[Talk-gb-midanglia] Minibus scheme
I've had notification (via Cambridge Cycling Campaign) about a scheme whereby Cambridgeshire County Council will put community groups (which I think could very reasonably include OpenStreetMap in the Interest, hobbies and arts groups category) in touch with minibus operators (particularly other community groups who have them but don't use them all the time, and other county council owned ones) so that relatively cheap community transport can be arranged. http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/around/communitytransport/Cambridgeshire+Minibus+Brokerage+Scheme.htm It strikes me this might be useful for mapping parties on occasion - e.g. a Sudbury one, where public transport is very thin on the ground and transporting bikes by bus is not terribly practical. I'll keep in touch with them. It may be easier to deal with this is we are formally constituted as part of one of the upcoming local OSMF chapters (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters) David ___ Talk-gb-midanglia mailing list Talk-gb-midanglia@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-midanglia
Re: [Talk-GB] [Spam] Re: Municipal boundaries
I asked the Boundary Committee for boundary data and, as you might guess, they say they don't hold any boundary data of their own. All of their data is held by OS, so as usual we have the Crown Copyright argument. They also say that all their published information is subject to Crown Copyright and that they are unable to help me further. At least they were very quick to reply. Since this is a Freedom of Information Act request, and they have refused to supply me the requested information I'll ask the Office of the Information Commissioner for a ruling. Not expecting much, but you never know. Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] [Spam] Re: Municipal boundaries
Chris Hill wrote: Since this is a Freedom of Information Act request, and they have refused to supply me the requested information I'll ask the Office of the Information Commissioner for a ruling. Not expecting much, but you never know. Even if they did or do supply it, doesn't mean you could do anything useful with it - copyright still applies to data provided under FoI. David ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Municipal boundaries
David Earl wrote: Chris Hill wrote: Since this is a Freedom of Information Act request, and they have refused to supply me the requested information I'll ask the Office of the Information Commissioner for a ruling. Not expecting much, but you never know. Even if they did or do supply it, doesn't mean you could do anything useful with it - copyright still applies to data provided under FoI. David I understand that copyright still applies, but part of the reason I'm doing this is to apply pressure to release this boundary information. There was a big push when OS asked for comments to release boundary information, partly for democratic reasons and partly because it is damned hard to gather accurately by any other means. I think extra nudges of such bodies might just help. Feel free to join in. :-) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Municipal boundaries
On 16 Jul 2009, at 11:31, Chris Hill wrote: David Earl wrote: Chris Hill wrote: Since this is a Freedom of Information Act request, and they have refused to supply me the requested information I'll ask the Office of the Information Commissioner for a ruling. Not expecting much, but you never know. Even if they did or do supply it, doesn't mean you could do anything useful with it - copyright still applies to data provided under FoI. David I understand that copyright still applies, but part of the reason I'm doing this is to apply pressure to release this boundary information. There was a big push when OS asked for comments to release boundary information, partly for democratic reasons and partly because it is damned hard to gather accurately by any other means. I think extra nudges of such bodies might just help. Feel free to join in. :-) I suggest that documenting our efforts to collect data on the UK Boundaries page (be they successful or not) will help put pressure on the release of the official data that we need. We did the same thing with the the Gaza project. It didn't immediately result in the necessary data being released, but has probably helped stir up a discussion. It is worth looking at how the wiki page was used to discuss data sources and requests - note that there was no talk list dedicated to the area so the wiki was the main medium of communication for this project. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Palestine_Gaza Regards, Peter ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] printing from website
On 15/07/09 19:36, Nicholas Barnes wrote: Tom Hughes wrote: Page splits will be entirely dependent on the size of your browser window Unless the 'print' link generated a PDF, of course! Except this is overkill in most cases when you just want a quick print out. As a user if I click on a print link I don't expect to have a PDF downloaded which I then need to open in another bit of software before I can print. We could link to a page with a fixed width map (I think this is what google maps do) rather than the variable width, but this fails as the width would need to depend on what paper is being used and the orientation of the page... Cheers Chris ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] printing from website
Chris Fleming wrote: Except this is overkill in most cases when you just want a quick print out. Yes. It was said with tongue planted firmly in cheek... Is there a smiley for that? :-J perhaps? Nick. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Dartford mapping party 25th/26th July 2009
Hi all, This is a reminder that the Dartford mapping party is happening soon 25th/26th July 2009. (Saturday Sunday). http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Dartford_Mapping_Party This would go another step further to getting London polished off. Hopefully see you there... TimSC ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
