caldw