Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Import Progress

2017-03-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
"On 19 March 2017 at 13:13, ajt1...@gmail.com <ajt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 19/03/2017 12:52, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> I'm told that Brian has been blocked for these edits This is >> outrageous. > No, he was sent this message: > > https://www.openstreetma

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Import Progress

2017-03-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
s outrageous. There is clearly consensus for them in the local mapping community, and a well-defined and transparent plan for the process has been published. A well-respected member of the community should not be treated this way. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonth

Re: [OSM-talk] Auto whitespace removal?

2017-03-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
ically strip these tags on upload? What editing tool are you using. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Rendering hill figures

2017-02-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
if these tourist attractions could be rendered in the default map. We could agree an additional tag if necessary. A list of such figures may be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_figure -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] February meetup

2017-02-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
Are we meeting this Thursday? The wiki page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia still says 5 Jan is the next meet. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] RU Wikipedia now uses OSM by Wikidata ID

2017-01-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:GeoTemplate#Kartographer_extension to get a discussion about Kartographer started there. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetm

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Collaboration with TfWM

2017-01-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
hey need to use. Excellent work Brian - well done! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-GB] Realtions advice needed

2017-01-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
No, not marriage guidance ;-) I've only limited experience of making relations in OSM. Today, I made this one: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6868921 How could it be improved? Should any tags be moved from the individual parts, to the relation? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http

Re: [Talk-GB] Legible London signs - tagging suggestions

2017-01-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 10 January 2017 at 07:54, Robert Skedgell <r...@hubris.org.uk> wrote: > ref=legible_london I'd expect to see something like: operator=legible_london or, say: operator=GLA scheme=legible_london -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewi

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Wolverhampton Railway Station

2017-01-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
rum which are on OSM but not Google M :-) Which ones? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [OSM-talk] Automated wifi=* edits

2017-01-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
ld be a degradation, with a loss of data. My local library, for example, offers Internet access, but not Wi-Fi - I can use their PC, but not my device. Or do you mean to change wi-fi=yes to internet_access=wi-fi ? The proposal is not clear. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthe

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

2017-01-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
y are > swamped with an undiscussed import or because they made a mistake > themselves and ask for help after getting in trouble with others about > it. It seems to me that precisely the opposite is true. But as we've both offered zero evidence for our beliefs, they should each carry no w

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

2017-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
t was completed. This is also true of several other, disparate, parts of the globe. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

2017-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
knows the area they are > working in has the time to add Wikidata tags. As has been made clear in other discussions in which you have been involved, this is already underway. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

2017-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 4 January 2017 at 15:55, Andy Townsend <ajt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04/01/2017 15:36, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> Please quantify that; against the total number of Wikidata tags. > 214 changes in that changeset; at first glance 82 civil parishes in there > likely to be

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

2017-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 4 January 2017 at 15:38, Christoph Hormann <chris_horm...@gmx.de> wrote: > On Wednesday 04 January 2017, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> There are circumstances where it is legitimate for a >> Wikidata value to be used more than once. > > Then you'd need to change the

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

2017-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 4 January 2017 at 15:24, Andy Townsend <ajt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04/01/2017 15:08, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> >> On 4 January 2017 at 13:09, Andy Townsend <ajt1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Do my comments on http://www.openstreetmap.org/cha

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

2017-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
are used > more than once. Link, please. There are circumstances where it is legitimate for a Wikidata value to be used more than once. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https:/

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

2017-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
the claim "Wikidata tags in OSM are already of low quality" goes. Or would you accept a single random bad tag on OSM as evidence that "tags in OSM are already of low quality"? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk __

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly task

2017-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
pen [1]. Unless there are laid and substantive objections ("X will not work because Y"), it will be best to pick a topic and let the nay-sayers opt out (or put up) until the next one [1] for more on a another form of this phenomenon, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality -- Andy Ma

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

2017-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
, you should apologise to the good people whose hard work has seen many thousands of Wikidata tags usefully - and automatically - added to OSM. * not anecdotes. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@opens

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

2017-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 3 January 2017 at 09:11, Yuri Astrakhan <yuriastrak...@gmail.com> wrote: > To my knowledge, there is no site where one could add a set of OSM IDs that > need attention There is, and you can edit it yourself: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page -- Andy Mabbett @p

Re: [Talk-GB] Food Hygiene ratings

2016-12-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
fety": https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/12/birmingham-council-chief-years-of-cuts-could-have-catastrophic-consequences I suspect this will be repeated widely. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-G

[Talk-GB] 90 new defibrillators

2016-12-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
st on the wiki. They say they have "hundreds more planned for 2017". -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] 2017 Quarterly Project 1

2016-12-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
st to highlight that that's two items: *Disabled parking Spaces * GLAMs - Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. As with schools we could turn points into polygons, add names, URLs, street addresses, Wikidata items, and other info. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigso

Re: [OSM-talk] Beware Pokemon users

2016-12-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 25 December 2016 at 17:17, Toby Murray <toby.mur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Beware Pokemon users You appear to have accidentally typed "Beware Pokemon users", where the correct subject would be "Please Welcome Pokemon users". HTH, and Merry Christmas! -- And

Re: [OSM-talk] Key:Destination Abbreviations

2016-12-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
//wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tagging_for_the_renderer -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Key:Destination Abbreviations

2016-12-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
it has been altered in any way. I didn't miss that; I wrote: if you want to record, literally, what's on a sign, use something like 'transcription=' -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing li

Re: [OSM-talk] Key:Destination Abbreviations

2016-12-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 18 December 2016 at 21:40, Edwin Smith <e.smit...@ymail.com> wrote: > 1) Destination is for the use of the navigation program. That's a form of "tagging for the renderer". Besides, if you wan to record, literally, what's on a sign, use something like 'transcription=

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Perry Barr underpasses

2016-12-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
as changed, and if any new pelicans need to be added, next time I'm passing, unless someone beats me to it. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://l

Re: [Talk-GB] Ideas for quarterly projects

2016-12-07 Thread Andy Mabbett
y:wikidata = Q29544 etymology:source = http://whatsonlive.co.uk/news/new-coventry-road-named-after-electronic-music-pioneer-delia-derbyshire/36715 with the Wikidata ID referring to: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29544 That's a good armchair activity for winter nights or wet days! -- Andy Mab

[Talk-GB] Ideas for quarterly projects

2016-12-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
aybe in collaboration with https://greatbritishpublictoiletmap.rca.ac.uk/ * FixMe & Notes - let's clear the backlog! What are your thoughts? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.o

Re: [Talk-GB] OpenStreetMap UK CIC Ltd

2016-11-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
cal Post Office in the > morning. > > Thanks to everyone who got involved, and thanks for your patience. And thank you, Brian, for seeing this through to completion. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetView name change

2016-11-08 Thread Andy Mabbett
t; or "Volkswagen Mini", nor a "BurgerKing Happy Meal". for example). > So we are looking for a new name. We have some ideas already but I wanted to > ask > if you had any suggestions for a new name for OSV? OpenStreets OpenVista OpenPanorama -- Andy

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcode Analysis

2016-10-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
report are simply double spaces, or trailing spaces. An automated edit should be able to fix these without drama. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[OSM-talk] OSM in Kosovo

2016-10-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
I'm speaking (about Wikipedia and Wikidata, not OSM - though it may get mentioned ;-) ) in Pristina, Kosovo, next week, at "Software Freedom Kosova 2016: SFK16": http://sfk.flossk.org/sfk16/ Are any OSM folk going? Do we know the local editors there? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonth

Re: [Talk-GB] UK suburbs

2016-10-08 Thread Andy Mabbett
d: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard which suggests "locality". I always advise anyone setting up an address database to map their fields to vCard's, for increased interoperability. Such mapping can, of course, include concatenating two fields (separated by, say, a comma) into o

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes

2016-10-08 Thread Andy Mabbett
which if continued > would suggest 2041 as a rough date for completing them. A good quarterly task? Maybe for the winter-period ? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://l

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM Brussels public transport info

2016-09-22 Thread Andy Mabbett
age.org/wiki/Brussels so that others may find and benefit from it. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-GB] Peak & Northern Footpath Signs

2016-09-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 14 Sep 2016 15:15, "SK53" <sk53@gmail.com> wrote: > Any other thoughts & I'll try & put this together for a wiki page. How about: material = cast-iron transcription=* -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] RSPB Sandwell Valley

2016-09-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
across the lake. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [OSM-talk] Without an address, an Icelandic tourist drew this map of the intended location (Búðardalur) and surroundings on the envelope. The postal service delivered!

2016-09-05 Thread Andy Mabbett
allocating street names (while ensuring no duplicates), allocating numbers to properties/ entrances, hosting a lookup database, etc. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https:/

[Talk-GB] Birmingham City Council URLs have changed

2016-08-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
are also not working, but should be checked on a case-by-case basis, as some do work. *sigh* -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[talk-au] Australia "changing coordinates"

2016-07-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
See you when you reach England ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36912700 But seriously: what impact might this have, on OSM? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org

[talk-au] Wikidata IDs in OSM

2016-07-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
Australia, or on a state-by-state (or other division) basis? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

[Talk-GB] OSM at Wikimania; and improving Wikipedia articles about mapping

2016-06-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
help with those articles; and their equivalent in other languages. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] MAPS.ME edits - partly sub-standard

2016-06-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
hing a bot could clean up, daily or weekly say. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] iD news: v1.9.6 released

2016-06-08 Thread Andy Mabbett
). As answered in those self-same discussions: the Wikipedia link is volatile, the Wikidata ID is virtually permanent. The latter is also not language-centric. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstre

Re: [OSM-talk] iD news: v1.9.6 released

2016-06-08 Thread Andy Mabbett
worked on by Minh Nguyễn) This is excellent news; thank you. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-GB] Purton Hulks

2016-06-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 1 June 2016 at 12:40, Tom Hughes <t...@compton.nu> wrote: >> How should they be tagged? > I suggest barge=concrete ;-) Even the wooden and steel ones? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB maili

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Acock's Green well uncovered

2016-05-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
Have you mapped this yet, Brian? http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/ancient-water-well-discovered-acocks-11365399 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-GB] Crediting OSM (was Birdtrack using OSM maps)

2016-04-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 25 April 2016 at 22:16, ael <law_ence@ntlworld.com> wrote: [CCs trimmed] > Meanwhile, perhaps others might also complain? The offending site is > https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/witney-library Done; at: https://twitter.com/pigsonthewing/status/7250012792867430

[Talk-GB] Birdtrack using OSM maps

2016-04-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
and counts to BirdTrack. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Aston Bridge

2016-04-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
Aston Bridge (the one-way flyover that crosses the city end of the A34(M) in Birmingham) reopened recently. I edited it today, changing "highway:construction" to "highway:yes" on all three ways, but it seems to heve disappeared from the map :-( -- Andy Mabbett

[Talk-GB] Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England releases National Heritage List for England data under OGL

2016-03-23 Thread Andy Mabbett
dated in due course." -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM with Wikidata: now covers UK and Ireland

2016-03-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
e and assert that > they are local, then hit an upload button. The wikidata links will be uploaded > to OSM with the mappers name in the changeset. This is overkill, We're supposed to be discussing automated edits, not manual edits using a new tool. This approach will not scale. -- Andy Mabbett @

Re: [Talk-GB] [Imports] OSM with Wikidata: now covers UK and Ireland

2016-03-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
ation) and I want to acknowledge that, and thank him for it. [Also, this is my first post to talk-ie - hello, everyone!] -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.opens

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM with Wikidata: now covers UK and Ireland

2016-03-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
ikipedia. Tickets have also been raised, asking that the addition of Wikipedia tag also trigger the addition of a Wikidata ID. Besides, editors seem happy to add a variety of other identifiers. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] OSM & Wikidata, down under in Australia & Indonesia

2016-02-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
ries. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

2016-02-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
st) want to see the maps reused; if there's a speciific request, I can forward it to them. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

2016-01-31 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 31 January 2016 at 15:57, David Woolley <for...@david-woolley.me.uk> wrote: > On 31/01/16 15:46, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> >> Can anyone help with my original question, which was: >> >>> What's the potential to get these crown-copyright-expired maps as an OSM

Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

2016-01-31 Thread Andy Mabbett
Can anyone help with my original question, which was: > What's the potential to get these crown-copyright-expired maps as an OSM > layer, for tracing? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list T

Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

2016-01-30 Thread Andy Mabbett
; they're Crown Copyright, whchc expires after 50 years. They're already on Wikimedia Commons, which won't accept them otherwise. There is no new copyright created, in simply scanning an out-of-copyright work such as these. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigso

[Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

2016-01-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
What's the potential to get these crown-copyright-expired maps as an OSM layer, for tracing? http://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/war-office-archive -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] 2016 first quarterly project:Schools

2016-01-23 Thread Andy Mabbett
ata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2524 We should begin populating that shortly. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] Fixing Starbucks Wikipedia Tags (Was Nominatim Weakness)

2016-01-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 21 January 2016 at 00:39, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> > wrote: >> >> I've linked that Wikidata item to the parent company (which has a >> series of Wikipedia lin

Re: [OSM-talk] Fixing Starbucks Wikipedia Tags (Was Nominatim Weakness)

2016-01-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 21 January 2016 at 07:14, Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com> wrote: > For chain stores I tend to add a link to the corporate website only I thought we weren't supposed to do that? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewi

[talk-au] Series of Wikidata talks & meetups, in February

2016-01-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
in Australia. The draft itinerary, with more events to be added, is at: https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikidata_Tour_Down_Under and I hope to meet some of you soon. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-au mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] Fixing Starbucks Wikipedia Tags (Was Nominatim Weakness)

2016-01-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
e as well. Excellent! I've linked that Wikidata item to the parent company (which has a series of Wikipedia links) - orphan items with no Wikipedia links are liable to be deleted from Wikidata. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Talk-GB] Review plan for adding 1, 164 wikidata tags in the West Midlands

2016-01-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
imary reference. There is no restriction limiting us to add only one identifier, and no harm done by adding both. In particular, the EduBase ID does not "remove the need" to add a Wikidata ID. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk __

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Duplicate railway station objects

2016-01-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
ave added the station stop to each > track. When a station is properly mapped out it normally gets fixed > > Cheers > Andy > > -Original Message- > From: Andy Mabbett [mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk] > Sent: 14 January 2016 10:47 > To: talk-gb-westmidla

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: Duplicate railway station objects

2016-01-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 16 January 2016 at 15:49, Brian Prangle <br...@mappa-mercia.org> wrote: > I would (and do) put the station node on one (arbitrary) way and then a > public_transport=stop_position on all the other ways Thank you. Like this: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3389328188/history

Re: [Talk-GB] More questions on Schools project

2016-01-08 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 8 January 2016 at 12:35, Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com> wrote: > Then you can use "loc_name" or "alt_name" for the alternative name Not forgetting old_name, too. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk __

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] New plaque at tipton

2016-01-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
FYI: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2016/01/03/tipton-zeppelin-bombing-raid-remembered-100-years-on-with-plaque-unveiling/ The unveiling is scheduled for 31 January. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] Involving Cyclists in OSM

2015-12-23 Thread Andy Mabbett
015/12/22/it_manager_loses_bikes_after_cycling_app_pinpoints_home/ > CycleStreets +! to that; it's superb - I particularly like that it lets you choose between fast and quiet routes, or an intermediate grade. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk maili

[OSM-talk] Happy Birthday, Wikidata!

2015-10-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
th Wikdata item IDs. If you haven't yet started to tag OSM objects with Wikidata IDs, today would be a great day to start! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstr

[Talk-GB] 'Romantic London' - reusing Horwood's 1790's map

2015-10-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
the map images - I'm sure some of you will have your own views about this. I shall notify the project's creator, Dr Matthew Sangster, about this post, and invite him to join this list. He would be a good speaker for a future OSM conference. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-GB] JOSM migratuon

2015-08-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
I need to shift JOSM to a new computer. My search-abiltes are failing me and I cannot find a guide to doing so, whilst preservng all my settings. Is there one? Both machines use Windows. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-GB] Lists of public art, on Wikipedia

2015-08-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
. This will ultimately benefit OSM, as metadata about artworks will be added to Wikidata, which can then be linked to from OSM objects. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Map of Modernist and Brutalist Birmingham

2015-08-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
This new map of Modernist and Brutalist Birmingham is OSM based: http://www.birmingham-modernist.com -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-GB] Openstreetmap Foundation Charity Number

2015-08-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
-list, if you would like. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Bicester: Project Evergreen 3 footbridge

2015-07-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
.co.uk/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Thrapston viaduct

2015-07-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 13 July 2015 at 08:53, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: The significant (and massive) disused railway viaduct near Thrapston: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/264894970 does not render on our default map However, this viaduct of comparable size, does: https

Re: [Talk-GB] Thrapston viaduct

2015-07-13 Thread Andy Mabbett
; I have no idea whether there's a path on the viaduct. I did consider building=yes -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Survey: A UK/GB OpenStreetMap group?

2015-07-13 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 13 July 2015 at 19:00, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: Find out first if people want it That they do is already evident. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

[Talk-GB] Thrapston viaduct

2015-07-13 Thread Andy Mabbett
/photos/dr_opulentfish/2870819874/ I don't want fudge things to just tag for the renderer, but is there a relevant tag missing, or should we change the rendering styles to show such objects? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[OSM-talk] The man who grew a church from trees

2015-07-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
Wonder how our friends in NZ will tag/ have tagged this: http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/nz-gardener/69848179/the-man-who-grew-a-church-from-trees -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Pricey pew to take pride of place in Wolverhampton

2015-06-30 Thread Andy Mabbett
Stand by to map this: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-news/2015/06/30/pricey-pew-to-take-pride-of-place-in-wolverhampton/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Fwd: [Antiquist] Vacancy for Lead Curator, Digital Mapping, British Library

2015-06-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
-- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bidford Bridge

2015-06-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
Having seen this sad news: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-33084348 I've marked the OSM object: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-33084348 as access=cyclists; pedestrians. Is there a better tag? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http

Re: [OSM-talk] (licence of wikidata) was: Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?

2015-06-07 Thread Andy Mabbett
._Rural_Telephone_Service_Co. aka: https://goo.gl/MHnlYq -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM-US: directions please

2015-06-05 Thread Andy Mabbett
at terminal 4) to the Airtrain stop at Federal Circle; then a free Aitrtain shuttle service to Jamaica *only*. The queues [sic] were horrendous, and disorganised. I got the E train from Jamaica to 14th St; your directions were most helpful from there. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM-US: directions please

2015-06-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 4 June 2015 at 21:20, Julio Costa Zambelli julio.co...@openstreetmap.cl wrote: Knowing ... which train is the local and the express in any given line How can you tell? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM-US: directions please

2015-06-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 4 June 2015 at 18:48, Julio Costa Zambelli julio.co...@openstreetmap.cl wrote: subway Brilliantly detailed; just what I was looking for. Thank you. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk

[OSM-talk] SOTM-US: directions please

2015-06-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
Ironic, given our subject of interest... I've searched online, but found no directions from JFK to the New Shool's 13th Street Residence, nor walking directions from there to the UN building. Could someone oblige, please? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Open Names

2015-06-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 3 June 2015 at 18:57, Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net wrote: You can use the tiles in JOSM using the url below[2] [2] http://www.raggedred.net/tiles/opennames/{z}/{x}/{y}.png Please remind us how to add that - is it WMS or TMS? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?

2015-05-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 29 May 2015 at 09:58, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-05-28 23:00 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk: On 28 May 2015 at 09:50, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: e.g. the en:Spanish Steps / de:Spanische Treppe are called Scalinata di

Re: [OSM-talk] Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?

2015-05-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 29 May 2015 at 09:57, Arch Arch 7h3.a...@gmail.com wrote: If the foreign name differs from the transliteration I think no one would oppose to add the name into the OSM database. Then you haven't been paying attention to this thread. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http

Re: [OSM-talk] Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?

2015-05-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
be the desire to extend the concept This is not a can of worms; but Wikidata does offer far more than names. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?

2015-05-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
guides to pronunciation, and in some cases links to audio files. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English - as used in Wikipedias. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https

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