Anyone know of a good example of National Trust property mapped in detail?
I'm preparing a presentation for the National Trust Scotland about OpenStreetMap. Cheers, Tim > From: talk-gb-requ...@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Talk-GB Digest, Vol 64, Issue 41 > To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:04 +0000 > > Send Talk-GB mailing list submissions to > talk-gb@openstreetmap.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > talk-gb-requ...@openstreetmap.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > talk-gb-ow...@openstreetmap.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Talk-GB digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Turner's Island, Hickling Broad, Norfolk (Barnett, Phillip) > 2. DfT Consultation - Traffic orders: simplifying (& mapping?) > the process (Ralph Smyth) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:41:45 +0000 > From: "Barnett, Phillip" <phillip.barn...@itn.co.uk> > To: 'Andy Mabbett' <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>, > "Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org" <talk-gb@openstreetmap.org> > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Turner's Island, Hickling Broad, Norfolk > Message-ID: <662d22e018ca064a9f0aef3ac30520fa111...@mbx1.itn.LOCAL> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > This shows it nicely. > http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11569018 > There's a narrow channel between it and Rush Hill, so it needs redrawing on > the map to make it an island. > Phillip > > > > PHILLIP BARNETT > SERVER MANAGER > > 200 GRAY'S INN ROAD > LONDON > WC1X 8XZ > UNITED KINGDOM > T +44 207 430 4474 > F > E phillip.barn...@itn.co.uk > WWW.ITN.CO.UK > Please consider the environment. Do you really need to print this email? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Mabbett [mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk] > Sent: 29 January 2012 23:12 > To: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > Subject: [Talk-GB] Turner's Island, Hickling Broad, Norfolk > > Does anyone know the location of Turner's Island, Hickling Broad, > Norfolk, referred to in > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Turner_(photographer)>? > > Another source has it "in the south-east of Hickling Broad, next to > Rush Hill, still known by local fishermen as Turner Island as late as > the 1960s". > > I'd like to add it to the map and include its coordinates in the > Wikipedia article. > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > Please Note: > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of Independent Television News Limited unless specifically > stated. This email and any files attached are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error, please notify postmas...@itn.co.uk > > Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of > our clients and business, we may monitor and read messages sent to and from > our systems. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/attachments/20120130/d5179576/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:14:04 -0000 > From: "Ralph Smyth" <ral...@cpre.org.uk> > To: <talk-gb@openstreetmap.org> > Subject: [Talk-GB] DfT Consultation - Traffic orders: simplifying (& > mapping?) the process > Message-ID: > <dc8c4f388cdf294587584df0b436c898024da...@cpre-exchange.cpre.org.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > DfT has launched a new consultation today on amending requirements > placed on traffic authorities in England when they propose and make > temporary and permanent traffic orders (TOs): > www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2012-06/ > > Traffic Orders cover things like (non-national) speed limits, parking > restrictions, restricted turns/access etc. There are lots of potential > advantages of digitising this data and making it available to third > parties, whether reducing the need for signage clutter or the risk of > drivers going round in circles looking for loading bays. I'm trying to > highlight the link between this and the 'Satnav summit' being held by > the DfT in March. > > Quick summary: > > '4.20 Instead [of using local newspapers], authorities would be under a > general duty to publicise their orders in whatever they consider to be > the most appropriate way. We propose to supplement this general duty > with some non-statutory guidance setting out options available for > publicising TOs, and identifying where each method would be appropriate. > This would also encourage the use of innovative communication channels > which already exist, and those which may evolve in the future. > > 4.21 We anticipate that traffic authorities will welcome the > recommendation to use on-line publicity for their TOs. We would see this > being used as a way of conveying the full details of the TO, which could > be 'sign-posted' from other sources. With that in mind, we will propose > a format for on-line advertising of TOs alongside the guidance with the > intention of increasing the consistency of how TOs are advertised > on-line.' > > Having been a member of the DfT's Traffic Signs Policy Review, which led > to this consultation, I'm meeting officials on Thursday morning (Feb > 2nd) for a discussion and would be interested in any views how new > guidance and a new format could best fit with open data principles. > > Peter Miller has already suggested use of principles from XML schemas: > > http://interim.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/govtalk/schemasstandards/xmlschemas/ > developerguide/e-government_schema_guidelines_for_xml.aspx > <blocked::http://interim.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/govtalk/schemasstandards/x > mlschemas/developerguide/e-government_schema_guidelines_for_xml.aspx> > http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov > .uk/govtalk/schemasstandards.aspx > > I'm also interested how this could be made to work with new civil > society tools, such as the Cyclescape project. So sorry for the short > notice but any ideas on this list over the next few days would be most > welcome. Otherwise you have until late April to respond to the > consultation. > > thanks > > Ralph Smyth > Senior Transport Campaigner, Barrister > Campaign to Protect Rural England > 128 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SW > www.cpre.org.uk/what-we-do/transport > <http://www.cpre.org.uk/what-we-do/transport> > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: winmail.dat > Type: application/ms-tnef > Size: 5756 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/attachments/20120130/1be60eff/attachment-0001.bin> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > End of Talk-GB Digest, Vol 64, Issue 41 > ***************************************
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