[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hacks and Hackers

2015-09-29 Thread stuart lester
hello, Paul Bradshaw who organises the hacks and hackers meet up wondered if either any OSMers fancy attending the next one or look at developing and OSM themed one. I shall be along at the next meeting at the bull so can discuss further when I have more details about a date and what hacks and

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Future planned works

2014-12-21 Thread Stuart Lester
As regards the paradise and other schemes like pinch point funding there are some rough timelines on this web site http://localview.birmingham.gov.uk/bham_connected/index.html I cannot say how up to date they will keep it as developers schedules slip, etc. Let me know if you need more info.

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Road lengths in Great Britain: 2013 - Publications - GOV.UK

2014-06-10 Thread stuart lester
Not sure how helpful this is, it's OGL https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-lengths-in-great-britain-2013 ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Talk-gb-westmidlands Digest, Vol 65, Issue 4

2014-03-13 Thread stuart lester
I shall try and find out about a map from the City Council. There must be one somewhere. Stuart On 12 Mar 2014 12:01, talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Send Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list submissions to talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org To subscribe or

[Talk-us] Congratulation on State of the Map US

2013-06-11 Thread stuart lester
It looked a fantastic event, would have loved to have got over there for it. In terms of the organisers, who is best to contact fro swapping some experiences to help out us in the UK who are organising this year's international SOTM conference? I guess Bonnie at MapBox is pretty much the go to

[Talk-GB] OSM volunteer to participate in panel discussion

2013-06-07 Thread stuart lester
Hello, I have had a request from Ian Holt of Ordnance Survey to see if anyone involved with OSM would like to sit on this panel: We have a Mobile Monday London event themed around location on the 24th June. Would you or someone you could suggest from OSM be able/willing to attend to sit on a

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Location analysis

2013-05-08 Thread stuart lester
For info I was made aware of this Location planning event in Birmingham on 21st May: http://www.thesla.org/2013/03/public-sector-event-21st-may-2013/ I may not be able to attend - I wondered if anyone could and may be able to tap up some groups for attending and/or sponsoring SOTM13? I have

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 list of tasks

2013-01-07 Thread stuart lester
I'd like to help on what was deemed the hardest task: *Sponsor package programme and promotion (maybe split into global/national/local) and Sponsor Exhibits* I think that combined with Andy R we know a fair whack of the geo type companies in the UK and we can come up with other related areas to

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

2012-11-05 Thread stuart lester
I shall endeavor to get them. Cheers, Stu On 6 Nov 2012, at 00:39, Andy Mabbett pigsotw...@gmail.com wrote: One thing we could do with is a list of the totems and their coordinates - as open data. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Nov 5, 2012 9:19 PM, stuart

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Scotland SOTM

2012-10-10 Thread stuart lester
Looks a well organised event: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_Scotland_2012 Some things to be learnt for a full SOTM bid? ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Open source mapping conference 2013

2012-05-14 Thread stuart lester
Hello, The OSGeo UK group are aiming to host The Free and Open Source 4 Geo conference in Nottingham in 2013. They are down to the last 2 bidders and are trying to build support. This conference is superb, last year it was held in Denver and this year in Beijing. It attracts 1000+ open source

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Using GPS for art

2012-04-14 Thread stuart lester
Bit of a departure but a local artist Nikki Pugh, is running an event on 26th April in Brum where you can use these large cylinders with GPS and other sensors in to react with the built environment. They are designed to make you stand out - so be warned! Pics here

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] ShareMap to show OSM data

2011-12-30 Thread stuart lester
Cheers Andy. Will do. Cheers, Stu On 30 Dec 2011, at 15:56, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Stuart, nice work. Write-ups like this are worth putting on the wiki somewhere so that they can easily be found by others at a later date. Cheers Andy *From:* stuart lester

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] gritting maps

2011-12-16 Thread stuart lester
Hi Andy, A bit of looking at the code on the mappa mercia site shows this: var gritting_routes = new OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ( Gritting Routes, http://mappa-mercia.org/tiles/gritting-overlay/${z}/${x}/${y}.png;, { isBaseLayer: false, sphericalMercator: true }); Which is something that can be used

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Talk-gb-westmidlands Digest, Vol 35, Issue 8

2011-09-30 Thread stuart lester
I'm not able to make it this time sorry. I will pencil in the next one to report back on state of the map. I have a summary on my blog http://stulester.co.uk Cheers, Stu On 30 Sep 2011, at 12:01, talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Send Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] State of the map Denver

2011-09-06 Thread stuart lester
Hello all, I am headed over to Denver primarily for foss4g but thought I may as well go to state of the map. I am very novice on OSM but looking forward to it. If anyone has spotted a session they really want to know about I am happy to go and report back. Except the baseball meetup. It's just