My concern is the quality of their location data - they suffer from the
well known myth that a postcode defines the location. I have helped in a
few specific cases but the local branch didn't seem interested in for
example checking the locaion of pubs before uploading.
This then leads to concerns
Hi
http://whatpub.com/pubs/MAN/9899/eagle-inn-salford
Considering CAMRA's What Pub? website is volunteer, crowd sourced, I was
mildly disappointed to see it using Google maps. I've just this minute
written an email to them explaining some of the advantages of using OSM.
I thought if any
I did discuss this with the local CAMRA representative responsible for the
pub data, about 18 months ago.
The data in WhatPub should essentially be regarded as a commercial dataset
which has value for CAMRA (for instance in persuading people to join, or as
base data for the Good Beer Guide): they
Hi Andrew
The location was one of the plus points of OSM I mentioned in my email
to them, however, for the ones I've checked they don't appear to be
/that/ bad. They certainly appeared to be better than Google itself
(Inside a roundabout for instance) so I was curious if CAMRA had used
Dave F. wrote:
> Considering CAMRA's What Pub? website is volunteer, crowd sourced, I was
> mildly disappointed to see it using Google maps. I've just this minute
> written an email to them explaining some of the advantages of using OSM.
Andrew Black commented:
> My concern is the
On 16/09/15 17:36, Dave F. wrote:
> I was trying to find out how many GB pubs/bars there were in OSM. Didn't
> Taginfo used to have a option to just search the UK? It appears to have
> been removed. Is there another way?
I'm looking for the same sort of thing myself ... parishes in county and
the
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