Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Talk-gb-Thursday meet
Hope to be there but may have to be in Berlin on Thursday. If I can't make it hope you have a good un. Cheers Andy >-Original Message- >From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- >westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Christoph Böhme >Sent: 01 September 2009 10:21 PM >To: Mike Duffy >Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org >Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Talk-gb-Thursday meet > >Mike, > >thanks for the suggestions. The Wheatsheaf looks nice and very well >located with plenty of white space around it. I updated the Mappa >Mercia page [1] with the details for the next social and added a cake. > >So, the next social will be in the Wheatsheaf in West Bromwich on >September 3rd at 7pm (mapping) or 8ish (pub). > >Cheers, >Christoph > >[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Next_Group_Meet-ups > > >"Mike Duffy" schrieb: > >> >> Sorry, none of those pubs suitable, two closed, one with no food. But >> thirty yards on is the Wheatsheaf, serves hot food till eight o clock >> Mike Duffy >> >> -Original Message- >> From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org >> [mailto:talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of >> talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org >> Sent: 01 September 2009 16:41 >> To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org >> Subject: Talk-gb-westmidlands Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 >> >> Send Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list submissions to >> talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> talk-gb-westmidlands-ow...@openstreetmap.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Talk-gb-westmidlands digest..." >> >> >> >> ___ >> Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list >> Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands > >___ >Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list >Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Talk-gb-Thursday meet
Mike, thanks for the suggestions. The Wheatsheaf looks nice and very well located with plenty of white space around it. I updated the Mappa Mercia page [1] with the details for the next social and added a cake. So, the next social will be in the Wheatsheaf in West Bromwich on September 3rd at 7pm (mapping) or 8ish (pub). Cheers, Christoph [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Next_Group_Meet-ups "Mike Duffy" schrieb: > > Sorry, none of those pubs suitable, two closed, one with no food. But > thirty yards on is the Wheatsheaf, serves hot food till eight o clock > Mike Duffy > > -Original Message- > From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org > [mailto:talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of > talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org > Sent: 01 September 2009 16:41 > To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Talk-gb-westmidlands Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 > > Send Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list submissions to > talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > talk-gb-westmidlands-ow...@openstreetmap.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Talk-gb-westmidlands digest..." > > > > ___ > Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list > Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Talk-gb-Thursday meet
Sorry, none of those pubs suitable, two closed, one with no food. But thirty yards on is the Wheatsheaf, serves hot food till eight o clock Mike Duffy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org Sent: 01 September 2009 16:41 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Talk-gb-westmidlands Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 Send Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list submissions to talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org You can reach the person managing the list at talk-gb-westmidlands-ow...@openstreetmap.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Talk-gb-westmidlands digest..." ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Talk-gb-Thursday meeting
Don't know the pubs at Guns village but three together at Carters Green/John St... Oddfellows. Marksman, Old Hop Pole, any of them suitable? -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org Sent: 01 September 2009 16:41 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Talk-gb-westmidlands Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1 Send Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list submissions to talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org You can reach the person managing the list at talk-gb-westmidlands-ow...@openstreetmap.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Talk-gb-westmidlands digest..." ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mapping the University of Birmingham
Hi Eike, I experienced similar problems when I tried to collect traces on campus. For some reason it seems to be really difficult to get a decent fix there even when one is standing in the middle of Chancellor's Court with a very clear view of the sky. You could try to begin your trace before you enter the campus so that your gps device has a chance to get a decent fix. I also sometimes have the impression that accuracy differs depending on the time of day with the afternoons being particularly bad at Birmingham University (I do not know if there is any sane explanation for this it is just an impression I got). Cheers, Christoph Eike Ritter wrote: > Hello, > > I recently discovered openstreetmap, and it looks good! I live in > Tamworth, which still has large gaps in its map. I'm trying to fill > some of them. > > The University of Birmingham is half completed. As I work there, I'm > trying to help completing it. I find it difficult to get good traces > from my GPS device (Garmin GPSmap 60CSx). Does anyone of you have a > good idea how to improve the accuracy of these traces? > > Thanks, > > Eike Ritter (tamritt) > > ___ > Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list > Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mapping the University of Birmingham
Hi, It is difficult, but possible. Both me and Christoph have tried to map bits of the campus. I found that I had to do it in a half traditional - half technical manner. The attached picture explains it better. Each X is a waypoint, taken a distance away from the building in an area you get better GPS accuracy. And the black box is a building. You sight along a wall of a building until you are exactly level with it, take a waypoint and then go to the other side. In JOSM you can then join the way points, and get a box. Brian has another way of doing, by using a compass, but I haven't got a compass, and I'm not sure of the accuracy/distances involved. Good luck with Birmingham University, I may have a crack at it too in the next few weeks. Ciarán <>___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mapping the University of Birmingham
Hello, I recently discovered openstreetmap, and it looks good! I live in Tamworth, which still has large gaps in its map. I'm trying to fill some of them. The University of Birmingham is half completed. As I work there, I'm trying to help completing it. I find it difficult to get good traces from my GPS device (Garmin GPSmap 60CSx). Does anyone of you have a good idea how to improve the accuracy of these traces? Thanks, Eike Ritter (tamritt) ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands
