Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] GB Chapter

2010-05-09 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
. On 26 April 2010 11:09, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com wrote: Nick Black [mailto:nickbla...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 26 April 2010 6:45 PM To: Emilie Laffray

Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Paths Map Source

2010-05-12 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Couple of comments on this in addition to the responses by others. 1. The definitive information is not always on a map. For instance, local footpath rights of way can be found in text form in many libraries. Its pretty easy to then correlate the description information with a walk of a

Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Paths Map Source

2010-05-12 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Robert Whittaker (OSM Talk GB) Sent: 11 May 2010 11:43 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Paths Map Source On 11 May 2010 21:30, martyn i...@dynoyo.plus.com wrote: In Hertfordshire, East Herts publish maps that are drawn on top of an OS layer.  But for each

Re: [Talk-GB] Talk-GB Digest, Vol 44, Issue 19

2010-05-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
) 4. Re: Definitive Paths Map Source (Andy Robinson (blackadder- lists)) 5. Re: Definitive Paths Map Source (Andy Robinson (blackadder- lists)) 6. Re: Definitive Paths Map Source (James Davis) ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Ways - tagging? (was Re: Talk-GB Digest, Vol 44, Issue 19)

2010-05-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Mann [mailto:richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com] wrote: Sent: 13 May 2010 2:00 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: Ian Spencer; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Ways - tagging? (was Re: Talk-GB Digest, Vol 44, Issue 19) If you've got reasonable non

[Talk-GB] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
The next Mappa-Mercia social evening will be on Thursday July 1st in Bedworth to the north of Coventry. Mapping till 8pm and then in a local pub (venue to be confirmed. The Bedworth cake and signup table is on the wiki page [1] Hopefully we might see some of the other Coventry folks there? Peter

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
: Peter Millar [mailto:peter.mil...@yahoo.com] Sent: 07 June 2010 3:12 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb-westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth The pub and train details for Thursday 1st

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Excellent. Atherstone works for me. I'll do a cake later this evening. Andy -Original Message- From: Mary Mooney [mailto:mooney@gmail.com] Sent: 10 June 2010 12:40 PM To: Peter Millar Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Cake done and up. I also added a note to discussion page for the UK Chapter page to suggest we move that meet up and meeting to September 18th. Hopefully a few more folks will put it in the diary if that date works for everyone. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson

[Talk-GB] Reminder - Midlands social this Thursday 1st July

2010-06-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that this months Midlands social is in Bedworth (just to the north of Coventry) this Thursday 1st July. Details at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Events During the summer months we do a spot of mapping till around 8:00pm and then meet in the pub. Sign up for a cake

Re: [Talk-GB] NCN numbering

2010-07-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard, There is a slight different take on this with Sustrans, at least some I talk to. What I've been told is that national routes will remain 2 digit numbers and that new national routes will also, in theory, have a 2 digit number, though that doesn't exactly give them much scope to expand it

Re: [Talk-GB] NCN numbering

2010-07-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I think most of us are working with what's on the ground though there are sections of NCN that we ride that are poorly signed though the route is in use on the ground if you know where to go. Generally speaking you should find the routes in OSM pretty reliable, if at times disjointed. Bear in

[Talk-GB] FW: [carto-soc] Maps available (London WC2)

2010-08-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Might be worth a poke around if anyone is in the area? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: e.gasco...@lse.ac.uk [mailto:e.gasco...@lse.ac.uk] Sent: 02 August 2010 3:57 PM To: carto-...@lists.shef.ac.uk Subject: [carto-soc] Maps available (London WC2) We are updating a map room in

[Talk-GB] OSM Midlands Social 7th Oct

2010-09-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that our next midlands social is Thursday 7th October from 7:00pm at The City Tavern, Birmingham. Full details on the wiki page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] [Spam] oslVosm, OpenData Locator 2010 data and not:name

2010-10-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I also wonder if there is a step before the OS that can help consider the discrepancies. The naming authority for the streets we have conflict is the local authority so checking what the naming authority has in its database may reveal whether the problem is with miss information or incorrect

Re: [Talk-GB] Gun Location Sensors

2010-12-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Jonathan Bennett wrote: Sent: 11 December 2010 5:00 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Gun Location Sensors On 11/12/2010 16:27, Brian Prangle wrote: Here's a challenge and probably more of an ethical one than a physical one. The installation of these by west Midlands

Re: [Talk-GB] Gun Location Sensors

2010-12-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Peter Millar wrote: Sent: 12 December 2010 5:40 PM To: Jonathan Bennett Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Gun Location Sensors I don't know if this is what Birmingham is using: http://gizmodo.com/5489449/tiny-sensor-listens-for-gunshots-identifying- the-gun-and-location If so,

Re: [Talk-GB] Gun Location Sensors

2010-12-13 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Detection.Sensors.Installed.Around.City- 3845405.shtml This article says they may be disguised as vents or bird houses. http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/fs000201.pdf On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Peter Millar wrote: Sent: 12 December 2010 5:40 PM To: Jonathan

Re: [Talk-GB] invisible

2011-01-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst [mailto:rich...@systemed.net] wrote: Sent: 18 January 2011 11:09 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] invisible Chris Saunter wrote: 2) Browser based viewer using javascript - this could be a hybrid bitmap/vector renderer that annotates bitmap tiles FWIW

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids

2011-01-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Avis [mailto:e...@waniasset.com] wrote Sent: 21 January 2011 11:28 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids Chris Hill osm@... writes: The Open data that OS released last year included the Code Point Open dataset which has the location of postcode centroids.

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids

2011-01-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Lester Caine [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk]wrote: Sent: 21 January 2011 11:41 AM To: 'talk-gb OSM List' Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: One thing that is absolutely clear to me is that you can't add postcodes unless you have been around

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids

2011-01-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Lester Caine [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk] wrote: Sent: 21 January 2011 12:51 PM To: 'talk-gb OSM List' Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Lester Caine [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk]wrote: Sent: 21 January 2011 11:41 AM To: 'talk-gb OSM List' Subject

[Talk-GB] Reminder West Mids OSM social tomorrow (Thur)

2011-02-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that our next West Mids social in Birmingham is tomorrow night (Thur 3rd Feb) at The Bull. See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia for details. We had an excellent showing last month so hoping to see everyone again tomorrow, oh and I'll try to remember to turn up on time ;-)

Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping?

2011-02-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Henry Gomersall [mailto:h...@cantab.net] wrote: Sent: 10 February 2011 11:07 AM To: Peter Miller Cc: Talk GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Incorrect use of OS VectorMap District when mapping? On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 10:30 +, Peter Miller wrote: On reflection possibly we should use river-bank as that

[Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap

2011-02-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
http://blog.mappa-mercia.org/2011/02/whats-in-postcode.html Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
] Sent: 14 February 2011 9:15 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap Stunning work, Andy. I've recently been pointing people to Sutton Coldfield as an example of the standard to which we Bristolians should be aspiring. One rambling

Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Penney [mailto:l...@lorp.org] Sent: 14 February 2011 9:15 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap Stunning work, Andy. I've recently been pointing people to Sutton Coldfield as an example of the standard to which we Bristolians should

Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Avis [mailto:e...@waniasset.com] wrote: Sent: 15 February 2011 3:32 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists ajrlists@... writes: http://blog.mappa-mercia.org/2011/02/whats-in-postcode.html Great work! How can you tell when you

Re: [Talk-GB] Armchair-mapping postcodes (was: B72 is a wrap)

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Avis [mailto:e...@waniasset.com] wrote: Sent: 15 February 2011 5:24 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Armchair-mapping postcodes (was: B72 is a wrap) Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists ajrlists@... writes: Great work! How can you tell when you have every postcode

Re: [Talk-GB] Armchair-mapping postcodes (was: B72 is a wrap)

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Avis [mailto:e...@waniasset.com] wrote: Sent: 15 February 2011 5:40 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Armchair-mapping postcodes (was: B72 is a wrap) Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists ajrlists@... writes: http://www.raggedred.net/codepoint/ I see - so you can use your

Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap

2011-02-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Looks like you fixed it? Perhaps just needs to be rerendered. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Mabbett [mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk] Sent: 16 February 2011 3:50 PM To: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] B72 is a wrap On 14 February 2011 13:31, Andy Robinson

[Talk-GB] Reminder: OSM Midlands Social this thursday

2011-02-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that the next midlands social is this Thursday 3rd March from 7:00pm at The Bull, Price Street, Birmingham http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Social_Meet_Up Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Matt Williams [mailto:li...@milliams.com] wrote: Sent: 16 March 2011 7:51 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data Greetings all, For the last week I've been working on a sort of 'replacement' for the Royal Mail's postcode/address finder (you know,

[Talk-GB] West Midlands social reminder for this Thursday 7th April

2011-04-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that our next social is this Thursday 7th April from 7pm. Usual venue, The Bull, on Price Street, Birmingham http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Social_Meet_Up Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

2011-04-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
For those not aware, Christoph Böhme put together NOVAM: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NaPTAN/Novam A useful resource for checking out bus stop status in an area though I'm not sure of its current status with respect to data reliability. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Stuart

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

2011-04-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Derick, I thought Christoph had it working with the various formats of verified. Try changing the scheme (bottom right) and see if that changes anything Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Derick Rethans [mailto:o...@derickrethans.nl] Sent: 04 April 2011 10:29 AM To: Andy Robinson

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

2011-04-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
the naptan in front. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Derick Rethans [mailto:o...@derickrethans.nl] Sent: 04 April 2011 10:34 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: 'Derick Rethans'; 'Stuart Grimshaw'; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import

Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import?

2011-04-05 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Avis [mailto:e...@waniasset.com] wrote: Sent: 04 April 2011 11:08 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import? I've stopped tagging route_ref because according to the wiki the preferred way to map bus routes is as a relation. Does that reflect the

[Talk-GB] Tamworth micro map OSM Midlands social

2011-04-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
At last night's Midlands social we decided to have another attack on Tamworth as there is still much to do there. Therefore the social next month on May 5th will be in Tamworth. It would be great if we could have a big turnout and it would be fantastic to see some faces from outside our local

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Contributor Terms vs OS OpenData Licence

2011-04-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Robert Whittaker (OSM) [mailto:robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com]wrote Sent: 18 April 2011 2:13 PM To: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] OSM Contributor Terms vs OS OpenData Licence I've just declined the new OSM Contributor Terms (CTs), because I've previously made edits based on OS

Re: [Talk-GB] National Byway rendering on OpenCycleMap

2011-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
monxton [mailto:gm...@jordan-maynard.org] wrote: Sent: 19 April 2011 3:24 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] National Byway rendering on OpenCycleMap Lately I've been doing some tagging of the South-West region of the National Byway, and I'm finding it quite disappointing that

Re: [Talk-GB] National Byway rendering on OpenCycleMap

2011-04-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Thanks for response Andy. I'm with you regarding tagging the NB as ncn= for the reasons you give. Appreciate all your hard work in keeping the cyclemap up and running. It's a fantastic resource. On your note re Sustrans walking/cycling I did the same chuckle. I'm also surprised that they haven't

Re: [Talk-GB] National Byway rendering on OpenCycleMap

2011-04-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst [mailto:rich...@systemed.net] wrote: Sent: 20 April 2011 10:17 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] National Byway rendering on OpenCycleMap Andy Allan wrote: If we keep the route=bicycle I would suggest network=ncn, name = National Byway and therefore bring

Re: [Talk-GB] On footpaths

2011-05-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Peter, thanks for reminding me of the link. It's useful to get a picture of what's going on here. To add my few words on the subject matter to respond to Peter Oliver's original question Since I came up with the old way I guess I should expand on my original thinking. When considering all

Re: [Talk-GB] On footpaths

2011-05-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Adam Hoyle [mailto:adam.li...@dotankstudios.com] wrote: Sent: 04 May 2011 6:07 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] On footpaths This is a very interesting discussion. I've been walking and then adding footpaths north of High Wycombe / south of Wendover and surrounding areas

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot

2011-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Frederik, I am subspecies from the universe P281/304-II. I am a bit like a wasp, often referred to as a Yellow (High-Viz) Jacket. I annoy streets, post boxes, garden fences and hedges and anything else I can find that is floating I the ether and root it into OSM. I know nothing of imports except

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot

2011-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Frederik Ramm [mailto:frede...@remote.org] Sent: 10 June 2011 3:39 PM To: SteveC Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot Hi, SteveC wrote: Or as close to it as possible, yes. I don't care what the result is, it's

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot

2011-06-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nice work Matt Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Matt Amos [mailto:zerebub...@gmail.com] Sent: 10 June 2011 4:20 PM To: SteveC Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org; Richard Fairhurst Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:36 PM, SteveC

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData and ODbL OK

2011-07-05 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst [mailto:rich...@systemed.net] wrote: Sent: 04 July 2011 2:03 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData and ODbL OK Mike Collinson wrote: I would like to thank the Ordnance Survey for their kind consideration and the speed in which they were able to

[Talk-GB] Midlands Social on 4th Aug

2011-07-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that our next OSM midlands social is on Thur August 4th. This time at The Black Eagle, a fantastic old fashioned pub on Factory Road in Smethwick. Some of us will be doing a spot of mapping in the area before about 8pm. Details: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia The pub is

[Talk-GB] FW: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monarch's way distributed mapping party Saturday October 8th

2011-08-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Widening out to the rest of the gb list. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 22 August 2011 3:11 PM To: talk-gb-westmidla...@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monarch's way distributed mapping party Saturday October 8th

Re: [Talk-GB] FW: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monarch's way distributed mapping party Saturday October 8th

2011-08-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
distributed mapping party Saturday October 8th On 24/08/2011 13:14, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Widening out to the rest of the gb list. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com

[Talk-GB] British Antarctic Territories

2011-09-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
An unmapped area in OSM currently is the Antarctic Peninsular south of Argentina. Thanks to the National Library of Australia I have a number of mostly out of copyright (or nearly so) British Ordnance Survey Maps for the British Antarctic Territories . The full list of them can be found here:

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] British Antarctic Territories

2011-09-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Cool! Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: juliocos...@gmail.com [mailto:juliocos...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Julio Costa Zambelli Sent: 26 September 2011 1:56 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: t...@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] British

Re: [Talk-GB] Highway lanes data for GB

2011-09-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Peter Miller [mailto:peter.mil...@itoworld.com] Sent: 29 September 2011 2:33 PM To: thomas van der veen Cc: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Highway lanes data for GB .. I was interested to see how few dual carriageways there are in Norfolk

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