Rather short notice I'm afraid, but there will a Hack Weekend in London
this coming weekend (1st and 2nd December) where all kinds of
OpenStreetMap hackery will be undertaken.
More details, including instructions on how to sign up and make sure you
can get into the building, can be found in
This afternoon the Daily Telegraph has released Green Belt data for
England. Could anyone import this into OSM? If so how might it be
rendered?
www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenpolitics/planning/9708387/Interactive-map
-Englands-green-belt.html
This map is the first time it has been possible
Hi Ralph,
I'll get this added to ITO Map in the next day or so.
Shaun
On 28 Nov 2012, at 15:37, Ralph Smyth ral...@cpre.org.uk wrote:
This afternoon the Daily Telegraph has released Green Belt data for
England. Could anyone import this into OSM? If so how might it be
rendered?
On 28 November 2012 15:37, Ralph Smyth ral...@cpre.org.uk wrote:
The Department for Communities and Local Government released the data
for the 2011 green belt to the Telegraph, and it is being made available
here to view, explore, share and download.
That seems to be the limit of the details
Andy Allan wrote:
Before we could use it in OSM, we'd need the dataset to come with a
clear licence.
(as has already been mentioned by Blackadder on #OSM-GB) I suspect that
we'd also want slightly more accurate data.
I've had a bit of a look at the Telegraph's map and in places it's not
As noted the resolution is not ideal, but the issue with gaps / overlaps
between the areas is a rendering error on the telegraphs website only. The
main issue however is the lack of clear licence. Perhaps try contacting the
Department for Communities and Local Government and asking them.
As for a
Some of the area's most certainly are not protected as they are actively
being discussed for development. Also although it's called Green Belt it
includes many areas that also have other designations, such as Country
Parks, Golf Courses Recreation Grounds, etc etc etc.
I would prefer we get
On 28 November 2012 19:40, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote:
Some of the area’s most certainly are not “protected” as they are actively
being discussed for development.
These are probably areas that have been de-designated, or are being
considered for this fate, since the Telegraph's
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