[Talk-GB] Field Data Scotland
I have recently been offered field data under the open knowledge licence from the Scottish Government. This is the first time I have interacted with the government and would like to make use of the data but at the same time not step on anyones toes. Although I have not yet seen the data I have been told that it will mainly include the shapes and positions of the fields. I have not done any large imports of data before and I am aware of the difficulties that this can cause. My question is has anyone ever imported field data before and are there any problems that I should look for before even contemplating doing this. cheers Bob___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Canal Maps of the 19th Century
I've just found out about this CD of 1. Three maps produced by George Bradshaw of Railway Timetable fame. The maps were produced in 1830. They show most of England and Wales at a scale of ½ inch to one mile. They show the canal and railway network as it was then. They show the canal level above sea level and the entry widths of the locks. 2. The Walker Nichols and Priestly canal map of Great Britain. This map also produced in 1830 is at a scale of 5.6 inches to one mile. This map also shows the canals but in addition it shows the location of mineral deposits that would be transported on the canals. 3. The Joseph Priestly Book detailing and describing each of the canal layouts. The is an 800 page reference work. http://digitalarchives.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemartpage=shop.product_detailsflypage=flypage-ask.tplproduct_id=3Itemid=83 aka http://goo.gl/5y1kv Yours for £20. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Field Data Scotland
On 15/08/2011 10:34, Bob Kerr wrote: I have recently been offered field data under the open knowledge licence from the Scottish Government. I can't comment on the compatibility of the license. I assume the data include field boundaries. What age is the data? Please be wary of a large import overwriting more recent ways. Cheers Dave F. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Field Data Scotland
The data is recent because it was used to check farmers subsidies, and it does include boundary data, when I get it I would definitely break it down to much smaller areas. I'll find out more about the licence. Cheers Bob From: Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Sent: Monday, 15 August 2011, 13:15 Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Field Data Scotland On 15/08/2011 10:34, Bob Kerr wrote: I have recently been offered field data under the open knowledge licence from the Scottish Government. I can't comment on the compatibility of the license. I assume the data include field boundaries. What age is the data? Please be wary of a large import overwriting more recent ways. Cheers Dave F. ___ 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] Canal Maps of the 19th Century
Andy Mabbett wrote: Yours for £20. Or review for free? http://www.canalmaps.net/A702.htm The book is on google along with some related documents ... As an aside, is there an equivalent to the National Library of Scotland archive? http://geo.nls.uk/ -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] How to use relations for The Chiltern Way and its extensions
From: bobhawk...@waitrose.com To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:25:08 +0100 Subject: [Talk-GB] How to use relations for The Chiltern Way and its extensions The Chiltern Way has a North Extension, a South Extension and, new in 2010, a Berkshire Loop. Perhaps this is true of some other long-distance paths. The Chiltern Way is shown at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_Kingdom_Long_Distance_Paths as only 33% complete. As the South Extension and part of the Berkshire Loop are within my area of interest in South Oxfordshire, I should like to gradually add them as relations to the already-mapped ways in order to increase that percentage. I should be interested to learn other mappers' views: should the three extensions be part of one existing Chiltern Way relation, or relations in their own right, or both? If part of one existing Chiltern Way relation, how can the three extensions be identified separately? I think each part should be a stand alone-relation, and then the whole way would be 'super-relation' which groups the smaller relations together. More detail about this is in the Multiple routes share the same path in http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:route Be Seeing You - Rob. If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
