Re: [OSM-talk] Editor problems ...

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
. My copy of JOSM is not loading at the moment, can someone please simply revert http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17471395 or me and I'll put the other fixes back in again. An explination on what has gone on would also help? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Editor problems ...

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
Tom Hughes wrote: On 23/08/13 20:57, Lester Caine wrote: Potlatch 2 WAS selected as the personal default yesterday as opposed to the the 'default P2' which has now changed to 'default id' and to which my account had been switched today! Our personal choices should not have been changed when

Re: [OSM-talk] Editor problems ...

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: My last change set http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17471395 has messed up http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/83270098 ! The only change I made to the site outline was to tidy the right hand diagonal boundary against the new imagery where two new buildings

Re: [OSM-talk] Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
then 'road' just seems too grand a title for a track. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
of the time that an element is selected to move! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow

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

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
did not have as posh a ring, but I of cause though it has a duff number and the Police became involved. SO lets stick to numbers ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-22 Thread Lester Caine
entertainment? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

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

2013-08-22 Thread Lester Caine
-codes.org.uk/formatting.php Personally I still think of 0207 as Inner London and 0208 as Outer London, but moving the 7/8 as part of the exchange sort of makes sense these days. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic

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

2013-08-22 Thread Lester Caine
London :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-22 Thread Lester Caine
room may be tagged as 'licensed for weddings' or just receptions ... where do you stop :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-21 Thread Lester Caine
want to move the whole way especially when you can't see the ends? To me the default should just be moving the node? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-21 Thread Lester Caine
of the world. An alternative to Facebook might be nice, but we probably have to live with the forums that work in other areas of the world. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-21 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: I've given it another try, but the style sheet is definitely not to my liking when working on data around here. I prefer the cleaner style of P2. http://lsces.co.uk/fisheye/view.php?gallery_id=78 to try and explain what I'm talking about ... This was the best contrast I

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-20 Thread Lester Caine
and that would be an improvement ... with the nice coloured icons ... it makes picking up a group of similar node flags a lot easier! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-20 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: NO ... I'm not finding this an improvement ... P2 has it's faults, but at least it IS usable for the quick editing. Id needs you to know a lot more already to be able to add the sort of simple stuff a novice user will be looking at first :( Add the P2 menus in place

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-20 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: people seem to think that all these nice new wizbangs are progress such as that informationless curved pallet Me again ... *NOW* I'm getting icons on the curved pallet! That was blank while I was playing earlier ... did I just happen to hit something to enable them? Only

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-19 Thread Lester Caine
for an 'expert' switch to disable them selectively, but that would be something I'd probably leave off. Often the warning is a prompt to cross check what one is doing. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Making iD the default editor on osm.org

2013-08-16 Thread Lester Caine
and how they affect 'old timers'. One gets used to a way of working and when something changes. On other projects we do at least get a crib sheet on how do do things 'the new way' and -that- needs to be addressed before changing the default. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Foursquare superusers encouraged to directly edit OSM

2013-08-02 Thread Lester Caine
editor at the right location, where they can join OSM and make updates They are being signed up directly to OSM ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Foursquare superusers encouraged to directly edit OSM

2013-08-02 Thread Lester Caine
be already available data? What am I missing here :) All of the searches I've pulled up appear in the base map. Foursquare are the sort of third party use that dovetails in nicely - not that I actually use it ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki

Re: [OSM-talk] Foursquare superusers encouraged to directly edit OSM

2013-08-02 Thread Lester Caine
for the third party links. If we promote this process with the likes of foursquare, then the primary POI will be clean OSM data? It does not matter where in the world you are ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine

Re: [OSM-talk] Foursquare superusers encouraged to directly edit OSM

2013-08-02 Thread Lester Caine
data into the UK would hit a substantial number of existing locations? In other countries this may not be the case and may be worth the exercise if more detailed material is not otherwise available? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page

Re: [OSM-talk] comments on new map widget on main page

2013-07-29 Thread Lester Caine
'colourstrap' to get full colour icons back on a project that has decided that 'bootstrap' is the bees knees. Those black icons do grate next to a nice full colour map :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services

Re: [OSM-talk] comments on new map widget on main page

2013-07-29 Thread Lester Caine
? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [OSM-talk] comments on new map widget on main page

2013-07-29 Thread Lester Caine
AJ Ashton wrote: On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: The point I was trying to make is the fact that when one is supplied a link one often does not know where in the world it is, especially the encrypted ones. I asked

Re: [OSM-talk] comments on new map widget on main page

2013-07-29 Thread Lester Caine
hash will address both of these concerns. Please try it out: http://hash.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/ That works reasonably well for me I'm used to seeing that sort of info from the hover over links on the bottom of the browser, so having it stable is probably an improvement. -- Lester

Re: [OSM-talk] Working toward a vision for OSM

2013-07-24 Thread Lester Caine
, and that would link in with promoting data capture beyond the 'English speaking' core? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital

Re: [OSM-talk] Build your own osm.org (was Re: New technology ...)

2013-07-23 Thread Lester Caine
that takes a valuable resource to sort out ... time ... and it would be nice if those who made the changes and understand how to do so passed it on so we can change it back if we want? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine

Re: [OSM-talk] New technology ...

2013-07-22 Thread Lester Caine
is looking at the problem as a whole? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital

Re: [OSM-talk] Double-clicking on OSM map does not centre the map

2013-07-22 Thread Lester Caine
is a preference nowadays, not a 'you will do it this way choice', and adding 'you can use right click' when many users don't have a mouse just compounds the problem? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services

Re: [OSM-talk] New technology ...

2013-07-22 Thread Lester Caine
, and better publication of the alternatives would seem sensible. Perhaps we ACTUALLY need a map style selector on the front page rather than a single link to a particular map tool? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine

Re: [OSM-talk] New technology ...

2013-07-22 Thread Lester Caine
for location pages and then switching to a router for directions - now the two are so different that I need to rethink! That is the problem that this latest change has brought about, and I was unaware it was about to happen :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Build your own osm.org (was Re: New technology ...)

2013-07-22 Thread Lester Caine
, but will not even display properly on the android tablet, which is why I was back with yours ... there was a nicely functional suite of tools ... today some of the cross working is different ... and I'd missed that originally when the new style appeared! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Build your own osm.org (was Re: New technology ...)

2013-07-22 Thread Lester Caine
an alternative which matches! Perhaps I do have to switch back to Google :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital

Re: [OSM-talk] Build your own osm.org (was Re: New technology ...)

2013-07-22 Thread Lester Caine
Yohan Boniface wrote: On 07/22/2013 04:37 PM, Lester Caine wrote: I've just had a 'complaint' from a web hosting customer who has spotted the 'new' style and was confused as he was used to simply clicking on the scale bar for a quick zoom in. Again holding 'shift' down does not work on his

Re: [OSM-talk] Double-clicking on OSM map does not centre the map

2013-07-22 Thread Lester Caine
be helpful to be able to see when changes do cause problems and if it's a change in the code or some external library? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

[OSM-talk] New technology ...

2013-07-21 Thread Lester Caine
say 'here is a tool - but you should never use it!' And discussion on a more open platform would also be appreciated rather than on development platforms that we do not subscribe to because we use different development tools! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact

Re: [OSM-talk] New technology ...

2013-07-21 Thread Lester Caine
that gives SAFE directions on UK motorways! This was the whole reason for my closer investigation. Tom On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: With the arrival of a 'new' set of controls, and the discussion on front page, I feel

Re: [OSM-talk] New technology ... Routing instructions

2013-07-21 Thread Lester Caine
advantages and disadvantages ... as well as quite regularly different routes for the same journey. Which is why I'm looking into running my own engine which I can tailor to my preferred 'short cuts' ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page

Re: [OSM-talk] New technology ...

2013-07-21 Thread Lester Caine
things that I'm naturally used to when there is no need to FORCE me to change - just put an option to select in! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Upgraded map controls

2013-07-20 Thread Lester Caine
missed that this was even being discussed so you are not alone! And there's no attribution. It would be nice since the other tile layers have attribution that the osm sourced tiles had a similar tag if only to educate users! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http

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

2013-07-14 Thread Lester Caine
of the bartholomew half inch series but even the ones already available are a start. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers

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

2013-07-14 Thread Lester Caine
looking to the evolution of areas over time. http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/index.php?page=Bartholomew+Cloth Thanks, Rob p.s. We should be able to get this view added to JOSM and other editors with ease if it is not already there. Yes I've been using a number of historic layers already. -- Lester

Re: [OSM-talk] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-13 Thread Lester Caine
. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-12 Thread Lester Caine
for the map direct and keep wiki.openstreetmap.org as the documentation front page. http://switch2osm.org/ is actually a cleaner front end at the moment? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

[Talk-GB] Help with postgres

2013-07-10 Thread Lester Caine
thought should be used, and which has worked in all the previous steps running osm2pgsql. Can anybody kick me in the right direction to fix this? I've got osrm routing running on the machine so something has set up properly. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http

Re: [Talk-GB] Help with postgres

2013-07-10 Thread Lester Caine
#Authentication_failure kicked in, but 'psql gis' gets me in and I can play with the data, just generate_tiles.py is giving the FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user root error On 10 Jul 2013, at 08:43, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: I've been working through all the disjointed

Re: [Talk-GB] Help with postgres

2013-07-10 Thread Lester Caine
Lester Caine wrote: Not helping :( Panic over! Just needed to re-read the http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapnik#Authentication_failure note ... I'd missed that the xml file was generated without a -user setting ;) Up to level 9 already ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [Talk-GB] Help with postgres

2013-07-10 Thread Lester Caine
Tom Hughes wrote: On 10/07/13 09:24, Lester Caine wrote: Not helping :( I used http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/PostGIS/Installation#openSUSE_11.2 to set up, and http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapnik#Authentication_failure kicked in, but 'psql gis' gets me in and I can play with the data

[Talk-GB] bbox coordinates

2013-07-10 Thread Lester Caine
Anybody got an 'optimal' bbox setting for the UK and Ireland including the Scottish Isles. I'm running (-14.5, 49, 3, 61) but I'm sure that the -14.5 is overkill? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services

Re: [OSM-talk] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-09 Thread Lester Caine
. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-09 Thread Lester Caine
to opengastromap.de to get proper restaurant information (unfortunately Germany only) It just is less userfriendly than having it all on one site. But a local 'portal' which provides all your locally enhanced feeds could get around that problem? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [OSM-talk] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-09 Thread Lester Caine
, better integrating osm.org with third party sites) rather than building our very own corporate behemoth? The short version of what I said -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

[OSM-talk] Todo List

2013-07-09 Thread Lester Caine
to ensure that the various routing options do have the best data to provide 'safe' information? There are a couple of other items on the todo list, but I have the material to work on them :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact

Re: [OSM-talk] Todo List

2013-07-09 Thread Lester Caine
the problem is simply one of identifying who is making the mistakes? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Using OpenStreetMap on a daily basis

2013-07-09 Thread Lester Caine
where in the world you are, especially if working from a random link. I think I am looking for a 'location' box which also lists local websites and other versions of the database? I'd include a link to an appropriate routing site as part of the box. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

[Talk-GB] First pass at cross reference to UK tile sources.

2013-07-09 Thread Lester Caine
covering the Isle of Man on it's own. The old maps need a little tweek to align them better with OSM, and then these views can be added to the timeline. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [Talk-GB] BBC article on volunteers mapping hillforts

2013-07-08 Thread Lester Caine
exactly to support this type of data ;) But it looks a little empty at presnet :( http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/ -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [Talk-GB] BBC article on volunteers mapping hillforts

2013-07-08 Thread Lester Caine
still to be resolved is how to link between current data which may have 'start_date' relevant to a search, and data which has expired from the current map ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [Talk-GB] Ongoing routing developments

2013-06-27 Thread Lester Caine
running the tomtom which correctly reports the lane to be using. Next step on my part is to see if I can get Locus to select a private OSRM server in place of the default one. I have my local server working and I can get at some of the elements, but need to be able to use it live. -- Lester

Re: [OSM-talk] iD Editor live on OpenStreetMap

2013-05-16 Thread Lester Caine
to identify IF 'X' should be adopted as a default? That discussion should take place here? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers

Re: [OSM-talk] iD Editor live on OpenStreetMap

2013-05-14 Thread Lester Caine
the pressure to change for spurious reasons without having OPEN projects like OSM making the same demands :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] iD Editor live on OpenStreetMap

2013-05-14 Thread Lester Caine
Kevin Peat wrote: On 14 May 2013 13:36, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: And some of us find the conditions G$ put on chrome is a reason NOT to have anything to do with it. It's bad enough the pressure to change for spurious reasons without having

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic=rail

2013-05-13 Thread Lester Caine
, but it is available information. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [Talk-GB] railway:historic=rail

2013-05-13 Thread Lester Caine
.3Dabandoned.__2Fdismantled.3F http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Railways#railway:historic.3Dxxx_or_former:railway.3Dxxx_in_place_of_railway.3Dabandoned.2Fdismantled.3F -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic

Re: [OSM-talk] iD Editor live on OpenStreetMap

2013-05-12 Thread Lester Caine
way around a new editor when one is used to the idiosyncrasies of the existing one is just going to mean I don't bother pushing quick fixes at all ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [Talk-GB] Mass edits of landuse /natural tags

2013-04-26 Thread Lester Caine
all these EXTRA tags are unnecessary if the base standard is followed properly. I should not have to look at secondary tags to find that an area is not actually 'landuse', but rather 'natural'. You should be able to identify managed and unmanaged areas from the main tag! -- Lester Caine

Re: [Talk-GB] Mass edits of landuse /natural tags

2013-04-25 Thread Lester Caine
but in reality the distinction IS important even if it's use is not being applied properly. So what checks are you making that there is not such a distinction between the areas that you arbitrarily changing? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki

Re: [Talk-GB] Taginfo Golf Tags

2013-04-24 Thread Lester Caine
as in your example ( both links are the same ) ... I'd prefer to see one of the tee to hole tracks which is a little easier to view, that is if it's rendered ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services

Re: [Talk-GB] Taginfo Golf Tags

2013-04-24 Thread Lester Caine
for the base map. I'm not a golfer - but I can see the advantage of hints when new to a course. I've copied to list as I think this is part of the general discussion to get an approved tagging page. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page

Re: [Talk-GB] Taginfo Golf Tags

2013-04-23 Thread Lester Caine
on the wiki page are not particularly easy to work with, and I like to be able to 'edit' the demo area to see the things that are not displayed. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk

Re: [Talk-GB] Aerial Photographs

2013-04-05 Thread Lester Caine
storage solution while things are discussed further. But ideally this needs to be stored in a 'library' location? Or do the photographs need to be stored once scanned and indexed? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine

Re: [Talk-GB] Highways Leading to Farms and single residential properties in rural areas

2013-03-12 Thread Lester Caine
not normally have it's drive shown, but where it may have public access to walk down, 'track' seems less formal? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Takedown notices

2013-02-05 Thread Lester Caine
? I suppose in reality that the raw data is something that is difficult to check, but I'm a little surprised there has not been more activity relating to the wiki. Perhaps it's a sign that all users are being responsible. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http

[OSM-talk] Takedown notices

2013-02-04 Thread Lester Caine
that the OSMF does ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Takedown notices

2013-02-04 Thread Lester Caine
Simon Poole wrote: Am 04.02.2013 10:21, schrieb Lester Caine: OK - there is an 'official procedure' for dealing with copyright infringement documented on http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Takedown_procedure through which even 'Cease and Desist' should be handled? It is normal practice

Re: [OSM-talk] Fwd: Re: Recent edits in the wiki / Trademark issue

2013-02-01 Thread Lester Caine
in any other discussion? Certainly there is nothing that needs money spending on it ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers

Re: [Talk-GB] Anyone famiiar with Hay-on-Wye?

2013-01-06 Thread Lester Caine
the town to the river. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [Talk-GB] Added road schemes announced in the Autumn Statement in OSM

2012-12-12 Thread Lester Caine
of the comparison tools when looking at differences between versions of a file or changeset. But it would be nice to see a graphical 'diff' between version of object history in OSM ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic

Re: [Talk-GB] Added road schemes announced in the Autumn Statement in OSM

2012-12-11 Thread Lester Caine
of years since I last went. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media

Re: [Talk-GB] Added road schemes announced in the Autumn Statement in OSM

2012-12-10 Thread Lester Caine
the right time for any 'new' development to appear is when the diggers move in and start work. At that point it becomes useful to see what is going on from existing routes? Anything else is just 'speculation'. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki

Re: [OSM-talk] What to call OSM data?

2012-11-26 Thread Lester Caine
Richard Fairhurst wrote: Kate Chapman wrote: Does anyone have suggestions or a preference? OpenStreetMap says it all. As in Hi. We're OpenStreetMap. You may have heard of us. I'd second that ... does not need any more -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http

Re: [OSM-talk] fences, trees and houses

2012-11-22 Thread Lester Caine
, but the available tags are currently providing that quite well. My own fine detail work is looking similar to yours ... http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.04891lon=-1.85708zoom=17layers=M -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine

[Talk-GB] Problem with missing links on road

2012-11-14 Thread Lester Caine
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.04697lon=-1.857193zoom=18layers=C has a gap between the Leamington Road and the roundabout. These exist on the other views and I can't see anything wrong. Any thoughts on why they are missing on the cycle and transport map views? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [Talk-GB] Problem with missing links on road

2012-11-14 Thread Lester Caine
' stuff does make sense at times but probably not here where the one-way bit is probably enough. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model

Re: [OSM-talk] Data copied from Google Maps

2012-11-06 Thread Lester Caine
images anyway but Google still returns those years after they ceased to exist. We can then provide up to date data but we are not allowed to say 'Wrong on Streetview'? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic

Re: [OSM-talk] Data copied from Google Maps

2012-11-06 Thread Lester Caine
we are talking about comes under the same banner ... end of story. If we can't freely use public domain information why are we bothering recording it? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Data copied from Google Maps

2012-11-06 Thread Lester Caine
back into that! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http

Re: [OSM-talk] Data copied from Google Maps

2012-11-05 Thread Lester Caine
not their property as they have copied it from other peoples sites anyway? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital

Re: [OSM-talk] Data copied from Google Maps

2012-11-05 Thread Lester Caine
that information in another website might well make us liable for prosecution, where Google just ignore the problem? I'll carry on looking at Streetview and filling in bits on OSM that Streetview misses anyway :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page

Re: [OSM-talk] Data copied from Google Maps

2012-11-05 Thread Lester Caine
Floris Looijesteijn wrote: On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: Sorry, but in this case how the would they know if someone had cross checked something against Streetview? There is NO need to make any mention

Re: [OSM-talk] Data copied from Google Maps

2012-11-05 Thread Lester Caine
Floris Looijesteijn wrote: On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: Only if they can prove that anonymous activity on one is directly related to some identified activity on the other at an unrelated time ... I am sure a court

Re: [OSM-talk] Data copied from Google Maps

2012-11-05 Thread Lester Caine
at the moment ... There is an 'Easter Egg' list somewhere isn't there? The important point here is I do NOT use information viewed on Streetview if it is my ONLY source! I DO use it to establish any discrepancies ... I am looking for the Easter Eggs :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL

Re: [Talk-GB] Office of National Statistics data

2012-11-04 Thread Lester Caine
datasets that should be made openly available. I haven't had a reply to my own request re the NSG and NLPG stuff, but presumably there were a substantial number of requests for the same data! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact

Re: [Talk-GB] FW: Office of National Statistics data

2012-11-01 Thread Lester Caine
? Until there are actual targets, anything in the general area can be useful. SO listing 'exact match' then any possible secondary hits is a good starting point? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services

Re: [Talk-GB] FW: Office of National Statistics data

2012-10-31 Thread Lester Caine
source. What gets a little confusing is that the results will only contain the full postcode if it's been added to an address, otherwise you may get results from several postcodes in highly populated areas. Once the data is transferred to addresses, only those addresses appear. -- Lester Caine

Re: [Talk-GB] Stiles (and gates) on roads

2012-10-10 Thread Lester Caine
be placed the right physical distance from any road that they link to with the correct link to the main way. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com

Re: [OSM-talk] All you've ever wanted to know about the french cadastre

2012-09-30 Thread Lester Caine
? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk

Re: [OSM-talk] All you've ever wanted to know about the french cadastre

2012-09-30 Thread Lester Caine
as intended, but on the whole I don't think the data does anything to improve OSM :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital

Re: [OSM-talk] About attribution to authors

2012-09-29 Thread Lester Caine
and produce a static DB of contributors from than (see Pascal Neis hdyc service) it would be a bit more tricky to keep it up date automatically but completely doable if you want to undertake the effort, more power to you. And half an hour latter the basis for that is on line - Thanks Ilya -- Lester Caine

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