2009/4/20 D Tucny <[email protected]> > 2009/4/20 Andy Allan <[email protected]> > >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Matt Amos <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:31 PM, MP <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> after the wembley mapping party last year i heard suggestions of a >> >>> "locals=angry" tag. maybe we should expand that to include >> >>> "locals=violent" or "locals=heavily_armed"? >> >> >> >> What happened at the Wembley mapping party? >> > >> > andy and steve independently attempted to map the same road on a >> > council estate but both decided it might not be a wise idea. no >> > violence was done i think, just evil stares. >> > >> > andy actually tagged it "locals=angsty", rather than "angry", but >> > there is a precedent :-) >> > >> > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/27794700 >> >> I feel like I'm debating a "point of order" in a student union ( :-) >> ), but the encampment^Wstreet which Steve8 and I didn't want to map >> was this one, a short distance away: >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/27693507 >> >> Also, if you check on the wiki, the locals=angsty is defined as >> implying the tag mapper=slightly_lazy and is often used on hot >> afternoons that bring out the worst in British council estate >> congregation behaviour. The tag doesn't apply during rain or winter >> conditions, but applies doubly shortly after football matches... >> > > After reading this thread and the comments on the diary post, I decided to > see if there was any streetview there now... > > So, I entered Lynton Close, Wembley into the Google Maps find box and these > were the first and third results... > > Mr T > Blair<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lynton+close,+wembley&vps=1&jsv=154c&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.424342,79.101563&ie=UTF8&latlng=42945511,-81211446,8277933314319449699&ei=4FnrSaawL5OyiAO7v6nNAQ&cd=1> > - > more info > »<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lynton+close,+wembley&vps=1&jsv=154c&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.424342,79.101563&ie=UTF8&latlng=42945511,-81211446,8277933314319449699&ei=4FnrSaawL5OyiAO7v6nNAQ&cd=1> > 10 Downing Crescent, London, ON N6C, Canada - +44 7866 607197 Unverified > listing > Write a > review<https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=local&hl=en&nui=1&continue=http://maps.google.com/maps%3Ff%3Dq%26source%3Ds_q%26hl%3Den%26geocode%3D%26q%3Dlynton%2Bclose,%2Bwembley%26vps%3D1%26jsv%3D154c%26sll%3D37.0625,-95.677068%26sspn%3D50.424342,79.101563%26ie%3DUTF8%26ei%3D4FnrSaawL5OyiAO7v6nNAQ%26dtab%3D2%26cid%3D42945511,-81211446,8277933314319449699%26iwd%3D1%26iwloc%3DA%26action%3Dopen> > "The Committee will continue to keep all the issues covered by the Sixth > Report under *close* review, while also continuing to fulfil its terms of > reference by *...*" > cabinetoffice.gov.uk<http://maps.google.com/local_url?q=http://archive.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/standards/publications/6th_report/correspondence/neill_blair.html&dq=lynton+close,+wembley&f=q&source=s_q&output=js&hl=en&geocode=&vps=1&jsv=154c&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.424342,79.101563&s=ANYYN7kCez7hisFRCZIbWnItF_cyjINxcA> > > > Gordon > Brown's<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lynton+close,+wembley&vps=1&jsv=154c&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.424342,79.101563&ie=UTF8&latlng=42945511,-81211446,1473789639052526619&ei=4FnrSaawL5OyiAO7v6nNAQ&cd=3> > - > more info > »<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lynton+close,+wembley&vps=1&jsv=154c&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.424342,79.101563&ie=UTF8&latlng=42945511,-81211446,1473789639052526619&ei=4FnrSaawL5OyiAO7v6nNAQ&cd=3> > 10 Downing Crescent, London, ON N6C, Canada - +32 2 298 75 00 Unverified > listing > Write a > review<https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=local&hl=en&nui=1&continue=http://maps.google.com/maps%3Ff%3Dq%26source%3Ds_q%26hl%3Den%26geocode%3D%26q%3Dlynton%2Bclose,%2Bwembley%26vps%3D1%26jsv%3D154c%26sll%3D37.0625,-95.677068%26sspn%3D50.424342,79.101563%26ie%3DUTF8%26ei%3D4FnrSaawL5OyiAO7v6nNAQ%26dtab%3D2%26cid%3D42945511,-81211446,1473789639052526619%26iwd%3D1%26iwloc%3DA%26action%3Dopen> > "I am writing this over the Christmas Break, (the copy dates are a month in > advance of publication) and, as our Epetition to the Prime Minister has just > *closed*, *...*" > sportsmansassociation.co.uk<http://maps.google.com/local_url?q=http://www.sportsmansassociation.co.uk/%3Fp%3D25&dq=lynton+close,+wembley&f=q&source=s_q&output=js&hl=en&geocode=&vps=1&jsv=154c&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.424342,79.101563&s=ANYYN7kQNn5Eq-2wU6NK27oX63h2kwuyfg> > > Off topic, but, what a crazy combination of information google have put > together there that I found amusing :) > > There's still no street view there, but, google's aerial imagery is pretty > high resolution... > > Teleatlas seem to have it fully mapped, including a side road within the > area (as seen on google), but perhaps they used the aerial imagery... > Navteq, as seen on yahoo didn't seem to want to go near it and it appears > made a guess at the angle and length too... >
And some more info... http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/7600/response/16925/attach/3/lb_brent_cameras_d8_30092008.xls Describes 'The Travellers Site, Lynton Close' as a location of a CCTV camera... d
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