Re: [Talk-GB] How to add roundabouts?
One thing the wiki page on roundabouts doesn't explain is that routing software needs the roundabouts to be tagged highway=* in order for it to be used. I don't know if this is an issue with the routing software or whether the wiki page should be edited to make this clear, but for now highway=* is important on a roundabout. I discovered this last night whilst trying to route around north Lincolnshire, and this morning pulled junction=roundabout for the whole of the uk to look for other non-routable roundabouts. There were 53 roundabouts without a highway=* tag so I added highway=road and a FIXME tag for all of them. Before we go on to do the same thing for the whole of Europe, is it the routing software or the wiki page that is wrong? -- Alice On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:59:17 + Chris Andrew cjhand...@gmail.com wrote: I've found the add a new tag button, and typed Junction and Roundabout. looking good. Let's hope the traffic flow is the correct direction. Cheers, Chris. 2009/1/28 Russ Phillips r...@phillipsuk.org: 2009/1/28 Chris Andrew cjhand...@gmail.com: Hi, all. New to the list. Just wondering, some roads near me have big roundabouts that aren't mapped, they are just seen as converging roads. I see that a tag exists to mark roundabouts (OSM Wiki), but I can't see how to apply it using the standard editing tool. This wiki page should help: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:junction%3Droundabout It's not too long, and should tell you everything you need to know. Ask here if it's still not clear. Russ ___ 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] Yet another rail network map
oy - less of the 'his' please! I'm planning on developing mine further in the new year, largely for personal learning, but I'd love a copy of the mapnik template you used for you version - I may 'borrow' some server time over christmas to re-render to as high a level zoom as I can. I'm also planning on adding in an abandoned rail line in the new year if I get chance to spend some time mapping Saddleworth as a whole, so I'm certainly interested to hear people's views on how a historic rail line now used as a bridle path should be used. I'm also interested in tagging of line names and whether names should be left in or made relations. -- K__rast On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:03:31 + Steve Chilton s.l.chil...@mdx.ac.uk wrote: Bizarely, the day Kaerest released his openrailmap I had rendered a UK rail network map - purely for visualisation and checking purposes, but have only just had time to upload it to the server. It is at: http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~steve8/railway.html No particular plans to enhance it or add details. It is just a companion to: http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~steve8/canal.html which has been re-rendered with last week's UK planet file. Cheers STEVE ___ 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
[Talk-GB] Data from Foia request
Hi, I received a response to a freedom of information request today with a list of CCTV cameras owned by my local council http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cctv_coverage_and_information_4 The exact locations aren't given, but I'm thinking I can track them all down. However, the council's standard tagline is attached to the email - that the information is confidential and intended for the recipient only. Does the fact that it's a freedom of information response affect the disclaimer? Given I am only using the data for finding the cameras, can I add the resulting finds to the map? Should I add the list of cameras to somewhere on the wiki in order for other people to help adding them in? -- K__rast ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Possible Data Source For Bradford
Hi, Bradford Council provide public gis information on rights of way, and other stuff at http://gis.bradford.gov.uk. Unfortunately it needs a Windows computer and special software installing to be used, and so I've been unable to look at exactly what is provided and whether it would be useful to us. Does somebody want to have a look and take on contacting them if it seems useful? Even if they're not willing to open source the data, it might still be useful to compare what we've got to see how complete we are. -- K__rast ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
