Re: [Talk-GB] OS Open Names

2015-06-04 Thread Phil Endecott
Hi Chris, Chris Hill wrote: I've been looking at OS Open Names I've also had a look at Open Names, but looking at everything except roads and postcodes. My conclusion was that it is not a useful replacement for the old "1:50k gazetteer" because it doesn't contain names for any natural feature

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Open Names

2015-06-04 Thread Chris Hill
The tiles are tms, the max zoom is 21, the url is as below. I'm writing some information pages about these tiles which will include a step-by-step guide. Any feedback, precise or not, is welcome. Cheers, Chris On 4 June 2015 10:36:22 GMT+01:00, Andy Mabbett wrote: >On 3 June 2015 at 18:57,

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Open Names

2015-06-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 3 June 2015 at 18:57, Chris Hill wrote: > You can use the tiles in JOSM > using the url below[2] > [2] http://www.raggedred.net/tiles/opennames/{z}/{x}/{y}.png Please remind us how to add that - is it WMS or TMS? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[Talk-GB] place gazetteer

2015-06-04 Thread Lester Caine
Looking through a few is_in links, I'm finding the odd mistake in hierarchy, and I am wondering if there is any tool around which will allow me to select say 'England' and list the counties, select a county and list city/town/village. I'm currently trawling through mistakes in the Facebook places

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Open Names

2015-06-04 Thread Andy Robinson
Nice work Chris, Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Chris Hill [mailto:o...@raggedred.net] Sent: 03 June 2015 18:57 To: Talk-GB Subject: [Talk-GB] OS Open Names Hi, I've been looking at OS Open Names, part of the Ordnance Survey Open Data. OS notified me that OS Locator will be withd