[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Work about to start at Paradise Circus, Birmingham

2014-12-17 Thread Andy Robinson
Heads up. Work due to start immediately in the new year on the Paradise Circus redevelopment. This includes the removal of the current gyratory. Details via the link below. I also have some other details as a result of some briefing notes. http://www.paradisebirmingham.co.uk/access/ Cheers Andy

[Talk-GB] OS Streetview up to date?

2014-12-17 Thread Dave F.
Hi The latest date on http://os.openstreetmap.org/ is November '13 yet OS homepage http://tinyurl.com/owo9vom say the latest is October '14. Does it need updating or is there another more current page? Cheers Dave F. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.

[Talk-GB] Mechanical edit: shop=betting to shop=bookmaker for selected names

2014-12-17 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Dear all, In October, I proposed the following edit. For all objects within the UK tagged with shop=betting and name Betfred, Coral, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power or William Hill, the tag shop=betting will be changed into shop=bookmaker. More information can be found here:

Re: [Talk-GB] Mechanical edit: shop=betting to shop=bookmaker for selected names

2014-12-17 Thread Matthijs Melissen
This change has now been carried out. The number of shop=betting shops in the UK has been reduced from 356 to 77. The remaining shop=betting shops, i.e. the ones not part of one the the large chains, might not be all bookmakers, so we need to rely on local knowledge. Some might be better tagged

[Talk-GB] RFC-3 Mechanical edit: UK Shop Names

2014-12-17 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Dear all, I have created a new version of my proposal to unify the names of chain shops within the UK. The list is now significantly shorter, and only contains clear errors, rather than interpretation problems of shop signs. For details, please see

Re: [Talk-GB] No more voting on mechanical edits

2014-12-17 Thread Jo Walsh
Hello again. I recently volunteered to serve on the DWG as a form of intellectual self-punishment, and that's working out pretty well for me so far. One thing I'm nudging for in the DWG is more documentation around the cases dealt with by the DWG. What evidence is considered, and where there