Shropshire Council use GetMapping on their PROW map. It is very clear and recent.
I would find it very useful as a mapping source. Phil (trigpoint) On Thursday, 7 March 2019, Marc Gemis wrote: > Even before the Belgian local chapter was formed, some community > member(s) wrote to AIV (Flemish agency for information) [1] whether we > could use their aerial imagery for tracing. We got that permission. > Similar requests were made to the other regions in Belgium. It does > not really matter whether there is a registered company or not. The > request should outline what you plan to do (tracing) and where the > data will be used. > I was not involved in the request, but some of our current board > members were (if I recall it correctly) > > regards > > m. > > [1] https://overheid.vlaanderen.be/informatie-vlaanderen > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 11:13 PM Rob Nickerson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Sounds good. Although it is worth noting that OSM UK is us - i.e. the > > OpenStreetMap community in the UK. Yes it does happen to be a registered > > company which helps in some conversations (some companies like to speak > > with other companies) but to get things moving fastest we welcome help from > > fellow OSMers. If not then it will fall to the OSM UK board, of which there > > are 5 people (I am one) with limited volunteer time. > > > > To get things started I have written to OSMF's advisory board to see if any > > of the local groups or organisations that form part of that have experience > > with getmapping imagery. If you can pass contact details from getmapping > > then we can start enquiries. > > > > P.S. If anyone reading this wants to jump in and help, please let me know. > > > > With best regards, > > Rob > > > > > > On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 21:14, chilton steve <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Rob, > >> > >> Thanks for the response. > >> > >> In fact I would prefer to hand over to OSMUK or some more formal part of > >> the project, particularly if they have experience of such > >> discussions/negotiations. > >> > >> I don't know what the level of content is. They market themselves as > >> leading provider in UK so I don't think global. > >> > >> I will email OSMUK first before going to the company, just to see how the > >> land lies (pun intended!). > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Steve > >> > >> On 06 March 2019 at 19:54 Rob Nickerson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Steve, > >> > >> >Would OSM benefit from another imagery source? Getmapping have > >> >tentatively offered theirs. See: > >> >https://itsahill.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/edina-geoforum-2019/ and get > >> >back to me via any of the normal methods. > >> > > >> >Cheers > >> >Steve Chilton (@steev8) > >> > >> It's certainly worth exploring and I think this is something that OSM UK > >> company can assist with if they prefer to discuss with a registered > >> company rather than an individual (could still be you, just on behalf of, > >> and with the support of OSM UK if that helps with discussions). > >> > >> What are the next steps? I guess confirming it is unique content is a good > >> step - rather than a copy of Digital Globe imagery already available to us > >> for example. Do you want to start an email discussion with them cc'ing > >> [email protected] in and we can arrange a call / meeting with them if that > >> helps. > >> > >> P.S. Are we speaking UK or global? > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Rob > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-GB mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > -- Sent from my Sailfish device _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
