Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Use of OSM screenshot in a Channel 4 production?

2023-12-06 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Ryan If it bothers you then just look for the production company in the credits and drop them an email reminding them that OSM should be credited. Thanks Rob On Wed, 6 Dec 2023, 14:41 Ryan Underwood, wrote: > Hi all, > > > *(sending again as I tried to attach an image last time).* >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] @MappaMercia on Twitter

2023-06-06 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
I should still have access. I used to manage it but gave up. Happy to pass this on to someone else if they'd like to take over. Thanks Rob On Tue, 6 Jun 2023, 20:08 Andy Mabbett, wrote: > Who has access to post on the @MappaMercia Twitter account? Is anyone > monitoring it? > > I included it

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Elmley/Hockley Brook

2023-04-05 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Alex, The walkthrough the first time you use the iD editor is also good. If you struggle do let me know. Happy to jump on a call and show you the basics. Thanks Rob On Wed, 5 Apr 2023, 13:33 Andy Robinson, wrote: > H Alex, > > > > Welcome to OSM. > > > > You could start with >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Using lidar data

2022-06-03 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Mark, I had a quick look and could not see enough detail to detect dropped kerbs. The best spatial resolution they have is 25cm and all Lidar is accurate vertically to +/- 15cm. I looked on their preview website. You will need to click the drop arrows in the layer selector 2 times and tick

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Access to High Street, Birmingham for blue badge holders.

2022-03-31 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
blic services) Best regards Rob On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 22:51 Andy Mabbett, wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 20:55, Rob Nickerson > wrote: > > > If you can explain the restriction again, I'll see what tags I can > suggest. I can try to > > capture any time based rules too

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Access to High Street, Birmingham for blue badge holders.

2022-03-31 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Access_hierarchy_simple2.png#mw-jump-to-license Rob On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 20:39 Andy Mabbett, wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 19:44, Rob Nickerson > wrote: > > > > No it's the other way round. More specific tags override the general > tags. >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Access to High Street, Birmingham for blue badge holders.

2022-03-31 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
No it's the other way round. More specific tags override the general tags. So in the example access=destination motor_vehicle=no The first tag marks all transport modes (including foot) as destination only, and motor_vehicle then changes this for that specific subset of transportation modes to

[Talk-GB] Electric forecourt

2020-12-20 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, I saw on Fully Charged (YouTube channel) that there is now a electric vehicle charging forecourt. Unlike others, this is not a couple of charging points added to an existing petrol station or slapped down in a carpark. This is a full on electric version of a petrol station (without petrol

[Talk-GB] NLS maps

2020-12-01 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, A few points of clarification related to the other thread. 1. I am Rob, ex OSM UK Director (not that that makes me any more special than anyone else in our community) and not "Rob from OSMF". 2. National Library of Scotland keep the OSM wiki page up to date themselves. Chris Fleet is

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK's first tile layer

2020-10-26 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
ns/wgs84-to-etrs89-datum-transformations Best regards, *Rob* On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 21:53, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Thanks for this. > > I'm still confused as to what exactly I need but at least I can run some > tests using these places. If it helps anyone, below is the xml we are usin

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK's first tile layer

2020-10-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Thanks for this. I'm still confused as to what exactly I need but at least I can run some tests using these places. If it helps anyone, below is the xml we are using in Mapnik. The Map srs is from the OpenStreetMap default render and relates to the web projection. The Layer SRS is the standard

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK's first tile layer

2020-10-17 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
tor tiles? These > would be smaller. > > On Sat, 17 Oct 2020, 00:22 Rob Nickerson, > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Just in time for the AGM, I have just published OSM UK's first tile >> layer. No don't get too excited it is not a full map render. Instead I have >>

[Talk-GB] OSM UK's first tile layer

2020-10-16 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Just in time for the AGM, I have just published OSM UK's first tile layer. No don't get too excited it is not a full map render. Instead I have produced a very simple tiling of the Land Registry polygon data now that this is under the OGL Open Data Licence. My view is that this is a good

[Talk-GB] Any UK datasets that we could use with the new (July) version of RapiD OSM editor?

2020-09-16 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Am a bit late to this, but hopefully some of you spotted the ESRI/Facebook announcement in July about the new RapiD editor plus JOSM plugin. If not see: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/mapping/arcgis-data-support-in-osm-editors/ I've started a Loomio thread

[Talk-GB] Flatholm Island Boundary Problem

2020-09-12 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
"extremely stupid reasons" in this case relates to an very old tradition where the Lord Mayor of Bristol 'beats the bounds' of the city by rowing/sailing out to the islands. As a consequence a small wedge of the city of Bristol bounds lies within Welsh water. You get a similar situation with

[Talk-GB] OSM UK meeting

2020-09-01 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, The notification of the next OSM UK general meeting has now been sent out to all paid up members. We decided that it was best to do this as an online event giving the ongoing situation. We've picked Saturday 17th October at 1pm. The general meeting itself should be a relatively short

[Talk-GB] Voting underway - UPRN and USRN tags

2020-08-30 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Sorry I am a bit slow moving these tag proposals on to the voting stage. Nevertheless you can now vote on the proposals for the tags related to the UPRN and USRN: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/ref:GB:uprn

[Talk-GB] Eat out to help out data

2020-08-19 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Anyone considered using the Eat out to Help out data that HMRC have published to aid with mapping efforts? https://github.com/hmrc/eat-out-to-help-out-establishments Prior to this, there was a scraper that collated the data: https://github.com/svenlatham/eatout-scraper Thank you, *Rob*

Re: [Talk-GB] Proposal: Import EV charging point data

2020-08-18 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
For me, once licencing issues have been fully resolved, it comes down to accuracy of data. For example the TfL cycle data is great as it has been collected by ground survey and with two photos of everything. Some other third party data has been less accurate. At this point it becomes tricky as

[OSM-talk-ie] Fwd: UPRN tag proposal page

2020-07-22 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
* -- Forwarded message - From: Rob Nickerson Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 at 22:11 Subject: UPRN tag proposal page To: Talk-GB Hi all, As discussed at the State of the Map online workshop, I took away an action to draft a proposal page for ref:GB:uprn. This page is now up online. https

[Talk-GB] And the USRN tag proposal page

2020-07-22 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
As promised, here is the second tag proposal page - this time for the USRN (Street). https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/ref:GB:usrn As before, any comments welcome, especially those that would prevent us moving to the voting stage. P.S. Does anyone know if we need to

[Talk-GB] UPRN tag proposal page

2020-07-20 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, As discussed at the State of the Map online workshop, I took away an action to draft a proposal page for ref:GB:uprn. This page is now up online. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/ref:GB:uprn This is the first one of these I have done in a long time so hopefully I

[Talk-GB] POI files of Pub/Restaurant chain

2020-07-16 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Harvester is one of many brands owned by M: https://www.mbplc.com/ Try writing to the parent group as you might get permission for all of their brands. Best regards Rob P.s. sorry for lack of threaded email. I'm still struggling with nabble. ___

[Talk-GB] Virtual meeting: New open data and towards more UK addresses

2020-06-29 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, The new open data comes out on Wednesday this week (land ownership boundaries, Unique Property Reference Number, etc). We are considering holding a virtual meeting to discuss how we might be able to use this and any next steps. Does this sound of interest to you? If so, what times and

Re: [Talk-GB] Land Registry INSPIRE data - 1 July OGL release

2020-06-27 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
-- > Andrew > ---------- > *From:* Rob Nickerson > *Sent:* 26 June 2020 20:49 > *To:* Talk-GB > *Subject:* [Talk-GB] Land Registry INSPIRE data - 1 July OGL release > > Hi all, > > Looks like 1 July will be a big open data release day. Not only do we

Re: [Talk-GB] Land Registry INSPIRE data - 1 July OGL release

2020-06-26 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Here's the corresponding page for those living and/or mapping in Scotland: https://www.ros.gov.uk/about/news/2020/hmlr-and-ros-to-share-inspire-data Best wishes, Rob On Fri, 26 Jun 2020, 20:49 Rob Nickerson, wrote: > Hi all, > > Looks like 1 July will be a big open data release day.

[Talk-GB] Land Registry INSPIRE data - 1 July OGL release

2020-06-26 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Looks like 1 July will be a big open data release day. Not only do we get the USRN and UPRN data, but the land registry data will also be released: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inspire-data-to-be-shared-under-open-terms Should we attempt to coordinate something to prevent a

[Talk-GB] TfL Cycle Infrastructure Database - matching against OSM

2020-06-20 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Martin, Looks and sounds good to me. From what I've seen looking at the data in the past, and again now using your visualisation, both speed bumps and cycle parking look good to import. Out of interest, I did spot that the original data (from TfLs ground survey with two photos) did look

[Talk-GB] Road closures/changes during Covid19

2020-05-24 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, How are you reflecting current road changes in OpenStreetMap? I am aware that some cities are closing a few roads to motor traffic and installing additional cycle infrastructure. I'm not sure how permanent this is going to be, but it certainly feels like it will last a few months. Is it

Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of way mapping - making it easy for newcomers to OSM (perhaps!)

2020-05-13 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Nick, I like your idea. Breaking the tasks down in to chunks makes sense. One group of beginners contribute data (a gps trace all coordinated via a simple app) whilst another group make the edits in OSM. P.S. On mapthepaths.org.uk (the website) can you make it such that when I click a local

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMF microgrants

2020-05-09 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Mapillary/OpenStreetCam video. The bike then gets taken round various > cities in the UK as a focal point for increasing the public's knowledge and > contribution to OSM in the UK. > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 11:58 AM Rob Nickerson > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Just wan

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL Cycle Infrastructure Database - matching against OSM

2020-04-27 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Richard, Hi all, (Sorry for not replying properly to the thread - I don't receive the emails into my inbox and nabble is complaining about a broken certificate today) It sounds like you are making good progress. Thanks for all the written documentation for those, like myself, who are not so

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMF microgrants

2020-04-25 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Just wanted to follow up on this to see if anyone had ideas for the OSMF microgrant scheme. Thanks Rob On Sun, 19 Apr 2020, 17:49 Rob Nickerson, wrote: > Here are some ideas to get us started. Happy for anyone to pick these up > and run with them. If you do, please let m

[Talk-GB] Open Data Manchester online workshops

2020-04-19 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Some upcoming online workshops from ODM to keep you busy during the lockdown. Includes intros to OSM and QGIS and much more: http://www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/?p=1343 Best regards, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMF microgrants

2020-04-19 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
and car mounts to help us collect more Mapillary / OpenStreetCam imagery? That's my starter for ten. Looking forward to seeing your ideas. Thank you, *Rob* On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 17:17, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > The OSMF launched their microgrant scheme today. Value is up to

[Talk-GB] OSMF microgrants

2020-04-19 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, The OSMF launched their microgrant scheme today. Value is up to EUR 5000 (GBP 4,300) and projects can last up to 12 months. https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/04/19/announcing-the-osm-foundations-call-for-microgrant-applications/ Anyone wishing to submit a proposal "should discuss with

Re: [Talk-GB] List moderator - volunteers needed

2020-03-14 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Oops, I've just seen Matthew's post. @Matthew: I agree, this is rare. Are you happy with continuing to support the talk-gb list on your own or will extra volunteers help? Regards Rob On Sat, 14 Mar 2020, 12:16 Rob Nickerson, wrote: > Thanks for the clarification Tom. > > Are w

Re: [Talk-GB] List moderator - volunteers needed

2020-03-14 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
n S wrote: > > Op za 14 mrt. 2020 om 11:20 schreef Tom Hughes via Talk-GB > > : > >> > >> On 14/03/2020 11:13, Rob Nickerson wrote: > >> > >>> As may have seen in Simon's response it sounds like we currently lack > >>> list

[Talk-GB] List moderator - volunteers needed

2020-03-14 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, As may have seen in Simon's response it sounds like we currently lack list moderators. If this is something you would like to do please email this mailing list. Likewise we probably need to think about the criteria of what makes a good list moderator. If there are any traits that you'd

[Talk-GB] OSM UK updates

2020-02-10 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
A quick list of updates related to OSM UK: *Microgrants:* Don't forget this - deadline end of the month. We will pay out so if you want some support, now is the time to ask for it. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JNA0GrmldlqQorfXS-I6NMhT9g0hhECDtouWPKPwfj0/edit *Membership fees/finance:* We've

Re: [Talk-GB] "OSMUK-in-a-box"

2020-02-06 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
>do we cover British Overseas Territories such as Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands? Not as OSM UK CIC. We ended up settling on the British Islands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Islands Thank you, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: OSM UK microgrants

2020-02-03 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, OSM UK is now offering some small funding for OSM related projects - please see below. Sorry if this is the second time you have seen this. I thought there might be some people on this local list that are not on talk-gb. Thank you, *Rob* -- Forwarded message - From: Rob

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa Mercia this Thursday

2020-02-02 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, By my calendar it is the next meetup this coming Thursday. I am assuming central Birmingham, likely at The Bull...? *Rob* ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-GB] OSM UK microgrants

2020-01-26 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, We are pleased to announce the start of a (very) small micro-grant scheme available to members of OSM UK who wish to help us meet our aims but need a little bit of financial support. Form to apply: https://forms.gle/njsTxkb3NQChob3W7 More info:

[Talk-GB] WeeklyOSM: Road colouring and local taginfo

2020-01-12 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, A couple of things from this weeks WeeklyOSM that piqued my interest: First map showing roads coloured by their name (street, lane, avenue, etc) for several UK cities: https://twitter.com/puntofisso/status/1213135545121099777?s=19 And second, geofabrik's local instances of TagInfo. The

Re: [Talk-GB] Map with AI comes to the UK

2020-01-11 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Thank you, *Rob* On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 at 22:08, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > I just spotted that Facebook have pushed an update to their map with AI > project: > > "For our final release of 2019, we have released 84 new countries for our > AI road data with new

Re: [Talk-GB] Map with AI comes to the UK

2020-01-05 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
gt; missing adopted roads. > > Jerry > > I can potentially provide extracts for individual LAs if people want them, > send me an email. I personally found it easier to look at the data as a > whole rather than scanning around in the editor. > > > On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 at 22:09

[Talk-GB] Map with AI comes to the UK

2020-01-02 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, I just spotted that Facebook have pushed an update to their map with AI project: "For our final release of 2019, we have released 84 new countries for our AI road data with new coverage in the remainder of Europe, Asia, and Oceania! AI roads are now available nearly globally." Source:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] December - Christmas curry

2019-12-04 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Just a reminder that this is tomorrow (Manzils Restaurant, Digbeth - Thursday, 5th December meet at 7:30). Hope to see you there. Rob On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, 21:42 Rob Nickerson, wrote: > Great. Anyone else able to make it? > *Rob* > > > On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 at 15:14

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Adding crossing_ref to west midlands pedestrian crossings

2019-12-01 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, We have a lot of crossing=toucan objects that are at risk of loosing this UK specific naming (same for pelican, tiger and pegasus crossings). The reason being is that the wiki now suggests using global appropriate values within the crossing=* tag (e.g. marked, uncontrolled,

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] HSBC UK edit

2019-11-28 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
t's no > more work. > Rgds > Brian > > On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, 21:33 Rob Nickerson, > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> In line with the Automated Edit guidelines I would like to draw your >> attention to the following proposal. This proposal would update HSBC banks >>

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK meetings - opening them to everyone

2019-11-24 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
eo Meetings App: Use meeting name osmuk/join - Dial-in: +44 330 808 1706 PIN: 518 299 17# Best regards *Rob* On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 at 19:30, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > As noted in my recent email we have some news regarding OSM UK meetings. > > Prior to setting up the non-pr

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] December - Christmas curry

2019-11-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Great. Anyone else able to make it? *Rob* On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 at 15:14, Brian Prangle wrote: > Works for me > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:05 PM Rob Nickerson > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> In what is now becoming a bit of a tradition, we discussed going fo

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] HSBC UK edit

2019-11-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, In line with the Automated Edit guidelines I would like to draw your attention to the following proposal. This proposal would update HSBC banks in the West Midlands region (hence this mailing list) to reflect the new HSBC UK brand.

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] December - Christmas curry

2019-11-21 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, In what is now becoming a bit of a tradition, we discussed going for curry for our December mappa mercia meeting. If in agreement I suggest we stick to the same place as previous years (Manzils Restaurant, Digbeth). First Thursday of the month would make it 5th December. Shall we say to

Re: [Talk-GB] Strava heatmaps - permission reconfirmed

2019-11-21 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
If struggling with setting up the Stava layer, or annoyed with cookies, then may I suggest the following page:

[Talk-GB] Strava heatmaps - permission reconfirmed

2019-11-16 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, In 2014 Strava developed a custom version if the ID editor which included their heatmap. The tool could adjust OSM ways to better align them with their GPS heatmap. Some years ago that tool stopped working and use of the heatmap for improving OSM was drawn in to doubt. That doubt has now

[Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Dave, You can read about the formation of OSM UK at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/OSMUK I believe the main regional discussion was started on the 2015-12-17 meeting. It continued through the process of drafting our articles of association and as part of

[Talk-GB] OSM UK meetings - opening them to everyone

2019-11-13 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, As noted in my recent email we have some news regarding OSM UK meetings. Prior to setting up the non-profit company these were open to all. It was in these meetings that we discussed the geographical region (UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man). When the company was finally set up we

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Thanks all. As noted the wiki page is not run by OSM-UK (the company) although company members and directors are free to update it, along with everyone else. I personally have done some edits recently (more to come) and found it odd that the page has that text at the top about what the UK is and

[Talk-GB] Rights of way layer - raster and vector tiles

2019-11-11 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Have been enjoying using Nick's MapThePaths.org.uk website recently. In most cases I can make the edit to OSM using the built in editing functionality. However from time to time there is a need to fire up JOSM or iD editor in order to split an OSM way. In doing so I was looking for a ProW

[Talk-GB] OSMF board election

2019-11-10 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Are there any questions that you want asking of the candidates for OSMF directorship? We have until 2019-11-13 00:01 UTC to submit these. Best, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-GB] West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 24hr mapathon

2019-11-06 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi, Our next 24 hour mapathon is next Tuesday. This time we are mapping West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine. There's no need to plan anything but feel free to do some prep if you like. Just take a look at that bit of the map at any stage during the 24 hour period. If you spot something you can

Re: [Talk-GB] Name Suggestion Index

2019-11-05 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Robert, I'm happy to help with these. For each store can you please provide: 1. Main name (e.g. Greggs) 2. Any alternate name that should be matched on when contributors type in the search box in iD (e.g. Gregg's) 3. The main tag (e.g. shop=bakery) 4. Any alternate tags you

[Talk-GB] OS Map Rules

2019-11-04 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Doing so would be fine. Just look out for the signs which tell you which type of public right of way it is* rather than copying that detail from OS. * applicable if you are intending to add the designation=public_footpath (and similar for bridleway etc) tags. Best regards and happy mapping Rob

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Meeting in Birmingham on Thursday

2019-11-03 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Now that the clocks have changed we will revert back to Birmingham city centre for our monthly meetups. Normally the first Thursday of each month - so Thursday this week. I understand that The Bull on Price Street is now run by the same people who run The Wellington. Are we sticking with

[Talk-GB] Zebra crossings being lost in iD - how to respond

2019-10-24 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, *Before I start this message, I would like to say that I am looking for solutions and not wishing to open the flood gates on abuse of the iD editors. On the whole they do a great job and even when we disagree it should be with respect. Right now on to the message itself:* It seems like

Re: [Talk-GB] FIXME/fixme/OSm Notes Quarterly Project

2019-10-24 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
So far I have looked at two regions in the UK for fixmes: Warwickshire and the North West. In Warwickshire it can be difficult to resolve the fixmes as most (but not all) require a lot of work. I found a completely different story in the North West. I found a good number of fixmes there which had

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hay Mills Rotor Station

2019-10-19 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Curious. I'm struggling but here is another photo that shows more of the surroundings. I'll keep poking around. https://www.airteamimages.com/pics/94/94944_800.jpg *Rob* On Sat, 19 Oct 2019 at 22:16, Andy Mabbett wrote: > I'm trying to pinpoint the former location of Hay Mills Rotor Station:

Re: [Talk-GB] Overpass question: Fixmes and surroundings

2019-10-18 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
plete|stub|Longer than this|continue))$",i]; )->.fixmes; // find surrounds ( node(around.fixmes:50); way(around.fixmes:50); //relation(around.fixmes:50); )->.surrounds; // return results, fixmes and surrounds (.fixmes; .surrounds;>;); out meta; *Rob* On Tue, 24 Sep

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL cycle data published - proposed conflation process

2019-10-13 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Martin wrote: > e.g. JOSM Conflation, Hootenanny, OpenStreetMap Live Conflation OK, a few I am aware of, one i'm not. Suspect others won't know them all either. For those interested: JOSM Conflation: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/Conflation Hootenanny:

[Talk-GB] Fixmes and Notes

2019-10-13 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi, We've just started the next quarterly project on fixmes and notes. The wiki page has some ideas - do you have any other ideas? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_2019_Q4_Project:_Fixmes_and_Notes It strikes me that a large proportion of the fixmes relate to incomplete paths. So in

Re: [Talk-GB] 24 hour mapathon - Aberconwy

2019-10-13 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Valley of imagery alignment (e.g. around Bodnant, > Betwys-y-Coed). > > Jerry > > On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 at 10:21, Andy Robinson wrote: > >> A few minutes done in Penrhyn Bay >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/53.31715/-3.76346 >> >> >> >> Cheers &

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa Mercia October mapping

2019-10-12 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
26th is good for me. Does it work for you Gareth? Rob On Fri, 11 Oct 2019, 15:38 Brian Prangle, wrote: > Hi Gareth > > My only two free dates are 19 and 26 October. Of the two I'd prefer 26 > October. So I propose 26 October unless it's inconvenient for anyone else > > Regards > > Brian > > On

[Talk-GB] 24 hour mapathon - Aberconwy

2019-10-08 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Today is the day of the Aberconwy mapathon. At any point during the day if you can spare a few minutes to look at Aberconwy that would be great. We're looking at this region:

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK volunteers required

2019-10-02 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
s of what > you're looking for? > > 2. Could you clarify what a 'lobby group' would lobby for? > > Thanks and best wishes > > Edward > > > > On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 22:33, Rob Nickerson > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Last month OSM UK (the non

[Talk-GB] 24 hour mapathon - Aberconwy

2019-10-02 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, I've not done a great deal of publicity about these, but as a reminder the next 24 hour mapathon is coming up next Wednesday. This time we are mapping Aberconwy. There's no need to plan anything but feel free to do some prep if you like. Just take a look at that bit of the map at any

[Talk-GB] Resurrecting the 'find the missing paths for 2026' project

2019-10-01 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
David wrote: >In other threads, I sense quite a strong lobby for only mapping rights of way that are so marked on the ground and ignoring any designation that only appears in a map. That's news to me! Given that you say "strong" I must assume that you refer to something other than talk-gb(?).

[Talk-GB] OSM UK volunteers required

2019-09-25 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi, Last month OSM UK (the non-profit community interest company) set out it's strategy areas for the 2019/20 year. We have made a start on these but a bit more volunteer time will allow us to speed them up. If you could volunteer some time for any of the following, please let me know. Each

[Talk-GB] Overpass question: Fixmes and surroundings

2019-09-24 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, I'm trying to craft a overpass query that returns fixmes and the surrounding OSM data. I seem to have got it working in Overpass Turbo. I want to use this in JOSM but it's not returning all the same Ways as seen in Overpass Turbo. http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Myw Anyone able to help me

Re: [Talk-GB] Next quarters project will be fixmes and notes

2019-09-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
2 Sep 2019 at 15:35, Jez Nicholson wrote: > I'm watching Chris Fleming talking on notes at SotM at this very moment. > > - Jez > > On Sun, 22 Sep 2019, 15:16 Rob Nickerson, > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> As we near the end of the current quarterly proje

[Talk-GB] Next quarters project will be fixmes and notes

2019-09-22 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, As we near the end of the current quarterly project (solar power) the time has come to announce the project for Quarter 4 2019. By popular demand when discussing OSM UK's 2019/20 priority areas, the quarterly project will be fixmes and notes. I have already made a start on the wiki

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL cycle data published - schema mapping

2019-09-21 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Martin, all, I have finished reviewing the proposal for all sections except from signage (will let someone else review them). I've opened issues and pull requests on the GitHub for the other things I spotted but have not reported here. https://github.com/cyclestreets/tflcid-conversion/issues

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL cycle data published - schema mapping

2019-09-21 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
>I'm not sure how representative the associated picture is. Wonder no more: the cyclestreets website lets you filter for the TfL category and look at all the photos not just the one that was selected as representative. See:

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL cycle data published - schema mapping

2019-09-21 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
t better here ("A custom-built closed shed..."). Rest looks fine to me and the above is not a blocker - just something to encourage others to look and have their say. Thank you, *Rob* On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 22:27, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi Martin, > > I've started to loo

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL cycle data published - schema mapping

2019-09-20 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Martin, I've started to look at this but only got as far as Advanced Stop Lines (ASL) and Crossings. I've raised issues on the GitHub: https://github.com/cyclestreets/tflcid-conversion/issues So far of the new tags I have only reviewed ASL position (left/right/center). I'm not a fan of the

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] September meeting

2019-09-06 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Works for me. Best wishes, Rob On Fri, 6 Sep 2019, 18:41 Brian Prangle, wrote: > Hi everyone > This was planned for a Saturday meeting and the next place on our list is > Southam in Warwickshire. > The only free Saturday I have is 21st so I'm proposing that. If there are > any takers then I'll

[Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps

2019-09-04 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi, In previous conversations with the OS they were keen to point out the "Free to use data" page. This one's very wordy but it comes down to how "drawn by the charity, albeit over an OS base" actually occurred. If it didn't trace over any OS feature then the "Free to use data" page may apply.

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMTracker for Android - detailed survey of paths & tracks layout

2019-08-17 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Sure I get that from a code point of view, although I was surprised Google allowed 2 almost identical versions (name and logo) on the store. Personally I was coming from a marketing and user friendliness point of view. It's confusing for users and will probably cost the new developer time in the

Re: [Talk-GB] OSMTracker for Android - detailed survey of paths & tracks layout

2019-08-17 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Why on earth are there 2 versions of OSMTracker for Android on the Play store?! How is that in any way user friendly? Which is the right one and how to get an old one removed? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.guillaumin.android.osmtracker

[Talk-GB] (no subject)

2019-08-08 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, The following from Dorothea at OSMF. We'll see what scope there is for OSM UK to answer (likely just re-iterating our aims and membership size). I encourage individuals to respond too. Best wishes Rob Hello, The following survey on global and local communities in OpenStreetMap was

[Talk-GB] Solar project: Press interview

2019-08-08 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, I've been a bit slow to the solar mapping project but have now picked up the baton for outreach. If we can get some press lined up do we have any volunteers to speak with them? Thanks, *Rob* ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] August meetup

2019-08-02 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
I have a feeling that we talked about changing August to a Saturday, but then time has slipped past and August is now on top of us. What do you think - should we look for a rescheduled Saturday meeting? *Rob* On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 at 16:51, Eike Ritter via Talk-gb-westmidlands <

[Talk-GB] TfL cycle data published

2019-08-01 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, The email below is from TfL announcing the release of the cycle data. I'm copying in Martin to this email as he was working on this Talent Directory project so can hopefully provide a comment on the licence. Taking a look myself it is an OGL v2 licence which is good. TfL muddy the water

[Talk-GB] Question from Amazon on tracks vs service roads

2019-07-23 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Please see the following diary post where help is sought in converting ground surveys in to map edits. https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jguthula/diary/390322 Best regards, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-GB] Fwd: Source of extra street imagery

2019-07-01 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
-- Forwarded message - From:Rob Nickerson (OSMUK) All, Comma.ai was suggested at our OSM UK annual gathering as a potential source of more street level imagery. They have hardware, some of which taps directly in to the cameras already being installed in some cars. A quick check

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Saturday mapping event: 22 June in Wombourne

2019-06-07 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
ps://www.openstreetmap.org/way/160946002#map=14/52.5287/-2.2024> > which is a canalside Banks's pub and looks like it has good menu. Lots of > gaps to map, sparse level of detail - which is why we picked it of course. > > Regards > > Brian > > On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 9:59 PM

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Saturday mapping event: 22 June in Wombourne

2019-06-07 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
ps://www.openstreetmap.org/way/160946002#map=14/52.5287/-2.2024> > which is a canalside Banks's pub and looks like it has good menu. Lots of > gaps to map, sparse level of detail - which is why we picked it of course. > > Regards > > Brian > > On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 9:59 PM

Re: [Talk-GB] Adjacent nature reserves

2019-06-07 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi Martin, I echo Gareth, Mateusz and Warin's view that this should have stayed mapped as separate nature reserves. The previous areas would have (hopefully) marked the legal boundary of the individual nature reserves - something which we have now lost. I see for example that the area you have

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Saturday mapping event: 22 June in Wombourne

2019-06-02 Per discussione Rob Nickerson
Hi all, We suggested a Saturday mapping event in June in Wombourne, Staffordshire. This will be on 22 June. Brian has kindly offered to pick a pub / cafe. P.S. I see this is the same date as the next Norwich meeting [1]. Given that this is quite a long trip for us (2hr 30min from Coventry,

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