Re: [Talk-GB] Geovation - Location information innovation grants - now open for applications

2016-02-16 Thread SK53
Hi Harry, Sorry if I sounded over cynical! These things have their place: but I did want to highlight that one needs to be aware of the effort/reward ratio. Often participating is a good way of focusing in expressing sets of ideas which may be well understood within a community, but are poorly

Re: [Talk-GB] Geovation - Location information innovation grants - now open for applications

2016-02-16 Thread Harry Wood
I have mixed feelings about Geovation You're talking very generally about consultants getting money, but there's a bigger reason to feel negative about it. The government paid Ordnance Survey £millions to release open data (because releasing open data needs to cost lots of money because...

[Talk-GB] Pub Meeting Derby tonight (Tuesday 16th)

2016-02-16 Thread SK53
A brief reminder that the East Midlands monthly OSM meeting is at the Old Silk Mill tonight. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nottingham/Pub_Meetup Jerry ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Other Routes With Public Access

2016-02-16 Thread Andy Townsend
On 14/02/2016 18:34, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: Routes marked by OS as "Other Route with Public Access" will most probably be routes that appear on the local Highway Authority's "List of Streets Maintainable at the Public Expense", but are not maintained to a standard for regular motor