[Talk-transit] Historic railways and route=train - is this good practice?

Guys Wandering through OPNVKarte I noted a railway line running through Kielder Water - an impossibility, further investigation showed the railway ways as abandoned or razed and part of a relation https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8213509/history , the Riccarton and Hexham railway. I

Re: [Talk-transit] Mapping train services in Great Britain

Hi Michael As you say train services in England,Wales and Scotland (EWS) are difficult to map, Northern Ireland has its own train system. 'Routes' have different meanings depending on the view point of the user of the word. To a passenger there is a route Southampton to Brighton which is

Re: [Talk-GB] An NTC Training Centre

I have used amenity=community_centre for my local Sea Cadet centre, On 18/12/2020 10:25, Jez Nicholson wrote: I just noticed "T. S. Zealous" https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/181524096 which peaked my interest. Turns out it is a Nautical Training Corps (NTC) centre

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging of historic 'stink pipes'

I Use OpenStreetBrowser and select in the sidebar Culture and Religion -> Historic which seems to show everything Historic I've added. https://openstreetbrowser.org/#historic/n7138777431=14/53.6461/-2.6441=historic TonyS999 Tony Shield On 18/12/2020 08:39, Edward Bainton wrote: Morning

Re: [Talk-GB] Idea - OSMUK walkers' map application -- -& server

? Using volunteers or donated equipment or personal funding commitments? Do we know the size of server required to support a given load? Can we manage the required operations and security? Tony Shield - TonyS999 On 04/12/2020 15:40, Nick Whitelegg via Talk-GB wrote: Hi, Just floating

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging of shared use paths

walk there I take my chances on the illegal walking along a cycleway rather than the 50 mph dual carriageway where it is legal to walk. Tony Shield - TonyS999 . On 10/12/2020 12:47, Martin Wynne wrote: My reasons for changing it, is that it is shared use path with a greater number of people

Re: [Talk-GB] Footways bikes can go on

Wiki says bicycle yes Where bicycles are permitted, overriding default access (such as to motorways that permit bicycles as commonly found in western parts of North America) bicycle

Re: [Talk-transit] How to tag bike rule on transit vehicles?

Good idea. Complex though. Living in England - some bus routes will allow bicycles. Some companies have local bans. Train services usually need reservation on Express services and many local services. Some routes are run with different companies each with different rules. Many have a quantity

Re: [Talk-transit] Talk-transit Digest, Vol 104, Issue 1

they have available at that specific time. On Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 14:09 Tony Shield <mailto:tonyo...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Alex Michael Tsang asked a very similar question  about minibus routes a few days ago. My view is that a minibus as just that - a small bus diffe

Re: [Talk-transit] Talk-transit Digest, Vol 104, Issue 1

capacities between 400 and 1150. So service capacity may be a better metric. Tony Shield TonyS999 /I'm looking for community consensus about minibus routes (public transport routes which are operated by light passenger vehicles of roughly 8 to 20 seats with no standing allowed in general

Re: [Talk-GB] Blocked / overgrown / inaccessible footpaths and bridleways

Recently I did way- 837322924 designation public_footpath foot designated highway

[Talk-GB] Brexit and OpenStreetMap

what protections are necessary? Regards Tony Shield aka TonyS999 ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] NaPTAN/Lancashire import

That's always an issue with imported data, the tag naptan:verified helps in this respect. In the Lancashire dataset there are HAR (Hail and Ride) and  CUS (Customary) stops which I think are virtual - there is no mark on the ground, these will not be imported, so I think we have the main

[Talk-GB] NaPTAN/Lancashire import

the process to use csv files. I have performed several dry runs, there are approx 8,000 bus stops in Lancashire with about 4400 reported by overpass-turbo. Importing on a town by town basis is the plan. Comments please. Tony Shield TonyS999 ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Automated Code-Point Open postcode editing (simple cases only)

Hi Starting to get a little confused here - my brother lives in Northern Ireland and has a BT postcode which he has given me. Am I allowed to put into OSM? TonyS999 On 20/07/2019 08:02, Mark Goodge wrote: On 19/07/2019 22:36, nd...@redhazel.co.uk wrote: On 19/07/2019 20:29, Mark Goodge

Re: [Talk-GB] NaPTAN Aberdeen Import Completion

Hi Spike Have read your diary and the NaPTAN/Aberdeen page - absolutely excellent. Yes It will encourage me to have a go for my local area. Regards Tony Shield TonyS999 On 16/07/2019 12:47, Silent Spike wrote: Just an update to say the import has been completed. I wrote a diary entry

Re: [Talk-GB] UK coastline data

t>." Methinks that MLW or MLWS should be defined in the way that Coastline/MHW is. On 13/07/2019 21:52, Colin Smale wrote: On 2019-07-13 22:42, Tony Shield wrote: Hi I meant that OSM does not have an agreed way of tagging MLWS or MLW. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3D

Re: [Talk-GB] UK coastline data

Hi I meant that OSM does not have an agreed way of tagging MLWS or MLW.  https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dcoastline Regards On 13/07/2019 20:53, Colin Smale wrote: On 2019-07-13 21:33, Tony Shield wrote: Hi Personally think that High Water Mark and Low Water Mark

Re: [Talk-GB] UK coastline data

Hi Personally think that High Water Mark and Low Water Mark are very relevant to people and to OSM. Yeah - tides are a nuisance and can never be predicted with total accuracy and with Global Warming HWM and LWM will change over time. Then there are Highest and Lowest Astronomical Tides, and

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing NaPTAN Data

Hi Spike I'm interested in importing my local area - Chorley, Lancashire. I've filtered the Naptan file to get Chorley csv file. I've then imported into JOSM conflation plug-in. I'm starting to understand how the conflation tool functions and I think the results are good. I've done several

[Talk-GB] Road/Rail Bridge near Preston Park

Hi https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/50.83309/-0.14321 shows New England Road and Old Shoreham Road  Brighton. The standard OSM render shows 12 rail lines bridged over the roads, could be read as there being 12 bridges. Looking at aerials in JOSM looks like those 12 rail lines cross

Re: [Talk-GB] Preston Park, Brighton

o,  I find it useful to think about it and see what other people think. Regards Tony Shield -  TonyS999 On 04/06/2019 11:13, Jez Nicholson wrote: I have to admit that Preston Park is my personal micromapping playground. I walk the hound there nearly every day and I can capture excruciating detail (s

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC: Solar panel mapping in the UK

Hi In the last 18 months or so I've noticed that most of the new housing estates near me (Chorley Lancashire) have roof mounted solar panels. Is there a new regulation that all new builds have solar? Regards TonyS999 On 03/04/2019 17:46, ael via Talk-GB wrote: On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at

Re: [Talk-GB] Measuring building height

Hi Been figuring out how to do this for a while - my solution- rule - I used 30cm (aka 1 foot), calculator, known length of arm - in my case .6m, OSM map to measure distance from target. With hand holding rule vertically measure the target height against the rule for rule height, this is

Re: [Talk-GB] London venues

FYI Saturday 8 June is the Queens Birthday - Trooping the Colour occurs. Don't know London well enough to know if this could be disruptive. TonyS On 13/03/2019 23:14, Rob Nickerson wrote: Hi all, For the next OSM UK annual general meeting we thought we would try London as a possible

Re: [Talk-GB] Problem Saving edit to Wiki: United Kingdom Tagging Guideline

ou. I just edited the 'See Also..'. Perhaps it secretly wants you to create a "Driving Centres in the United Kingdom" page instead ;) On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 12:15 Tony Shield <mailto:tony.shield...@gmail.com>> wrote: I'm editing the UK Tagging guidelines. When Saving Chan

[Talk-GB] Problem Saving edit to Wiki: United Kingdom Tagging Guideline

I'm editing the UK Tagging guidelines. When Saving Changes I receive a panel informing -  Something went wrong - Unknown error. Dismiss button  takes me back to the save changes dialog. Is it likely to be me or the Wiki? TonyS ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping Driving Test Centres

Summarising, which I shall write up and place on the wiki - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines, creating a new section  - DVSA Tagging. Sources: Found this link https://www.dft.gov.uk/fyn/practical.php which is s search page for Driving Test Centres.

Re: [Talk-GB] Dropped or lowered kerbs

constitutes markings for the pedestrian, a driver can also see them so is the crossing unmarked? crossing=unmarked A crossing without road markings or traffic lights TonyS999 Tony Shield On 31/01/2019 10:53, SK53 wrote: It wasn't meant to be off list! Jerry On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 10:35, Andy

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping Driving Test Centres

Hi Had same problem earlier. I gave a node (5490954973) within the building=office outline office=government name=Chorley Driving Test Centre Regards TonyS999 On 25/01/2019 22:06, Silent Spike wrote: Searching the wiki I can't find anything that feels right for mapping driving test

Re: [Talk-GB] Network tag on railway stations

ng to 2028 I think that network=Merseyrail is valid for Liverpool Lime Street, Ormskirk and stations served solely by Merseyrail . Regards Tony Shield (TonyS999) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-transit] [Tagging] Public Transport Timetables

Hi I have worked in data analysis for many years, recently become interested in PT and added routes to my locality. I look at PT timetables frequently as much of my travel is by PT. My use case is that I want to find times and routes from A to B, I do not know the route numbers or their

Re: [Talk-transit] [Tagging] Public Transport Timetables

Hi Jo I've looked at your proposal and I'm starting to understand it and like it. I looked at your spreadsheet and this is the style of data entry which I think will work, using a spreadsheet then processing it to OSM data formats. If we use a spreadsheet then why not put the whole timetable

Re: [Talk-GB] Access restrictions for lorries above a certain GVM

Hi What are we going to tag? The length of road/way with the restriction and which lanes, or the placement of the sign as a node and with some directionality. From the examples given it seems that passing the facing sign is the limiting event, the end of the restriction may be posted with a

Re: [Talk-GB] Access restrictions for lorries above a certain GVM

Hi Tobias How is it done in Europe or The Netherlands - is it different to the answers given? Tony On 26/09/2018 12:35, Tobias Zwick wrote: Hey there I can't believe this didn't come up before - or maybe it did but was not documented in the wiki. In United Kingdom, how do you tag roads

Re: [Talk-transit] Bus Service - Route - end of life

situation ceases. The same goes for (long term) detours. We can't represent that. Polyglot Op ma 24 sep. 2018 om 13:32 schreef Tony Shield mailto:tony.shield...@gmail.com>>: Hi My local bus operator has ceased to operate a route, so the question is what is the best way to

[Talk-transit] Bus Service - Route - end of life

Hi My local bus operator has ceased to operate a route, so the question is what is the best way to handle this end-of-life cycle? Should I delete the relation or is there an end date tag which says that the route is no longer running? Conversely is there a start date tag?  - my operator

Re: [Talk-GB] Coastline and tidal rivers

I'm with Colin on this. My experience of sailing and reading Admiralty charts is that the coastline is the High Water line.  Yes it looks inconvenient or unnatural - but tidal area as implied by coastline is so important to small boat users. The River Dart Way: 194211894 waterway=

[Talk-GB] MapthePaths & Lancashire

ere are 231 parishes and unparished towns, some with only one footpath. Some of the parish names are mis-spelt eg BYRNING-WITH-WARTON should be Bryning . . . Regards Tony Shield ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openst

[Talk-GB] Railway Platforms - Covered=yes are not shown in latest rendering

Guys Recently changed Chorley station adding more details. Added covered=yes cos there is a canopy for us to huddle under but not the whole length of the platform, there are also bus shelter type of shelters so shelter=yes was also added. Checked that my changes had rendered ok but found to

[Talk-GB] OSM AGM and notification

, name and location e.g. . . . TonyS999 Tony Shield Chorley, Lancashire Regards. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb