[Talk-gb-westmidlands] OS Terrain 50

2013-04-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
All, Anyone using OS Land-Form PANORAMA elevation data, might find the following announcement about OS Terrain 50 of interest. In essence (and to quote the Ordnance Survey) Land-Form PANORAMA was an unmaintained product and was last updated in the 1990s. The new product will give users more

[Talk-GB] Aerial Photographs

2013-04-05 Thread Andy Robinson
Folks, Sheffield University has some surplus aerial imagery that could be available to us if we wish to have it. Its described as a considerable collection (amounting to around 6 filling cabinets) of UK (mostly England, and mainly northern England) black white 9 x 9 photographic prints, dating

Re: [Talk-GB] Aerial Photographs

2013-04-05 Thread Lester Caine
Andy Robinson wrote: I'm less worried about scanning and managing the files now as I have sufficient scanning equipment to cover most bases and disk space attached to an OSM sever doesn't appear to be an issue. We would need to come up with tools and methods of turning them into a seamless

[Talk-GB] Taginfo Golf Tags

2013-04-05 Thread Bob Kerr
Hi, I have been looking at TagInfo for  tags with golf=  There are a number of tags which are golf=Tee instead of golf=tee. Is there any easy way that I find out where these tags are located so that I can correct them. Cheers Bob___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Taginfo Golf Tags

2013-04-05 Thread SomeoneElse
Bob Kerr wrote: There are a number of tags which are golf=Tee instead of golf=tee. Is there any easy way that I find out where these tags are located so that I can correct them. Click the XAPI link over at the right, or open Josm, install the remote control plugin and click the JOSM

Re: [Talk-GB] Taginfo Golf Tags

2013-04-05 Thread SomeoneElse
SomeoneElse wrote: ... install the remote control plugin ... EdLoach on IRC has just informed me that it's not a plugin any more (shows how long ago I last turned it on!). It's part of the core functionality: preferences / thing that looks like a TV remote at the left / enable the

Re: [Talk-GB] [OHM] Fwd: Aerial Photographs

2013-04-05 Thread Andy Robinson
Hi Mikel, should have some more info on the Sheffield holding (photos and description) either over the w/e or in a weeks time. I'm expecting them to be mostly boxed sets and the coverage mainly focussed on northern England. Useful to know about your Bodelian experience. Cheers Andy From:

Re: [Talk-GB] Sustrans still using OS map data

2013-04-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Dave F. wrote: I presume someone within OSM has talked to them about it. Do they have a long term contract, or not consider our data complete enough? Seems a great shame a charity is paying for something that could be free. Some Sustrans maps are now made with OSM data - in particular, the

Re: [Talk-GB] [OHM] Fwd: Aerial Photographs

2013-04-05 Thread Barnett, Phillip
Ahem, just to be accurate. It's the Bodleian Library, not Bodelian. Unless there's another one? [http://images.itn.co.uk/images/ITN_Master_blue.gif] PHILLIP BARNETT SERVER MANAGER 200 GRAY'S INN ROAD LONDON WC1X 8XZ UNITED KINGDOM T +44 207 430 4474 E phillip.barn...@itn.co.uk WWW.ITN.CO.UK P

Re: [Talk-GB] Taginfo Golf Tags

2013-04-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi, As Andy noted, the JOSM button is probably the best option. Alternatively as there are not too many, you can use the Overpass XAPI without restring to a geographic region. Simply paste the following URL into a browser, save the resulting file with the .osm extension and open in JOSM:

Re: [Talk-GB] [OHM] Fwd: Aerial Photographs

2013-04-05 Thread Steve Doerr
Can I just say that Thomas Bodley would no doubt be most distressed to be confused with his namesake, Thomas Bodely! Steve On 05/04/2013 16:28, Andy Robinson wrote: Hi Mikel, should have some more info on the Sheffield holding (photos and description) either over the w/e or in a weeks