Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

Hi Tom, Not sure I agree that Streetview is 'horrible' - as a free base map it will rival or beat any of the others I have seen. This is even more true for rural areas. I am aware most of the raster stuff got left out, but streetview *is* raster - it says as much in the PDF. What we would want t

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

On 01/04/10 00:06, Phil Monger wrote: > The streetview announcement is FANTASTIC news for OSM in the UK - as the > database is pretty much exactly what is being built - roads / streets / > names , etc. StreetView is horrible - the vector data will be far more useful. > We can surely get this as

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

The streetview announcement is FANTASTIC news for OSM in the UK - as the database is pretty much exactly what is being built - roads / streets / names , etc. We can surely get this as a "backdrop" layer, like the Yahoo imagery? A bulk import wouldn't be possible, as this is raster data. (Though t

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

On 31 March 2010 15:16, Tristan Thomas wrote: > As a rare contributor, sorry if my questions seem a bit obvious. What does > this actually mean? ie. will OSM now have every single street in it (once > imported obviously) and so contributors won't be able to contribute by > adding roads (other th

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

As a rare contributor, sorry if my questions seem a bit obvious. What does this actually mean? ie. will OSM now have every single street in it (once imported obviously) and so contributors won't be able to contribute by adding roads (other than new ones)? Sounds like a very good result though!

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

Thanks very much Richard. I had been sitting in my GIS class this morning thinking about the due announcement as the lecturer mentioned OS OpenSpace, and said OS is like the Canada and USA mapping agencies. More on my blog http://www.livingwithdragons.com/2010/03/teaching-neogeography

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

Well, I've been trying to spot the 'April Fool' in this, but can't! It will be interesting to see what gets released tomorrow. Well done! Graham. On 31 March 2010 22:09, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) < ajrli...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Slap on the back all round I think. I'll raise a glass

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

Slap on the back all round I think. I'll raise a glass at the Brum social tomorrow night :-) Cheers Andy >-Original Message- >From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- >boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Richard Fairhurst >Sent: 31 March 2010 9:36 PM >To: t...@openstr

[Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

For those who don't live on Twitter: The UK Government has just announced its decision on freeing Ordnance Survey data. Full document is at http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1528263.pdf Quick summary of what'll be released: - medium-resolution vector data (Meridian2), inclu