Re: [Talk-GB] Replacement of leisure=common

[Russ Garrett]

On Sun, 31 Mar 2019 at 13:29, Edward Catmur  wrote:
> I note that you've linked 
> https://data.gov.uk/dataset/05c61ecc-efa9-4b7f-8fe6-9911afb44e1a/database-of-registered-common-land-in-england
>  - as this is OGL, I assume it's suitable for incorporation into OSM? Could 
> we pick that up as a small OSM UK project?

Yes, to my knowledge (as neither a lawyer nor a LWG member) it's
kosher to use in OSM. I've added an acknowledgement to the
contributors page:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#Database_of_registered_common_land_in_England

I've been doing some exploratory retagging of leisure=common and, at
least in London, the majority are small areas which would be better
tagged as landuse=grass. In urban areas any remaining larger areas of
leisure=common are usually best tagged as leisure=park or
landuse=recreation_ground, but I also found a few nature reserves. In
rural areas, tagging of grassland is a much-debated subject which is
outside the scope of this thread, but I will not judge.

I suspect there are far more leisure=common areas which are not
legally commons than which are, but it definitely looks like a good
cleanup project in general.

Cheers,

-- 
Russ Garrett
r...@garrett.co.uk

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[Talk-GB] Quarterly Project Apr-Jun

[Brian Prangle]

Hi everyone

Our current Quarterly Project -  using Food Hygiene Rating Standard data to
improve addresses - ends today. We now have nearly 70,000 entities tagged
with their fhrs:id identifier. During the quarter the addition of postcode
data showed little sign of abating
.

So we've had another productive Quarterly Project- thank you to everyone
who contributed

Our next Quartely Project continues the theme of addresses but from another
angle. This quarter should see us address the issue of the major change
under way on all our high streets as the retail sector continues its
restructuring
under the impact of online services

The first priority should be to reduce the number of "Ghosts". Ghosts are
businesses that no longer exist (e.g Toys R US, BHS) or have changed name
due to merger or takeover or rebranding (e.g Lloyds TSB, Staples,
Co-operative Pharmacies).

A comprehensive list can be found here .

There are probably more announcements to be made to add to our work, as
bank and atm networks continue to retract. This could be a good opportunity
to build community links by contacting local mappers in areas that need
some attention to their high streets, rather than armchairing the exercise.

Of course  not all retail businesses on our High Streets are  chains so the
project can be regarded as generally improving coverage  and detail of
retail areas.

Some other resources to help you

Nameless shops and other POIs 

Survey Me! 

We are also trying to get a StreetComplete instance set up to help with
surveying/editing.  Adam  from the OSMUK Board is leading
this initiative and is keen to get some assistance.


Regards


Brian
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Re: [Talk-GB] Replacement of leisure=common

[Edward Catmur via Talk-GB]

Great work, thanks.

I note that you've linked
https://data.gov.uk/dataset/05c61ecc-efa9-4b7f-8fe6-9911afb44e1a/database-of-registered-common-land-in-england
- as this is OGL, I assume it's suitable for incorporation into OSM? Could
we pick that up as a small OSM UK project?

On Sat, 30 Mar 2019, 21:43 Russ Garrett,  wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> (Inexplicably I haven't joined this list until today. Hi. I've been
> around for a while, ask me about power infrastructure sometime.)
>
> We've been chatting about the leisure=common issue in IRC, and I saw
> there was some discussion about this here. (Sorry I can't reply to
> that thread - I've just joined the list.)
>
> I think common land is one of those legal intricacies we love so much in
> the
> UK, which generally live in the designation= tag, so I've gone ahead
> and documented designation=common which already had some use:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:designation%3Dcommon
>
> I'm going to email the tagging list about marking leisure=common as
> deprecated, seeing as it's not a great tag anyway, and it's been
> removed from the map.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Russ Garrett
> r...@garrett.co.uk
>
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Re: [Talk-GB] Press opportunity

[Dave F via Talk-GB]

Is that the royal 'we'?

DaveF

On 31/03/2019 12:59, Rob Nickerson wrote:

Hi all,

We have been approached by the press (national newspaper/online). They are
wanting to write an article in their weekend magazine on OSM as part of a
series on "hidden work that makes the internet thrive".

They asked if they can meet an OSM mapper and meet them whilst out mapping.
Aim is to do this next week (commencing 1 April). Author is London based so
somewhere within a couple hours travel is best. Could also include a phone
interview.

If interested please let me know as soon as possible as the deadline seems
to be the end of the week.

Thanks,
*Rob*



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[Talk-GB] Press opportunity

[Rob Nickerson]

Hi all,

We have been approached by the press (national newspaper/online). They are
wanting to write an article in their weekend magazine on OSM as part of a
series on "hidden work that makes the internet thrive".

They asked if they can meet an OSM mapper and meet them whilst out mapping.
Aim is to do this next week (commencing 1 April). Author is London based so
somewhere within a couple hours travel is best. Could also include a phone
interview.

If interested please let me know as soon as possible as the deadline seems
to be the end of the week.

Thanks,
*Rob*
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