Re: [Talk-GB] How to reference SotM?

2013-11-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
reference the videos of the presentations? -- 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] Fixing tag error

2013-10-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
Over the last few days, I've tagged a number of local (wider West Midlands) artworks (many newly mapped) with: artist:name instead of: artist_name Can someone remind me of the method of fixing these en mass, please? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mystery artwork, Newtown, Birmingham

2013-10-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
Anyone know anything about this artwork: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/2499952738 it's not in any of my books. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-GB] Relation for group of listed buildings

2013-10-05 Thread Andy Mabbett
I've just created this relation: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/3247604 for a terrace of listed houses. How could I have done that better? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-10-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
/Template:OSD_coordinates to contain the four corner and central coordinates. That makes it easier to programmatically extract them. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-09-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 28 September 2013 21:24, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: Corner coordinates are now displaying, allowing these to be aligned adjusted to fit. Have fun! Would it e possible for someone to stitch all these into one layer for ooc.openstreetmap.org ? -- Andy Mabbett

Re: [Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-09-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
interesting to do with them! I imagine someone from the OpenHistoryMap team will be along shortly... -- 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] National speed limit changes

2013-09-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 26 September 2013 12:59, Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: Vehicles to which other limits apply are usually driven by professionals I'd wager that far more cars-towing-caravans are driven by amateurs than professionals. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-GB] Blog post about Hampshire RoW open data

2013-09-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
, which might encourage further data releases. -- 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] Acesss behind houses in North Birmingham

2013-09-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
lanes either side of Perry Wood Road. Clearly the tagging is inconsistent. I'm not precious about it, so should they be re-tagged (how?), removed, or what? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Don't tell Brian...

2013-09-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
...but I just added some Birmingham houses he'd missed! http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17874700 ;-) -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Library of Birmingham

2013-08-30 Thread Andy Mabbett
is mapped, but not tagged. How should we do that? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-GB] Phone numbers in little England

2013-08-22 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 22 August 2013 10:49, Andy Street m...@andystreet.me.uk wrote: +1 for converting to international format I wonder if there's any benefit in converting to the tel: URI 01protocol: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3966 (see also http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5341 ) -- Andy Mabbett

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Brum A38 tunnel closures

2013-07-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
Someone on Twitter commented it probably needs that closed label on the St Chads bit as well. I'm travelling, and on my mobile, so can't check or assist. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Jul 19, 2013 7:56 AM, Brian Prangle br...@mappa-mercia.org wrote: Hi

Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help?

2013-07-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
The Welsh government is much better in its approach to open licensing content than the UK's. I have Wikipedia contacts who talk to the former at the highest level, if an introduction is needed. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Jul 13, 2013 7:15 PM, Barnett, Phillip

[Talk-GB] BBC News - Google Map Maker edit tools extended to cover the UK

2013-04-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
No mention of OSM in this piece: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22099960 ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] BBC News - Google Map Maker edit tools extended to cover the UK

2013-04-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
in the past putting out press releases :-) Tom On 11 April 2013 10:39, Kevin Peat k...@k3v.eu mailto:k...@k3v.eu wrote: On 11 April 2013 08:12, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.**org.uk a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: No mention of OSM

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Railway bridge numbers

2013-04-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
planners yet another...). Are these various code schemes documented anywhere? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Railway bridge numbers

2013-04-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 9 April 2013 15:30, Craig Wallace craig...@fastmail.fm wrote: On 2013-04-09 14:39, Andy Mabbett wrote: All railway bridges (over- and under-) in the UK have a unique number. often carried on a metal (more recently plastic) identification plate, or painted on: That ref=B4124 is presumably

[Talk-GB] Railway bridge numbers

2013-04-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
for discussion. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] operator = bcc

2013-01-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
We seem to have a number of tags, in Birmingham, with a value of operator = bcc. Would it be possible, and sensible, to have these changed to operator = Birmingham City Council? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] operator = bcc

2013-01-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 18 January 2013 21:59, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 January 2013 11:03, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: We seem to have a number of tags, in Birmingham, with a value of operator = bcc. Would it be possible, and sensible, to have these changed

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting map Dudley

2013-01-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia/gritting says The gritting routes map was last updated on 3rd December, 2010 at 10am Is that really the most recent update? Are we due another? We have no routes showing for Dudley, though we have the data; is that mapped, yet? -- Andy Mabbett

[Talk-GB] Pronunciation of place names

2013-01-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
My friend Terence Eden has some interesting comments on documenting the pronunciation of place names, in this blog post: http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2013/01/its-pronounced-reading/ on which I've added a comment. Can we solve the problem of how to do this, in OSM? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing

[Talk-GB] Winchester painted bollards

2012-12-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
accurate, and unfortunately, I neglected to log their positions. Could someone in the area survey and add them to the map, please? They can be tagged as public artworks. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk

[Talk-GB] Teaching OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia editing, Tupperware Party style

2012-11-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
I've just blogged: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/teaching-openstreetmap-wikipedia-editing-tupperware-party/ [Note cross-post] -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Holte School

2012-11-05 Thread Andy Mabbett
? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: Re: Birmingham Connected royalty free mapping

2012-11-05 Thread Andy Mabbett
Forwarding to list, sorry. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk -- Forwarded message -- From: Andy Mabbett pigsotw...@gmail.com Date: Nov 6, 2012 12:39 AM Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham Connected royalty free mapping To: stuart lester stules

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] London Road Cemetery, Coventry

2012-10-30 Thread Andy Mabbett
bigfatfrog67 (you?) begun. Seems quite well now :) Next step, not that far away : London road allotments ? http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.39421lon=-1.48697zoom=17layers=M cheers 2012/10/21 Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk If any Coventry mappers fancy a project of manageable size

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] London Road Cemetery, Coventry

2012-10-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
If any Coventry mappers fancy a project of manageable size, the historic London Road Cemetery: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Road_Cemetery lacks detail (paths, buildings, major monuments). -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Talk-GB] Garmin eTrex 30 - just reduced on amazon

2012-10-05 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 5 October 2012 10:34, Peter Rounce pe...@rounce.me.uk wrote: today.. Garmin eTrex 30 Outdoor Handheld GPS Unit £157.49 If anyone on this list buys one, maybe they could write a review, pointing out that people can use it to contribute to OpenStreetMap, the free map... -- Andy Mabbett

[Talk-GB] Gritting updates

2012-10-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
Has anyone found (or looked for) any updates to last winter's gritting routes? Do we need to chase up the local authorities concerned? Do we need a new render? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] West Bromwich town centre remodelling

2012-10-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
Various features of West Bromwich town centre are being changed or moved: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2012/10/01/west-bromwich-town-centre-revamp-starts/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Memorial unveiled for three men killed in Birmingham riots

2012-09-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
Would someone like to map this, in in Smethwick's Victoria Park: http://www.itv.com/news/central/2012-09-28/memorial-unveiled-for-three-men-killed-in-birmingham-riots/ ? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Work opportunity: render interactive maps

2012-09-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
A contact, Daniel Cremin, is looking for someone to produce interactive web maps based on OSM data, displaying details of certain local organisations. If you do this kind of work, please feel free to contact him on i...@civicolive.com or @CivicoDaniel -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http

Re: [Talk-GB] Resgistered places of worship (inc UIDs, postcodes)

2012-09-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
/news/2011/places-of-worship-in-england-and-wales-1999-2009/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Places and postcodes -- nodes/areas?

2012-09-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
postcode districts, so perhaps someone should tell them that ;-) There's more on the subject, at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_codes_in_the_United_Kingdom -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-09-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
address-postcode pairs; for example NHS pharmacies, GP surgeries and dentists; police stations; schools; licenced premises (alcohol, gambling, sex shops) restaurants and takeaways assessed for health issues; listed buildings; etc. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Talk-GB] Find My Nearest Cash Machine

2012-08-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
into OSM a couple of years ago, -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping Field Boundaries

2012-08-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 19 August 2012 18:59, Dudley Ibbett dudleyibb...@hotmail.com wrote: condition is also something that will change with time. In that case, it might also be worth adding condition:date= -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Wikipedia: cataloguing public art

2012-08-07 Thread Andy Mabbett
to add objects, upload photos and, as the work progresses, use the pages as check-lists for OSM entries, and as a source for Wikipedia, material, date and artist tags in OSM. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Wikipedia: cataloguing public art

2012-08-07 Thread Andy Mabbett
to add objects, upload photos and, as the work progresses, use the pages as check-lists for OSM entries, and as a source for Wikipedia, material, date and artist tags in OSM. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] (Olympics) Gold postbox map - credits missing? add to metadata on tagged postboxes?

2012-08-07 Thread Andy Mabbett
? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: Social Meeting this Thursday 2nd Aug

2012-08-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] railway:historic = rail tags

2012-07-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
not the last) the railway can be reinstated and trains resume running. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham Faith Map

2012-06-30 Thread Andy Mabbett
I worked at BCC was that this data set should be made openly available, and added to OSM, rather than a separate site being set up, at a five-figure cost. Ho hum. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] National Memorial Arboretum this Saturday

2012-06-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Memorial_Arboretum I'm sure you'll find it fascinating place to visit. You my also like to note the adjacent River Tame/ Trent confluence. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] National Memorial Arboretum this Saturday

2012-06-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Memorial_Arboretum I'm sure you'll find it fascinating place to visit. You my also like to note the adjacent River Tame/ Trent confluence. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping murals mosaics

2012-06-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 6 June 2012 17:12, Tom Chance t...@acrewoods.net wrote: On 4 June 2012 15:28, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: The nice folk at OpenPlaques have drawn my attention to the London Mural Preservation Society's map:   http://londonmuralpreservationsociety.com/ which uses OSM

[Talk-GB] Mapping murals mosaics

2012-06-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
the 'artwork' tag, and could use, say, artwork=mural. Thoughts? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Walsall-ish

2012-05-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-GB] Anyone else had GPS problems today?

2012-04-12 Thread Andy Mabbett
with not much sky visible - I got a good signal! Nick ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-GB] Tagging roads with metadata about the people they're named after

2012-04-11 Thread Andy Mabbett
My comment on this blog post, about a proposal to build a database of people whom roads are named after, may be of interest: http://janetedavis.posterous.com/gendered-uk-street-maps -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Island House

2012-03-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
The much-talked about Island House, in Birmingham's Eastside, is now, controversially, demolished, and someone has tagged it 'building:demolished=yes'. Is that correct? Or should it be building=demolished, or some other tag? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Talk-GB] People wanting to remove the route of the HS2 from openstreetmap

2012-03-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
members unless you are certain who they are… dealing with disputes is not what this group is for. My irony detector has just melted. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Grit map featured in local gov social media case study

2012-03-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
Our work on the grit map is featured in: http://static.bdo.uk.com/assets/documents/2012/03/BDO_Local_Government_Team_-_Updating_your_status_social_media_report.pdf (where I'm credited in a footnote as co-founder of MappaMercia; that's not a claim I made). -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing

[Talk-GB] Fwd: Event reminder - ON LOCATION: Organizing and using geospatial information

2012-03-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
FYI... -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk -- Forwarded message -- From: Bob Bater bba...@knowplexity.com Date: Mar 8, 2012 7:36 PM Subject: Event reminder - ON LOCATION: Organizing and using geospatial information To: dc-architect...@jiscmail.ac.uk

[Talk-GB] Turner's Island, Hickling Broad, Norfolk

2012-01-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
. I'd like to add it to the map and include its coordinates in the Wikipedia article. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] FOI request for Birmingham Interconnect

2012-01-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
-- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-GB] Mapping Monmouth and working with Monmouthpedia

2012-01-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
and would be good to also get any and all commemorative (blue) plaques in Monmouth photographed and onto OpenPlaques: http://openplaques.org/places/gb/areas/monmouth and in our map. Do we have any Monmouth mappers who would like to be involved? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Embedding the gritting (or another special) map

2011-12-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
A friend and hyperlocal blogger has asked how to embed the gritting map on his blog. I've seen http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Deploying_your_own_Slippy_Map, but that seems to be for generic OSM; what about the gritting map, or allotments, or the booze map? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/1517032398 and tagged it: real_beer = draught; bottles shop = alcohol but it's not rendering. It also sells bottled real cider and perry, BTW. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
gone with real_ale, which is a more common term as far as I am aware. Not all beers are ales. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
is feeling. Fair point, but there's a difference between real stuff in bottles and real stuff on draught. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Elan Aqueduct - visible features not rendering

2011-11-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 17 November 2011 16:06, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Andy Mabbett [mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk] wrote: Sent: 17 November 2011 13:22 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Elan Aqueduct - visible features not rendering Visible parts of the Elan Aqueduct

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] The Belfry

2011-11-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
this, there are three separate golf courses - The Brabazon, The PGA National and The Derby - on the site; there is no actual course called The Belfry, that's the name of both the whole complex, and the central hotel. I can certainly recommend the hotel's Sunday carvery ;-) -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Commemorative trees

2011-11-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
I've started a discussion on tagging commemorative trees, which may be relevant for our work on memorials, at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:natural%3Dtree#Commemorative_trees -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-GB] Commemorative trees

2011-11-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
I've started a discussion on tagging commemorative trees, which may be relevant for our work on memorials, at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:natural%3Dtree#Commemorative_trees -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
wine spirit purveyors. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
(specialist) off-licences, distilleries, wineries or vineyards, yet? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 17 November 2011 21:48, Graham Jones grahamjones...@gmail.com wrote: Well, someone has been busy - last time I looked there was one distillery mapped now we have: 22 distilleries 1 winery 0 cider or perry As I head up to bed, I have one word to say to you all: mead. -- Andy

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Microbreweries in Birmingham?

2011-11-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
I'm mistaken. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Sandwell Gritting routes

2011-11-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
for the rendering engine to catch up?  Andy Mabbett - I think we just assume that everyone realises that the motorways get gritted - if you start adding them where do you finish? the UK motorway network is huge! Other major routes also gritted by the HA?  Do you want to volunteer? ;-). Andy R  - I think your

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
/wiki/tag:wikipedia In general, please add any suggestions for other tags to be used to the wiki page and I will try to get them all before I re-import the database. Already done. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 14 November 2011 16:20, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 14 November 2011 13:32, Graham Jones grahamjones...@gmail.com wrote: Several old breweries have Wikipedia articles; it would be good, please, if you could include those links, where present, in your pop-up

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
Real Ale Breweries available on the Internet. which should be a useful resource. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-11-07 Thread Andy Mabbett
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Re: [Talk-GB] How to tag marine lights on posts

2011-11-07 Thread Andy Mabbett
reefs as islands; I've now added reef as well. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Sandwell Gritting Routes

2011-11-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
Possibly - perhaps one doing the inside and one the outside lanes? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Nov 5, 2011 10:18 PM, Mike Duffy mdbg02...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Decided to try my hand at gritting routes, picked route 3. Everything going(more or less smoothly

[Talk-GB] Tagging references to web-enabled databases (war memorials others)

2011-11-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
the full URL; UKNIWM_URL = http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2049 or the unique ID part: UKNIWM_ID = 2049 and why? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Allotments, open data OpenStreetMap

2011-10-31 Thread Andy Mabbett
- I'm now wondering whether that would have been useful also? Also not the short BCC URL - http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/walsall-road-allotments - which, sadly, only exist for those I mapped while working at BCC. I did request that they complete the set after I left, but no joy. -- Andy Mabbett

[Talk-GB] Blog post: Why we need an open-source geocoding alternative to Google (discusses Nominatim)

2011-10-31 Thread Andy Mabbett
Someone better qualified than I might like to comment on the OSM section of: http://petewarden.typepad.com/searchbrowser/2011/10/what-can-you-use-for-geocoding-instead-of-google-maps.html -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-10-30 Thread Andy Mabbett
Jon Bounds (@bounder on Twitter) used OSM to render a map of all the pubs in Birmingham - nothing else, just the pub names. There were obvious gaps in Bournville and Edgbaston. It was shown in an art exhibition he curated, at the newly re-opened MAC. Prints were also available to buy. -- Andy

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-10-30 Thread Andy Mabbett
gaps in Bournville and Edgbaston. It was shown in an art exhibition he curated, at the newly re-opened MAC. Prints were also available to buy. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Drinking Map of UK

2011-10-30 Thread Andy Mabbett
make it a proper drinkers' map and include all the highland distilleries, the one or two vineyards in the South and what do you call places where they make cider/perry? Yes! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Anotehr n development: Gerge Road, Edrington

2011-10-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
I noticed at the weekend (but was driving with passengers, so couldn't stop), that the former MEB site on George Road, Erdington: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.51533lon=-1.86205zoom=16layers=M has been developed and now contains new side-roads with residential premises. -- Andy

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Feedback on first unassisted changes

2011-10-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
and as this is the first time I've performed any edits I'd appreciate any feedback you have (if you have time to look over them). Looks good to me. If I'm on the right track I have a couple of GPS traces to add on too. JFDI! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Talk-GB] New datasets being released by the DfT

2011-10-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
that, and thankfully we won't need to unpick the GML that it comes in! UIDs, anyone? NLPG? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Anotehr n development: Gerge Road, Edrington

2011-10-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
and holes in the ground at the far end. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Anotehr n development: Gerge Road, Edrington

2011-10-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 25 October 2011 17:57, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 25 October 2011 17:10, Nick Verdegem digital.dia...@gmail.com wrote: I work in George Road and as such go past every weekday. Sorry, I thought the new development had been done - I'll pop out and get some traces later

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Locomotive on a plinth

2011-10-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
Can anyone suggest a better way to tag this locomotive, on a plinth? http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/1479037681 (I'm currently researching its origin and ID). -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hockley Brook: relation

2011-10-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
with the Tame at Spaghetti Junction, so if anyone knows its route west of what I've done so far, please feel free to chip in. I've also made a relation for it; the first time I've ever done one, so please feel free to make constructive criticism. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hockley Brook: relation

2011-10-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
(rendered)section works just as well OK, that's gone. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockley_Brook which I just created. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-GB] How to tag Police Memorial Trust (and similar) memorials

2011-10-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
=memorial http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:historic%3Dmemorial is silent on these matters. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New public square in Kings Heath

2011-10-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
/Local-News/208217-A-maze-ing-New-Kings-Heath-square-overflows-with-symbolic-public-art I /think/ the location is:   http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.43275lon=-1.89347zoom=17layers=M is anyone local, and able to survey it? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Sandwell gritting routes

2011-10-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
At last! http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/downloads/download/1046/gritting_routes -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Sandwell gritting routes

2011-10-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
set up so other people can assist and identify routes to add. Regards Brian On 17 October 2011 10:35, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: At last!   http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/downloads/download/1046/gritting_routes -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Sandwell gritting routes

2011-10-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
@SandwellCouncil now say The maps include our priority one and priority two roads - but we treat them the same, so don't separate them on our maps! On 17 October 2011 11:10, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Turns out (ongoing conversation on Twitter) that these maps

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