Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-09-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Corner coordinates are now displaying, allowing these to be aligned adjusted to fit. Have fun! Are the configuration files available already somewhere or is there a plan to make them available so users of the maps could just load the maps rather than having to align themselves with the given

Re: [Talk-GB] National speed limit changes

2013-09-29 Thread Colin Smale
Peter, I say this because the '70 mph' value for maxspeed can only be used case where a road is a dual-carriageway. What about link roads and slip roads? Sometimes they seem to go on for miles without an obvious other carriageway. Yet the correct maxspeed is often 70mph, is it not? How

Re: [Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-09-29 Thread Steven Horner
Corner coordinates are now displaying, allowing these to be aligned adjusted to fit. Have fun! Are the configuration files available already somewhere or is there a plan to make them available so users of the maps could just load the maps rather than having to align themselves with the given

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL bus maps as source

2013-09-29 Thread OpenStreetmap HADW
On 29 September 2013 18:27, Andrew andrewhain...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: OpenStreetmap HADW osmhadw@... writes: My own assumption is that they are not a valid source, but I've just discovered one route, by a contributor who has added several bus routes, where their bus route finder web site has

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL bus maps as source

2013-09-29 Thread Tom Chance
On 29 September 2013 18:52, OpenStreetmap HADW osmh...@gmail.com wrote: I'm really after moral backing that this is a breach, as I'd be surprised if they took my word for it. They have an investment in quite a few bus routes that they, probably, wouldn't want redacted. You definitely

Re: [Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-09-29 Thread Steven Horner
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Steven, I've never heard of MAPC2MAPC but it looks great. I posted a comment [1] on the talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list noting that there are KMZ/KML files available on British Library website that

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL bus maps as source

2013-09-29 Thread Kevin Steen
On 29/09/13 18:52, OpenStreetmap HADW wrote: On 29 September 2013 18:27, Andrew andrewhain...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: OpenStreetmap HADW osmhadw@... writes: My own assumption is that they are not a valid source, but I've just discovered one route, by a contributor who has added several bus

Re: [Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-09-29 Thread Lester Caine
Rob Nickerson wrote: p.s. Is there a Linux equivalent of MAPC2MAPC? qgis2 ? I still need to actually get it to create an alignment, but it displays the material I do have nicely, so is anybody using this for doing the referencing? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL bus maps as source

2013-09-29 Thread stonerpj
Tom The TfL bus maps may not be usable but the timetable data on which they are based are available at traveline.info/tnds under the Open Government Licence. Is that ODBL-compatible or am I missing your point? A note of caution however. This week's edition of the London data includes