[Talk-GB] Public charging points for electric bicycle users: tagging
We've been contacted by Cyclecharge ( http://www.cyclecharge.org.uk/ ) regarding electric charge points they arranged for users of electric bicycles. Currently there are about 50 but this is expected to grow. They've given permission for us to re-use their data so it can go into OSM: http://www.cyclecharge.org.uk/maps/directory.kml which means we and others could then pull it out so it gets used in apps and directories like: http://www.cyclestreets.net/journey/places/ Can anyone suggest how this should be tagged, so I can give them instructions how to do this, or be willing to add it on their behalf? (They're a non-profit community partnership run by volunteers so there's no money on the table but it would be a nice thing to add to the map.) Martin, ** CycleStreets - For Cyclists, By Cyclists Developer, CycleStreets ** http://www.cyclestreets.net/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 bids
Dear all, Sorry to land suddenly in this list. For the majority that don't know me, I work at the University of Nottingham (as my sig says) in GIS. I've been part of research work relating to OSM at UCL in the past, and the group I lead in Nottingham also have interests in OSM in various ways (e.g. the OSM-GB project, osmgb.org.uk ). We also work in open source GIS and with OSGeo and it's with that hat on that I'm actually emailing. I'm one of the co-chairs for the FOSS4G conference in September 2013 that's being organised at the East Midlands Conference Centre here in Nottingham, back-to-back with the AGI GeoCommunity conference. In different ways there will be activities running from 16-22 September though our main dates are 17-21 Sept (see 2013.foss4g.org ). Speaking for the FOSS4G local organisers, we're really keen to see complementarity between the SotM and FOSS4G (and GeoCom, whose working group I'm on as a FOSS4G liaison). We'd like to work with you on how all these events can profit from each other. I'm happy to be a point of contact, at least for now. In some ways Birmingham feels like the easiest fit with Nottingham but I'm equally happy to work with Southampton, Durham or anyone else. I've not been able to back-track on the OSM mailing lists as to when each group is aiming at actually holding the conference. Our strong hope would be that you'd go for the something around the 12-14 Sept time frame as it feels like the best fit with FOSS4G. Anyway, I hope I/we (the FOSS4G LOC) can be helpful and constructive to really get the communities together in the UK in September. Please do drop me a line if you want to interact on this. (I may be slow to respond in the next few days ;-) Regards, Jeremy -- -- Jeremy Morley Geospatial Science Theme Leader, Nottingham Geospatial Institute, Triumph Road, University of Nottingham. NG7 2TU, United Kingdom. Web: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi Twitter: jeremy_morley Tel.: +44/0 115 84 68411 Email: jeremy.mor...@nottingham.ac.uk This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: CFV SOTM 2013
-Brian Prangle wrote: - >Our bid document is 90% complete ( it's more thorough than the one on >the wiki ). What we need urgently to complete the bid is a list of people >committed to organise >the work for the conference between bid award and the >conference itself. For the bid document we need your name/OSM name and a >brief 2-3 sentence biography like the >one already added by nickw, >lastgrape/gregory, sms1, spiffy/Jonathan on the UK wiki bids page . Are those >individuals willing to be listed on the Birmingham bid? Hopefully to an extent, though would not be able to travel up to Birmingham regularly outside the actual conference period itself, as it's a long and expensive train journey. On the other hand I would be happy to help out during the conference itself and maybe a couple of days before as long as there were no clashes with work commitments. July/August best time of year for me, though hoping to get away on holiday in the 2nd half July. Nick ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] NaPTAN Bus Stops
Thanks Peter, Ed, Barry, I haven't had much success with parsing the Naptan xml data, whether using Thomas' naptan2osm or not. However, I've managed to use the csv format version of the data, trimming to the Glasgow area in QGIS, and tweaking the resulting file in OpenOffice. Not quite as automated, but processes I understand better. Will try and add some notes on the Wiki page to document this method. I now have a .osm file of around 8000 bus stops around Glasgow, that appear to match those already in OSM, so I will start splicing the data in as and when I get the time… Cheers, Donald ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
