Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging roadside verge SSSIs
It's definitely the verge - there are orchids (according to my wife) growing there. The other side ofnthe hedge is just an arable field. The SSSI sign specifically refers to the verge as well. Glenn. On Tuesday, July 20, 2010, Ed Loach wrote: > Dave F wrote: > >> Are you sure it's referring just to the verge & not stretching >> further >> away from the road (into fields/woods ?) > > Near here we have "verges" between pavement and adjacent landuse > (often fields) which are overgrown with signs at either end (with > arrows) and sometimes in the middle denoting them as nature reserves > (the sceptic in me read this as "cost saving no mowing area"), so > I'd think it quite possible that there is a verge that is denoted as > SSSI if something of interest has been noted growing there. > > Ed > > ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Tagging roadside verge SSSIs
Hi Near where I live there's a small stretch (about 100m) of the roadside verge that has signs on it saying that it's a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It's only on one side of the road, and is about 0.5m wide for most of its length, widening to about 2m near one end. Looking in the Wiki (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Reserve) there is a suggestion, by Alex McKee to tag it as: "Map the boundary of the site as a polyline or relation and tag as boundary=reserve + designation=sssi" is this what others are doing? I'll do it this way unless I hear otherwise. Glenn. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] building shapes from OS Street View
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Steve Doerr wrote: > Orthogonal snapping would be useful more generally - do any of the editors > have this feature for manually drawn buildings etc.? JOSM has an "Orthogonalise shape" option which is very useful for buildings. Glenn. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Garmin maps no larger than 24MB
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:51:04 + > Russ Phillips wrote: > > Hello Russ, > >> All the UK maps with contours are far too big to fit. Does anyone know >> of anywhere that I can get maps of regions, that would be small enough >> to fit? > > What's the problem with using a memory card? Something suitable can be > bought for less than a fiver, these days. I don't think the Etrex Legend C has a memory card slot. Glenn. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Garmin maps no larger than 24MB
Hi Russ I have a little Perl script that will create GPSMAPSUPP.IMG files (suitable for a Garmin GPS) from arbitrary combinations of OSM tiles and contours. It pulls OSM tiles from http://openstreetmap.teddynetz.de:81/latest/img/ and contour tiles from the SMC site. If you look at http://ulrichkuester.de/OSM/CoordinateToOSMTile.html and note the list of tile numbers you want (e.g. 63271825.img 63272005.img for the Lake District), and then at http://www.smc.org.uk/ContourMaps.php for the contour tile numbers (e.g. 14203054.img for the Lakes) and send them to me I can run the script for you and send you the .IMG files. Alternatively (and for anyone else who's interested) the script itself is at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23033/OSM/OSM2Garmin.pl - I've only tested it on Linux but it should work anywhere you have Perl installed. It uses sendmap (free version from http://www.cgpsmapper.com/buy.htm) to do the actual map compilation so you'll need that as well. Regards Glenn. On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Russ Phillips wrote: > My father-in-law has a Garmin eTrex Legend C, and we'd like to put some > OSM maps on it for use when walking up hills in Scotland and the Lake > District. As he's a hillwalker, contours are important, but it only has > 24MB of storage. > > All the UK maps with contours are far too big to fit. Does anyone know > of anywhere that I can get maps of regions, that would be small enough > to fit? > > Russ > > > > ___ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Locating Postboxes article Guardian
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Bob Kerr wrote: > > Hi all, > Just in case you missed it, there is an article in the Guardian about the > location of Postboxes and post offices in the UK. > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/sep/16/freedom-of-information-postboxes > It then leads to the place where we can put this info onto openstreetmap > http://www.dracos.co.uk/play/locating-postboxes/ Interesting - however the OSM maps he's using have a large and misleading "Powered by Google" logo! See http://www.dracos.co.uk/play/locating-postboxes/?pc1=ip33 OSM is properly credited elsewhere but the Google logo is the first thing you see, and I think anyone who isn't an avid OSM-er would assume this is a Google map. Glenn. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Public Rights of Way
Following on from this, am I correct in assuming that the only definitive source of mapping information about public rights of way is the OS? It seems ludicrous that *public* rights of way are effectively copyrighted in this manner. I suppose it's analagous to the issue with council boundaries. My local council (Suffolk) refer to the "definitive map" here: https://www.csduk.com/CSD/Transportandstreets/Public+rights+of+way/PublicRightsOf+WayDefinitiveMap.htm but make no mention of who owns the copyright. They do however recommend (OS) Explorer maps for walkers, which suggests it may be the OS. Wouldn't it be great if we could persuade councils to let OSM use the information, free of restrictions? Or maybe even add it to OSM themselves. Hey, we can all dream ... Glenn. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Sat Navs to stop working?
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Chris Jones wrote: > Glenn Proctor wrote: >> >> Media hype, as a result of political maneuvering by one of the several >> agencies involved with keeping GPS going[1]. The US is behind on one >> of the programs that launches new/replacement satellites, but the >> reality is that there are, IIRC, over 30 satellites currently in orbit >> plus 2 spares. 24 are needed for full global coverage so there's >> plenty of leeway yet. >> > > And with any luck Galileo should be up and running in a few years... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_positioning_system Plus there's the (already functioning) Russian GLONASS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glonass I think there are receiver chips that will work with both GPS and GLONASS, but they're not that common at the moment, presumably because they cost a few cents extra to manufacture. Perhaps the hype about GPS will encourage manufacturers to start building in this capability. Glenn. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Sat Navs to stop working?
Media hype, as a result of political maneuvering by one of the several agencies involved with keeping GPS going[1]. The US is behind on one of the programs that launches new/replacement satellites, but the reality is that there are, IIRC, over 30 satellites currently in orbit plus 2 spares. 24 are needed for full global coverage so there's plenty of leeway yet. Glenn. [1] The fact that there isn't one agency in charge of this is a Bad Thing IMO. On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Russ Phillips wrote: > Yesterday, on Radio 2's drive time show, someone mentioned that sat > navs would stop working next year. My wife heard it as she was driving > home, but there were no details. > > We can't work out what they were talking about. The Listen Again page is here: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kg9fr > > I can't listen to it because I'm at work, but I can't find any mention > of it on the BBC news pages. Does anyone know what they were talking > about? > > Russ > > ___ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
