Re: [Talk-GB] Bounty to get Lincoln mapped

2008-12-02 Thread Tom Higgy
Ed Loach wrote: Please let me know if you're interested or pass this on to anyone who might be. Central Lincoln looks quite well mapped. Have you checked the history of any of the information there and tried contacting those mappers directly? Nope. Might try that... Had hoped most people

Re: [OSM-talk] Asus eee and OpenStreetMap

2008-10-19 Thread Tom Higgy
[failed to send to list first time, forgot had to use 'reply all'] Excellent, thanks! I've a 901 and have used a similar process previously. For those who, like myself, are using a Debian derivative (actually using a Ubuntu based distro optimised for eee) simply replace yum with apt-get.

Re: [OSM-talk] Asus eee and OpenStreetMap

2008-10-19 Thread Tom Higgy
Only thing is tangogps is not in Ubuntu Hardy repositories, might be in for Intrepid (due out this month). gpsd, gpsbabel, gpsdrive are all in repositories... Valent Turkovic wrote: I would be really thankful if anyone can check it the packages are the same on debian based distros and or does

[OSM-talk] Gnome map widget

2008-08-23 Thread Tom Higgy
Someone in Wolves-LUG just posted this link: http://cass.no-ip.com/~cassidy/blog/index.php/post/2008/08/22/More-Map-widget ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Gnome map widget

2008-08-23 Thread Tom Higgy
Sorry, just noticed annoucement on dev list! Lovely weather... Tom Higgy wrote: Someone in Wolves-LUG just posted this link: http://cass.no-ip.com/~cassidy/blog/index.php/post/2008/08/22/More-Map-widget ___ talk mailing list talk

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM at LUG Radio Live this weekend

2008-07-17 Thread Tom Higgy
I'm intending to come down both days. OSM t-shirt in the wash right now :) See you there. Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: A reminder to all that the final ever LUG Radio Live event [1] is taking place this weekend in Wolverhampton. So if you are about come on over and have some fun.

Re: [OSM-talk] pronunciation tag

2008-06-24 Thread Tom Higgy
Matthias Urlichs wrote: I'd really like to hear the street names as pronounced by the people who actually logged them, too -- but, to be useful, that kind of stuff must be consistent. I can imagine the result of the Welsh mapping party would be quite amusing...

Re: [OSM-talk] GPSBabel 1.3.5

2008-05-14 Thread Tom Higgy
OK, my BGT-31 arrived today so did some testing of it after work (which got cut short by a drawing pin in the front wheel). Unfortunately for me, although I'd put the SD card in I'd forgotten to turn on logging so have only the internal log at 10 seconds. Eventually got gpsbabel 1.3.5

[Talk-GB] Shrewsbury mapping day - 10th May

2008-05-03 Thread Tom Higgy
Hi folks, Just wanted to announce a mapping day in Shrewsbury next Saturday (10th May). I appear to be the only mapper so am hoping to attract locals to the project if possible. Open for anyone available to come along, do some mapping, meet up for drinks. I'll be at the Shrewsbury Hotel

Re: [OSM-talk] User stats desperately wanted

2008-03-15 Thread Tom Higgy
http://osm.bandnet.org/osm_stats/pngs/month-latest.png Blue line... I never really did anything useful with this. Also missing some when I gave up leaving my computer on. Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, whenever I make a presentation about OSM, I tell them about our exponential growth. I used

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-GB] reminder: 2nd Birmingham Micro Mapping Event - Inside theRingroad - Sunday 2nd March

2008-02-26 Thread Tom Higgy
Not sure I can come along to this one but will text you, Andy, on the day. I'll see if I can get a decent picture of the new St. Chad's Circus when I'm in one of the buildings for my driving theory test on Friday. Floor 18 so should be high enough. :) Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: Mike

Re: [Talk-GB] Are we all terrorists?

2008-02-21 Thread Tom Higgy
tim wrote: We may not be all terrorists, but we are participating in terrorist behaviour. £10 in cigarettes and a phone call for the first person to be arrested and held for a month from mapping. I got stop-searched today at B'ham New Street station, something related to counter-terrorism.

Re: [OSM-talk] Screencasts

2008-02-19 Thread Tom Higgy
SteveC wrote: I've done two screencast intros to OSM, one general and one potlatch. http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=mS2P1ZqS6 Awsome, thanks! I've been using JOSM so far (was no Potlatch when I'm joined and JOSM kind of stuck) but have been starting to use Potlatch for really minor

Re: [OSM-talk] Straw Poll - Disk space used by OSM photos/audio

2008-02-10 Thread Tom Higgy
Photos: around 4GB John McKerrell wrote: Hi After a conversation on IRC I started wondering what the total disk space was that people had used for their OSM photos (the photos of road signs, postboxes, etc. that many people use for mapping). I thought I'd conduct a straw poll on here

Re: [Talk-GB] Worcester

2008-01-11 Thread Tom Higgy
I may do (weather, carriage of bike on train and money permitting). I want to do more of Shrewsbury sometime, probably during March. Anyone up for that? Richard Fairhurst wrote: Hello all, I fancy going to map Worcester on Saturday 23rd Feb. Anyone else up for it?

Re: [Talk-GB] Summer Wales Party / Isle of Wight Redux... Was: Re: Worcester

2008-01-11 Thread Tom Higgy
Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: I would be interested in a North Wales mapping party as I have relatives ~ who I could stay with. For accommodation the riding centre where I used to work has some great facilities. Only thing is location could make things more difficult for those without cars.

Re: [Talk-GB] Ward boundaries from copyrighted maps

2007-10-28 Thread Tom Higgy
that constitute a derived work? Cheers, Steve Coast wrote: no they're probably from http://www.election-maps.co.uk/ On 18 Oct 2007, at 13:05, Tom Higgy wrote: Hi folks, For my dad's campaigning for the local branch of a certain major political party, he has maps of local Birmingham ward