Re: [Talk-GB] “Correcting” existing data wi th OS Opendata

2010-07-19 Thread Jerry Clough - OSM
This was me, but I know that Paul Sladen, Simon Halsey, and probably others, were also affected. Has anyone has sent the offending user a message? He/she is a relative newcomer, and has edited in Trowbridge as well as Carlton/Gedling. They have also edited in Germany, but no indication of

Re: [Talk-GB] ito and OS Locator comparison

2010-07-19 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 13/07/2010 17:30, David Groom wrote: 1) add the slippymap plugin 2) then in preferences advanced preferences , add the following two entries key = slippymap.custom_tile_source_1.name ;value = ITO World OS comparison key = slippymap.custom_tile_source_1.url; value =

Re: [Talk-GB] “Correcting” existing data with OS Opendata

2010-07-19 Thread Dave F.
On 18/07/2010 13:54, Simon Ward wrote: I just added a comment to the talk page about OS Opendata[1]: It seems that some people have been using OS Opendata to “correct” existing data, moving ways to match OS Opendata, and in some cases removing attributes (such as surface=paved). Please,

Re: [Talk-GB] “Correcting” existing data wi th OS Opendata

2010-07-19 Thread Dave F.
On 19/07/2010 11:40, Jerry Clough - OSM wrote: This was me, but I know that Paul Sladen, Simon Halsey, and probably others, were also affected. Has anyone has sent the offending user a message? He/she is a relative newcomer, and has edited in Trowbridge as well as Carlton/Gedling. I've been

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging roadside verge SSSIs

2010-07-19 Thread Dave F.
On 30/06/2010 16:01, Glenn Proctor wrote: Hi Near where I live there's a small stretch (about 100m) of the roadside verge that has signs on it saying that it's a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Are you sure it's referring just to the verge not stretching further away from the road

Re: [Talk-GB] “Correcting” existing data wi th OS Opendata

2010-07-19 Thread Simon Ward
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:18:45PM +0100, Dave F. wrote: In principle I understand what your saying agree to some extent; except that I think it's incorrect to assume that on ground surveying is necessarily more accurate. GPS tracks are prone to being sent off course by the surroundings such

Re: [Talk-GB] “Correcting” existing data with OS Opendata

2010-07-19 Thread SomeoneElse
Dave F. wrote: In principle I understand what your saying agree to some extent; except that I think it's incorrect to assume that on ground surveying is necessarily more accurate. GPS tracks are prone to being sent off course by the surroundings such as heavy tree coverage steep topography.

[Talk-GB] Use of OS OpenData in OSM

2010-07-19 Thread Graham Jones
Hi Folks, Given all of the talk on the osm-talk mailing list about the possibility of losing data if we move to the new licence, I started to wonder just how widespread OS OpenData use is in OSM. I couldn't find a visualisation, so I made one this evening which is visible at

Re: [Talk-GB] Use of OS OpenData in OSM

2010-07-19 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 19 July 2010 23:37, Graham Jones grahamjones...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Folks, Given all of the talk on the osm-talk mailing list about the possibility of losing data if we move to the new licence, I started to wonder just how widespread OS OpenData use is in OSM. I couldn't find a

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging roadside verge SSSIs

2010-07-19 Thread Ed Loach
Dave F wrote: Are you sure it's referring just to the verge not stretching further away from the road (into fields/woods ?) Near here we have verges between pavement and adjacent landuse (often fields) which are overgrown with signs at either end (with arrows) and sometimes in the middle