[Talk-GB] Retour de l'autoroute britannique

2011-12-08 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Google have finally done it: they've switched from TeleAtlas to Google map data in the UK. Set your stopwatches for the first newspaper story about man drives off cliff - '...but Google told me it was a road'!. Some of their choices are, shall we say, a little heroic. cheers Richard

Re: [Talk-GB] Retour de l'autoroute britannique

2011-12-08 Thread Borbus
On 08/12/11 13:13, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Set your stopwatches for the first newspaper story about man drives off cliff - '...but Google told me it was a road'!. Some of their choices are, shall we say, a little heroic. Oh dear... Some highlights in my area:

Re: [Talk-GB] Retour de l'autoroute britannique

2011-12-08 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Yes indeed. Just looked at Fernhurst, W Sussex for instance. The place is absolutely crawling with non-existent roads. Seems anything tagged with highway=track in OSM would qualify as a road in that... Nick -Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: - To: talk-gb OSM List

[Talk-GB] Hampshire 2012 - map the county's footpaths

2011-12-08 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Hello everyone, 2012 could be the year in which we complete, or almost complete, all the rights of way in some English counties. One likely target is my local county - Hampshire. OSM road coverage of many parts of the UK is virtually complete in many areas, but footpaths are still lagging

Re: [Talk-GB] Hampshire 2012 - map the county's footpaths

2011-12-08 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Nick Whitelegg wrote: (I'm also keen BTW to deal with a possible licencing issue here. A long-standing contributor has mapped many footpaths in Hampshire already but has not signed up to the CTs. Naturally I'm keen not to see all his hard work lost, and TBH, while I'm licence-neutral,