Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-12-24 Thread ael
map page is superb. So congratulations to everyone who has worked on it, and responded to feedback. This email was delayed by system reconfiguration ... ael ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-11-16 Thread ael
to *use* the map? Potential contributors will want to be convinced that the map is useful before being motivated to join. ael ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Advice needed for maxweight turning restriction

2013-10-14 Thread ael
on a node, that is much simpler and thus vastly superior. I hope that I have the syntax correct. Thanks for all the various suggestions. I would not have found all those corners of the wiki without this help. ael ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Advice needed for maxweight turning restriction

2013-10-13 Thread ael
vehicles can not pass in either direction which does not match the signage. ael ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Advice needed for maxweight turning restriction

2013-10-12 Thread ael
by routers? ael ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Trace upload oddity

2013-09-24 Thread ael
I have just uploaded a single trace. But I am getting the remarkable message: You have 385 traces waiting for upload. Please consider waiting for these to finish before uploading any more, so as not to block the queue for other users. Not so. 385 is the total number of traces I have ever uploaded

Re: [Talk-GB] bing image alignment

2013-09-15 Thread ael
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 08:09:49PM +0100, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 13 September 2013 19:59, ael law_ence@ntlworld.com wrote: No one has mentioned the OS gps (passive) stations: for example http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/472420260 It's rather ironic that that node carries

Re: [Talk-GB] bing image alignment

2013-09-15 Thread ael
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 02:24:31PM +0100, OpenStreetmap HADW wrote: On 13 September 2013 19:59, ael law_ence@ntlworld.com wrote: No one has mentioned the OS gps (passive) stations: for example http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/472420260 http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business

Re: [Talk-GB] bing image alignment

2013-09-15 Thread ael
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 02:24:31PM +0100, OpenStreetmap HADW wrote: On 13 September 2013 19:59, ael law_ence@ntlworld.com wrote: No one has mentioned the OS gps (passive) stations: for example http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/472420260 http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business

Re: [Talk-GB] bing image alignment

2013-09-15 Thread ael
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 02:24:31PM +0100, OpenStreetmap HADW wrote: On 13 September 2013 19:59, ael law_ence@ntlworld.com wrote: No one has mentioned the OS gps (passive) stations: for example http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/472420260 http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business

[Talk-GB] Another rendering problem in Cornwall/Devon

2013-04-27 Thread ael
I have just noticed another (mapnik?) rendering problem on the boundary between Cornwall and Devon. In fact it may be the boundary itself that is the problem: admin_level = 6 boundary = administrative left:county = Devon name = River Tamar right:county = Cornwall source =

Re: [Talk-GB] Another rendering problem in Cornwall/Devon

2013-04-27 Thread ael
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 08:34:19PM +0100, Christopher Baines wrote: On Sat, 2013-04-27 at 19:57 +0100, ael wrote: I have just noticed another (mapnik?) rendering problem on the boundary between Cornwall and Devon. In fact it may be the boundary itself that is the problem: admin_level

[Talk-GB] Rendering of a reservoir/lake in Cornwall.

2013-04-21 Thread ael
Hello, I noticed that Siblyback Lake: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.5077lon=-4.49397zoom=15layers=M is not rendering properly (in Mapnik, at least). I emailed the last user to modify the area, and he said that he had tried to fix it without success: it was already broken. I confess that

Re: [Talk-GB] Rendering of a reservoir/lake in Cornwall.

2013-04-21 Thread ael
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:53:46PM +, John Baker wrote: I deleted that relation 2759916 seems to be a dup of 2759917 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/2759917which was/is the same and has more details and they were created on the same date. Renders ok now. Thanks for all the

[Talk-GB] Missing/blank tiles

2013-01-04 Thread ael
Some tiles on an area that I recently edited seem to be blank? Example: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.45764lon=-4.45504zoom=17layers=M I guess this is because of the hardware failure reported at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Platform_Status ? ael

Re: [Talk-GB] Temporary road closures

2012-07-12 Thread ael
, then it can be useful even if the closure is only for a week. ael ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] OSM use around Nailsworth

2012-06-28 Thread ael
, so the attribution looks ok to me. Am I right? ael ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Licence change - one month to go

2012-03-06 Thread ael
might be able to gps survey some of them if traces are missing. Time (and petrol - I am cautious about cycling on narrow lanes with high banks) permitting. ael ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

[Talk-GB] OS grid positions

2011-05-09 Thread ael
reference to a good approximation to (lat,long) isn't *that* difficult, surely? My Garmin does it a less than a ms or so with very low computing power. Or am I being naive? ael ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] Quiet lanes and one car per minute

2011-01-21 Thread ael
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 01:58:43PM +, Craig Loftus wrote: I like the idea. And although I like the simplicity, I think it might be worth somehow taking account for seasonable variability. There a number of Agreed. In Cornwall, for example, roads that are very quiet for most of the year

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging fruiterers' yards

2010-10-17 Thread ael
adding that to shop=trade trade=fruiterer perhaps? See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dtrade which you might extend if you think this is the right approach. ael ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] Map layer with OS Locator comparison from ITO - handling already-tagged fixmes

2010-07-15 Thread ael
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 06:14:42PM +, Ed Avis wrote: ael law_ence@... writes: And I would take a dim view of anyone removing names that I have entered from gps and photos unless there was a very good reason. A different name in the Ordnance Survey maps is such a very good reason

Re: [Talk-GB] Map layer with OS Locator comparison from ITO - handling already-tagged fixmes

2010-07-14 Thread ael
from gps and photos unless there was a very good reason. ael ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] building shapes from OS Street View

2010-05-25 Thread ael
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 06:24:25PM +0100, Roy Jamison wrote: I have tried using the JOSM plugin to trace buildings but can't get it to work, it keeps coming up with a problem with the child process. Is Same here: see http://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/5068 ael

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