Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] May Meeting (Disabilty Kurb Project)
Is anyone planning to map the shops in the high street? I think it would be useful if they were added, but personally I'd prefer to come by bike and do some of the suburbs and the industrial estate. I'll also do some tracing in advance. -- Matthijs On 5 May 2015 at 11:19, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: I was planning to do a bit in the Blackwell / Burcot areas, assuming I get around to doing some tracing before Thursday. Cheers Andy From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] Sent: 02 May 2015 19:15 To: Mark Croft Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] May Meeting (Disabilty Kurb Project) Sounds like an interesting project. Hopefully we'll see you in Bromsgrove on Thursday to discuss this in more detail. Speaking of which does anyone know what the plan is for Bromsgrove. Is there any priority areas that we should focus on or shall I just pick something and meet you in the pub afterwards? Rob On 1 May 2015 at 18:01, Mark Croft mark.croft@gmail.com wrote: Hi The group has been out to bewdley and did a test run of finding curbs. I was not able to join in cos of health problems felling worn out with weather n hayfever. I should really have a go on my own here around my town in redditch. got a stack of photos and a spreadsheet of gps points where there good curbs and so reasonable ones that either steep and hard work to push a manual wheelchair up and others with a reasonable size drop down to the path/road etc etc I need to get some clarification on all the different issues with curbs and come up with some form of coding and label system. first beta version of the map attached (not sure its openstreetmap) i want to know to make a seperate layer of points on top of openstreetmap? does this need to done on custom webpage and having a host etc? I not done any internet programming yet would like the challange but also very time limited too get some sort of beat/demo copy of at least a paper copy of the map of bewdley. Maybe we have a go around bromsgrove on thursday? Is taking photos with embedded gps position enough? I have a friend that can offer me some free website space? ( i am involved in another project called Disability Action Redditch and need to redo there website and i am hoping to put this Curb/Kurb project on there for now - so that should be up soon or at least a frontpage saying that DAR website going live in june/july 2015) mark croft redditch On 15 April 2015 at 19:42, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: A quick reminder that we're due to meet on Thurs 7 May (Election Night!). Thise of us who were at the April meeting decided from our list on Bromsgrove ( mainly to support mark a new mapper). Pub is the Golden Cross ( A Wetherspoons ) which might be a challenge as it wasn't on the map when we decided Regards Brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project All things delivery-related - an update
Are you aware of the the PostBox Finder https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elbatrop.postboxeshl=enapp from Elbatrop? I had a quick play with it ages ago, adding some collection times to existing post boxes. Jerry On 5 May 2015 at 23:40, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Robert Whittaker has an excellent site http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ monitoring OSM data on postboxes in the UK. Here you can see progress (even a league table of who's contributing). From the history graph you can see there's been an increase in activity since the project got going. Perhaps Robert might provide some data analysis about the effect of the project. Enter a postcode and you can find all the missing and incorrect postboxes nearby. Wow there are loads of postboxes still missing. Wouldn't it be great if there was a smartphone app that you could load missing points in to and it would tell you about them as you travel around. It would be like a guide to where to go mapping! Geocaching for postboxes anyone? Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project All things delivery-related - an update
On 2015-05-06 21:09, Philip Barnes wrote: On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 19:47 +0100, Rob Nickerson wrote: That's interesting. Have just tried the app out. It gives you the postboxes in OpenStreetMap but not the ones that are missing (as shown by blue markers on Robert's comparison tool: http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ Looks interesting and show maybe I should pay post boxes more attention. One issue I have with the postbox map, is the the area it returns is too small. There are towns that cannot be reached as a result. For example I enter SY4, and the rectangle returned misses Wem completely. Drag the map to the correct place, then click the Permalink button (in the bottom right). That will give you the postboxes centred on that view. Or you can use the link for OSM Post Box Progress, then pick your postcode area and district. That will show you a map of all of the postboxes in the district. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project All things delivery-related - an update
On 2015-05-06 19:47, Rob Nickerson wrote: That's interesting. Have just tried the app out. It gives you the postboxes in OpenStreetMap but not the ones that are missing (as shown by blue markers on Robert's comparison tool: http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ I really do feel like we are missing a trick here. As the map becomes more and more complete it becomes harder and harder to find something to map (example: I spend more time trying to find missing footpaths that I can map on a circular walk now than 2-3 years ago). An app that helps people find what's missing whilst out surveying could really help. I only wish I had the skills and time to do this. The Post Hoc map has the option of exporting a GPX file. That will include any missing boxes, or boxes with missing refs etc. So you could download that GPX, then load it onto a Garmin, or on a phone app etc. For Android, you could try OSMAnd, it can load GPX files. Or maybe Maps.Me, if you convert it to a KML file. Then you can go out and survey them. Note the Royal Mail locations can be very inaccurate, some of them are on completely the wrong street, or hundreds of metres away. So it can be difficult to actually find the postbox. And there are a few on the Royal Mail list that have now been removed, or where the number on the box doesn't match the list. Craig ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project All things delivery-related - an update
On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 19:47 +0100, Rob Nickerson wrote: That's interesting. Have just tried the app out. It gives you the postboxes in OpenStreetMap but not the ones that are missing (as shown by blue markers on Robert's comparison tool: http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ Looks interesting and show maybe I should pay post boxes more attention. One issue I have with the postbox map, is the the area it returns is too small. There are towns that cannot be reached as a result. For example I enter SY4, and the rectangle returned misses Wem completely. Phil (trigpoint) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project All things delivery-related - an update
That's interesting. Have just tried the app out. It gives you the postboxes in OpenStreetMap but not the ones that are missing (as shown by blue markers on Robert's comparison tool: http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ I really do feel like we are missing a trick here. As the map becomes more and more complete it becomes harder and harder to find something to map (example: I spend more time trying to find missing footpaths that I can map on a circular walk now than 2-3 years ago). An app that helps people find what's missing whilst out surveying could really help. I only wish I had the skills and time to do this. Regards, Rob On 6 May 2015 at 11:29, SK53 sk53@gmail.com wrote: Are you aware of the the PostBox Finder https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elbatrop.postboxeshl=enapp from Elbatrop? I had a quick play with it ages ago, adding some collection times to existing post boxes. Jerry On 5 May 2015 at 23:40, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Robert Whittaker has an excellent site http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ monitoring OSM data on postboxes in the UK. Here you can see progress (even a league table of who's contributing). From the history graph you can see there's been an increase in activity since the project got going. Perhaps Robert might provide some data analysis about the effect of the project. Enter a postcode and you can find all the missing and incorrect postboxes nearby. Wow there are loads of postboxes still missing. Wouldn't it be great if there was a smartphone app that you could load missing points in to and it would tell you about them as you travel around. It would be like a guide to where to go mapping! Geocaching for postboxes anyone? Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] May Meeting (Disabilty Kurb Project)
Brian, will you be there? Which area are you planning to map? By the way, I don't think it has been mentioned on the list yet, but we'll meet today at the Golden Cross Hotel in Bromsgrove: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/443655057#map=18/52.33379/-2.06168 -- Matthijs On 6 May 2015 at 11:20, Matthijs Melissen i...@matthijsmelissen.nl wrote: Is anyone planning to map the shops in the high street? I think it would be useful if they were added, but personally I'd prefer to come by bike and do some of the suburbs and the industrial estate. I'll also do some tracing in advance. -- Matthijs On 5 May 2015 at 11:19, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: I was planning to do a bit in the Blackwell / Burcot areas, assuming I get around to doing some tracing before Thursday. Cheers Andy From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] Sent: 02 May 2015 19:15 To: Mark Croft Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] May Meeting (Disabilty Kurb Project) Sounds like an interesting project. Hopefully we'll see you in Bromsgrove on Thursday to discuss this in more detail. Speaking of which does anyone know what the plan is for Bromsgrove. Is there any priority areas that we should focus on or shall I just pick something and meet you in the pub afterwards? Rob On 1 May 2015 at 18:01, Mark Croft mark.croft@gmail.com wrote: Hi The group has been out to bewdley and did a test run of finding curbs. I was not able to join in cos of health problems felling worn out with weather n hayfever. I should really have a go on my own here around my town in redditch. got a stack of photos and a spreadsheet of gps points where there good curbs and so reasonable ones that either steep and hard work to push a manual wheelchair up and others with a reasonable size drop down to the path/road etc etc I need to get some clarification on all the different issues with curbs and come up with some form of coding and label system. first beta version of the map attached (not sure its openstreetmap) i want to know to make a seperate layer of points on top of openstreetmap? does this need to done on custom webpage and having a host etc? I not done any internet programming yet would like the challange but also very time limited too get some sort of beat/demo copy of at least a paper copy of the map of bewdley. Maybe we have a go around bromsgrove on thursday? Is taking photos with embedded gps position enough? I have a friend that can offer me some free website space? ( i am involved in another project called Disability Action Redditch and need to redo there website and i am hoping to put this Curb/Kurb project on there for now - so that should be up soon or at least a frontpage saying that DAR website going live in june/july 2015) mark croft redditch On 15 April 2015 at 19:42, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: A quick reminder that we're due to meet on Thurs 7 May (Election Night!). Thise of us who were at the April meeting decided from our list on Bromsgrove ( mainly to support mark a new mapper). Pub is the Golden Cross ( A Wetherspoons ) which might be a challenge as it wasn't on the map when we decided Regards Brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
