[Talk-gb-westmidlands] State of the Map 2013 Birmingham

2014-08-09 Thread mooney.osm
I vaguely remember someone asking if there was a spare delegate badge.  I think his name began with a G. Does anyone remember this message or am I having a senior moment? Mary Sent from Samsung tablet___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

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

2014-08-09 Thread Robert Norris
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

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

2014-08-09 Thread SK53
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 rw_nor...@hotmail.com wrote:

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

2014-08-09 Thread Will Phillips
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

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

2014-08-09 Thread Will Phillips
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