[Talk-GB] Fwd: Search but cannot find

2015-03-18 Thread Pmailkeey .
On 18 March 2015 at 17:54, Ed Loach wrote: > Dan wrote: > > > > > Can you point us to some further reading about this "admin_ref" > > > tag? > > > The wiki isn't telling me about it. If there is indeed a consensus > > > then it'd be nice for it to be documented! > > > > A wiki search for admin_re

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging U road numbers [was: Search but cannot find]

2015-03-18 Thread Pmailkeey .
UGH ! :(( "Noble" - in my case Karen. Died April, last year (or was it the year before) - cancer. I've just been OSMing in her area - she was an infamous author - amongst her 'titles' is The Highway Code - the official book blah blah - the official title of the book. What HMSO turn out now: "The O

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging U road numbers [was: Search but cannot find]

2015-03-18 Thread Donald Noble
This came up in discussions at the Edinburgh pub Meetup last night, and those there (quite a few of the prominent mappers in Scotland) agreed that eg U1234 should be on either admin_ref or official_ref (whichever was most popular) And not on the main ref tag. Also perhaps a case for not rendering

Re: [Talk-GB] Search but cannot find

2015-03-18 Thread Matt Williams
On 18 March 2015 at 17:54, Ed Loach wrote: > Dan wrote: >> Can you point us to some further reading about this "admin_ref" >> tag? >> The wiki isn't telling me about it. If there is indeed a consensus >> then it'd be nice for it to be documented! > > A wiki search for admin_ref finds > > http://wi

Re: [Talk-GB] Search but cannot find

2015-03-18 Thread Ed Loach
Dan wrote: > Can you point us to some further reading about this "admin_ref" > tag? > The wiki isn't telling me about it. If there is indeed a consensus > then it'd be nice for it to be documented! A wiki search for admin_ref finds http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Ta

Re: [Talk-GB] Search but cannot find

2015-03-18 Thread Dan S
2015-03-18 15:54 GMT+00:00 : > > > On Wed Mar 18 15:38:13 2015 GMT, Pmailkeey . wrote: >> > >> U-numbers are used publicly - most often on temporary planning development >> notices attached to street lights etc. >> > If they are not signed, then they do not belong in the ref tag. > > The consensus

Re: [Talk-GB] Search but cannot find

2015-03-18 Thread phil
On Wed Mar 18 15:38:13 2015 GMT, Pmailkeey . wrote: > > > U-numbers are used publicly - most often on temporary planning development > notices attached to street lights etc. > If they are not signed, then they do not belong in the ref tag. The consensus is that such information belongs in an a

Re: [Talk-GB] Search but cannot find

2015-03-18 Thread Pmailkeey .
On 18 March 2015 at 09:58, Matt Williams wrote: > On 18 March 2015 at 09:13, Paul Sladen wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Pmailkeey . wrote: > >> Anyone know why the search facility can't find "Waingatebridge > Cottages" ? > > > > Presumably this terrace in the Lake District which has no 'name=';

[Talk-GB] East Midlands Mapping Meetup May

2015-03-18 Thread SK 53 (via Doodle)
Hi there, SK 53 (sk53@gmail.com) invites you to participate in the Doodle poll "East Midlands Mapping Meetup May." SK 53 says: Another footpath focussed mapping day in the East Midlands. For more details see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nottingham/Mapping_Meetup At present 9th

[Talk-GB] Next East Midlands mapping event (May)

2015-03-18 Thread SK53
3 of us met on Saturday (myself, SomeoneElse and Mot from Sheffield/Rotherham) to do some footpath mapping in the far north of Nottinghamshire: still an under-mapped area despite a lot of recent work by Nigel Greens in particular. I haven't calculated how many km of new paths (or existing paths) h

[Talk-GB] OS adopts OGL version 3.0 in place of OS OpenData licence

2015-03-18 Thread Barry Cornelius
"As part of ongoing moves to make our data even more accessible and easier for start-ups and others to understand and use, we are pleased to announce that following close work with The National Archives we have now adopted the Open Government Licence (OGL) version 3.0 in place of our OS OpenData

Re: [Talk-GB] Search but cannot find

2015-03-18 Thread Matt Williams
On 18 March 2015 at 09:13, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Pmailkeey . wrote: >> Anyone know why the search facility can't find "Waingatebridge Cottages" ? > > Presumably this terrace in the Lake District which has no 'name='; > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/314851241 > > and whic

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM UK Qarterly Project: Fix that Road name!

2015-03-18 Thread Brian Prangle
Well done Jonathan! You've motivated me to go out and survey the remaining 4 roads in Dudley so we can have 100% coverge of the West Midlands. Does anyone else have any tales of what the Quarterly Poroject motivated them to do? Next Q's project will be all things Delivery or Logistics. This arose

Re: [Talk-GB] Search but cannot find

2015-03-18 Thread Paul Sladen
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Pmailkeey . wrote: > Anyone know why the search facility can't find "Waingatebridge Cottages" ? Presumably this terrace in the Lake District which has no 'name='; http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/314851241 and which is on a street that also has no 'name=': http://www.op