Re: [Talk-GB] "OS boundaries and 'mid-level' mapping data to be released for free re-use including commerically"
On 17 Nov 2009, at 18:30, Tom Chance wrote: 2009/11/17 Tom Hughes "Data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries as well as postcode areas would be released for free re-use... I might be unduly skeptical, especially thinking about some of the people now advising the Government on this, but I wonder if the consultation exercise will still end up fudging the "free" part, i.e. not quite going for a blanket "do what you want" license to get around any copyright and other possible legal restrictions. Still, great if it happened, about time too. I think a very good and useful test of how 'free' it is will be if it can be integrated into OSM or if we need to carry on with our dodgy 50 yo boundary data. My intention of working hard on the OSM boundary data a few months ago was to ensure that we had a credible (poor) dataset which would be used unless the OS data was released. The big test will be if the OS also continue to sell the data as well. If they do then it isn't fully free. If they don't then they have nothing to loose from making it fully free. Personally I think we can actually help it become free enough by a little appropriate pushing in the intervening period. Regards, Peter Tom -- http://tom.acrewoods.net http://twitter.com/tom_chance ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] "OS boundaries and 'mid-level' mapping data to be released for free re-use including commerically"
2009/11/17 Tom Hughes > "Data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries as well as > postcode areas would be released for free re-use... > > I might be unduly skeptical, especially thinking about some of the people now advising the Government on this, but I wonder if the consultation exercise will still end up fudging the "free" part, i.e. not quite going for a blanket "do what you want" license to get around any copyright and other possible legal restrictions. Still, great if it happened, about time too. Tom -- http://tom.acrewoods.net http://twitter.com/tom_chance ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] "OS boundaries and 'mid-level' mapping data to be released for free re-use including commerically"
On 17/11/09 16:24, Peter Miller wrote: > Possibly we have have some accurate boundary information soon! By 'mid- > level mapping' do they mean Meridian I wonder? Please to bear in mind this sentence: "The Government will consult on proposals to make data from Ordnance Survey freely available... so no guarantees yet... I'm sure the OS will have a view they'd like to put during the consultation after all ;-) There is also the small issue of the fact that the consultation is due to run until April next year and there's this small matter of a General Election coming up around that time... This is interesting though: "Data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries as well as postcode areas would be released for free re-use... Do OS even have an (unencumbered) data set for postcode areas? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] "OS boundaries and 'mid-level' mapping data to be released for free re-use including commerically"
Possibly we have have some accurate boundary information soon! By 'mid- level mapping' do they mean Meridian I wonder? "MAKING PUBLIC DATA PUBLIC - "The Prime Minister and Communities Secretary John Denham will today announce that the public will have more access to Ordnance Survey maps from next year, as part of a Government drive to open up data to improve transparency. "Data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries as well as postcode areas would be released for free re-use, including commercially. Mid-scale digital mapping information would also be released in the same way. http://nds.coi.gov.uk/Content/detail.aspx?NewsAreaId=2&ReleaseID=408663&SubjectId=15&DepartmentMode=true Regards, Peter Miller ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Veterinary
Chris Andrew wrote: > Hi, all. > > I'd like to add my local veterinary practice to the map, but can't > find an appropriate tag. > > Does one exist? > > Cheers, > > Chris. > > amenity=veterinary should do it. It is listed in map features, the amenity section is not in alphabetical order but grouped as similar functions, so it gets put in the medical-ish stuff. Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Veterinary
Chris Andrew wrote: > Hi, all. > > I'd like to add my local veterinary practice to the map, but can't > find an appropriate tag. > > Does one exist? > > Cheers, > > Chris. > OSMDoc has amenity=veterinary as the most-used version of the tag: http://osmdoc.com/en/tag/amenity/veterinary -- Jonathan (Jonobennett) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Veterinary
Hi, all. I'd like to add my local veterinary practice to the map, but can't find an appropriate tag. Does one exist? Cheers, Chris. -- Reasons why you may want to try GNU/Linux: http://www.getgnulinux.org/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] New York Times Article
Here is a link to a New York Times article that you may find interesting. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/technology/internet/17maps.html?ref=technology OSM is mentioned later in the article Cheers Bob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
