Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Lug Radio Live - How about a mapping party??

2009-10-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Andy -Original Message- From: Christoph Böhme [mailto:christ...@b3e.net] Sent: 18 October 2009 10:24 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Lug Radio Live - How about a mapping party?? Hi, have any plans been

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham/Solihull 1:25, 000 Out Of Copyright mapping now available

2009-10-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
). We still need sheets for Coventry for instance. I'll sponsor the sheet to the NE of Birmingham that has Sutton on it. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Christoph Böhme [mailto:christ...@b3e.net] Sent: 18 October 2009 10:22 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] More 1:25k sheets uploaded

2009-10-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Three more sheets uploaded today. Still haven't had the quote from David Archer Maps on the rest yet. All the sheets we needed are now sponsored. Thanks to everyone for that. http://ooc.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=10lat=52.52958lon=-2.03042layers=00B0 I think JOSM still won't work with the z15 and

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham/Solihull 1:25, 000 Out Of Copyright mapping now available

2009-10-21 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Year to be scanned and uploaded. Not long to wait now though. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 20 October 2009 8:28 AM To: 'Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)'; talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Wolverhampton this weekend - LUGRadio Live and OGGCamp

2009-10-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A roundup of plans for this weekend in Wolverhampton. I will be at LUGRadio [1] live all day Saturday. Speaking about OSM at 3pm but plan to do some mapping during the morning as a method of producing an informal map of the venue. If you want to help me/meet up give me a call and I'll come out.

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-transit] Updating the NaPTAN busstops in Birmingham

2009-11-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Cheers Christoph, Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Christoph Böhme Sent: 23 November 2009 1:19 PM To: Public transport/transit/shared taxi related topics Cc:

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Power Lines

2009-11-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
User tms13 has been adding a lot of features from the 1:25k mapping, power lines for example, without checking they still exist on the ground. I've sent the user a note but wanted to give the group the heads up as they will all need verifying. To save someone adding them again if they are deleted

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] monthly get together

2009-12-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Yes, I'll be there and I think Brian is too. For latest and greatest on meet-ups its usually a good idea to check on mappa-mercia page of the wiki. See you Thursday. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Digbeth Coach station

2009-12-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Cool :-) And RichardF tells me that the A46/M40 new junction layout is due to open today. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@googlemail.com] Sent: 14 December 2009 2:56 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Aston uni residence towers coming down

2009-12-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Stafford, Dalton and Lawrence residence towers (each 20 stories) on the Aston uni campus are being demolished next year. A tour is being organised to visit them in Feb before they are felled. I'll try and go as I spent my first year in Stafford and my final year in Lawrence. It's a pity that the

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Happy New Year

2010-01-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Happy New Year folks. Lets hope 2010 is as great a year for OSM in the midlands as they have been to date. See you all on the 7th. Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Coverage as at end 2009

2010-01-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed, btw, the Wolverhampton N/W 1:25k sheet is now out of copyright. I'll get that uploaded soon. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Ed Loach Sent: 04 January 2010

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder. Midlands Social in Birmingham. 7pm Thursday 7th Jan

2010-01-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that the first meeting of the New Year for the midlands OSMers is this Thursday evening from 7pm at the City Tavern in Birmingham. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia For those who have not been before, normally half a dozen folks turn up each month. It would be great to

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
mappers to participate in updating the map? Andrew On 14 Jan 2010, at 17:31, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: That would be the plan. It's still fresh in everyone's minds right now so I suspect the newspapers would pick up on it if we got it done in the next few days and that’s a real

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Brian Prangle wrote: Sent: 14 January 2010 6:06 PM To: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham Looks like Christoph will be doing lots of re-rendering! As a by product I've discovered that lots of the primary/trunk roads which were

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Some contradiction for some sections between wards. Where its different priorities in adjacent wards. It will probably emerge logically once we have it all set and then we can post a query to BCC to clarify what's actually what. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes in Birmingham

2010-01-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
You might do another update later today if you have a moment. I’ve already added a lot more over lunch and a bit more to go before I stop. At this rate we should be done by later this evening ;-) Great work everyone. Lets keep the momentum going Cheers Andy -Original Message- From:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting map

2010-01-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Looking great. I popped out at lunchtime and picked up some of the grit bins in Sutton Coldfield. The places to look at pretty obvious; at the top, bottom or middle of hills that are not on a gritting route and outside schools that are not on a gritting route. Cheers Andy -Original

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

2010-01-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
rich...@systemed.net Andy Robinson wrote: Most councils publish their gritting route data, many on their websites. Some time back I asked BCC if we could make use of their list and received a positive response. Its public information after all so I suspect

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] City centre buildings

2010-01-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Russ wrote: Sent: 26 January 2010 9:54 PM To: Peter Millar Cc: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] City centre buildings On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 13:45 -0800, Peter Millar wrote: I think Delete it and replace it with the building shape would be the right

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: BCC corrections to gritting routes

2010-02-05 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Great work Brian and all. I increased the size of permissible mail to this list to 100KB as this post was caught by the 40KB limit. There are some (some diehard mailing list aficionados) who disapprove of attachments being sent to mailing lists. Unless I receive complaints I shall let any that

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] BBC Midlands today - Gritting routes

2010-02-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 18 February 2010 2:08 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org; t...@mappa-mercia.org Subject: BBC Midlands today - Gritting routes Yay, the BBC have picked up on the gritting routes. Their science

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham Social (reminder)

2010-02-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that you are very welcome to join the OSM social evening in Birmingham next Thursday, 4th March. Venue is the City Tavern, Bishopsgate Street, off Broad Street, Birmingham (near Five Ways). We meet from 7pm, normally in the back room. The pub does curry and a pint for under a fiver

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hi from Kidderminster

2010-02-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Welcome Gavin, Kiderminster is pretty much a blank canvas at the moment and I don't think it has any existing mappers other than those who have passed through and added the main thoroughfares. It's a place we could help get kick stared and give you a little support, and focus for what time you

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday Social

2010-03-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
It is indeed Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Gavin Clark Sent: 04 March 2010 5:26 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands OSM Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday Social Is

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster/Bewdley Mapping Party (SatMap) on Saturday 17th April 2010

2010-03-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Mappa Mercia team is organising a mapping party in Kidderminster on Saturday 17th April to support new OSM user there. Add your name to the wiki if you will be coming. More details to follow. http://is.gd/9GHqU Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster

2010-03-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Hi Mary, Great you will be coming along to Kidderminster. Happy to take you over. I'll need to take my car because of the bike (room for more on the roof too, that's bikes of course not people! ;-) ) You popping along to the social on Thursday? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] M42, J6

2010-03-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Oh, I also noted we seem to have rather a lot of tertiary roads in Hampton. Old Station Road doesn't look to be tertiary for me. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 29 March 2010 9:49 AM To: 'Brian Prangle'; 'Ed

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] M42, J6

2010-03-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Loach [mailto:e...@loach.me.uk] wrote: Sent: 29 March 2010 9:58 AM To: 'Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)'; 'Brian Prangle' Cc: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] M42, J6 Andy wrote: It's an odd configuration. The A45 goes over the M42

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Open Postal Addresses

2010-03-31 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
...@bethere.co.uk] Sent: 31 March 2010 5:54 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Open Postal Addresses Even so, parts of Sutton Coldfield have good coverage ;-) Andrew On 31 Mar 2010, at 17:45, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Separation of sources

2010-04-06 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Martin - CycleStreets wrote: I agree in an ideal world, ground-surveys done from first principles will be preferable. But the fact is that there remain areas of the country that routing. Wolverhampton and Newcastle for instance are places which we certainly would love to see become usable for

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster this saturday - meeting place?

2010-04-12 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
. Some real ale would be bonus. If you want to bag a slice of cake now then drop your name onto the wiki. Suggest we leave at least slice 10 for Gavin unless he shouts for other areas. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster this saturday - meeting place?

2010-04-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
going to be a fantastic day out. I might even be tempted to ride down for afternoon tea by the Severn at Bewdley before the day is out :-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 12 April 2010 10:20 PM To: Talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] WM Hack Day

2010-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Awesome. Can this be broadcast to talk-gb yet? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Mackenzie Sent: 19 April 2010 12:35 PM To: Christoph Böhme Cc:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] WM Hack Day

2010-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
been invite only and that ensures that something gets done. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Christoph Böhme [mailto:christ...@b3e.net] Sent: 19 April 2010 4:11 PM To: Andrew Mackenzie Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Kidderminster

2010-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Brian, Mine are done. It was a great day, one of the best I have had in a long while, which suggests I should get away from Walsall mapping a bit more ;-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-

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

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Replying to myself here. Northampton would be another location option. Its on the London Midland line which has some cheap fares. It's also a very very unloved town. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@googlemail.com] Sent: 26 April

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus Routes

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Brian, click click http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bus_Routes_in_West_Midlands/Route_Refs Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- westmidlands-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Brian Prangle Sent:

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

2010-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Black [mailto:nickbla...@gmail.com] wrote: Sent: 26 April 2010 6:45 PM To: Emilie Laffray Cc: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists); talk-gb OSM List (E-mail); talk-gb- westmidla...@openstreetmap.org; Richard Fairhurst Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] GB Chapter I would be super keen on Charlbury

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] 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-westmidlands] Etrex Legend HCx

2010-09-09 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Few pointers for you: 1. Make sure the tracklog is set for time and recording at 1sec interval 2. In Setup, select Map and then change the screen to the Map Setup - tracks page. Set the Track Points value to 10001. This will make sure you can see the full 3 hours ish of 1 sec points on the

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postcodes

2011-01-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com] Sent: 17 January 2011 6:26 PM To: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Postcodes If anyone needs a postcode extract for their area (from OS CodePoint) then let me have the bbox of the area you

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: Recommendations for cheap GPS for data-logging

2011-01-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Chris, Welcome :-) No experience with a logger of that type personally but as long as you get a logged point every 1 second then it's as good as anything else we use. Having said that there isn't quite so much need for GPS logging anymore due to the availability of BING aerial imagery for

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder West Mids OSM social tomorrow (Thur)

2011-02-03 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Chaps, might not be able to make it in now. Have gone down with a bug so will have to see how I am later on. If I don't see you hope you have a fun evening. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 February 2011 9:26 AM To: Andy Robinson

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hello! I'm Phil.

2011-02-14 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Welcome Phil, look forward to meeting you. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Philip John [mailto:p...@philipjohn.co.uk] Sent: 14 February 2011 2:46 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hello! I'm Phil. Hi :) I've just joined - I'm Phil from

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Nominatim searches in Brum

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Doing some Brum searches with nominatim has revealed that we have some issues with place= conflicts. We have a mixture of suburb, town, village and hamlet nodes in Birmingham and the West Mids generally and sometimes this leads to unexpected results, like roads in Sutton Coldfield being in Castle

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] 1:25k OS OOC mapping for Stafford and Cannock areas

2011-02-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I've added a few more OS 1:25k OOC maps in the north of our region, Stafford specifically: http://ooc.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=15lat=52.80764lon=-2.11929layers=000B0 The low zoom tiles will catch up at some point. To use this layer when editing see:

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] 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-westmidlands mailing list

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Licence change

2011-04-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
West Mids mappers... If you haven't logged into your OSM account or done any editing recently you may be unaware of the forthcoming proposed licence change for OSM. A major part of that process is to sign up to new contributor terms. If you have not logged into OSM recently could you please do

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder - RE: Tamworth micro map OSM Midlands social

2011-05-03 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Reminder that the next midlands social (including micro map for those that wish) is this Thursday in Tamworth. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Social_Meet_Up Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 April

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Distinctly Black Country

2011-05-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Richard Fairhurst pointed out this website today. They have a launch which may be of interest to folks: http://distinctlyblackcountry.org.uk/launch/ Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] June social

2011-05-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Folks, we don't have a location planned for the next social on June 2nd. Anyone wish to suggest somewhere? Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday meet

2011-07-05 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
You mean Harborne I hope Mike ;-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Mike Duffy [mailto:mdbg02...@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 05 July 2011 11:10 PM To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thursday meet Anyone going to Halesowen on Thursday evening?

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] 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

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Tomorrow Night

2011-08-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I'm guessing that mostly he's been adding bits of the Black Country Urban Forest (though its hardly a forest!) http://www.dudley.gov.uk/environment-planning/countryside/trees/black-countr y-urban-forest-millennium-program/ See you later. Not sure what I'll be mapping yet, but I'm sure I can find

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] October Monarchs Way event

2011-08-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Not the 1st Oct for me as it's the Cycle Show at the NEC. 8th would be my preference though could also do the 15th. I don't recommend beyond that as we hit the school half term on the 22nd. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 August

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: [Talk-GB] Routing and other problems west of Uttoxeter

2011-08-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
-Original Message- From: Paul Williams [mailto:pjwde...@googlemail.com] Sent: 08 August 2011 11:47 AM To: talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Routing and other problems west of Uttoxeter I've found that there is still a big problem with unconnected roads in the area west

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Road Improvements

2011-08-25 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Awesome work Brian, What's with the one-way invisible Burnt Tree Island though ;-) For those that wish to inspect: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.44476lon=-1.93657zoom=16layers=M and http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.513407lon=-2.06317zoom=18layers=M Cheers Andy -Original

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Albert Street

2011-09-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
While going into the city on the train last evening I spotted that Albert street and parts of the roads that connect to it (Fox Street, Grosvenor Street, Bartholomew Stree) have been closed off while the do redevelopment work I guess in the two plots of land straddling Albert Street. I didn't get

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] RSPB Middleton Lakes mis-tagged

2011-09-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Its tompople again. He's tracing from Streetview or 1:25k adding mostly streams and other water features etc. I've just had to fix a few of the pools/lakes around there that have been broken. He needs to be checking with BING as well and ideally not mess with anything that's already present.

Re: [Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] GeoBase nodes import

2008-12-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Doesn't get my vote. If it's a feature already why would we want to have to recreate it manually. Also by just importing nodes how can we visually/easily tell what nodes relate to what feature, especially if features overlap or cross. I can understand the difficulty in adding new data into

Re: [Talk-ca] [Osmf-talk] [Talk-de] EVERYONE: PLEASE VOTE

2009-08-27 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Gehling Marc wrote: Sent: 20 August 2009 9:54 AM To: Openstreetmap allgemeines in Deutsch Cc: osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org; Talk-CA OpenStreetMap Subject: Re: [Osmf-talk] [Talk-de] EVERYONE: PLEASE VOTE Hello, Am 20.08.2009 um 09:37 schrieb SteveC: come to your German-only German SOTM your

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Unsurfaced road and Byway?

2007-12-17 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Mike Collinson wrote: Sent: 16 December 2007 4:37 PM To: Abigail Brady Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Unsurfaced road and Byway? At 05:23 PM 16/12/2007, Abigail Brady wrote: On Dec 16, 2007 2:38 PM, Mike Collinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Unsurfaced road and Byway?

2007-12-17 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
David Earl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sent: 17 December 2007 11:09 AM To: Frederik Ramm Cc: Andy Robinson ((blackadder)); talk-gb@openstreetmap.org; 'Abigail Brady' Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Unsurfaced road and Byway? On 17/12/2007 10:51, Frederik Ramm wrote: Andy R., Andy

[Talk-GB] FW: [Wolves] LIST

2008-01-15 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
fyi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Willmer Sent: 15 January 2008 12:24 PM To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Wolves] LIST Wolverhampton Linux User Group Start: 16/01/2008 - 7:30pm End: 16/01/2008 - 11:00pm Timezone:

[Talk-GB] 1st Birmingham Mico Mapping Event - Inside the Ringroad

2008-01-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
When: Sunday 3rd February - Morning Where: Meet at the Café Vite in the ICC Mall at 9:00am To Map What: Complete the area around Brindleyplace and wrap up the Jewellery Quarter. No GPS required (but bring if you have). Afterwards: Lunch in one of the local pubs. If you are

Re: [Talk-GB] Wolverhampton

2008-01-31 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Copied from Wolves LUG mailing list:- David Morley wrote: 1 Sorry I couldn't be there I'd been looking forward to it :( 2 How did it go? Appears to have gone well. Turnout of 8, which I'm told is a good number. 4 groups of 2. Most current rendering is available here:

Re: [Talk-GB] London progress and unnamed roads

2008-01-31 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
SteveC wrote: Sent: 31 January 2008 4:04 PM To: Dave Stubbs Cc: Talk GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] London progress and unnamed roads On 31 Jan 2008, at 16:02, Dave Stubbs wrote: I was aiming more for a map of what's really there, rather than a map of what's not there. The tracing people haven't

[Talk-GB] OSM Team for the London to Brighton Bike Ride. Sun 15 Jun 2008. Sign up now

2008-02-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Join your fellow OSMers in the saddle to promote OpenStreetMap and raise funds for the British Heart Foundation. More on the wiki at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/London_to_Brighton_Bike_Ride Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Mappers in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset

2008-02-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Sounds like you might consider arranging a mapping party. I bet there would be plenty of takers for a trip to Cornwall on a warm weekend. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:talk-gb- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Peat Sent: 04 February 2008 9:24 AM To:

[Talk-GB] London to Brighton Bike Ride - registration reminder!

2008-02-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
A reminder that if you are thinking of joining the OSM team entering the London to Brighton Bike Ride on June 15th you need to get your entry form in ASAP. Places go really quickly so don't dither if you plan to joint the fun. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/London_to_Brighton_Bike_Ride

Re: [Talk-GB] London to Brighton Bike Ride - registration

2008-03-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Gregory Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sent: 01 March 2008 8:24 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder); talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE: [Talk-GB] London to Brighton Bike Ride - registration Excellent idea, thanks for that. The height profile they give out on the day is very

[Talk-GB] Potlatch/JOSM workshop Wed 19th March

2008-03-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Potlatch/JOSM workshop. 20:00 - Wed 19th March - Sutton Coldfield I will be hosting a one hour workshop for those that could use some help with editing using Potlatch and JOSM. Richard Fairhurst will cover Potlatch and I will cover separately JOSM. Bring your laptop if you have one. It's aimed

[Talk-GB] A590 - Lake District

2008-04-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
My Civil Engineering Beano tells me that the A590 bypass around High and Low Newton at http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=54.23456 http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=54.23456lon=-2.91936zoom=15layers=B0FT lon=-2.91936zoom=15layers=B0FT is due to open on Tuesday. Perhaps someone in the Lakes

[Talk-GB] When is a B road still a B road?

2008-04-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
I'm sure others will have come across this issue. In Birmingham, many of the roads that appear as secondary in the out of copyright mapping (NPE/1:25000 scales specifically) no longer appear on the ground. The road signs no longer favour the number but instead favour the named direction of the

Re: [Talk-GB] Idiot in area of Kielder Water

2008-04-30 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Richard Fairhurst wrote: Sent: 30 April 2008 11:11 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Idiot in area of Kielder Water http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=55.4258lon=-2.6179zoom=12 I assume this is the better link?

Re: [Talk-GB] Help with Dissertation on Open Street Map

2008-05-01 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Angela, Welcome :-) My suggestion would be to join one of the mapping party events running around the UK. Several are already planned and there will be another half dozen announced shortly running throughout the year in different locations. You can find links/details of these in the calendar on

[Talk-GB] FW: [CARTO-SoC] 'Mapping London' - Royal Geographical Society

2008-05-06 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
Maybe one or two from London would like to attend and spread the OSM word. Note that pre-booking places is required for non RGS-IBG members. Entry is free though. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David McNeill Sent: 06 May

[Talk-GB] GPS handheld prices dropping considerably

2008-05-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I've noted a significant downward trend in the price of Garmin eTrex units over the last couple of months. For instance, you can now pick up a Garmin eTrex Legend HCx, which has the newer high sensitivity receiver and can display OSM mapping (using mkgmap) for £140 including a 2GB micro SD card.

[Talk-GB] Birmingham social evening (and micro mapping). Tues 24th June

2008-06-11 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
All are invited to a social evening (with a little bit of micro mapping for those interested beforehand) on Tuesday 24th June in Birmingham city centre. Will be meeting at Pennyblacks at the Mailbox in the centre of the city. Micro mapping from 7, pub socialising from 8. Please put it in your

Re: [Talk-GB] North Wales Mapping

2008-06-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A North Wales trip to knock off some of the Snowdonia footpaths and features has been on my to-do list for some time so depending upon timing I might be up for this. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:talk-gb- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John McKerrell

Re: [Talk-GB] MSc Dissertation on OSM

2008-06-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Angela, Well really you should read and understand the project wiki, especially the links from the front page at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org as this will explain most of your basic questions. Feel free then to ask more specific questions on specific matters once you have a better feel. I would

Re: [Talk-GB] LugRadio Live UK 2008

2008-06-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
If anyone going is able to help out on the OSM exhibit please get in touch. It would be great to have a few knowledgeable OSM'ers on hand to show people how the system works. While we won't have access to the live db at the event we can give participants a flavour of how it all works and I expect

Re: [Talk-GB] LugRadio Live UK 2008

2008-06-20 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
: Jonathan Bennett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 June 2008 12:29 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] LugRadio Live UK 2008 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: While we won't have access to the live db at the event Andy, Do you have enough

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans

2008-06-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Andy Allan wrote: Sent: 23 June 2008 6:16 PM To: Russ Phillips Cc: OSM GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans There's a few Sustran's volunteer Rangers within the OSM community, myself included. We've tried various approaches to them with very little success. They seem to like having sucky maps on

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans

2008-06-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Russ Phillips Sent: 23 June 2008 9:40 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans From: Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans A quiet revolution, with OSM showing how we might be better than what they have now seems

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-dev] Google Map Maker

2008-06-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Sjors Provoost wrote: Sent: 24 June 2008 8:32 AM To: Openstreetmap Dev list Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] Google Map Maker On 23 Jun 2008, at 23:33, SteveC wrote: http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=307 Google Want to be TeleAtlas Google have launched MapMaker, a kind of faux OpenStreetMap where they

[Talk-GB] reminder - Birmingham social and micro map this evening, Tue 24th June

2008-06-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Just a reminder that we have a social evening in the centre of Birmingham tonight for all those interested in meeting up. A little mapping in the locality beforehand is also on offer for those interested. More on the wiki at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OSM_Midlands%2C_UK_User_Group

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans

2008-06-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Russ Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Sent: 24 June 2008 1:57 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE: [Talk-GB] Sustrans Quoting Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So, my belief is that in realty recruiting sustrans people

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans

2008-06-24 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Russ Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sent: 24 June 2008 2:22 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: RE: [Talk-GB] Sustrans Quoting Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Please don't be put of by any apparent negativity

[Talk-GB] FW: Manchester Evening News

2008-07-03 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Anyone with a geocaching bent wish to respond? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Simon J. Donohue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 July 2008 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Manchester Evening News I'm a feature writer with the Manchester Evening News and

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

2008-07-16 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
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. I'm doing a talk on OSM and we will have a bit of an OSM exhibit both days to try and convert the remaining heathen to the cause. After

[Talk-GB] FW: Southwark Park Road and Blue, SE16

2008-07-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Anyone willing and able to help out with this? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Helen Vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 July 2008 3:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Southwark Park Road and Blue, SE16 Hello, I work for an organisation called Carbon Descent based in

Re: [Talk-GB] Wales mapping action

2008-09-08 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Black wrote: Sent: 08 September 2008 9:33 AM To: Talk GB Subject: [Talk-GB] Wales mapping action Hello, Its only a few days until the eagerly anticipated Welsh mapping weekend. I don't know about you guys, but my preparations are well underway - pumping bike tyres, charging batteries... I

[Talk-GB] Reminder - Invite to Bradford Mapping Party, 27 28 September

2008-09-19 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that the Cloud Made sponsored mapping party in Bradford is just a week away, running over the weekend of 27 28 September. It's open to all and we would really like to have you along. Mapping parties are a great way to explore somewhere new and have a great time. The social side is

[Talk-GB] Birmingham social this evening

2008-10-02 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
An invitation to all to join me from 7:00pm this evening at The Old Contemptibles, 176 Edmund Street, Birmingham (Alongside Snow Hill Station - sorry If I said Moor Street previoualy!) for some gentle OSM banter and discussion on the now nearly complete map of Birmingham. Cheers Andy

Re: [Talk-GB] URGENT: potential stand at Linux Expo Live

2008-10-17 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I can't help at all those days so I hope others can fill the gap? Would be great if some of the London folks could perk up to this one. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:talk-gb- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SteveC Sent: 16 October 2008 6:45 PM To: Talk GB

[Talk-GB] Reminder - Manchester Mapping Weekend - 25/26 Oct

2008-10-18 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
A reminder that the Manchester Mapping Party is less than a week away. Its great to see so many already signed up, but we can certainly do with some more if we want to go off cake and trump the great success in Bradford last month. All are welcome, experienced mappers and those wanting to try it

[Talk-GB] Calling all Yahoo! tracers. Manchester, UK needs you before Saturday!

2008-10-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Hi mappers :-) Do you have an hour to spare before Saturday? Would you like to be part of the Manchester Mapping Party [1] but can't get there this weekend? If so then it would be really cool if you could do a little tracing in Manchester to help some new users try out this mapping thing.

Re: [Talk-GB] BETT education tradeshow

2008-10-28 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I'll also bring this up in AOB at our OSMF meeting later Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:talk-gb- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of OJ W Sent: 28 October 2008 12:55 PM To: Talk GB Subject: [Talk-GB] BETT education tradeshow At LinuxExpo, OpenForumEurope

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