Re: [Talk-GB] Use of place=town
Sorry; meant to include a permalink: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.58&lon=-0.122&zoom=11&layers=M On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Richard Mann < richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it me, or have people been a bit over-enthusiastic with the use of > place=town in parts of north London? I'd have thought "town" should be more > restricted to definite centres, with place=suburb quite sufficient for the > rest? > > Market towns used to have a rule that they only got a charter if they were > 6 miles from the nearest existing town, and that sort of spacing (or close > to it) would have a fair degree of logic. A selective cull may be in order. > > Richard > ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Use of place=town
Is it me, or have people been a bit over-enthusiastic with the use of place=town in parts of north London? I'd have thought "town" should be more restricted to definite centres, with place=suburb quite sufficient for the rest? Market towns used to have a rule that they only got a charter if they were 6 miles from the nearest existing town, and that sort of spacing (or close to it) would have a fair degree of logic. A selective cull may be in order. Richard ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Worcestershire Public Rights of Way - OGL
Hi All, I am happy to confirm that I have received confirmation that the PRoW data held at [1] is available under the OGL licence. This data is the digitised Definitive Map, and is provided as a WMS map service. This can be viewed online (through [1] or [2]), alternatively it can be opened in QGIS, or similar. Direct imports into OSM are not advised as most of the paths are already mapped. This data should therefore be used as a cross-reference and for confirming path types. Worcestershire have got one of the better GIS services and initial contact with their GIS Programme Coordinator seemed positive. Note: This follows the earlier approval to use the Definitive Statements held by Worcestershire CC. Regards, Rob [1] http://data.gov.uk/dataset/public-rights-of-way/ [2] http://gis.worcestershire.gov.uk/WccGISOnline/maps.aspx ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
