Re: [Talk-GB] W3C Invitation

2014-03-07 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone I've had a definite from Andy Mabbett to do this and a possibly from Tom Chance. At this stage I think it's best to confirm on Andy Mabbett. If that's OK can Andy pick up on the use cases that have been mentioned here to get more info from the contributors mentioned? We have a 30 min

Re: [Talk-GB] W3C Invitation

2014-03-07 Thread gianfranco gliozzo
Hello, The mapping of trees is a quite hot topic in OSM and it overlaps with several other initiatives that involve also non authoritative data as in citizenscience. I also presented a talk at SOTM in Birmingham about that. The linking of OSM data to permanent URIs can be seen also from another

Re: [Talk-GB] W3C Invitation

2014-03-07 Thread Tom Chance
Hi Brian, Ok, I didn't realise Andy had offered off-list. Here's one bit of work I did mapping trees: http://tom.acrewoods.net/2011/04/19/maps-open-data-and-activism-on-the-heygate-estate/ It's also worth reading this report, particularly the section from paragraph 4.11, which gives some idea

Re: [Talk-GB] W3C Invitation

2014-03-07 Thread SK53
Should add there are known cases where specific trees have been EXCLUDED from mapping. The one which comes to mind is the national database of native Black Poplarshttp://sppaccounts.bsbi.org.uk/content/populus-nigra-1(*Populus nigra betulifolia*) maintained by the BSBI recorder for the taxon,

Re: [Talk-GB] W3C Invitation

2014-03-07 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Nice. Glad to know that there are some people who think that going onto private land is a bigger wrong than wantonly destroying native wildlife! Nick -SK53 sk53@gmail.com wrote: - To: Tom Chance t...@acrewoods.net From: SK53 sk53@gmail.com Date: 07/03/2014 12:04PM Cc: Talk GB