Re: [Talk-GB] Defibrillator Mapping
Hello all, There's a project started for Yorkshire and Humber, which seems to be run by Yorkshire Ambulance Service, BHF and others: https://www.mapmydefib.com No actual map there, just a form asking for people to register new defibs. I'm not sure how to approach them but willing to give something a go. Ben On 22 April 2016 at 14:43, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) < robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com> wrote: > It was suggested that trying to increase our mapping of public > Defibrillators would be a good think. After a bit of digging, it seems > that Ambulance Services typically maintain a list of locations, with a > view to informing people about them if a 999 call comes in nearby > where one might be useful. > > The different services seem to take quite different views on these > lists. My local service (East of England) actively publicise their > list ( > http://www.eastamb.nhs.uk/Get-involved/Community-Public-Access-Defibrillators.htm > ) > on the grounds that raising awareness of the locations will make it > more likely that someone will know about and find a defibrillator in > an emergency. Other services have refused FOI requests on the (IMO > spurious) grounds that publicising the list will make thefts / > vandalism more likely, and out of date information may lead to people > wasting time in an emergency. > > Anyway, I've taken the East of England list from > http://www.eastamb.nhs.uk/Get%20involved/CPADs/CPAD%20List.pdf , and > done a comparison with the OSM data. A rough and ready tool can be > found at http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/defib/progress/ for any other > locals who want to use it. We've got a small number of locations they > haven't, and some of their postcodes may not be quite right. But there > are a lot on their list that aren't mapped yet! > > Regarding tagging, it seems that a lot of the cabinets have a > reference number on the outside, so I'd suggest recording that in the > ref=* tag. Also, I think a description of the location would be useful > (e.g. "Outside wall of McDonalds, facing Store 21") to help people > find the defibrillator when they need it. I've been putting something > like that in a location=* key. > > In terms of getting more data, I've put in FOI requests to the East > and West Midlands Ambulance Services for starters, so we'll see what > line they take... > > Best wishes, > > Robert. > > -- > Robert Whittaker > > ___ > 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
[Talk-GB] Great British Public Toilet Map
Hello all, The Great British Public Toilet Map [was launched yesterday] providing details of over 8,000 public toilets in the UK including council facilities, train stations, community toilet schemes as well as shopping centres and libraries. An alarming finding from the research by Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, is just how few public toilets are now available. Article on launch (OSM not mentioned): http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/19/uk-public-toilets-mapped-wheres-your-nearest Map (using OSM data and Mapnik layer): http://greatbritishpublictoiletmap.rca.ac.uk/ Regards, Ben ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Lake District Satellite Imagery
Hello all, I never use the highest zoom level Bing imagery as it's rarely sharp enough to be useful. I have found Bing to give better resolution and alignment than OS OpenData StreetView (OSSV) in most places I work on (mostly West Yorkshire). Bing also tends to agree more precisely with the NaPTAN imported bus stops on my 'patch'. If I trace the centre of a road on Bing, any bus stops will be equal distances from that trace, i.e. where the actual stops are. I'm not sure how the locations of stops are measured in NaPTAN but I guess they would be measured more accurately than consumer GPS or aerial survey. cheers, Ben On 21 October 2012 22:42, Jason Cunningham jamicu...@googlemail.com wrote: In the areas of the UK where I use Bing there is the same situation. The highest zoom level shows an old image. The newer imagery has better detail than the old in most cases, but you can't be confident that it is better aligned. In an area I've been working on the old imagery was better aligned. Things can be complicated because the error within the Bing imagery can change over a few hundred meters. The same issue applies for the GPS traces where the error while change over time Another background source is the OS Opendata Streetview map. I treat this background as the most reliable 'imagery' source for road alignment. As I know the Bing imagery is commonly badly misaligned in the areas I map, I'll shift the Bing imagery to align with the OS Opendata Streetview map. I can then use my gpx data as another source of data for paths taking note of errors suggested by the Streetview map, and Bing imagery. When you dealing with several potential sources all of which can have an alignment error your forced to make a judgement that will improve with experience. Jason ___ 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] Lake District Satellite Imagery
On 22 October 2012 14:23, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ben Pollinger [mailto:benpollinger+...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 22 October 2012 13:12 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Lake District Satellite Imagery Hello all, I never use the highest zoom level Bing imagery as it's rarely sharp enough to be useful. I have found Bing to give better resolution and alignment than OS OpenData StreetView (OSSV) in most places I work on (mostly West Yorkshire). Bing also tends to agree more precisely with the NaPTAN imported bus stops on my 'patch'. If I trace the centre of a road on Bing, any bus stops will be equal distances from that trace, i.e. where the actual stops are. I'm not sure how the locations of stops are measured in NaPTAN but I guess they would be measured more accurately than consumer GPS or aerial survey. Ha, I wish! In Birmingham stops can be anything up to 200m from their actual location. They are very rarely closer than 10m to the right spot and were clearly not derived using modern surveying methods. The variability of stop position between regions is a clear indication that each authority contributed wildly differing data quality. It's one of the reasons I understand that DfT were happy for OSM to have the data. Ie they would get to see the location improvements with time. Cheers Andy I see, forgive my assumption then! I will consider myself lucky. Bing and NaPTAN generally agree very well around West Yorkshire, and (importantly) match to the foot and drive-by surveys I have done over the years too. cheers, Ben ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Olympic torch route on Guardian website
Hello all, I just noticed this uses OSM data: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/interactive/2012/may/18/olympic-torch-route-map-london-2012 I quite like the rendering style, though it shows up the patchiness of things like farmland and woodland in rural areas. I wonder if The Guardian did this in house? And yes, OSM is credited appropriately (though not linked). Regards, Ben ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data
On 16 March 2011 19:51, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: For the last week I've been working on a sort of 'replacement' for the Royal Mail's postcode/address finder (you know, the one with the ~5 queries a day limit without an account) [1] but based entirely on data in the OSM database. You can find my site at [2]. Thanks for doing this, a very useful development. I tried a few UK streets I had tagged with postcodes and it didn't work, but I guess that is because they use http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Postal_code Could this tag be supported too? It seems quite widely used http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/keys/?key=postal_code TagInfo says 48 306 values altogether for postal_code, versus 60 941 for addr:postcode. cheers, Ben ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] OS OpenData Viewer
Hello all, Not sure if this has been mentioned on the lists: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/viewer/ Note the boundary layer tab in the top-right. I was only aware of http://os.openstreetmap.org/ Cheers, Ben ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
