[Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey National Grid maps of Edinburgh

Hi all, particularly those folk mapping up in Scotland, The National Library of Scotland has added the earliest editions of Ordnance Survey National Grid maps covering the Edinburgh environs to their online map offerings. http://maps.nls.uk/additions.html#28 What's so special about these maps is

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM & OSGB - 2014

>Quirky OSM values: > > 1. 6 post > boxes with Edward VIII's royal cypher. NB There's 327 Queen Victoria 'VR' > Postboxes > Make that 7: http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/24636539 Rob :-)

Re: [Talk-GB] Marks & Sparks...

On 09/08/2014 11:16, Richard Symonds wrote: Perhaps "should not be tolerated" is a bit strongly worded. "Should be prevented"? Yes, I accept that was a little too strong. In this case, an earlier version of the edit had already been reverted by a member of the Data Working Group, and I was a

Re: [Talk-GB] Marks & Sparks...

Perhaps "should not be tolerated" is a bit strongly worded. "Should be prevented"? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Develop

Re: [Talk-GB] Marks & Sparks...

From a quick look, there seems to be a lot wrong with osmmaker's edits. It appears he has indiscriminately selected all objects in the world tagged with 'Marks and Spencer' (and variant spellings) and then added a load of tags. No checks seem to have been done to confirm whether the things he's

Re: [Talk-GB] Marks & Sparks...

Sorry, meant to include... There are more detrimental edits are added by other users who edit country wide (& beyond) without local knowledge; such as joining split roundabouts that were previously separated for bus routing relations or join ways just because a piece of software tells them the

[Talk-GB] Marks & Sparks...

Hi So, apart from the non discussion being supposedly /wrong/. What are the errors in osmmaker's edits? If they'd been done individually (not that hard) would people kicked up a fuss? I'm not convinced 33 entity amendments can be described as a "mass edit" Dave F. --- This email is free

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM & OSGB - 2014

Thanks for doing this: I'd made a start with the roads, but wasnt fit for anything except a couple of beers after the OpenAddresses Symposium. Do we have any artiists/designers who could turn this into an infographic? Jerry On 9 August 2014 09:54, Robert Norris wrote: > > Happy 10th Birthday

[Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM & OSGB - 2014

Happy 10th Birthday OSM! For a 10th birthday present - I thought I'd reprise SK53's 10 fascinating facts posting from April 2013[1],  to see where OSM GB is at, at of the beginning of August 2014 compared to Ordnance Survey GB(OSGB)[2] (values not updated). So here's the comparison with the ch