On 3/3/2012 8:24 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote:
We don't have zero-point markers in the USA, either, at least not from my
experience. However, the highway departments seem to be referring to some point in or
near the center of the cities, judging from the distances shown.
Sometimes it's to the
On 3/6/2012 8:53 AM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
On 3/3/2012 9:04 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
Sometimes it's to the center (usually the courthouse or city hall?)
and sometimes to the city limits. The only zero point I know of
(that's not intended for only one road) is the Zero Milestone in
mick bare...@tpg.com.au wrote:
My original interest was if there was a specific point that said 'this
is Sometown', where distances to adjacent towns were measured from,
similar to the Australian convention where the Zero Point was set along
the roadside, at the Post Office which was
Am 03.03.2012 15:15, schrieb John F. Eldredge:
Here in the USA, highways commonly have signs stating the distance to
the next major town. Are such distance signs no longer used in Australia?
In Germany these signs exist, but the distances refer to different
locations.
The sign located at the
On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:15:00 -0600
John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote:
mick bare...@tpg.com.au wrote:
My original interest was if there was a specific point that said 'this
is Sometown', where distances to adjacent towns were measured from,
similar to the Australian convention
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 1:15 AM, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote:
Here in the USA, highways commonly have signs stating the distance to the
next major town. Are such distance signs no longer used in Australia?
Yes - usually abbreviated to just one or two letters, eg MB 40 might
mean
Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 1:15 AM, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com
wrote:
Here in the USA, highways commonly have signs stating the distance
to the next major town. Are such distance signs no longer used in
Australia?
Yes - usually abbreviated
I have found some interesting stuff whilst playing with routing on
http://open.mapquest.org (which uses OSM). Have found that it cannot
route to Shrewsbury.
Have found that the town waypoint has been put in the middle of a retail
area, with pedestrianised streets around. Am guessing it is
On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:16:18 +
Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote:
I have found some interesting stuff whilst playing with routing on
http://open.mapquest.org (which uses OSM). Have found that it cannot
route to Shrewsbury.
Have found that the town waypoint has been put in the
mick bare...@tpg.com.au wrote:
On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:16:18 +
Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote:
I have found some interesting stuff whilst playing with routing on
http://open.mapquest.org (which uses OSM). Have found that it cannot
route to Shrewsbury.
Have found that
On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:14:47 -0600
John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote:
mick bare...@tpg.com.au wrote:
On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:16:18 +
Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote:
I have found some interesting stuff whilst playing with routing on
http://open.mapquest.org
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 09:15:34AM +1000, mick wrote:
That make a lot of sense to me, the church has been the focal point of the
village since Saxon times while the Post Office didn't appear until the 19th?
century.
Except there are cases where the village moved and but the church didn't.
We're kinda proud of the fact that the government doesn't bother with such
things as defining the centre of the town (or seasons). It's just one of
those things that makes us different from ze French.
So the place tag will be wherever people feel like (usually the nearest
open space to the centre
London distances are, I believe, measured from Marble Arch.
Phil
On 24/02/2012 8:23 Richard Mann wrote:
We're kinda proud of the fact that the government doesn't bother with such
things as defining the centre of the town (or seasons). It's just one of those
things that makes us different
On 24/02/12 08:42, p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote:
London distances are, I believe, measured from Marble Arch.
I always understood it to be Charing Cross and wikipedia seems to agree:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charing_cross#Official_use_as_central_point
That is the only one that I know in
kenneth gonsalves wrote:
Can some one advise me of the official policy for locating the centre
of towns in the UK, i.e. the spot on the map for a point representing
the town and used as the Zero Point for measuring distances to other
towns.
in India it is usually the head post office.
The logical centre and the geometrical centre aren't necessarily
anywhere near each other --- for example, what is generally thought of
as the city centre of Cambridge UK is some way west of the crossing
point between the lines between the northmost and southmost, and
westmost and eastmost, points
On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 09:20 +, Lester Caine wrote:
kenneth gonsalves wrote:
Can some one advise me of the official policy for locating the
centre
of towns in the UK, i.e. the spot on the map for a point
representing
the town and used as the Zero Point for measuring distances to
I don't know if any UK towns use an addressing grid. Locally, when the
grid zero point lies within the downtown area, I've used this (e.g. the
intersection of Orange and Central in Orlando).
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communal feature of the hamlet for instance. Of course this could just be a
be cartographic approach taken by the OS.
Cheers
Andy
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There is no grid system for UK towns, however where the main post office is or
was is a reasonable approach to positioning the town centre.
In terms of villages the church is usually the best.
On 24/02/2012 11:39 Nathan Edgars II wrote:
I don't know if any UK towns use an addressing grid.
Philip Barnes wrote:
in an unknown village if you want to find the pub, head for the church.
Or in a cathedral city...:
http://www.imbibit.co.uk/
(shame it's a Google map, though)
cheers
Richard
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Richard Fairhurst wrote:
(shame it's a Google map, though)
Indeed. According to Google someone has knocked down Derby cathedral
and rebuilt it across the road.
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Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote:
kenneth gonsalves wrote:
Can some one advise me of the official policy for locating the centre
of towns in the UK, i.e. the spot on the map for a point representing
the town and used as the Zero Point for
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:45:06 +
p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote:
There is no grid system for UK towns, however where the main post office is
or was is a reasonable approach to positioning the town centre.
In terms of villages the church is usually the best.
That make a lot of sense to me,
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:31:31 -
Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote:
If you refer to old OS maps the location of the place name seems most often
to be positioned in relation to certain specific features. Where there is a
parish church they seem to use that, where not its often the post
I hope this isn't off-topic, if so I apologise.
Can some one advise me of the official policy for locating the centre of towns
in the UK, i.e. the spot on the map for a point representing the town and used
as the Zero Point for measuring distances to other towns.
In Australia this was taken as
On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 11:14 +1000, mick wrote:
Can some one advise me of the official policy for locating the centre
of towns in the UK, i.e. the spot on the map for a point representing
the town and used as the Zero Point for measuring distances to other
towns.
in India it is usually the
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