Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: ANNOUNCING GB1900 -- Online volunteers needed to build the most comprehensive gazetteer of British place names

2016-09-23 Thread Paul Williams
Also it says in the email "the GB1900 system is programmed to dump out its current place name database every 24 hours, and once it starts to build up we can make this dump available for download without funding. It will be under the simplest form of the Creative Commons license, which means anybody

[Talk-GB] Fwd: ANNOUNCING GB1900 -- Online volunteers needed to build the most comprehensive gazetteer of British place names

2016-09-23 Thread Paul Williams
I spotted the message below on a mailing list I'm on, and thought it might be also of interest to OpenStreetMappers. I've noticed that their site uses OSM as a background map (use the slider at the top right of the map to fade in/out between the old map and OSM). Cheers, Paul Williams

[Talk-GB] OSM in Linux Format magazine

2014-01-16 Thread Paul Williams
agazine's writers "what kind of map they would like to make" - such as a "map of all local pubs, with a comprehensive guide to the available snacks" and to map "the hidden depths of Hull". Available now from all good newsagents (or at lea

Re: [Talk-GB] Refs on Tertiary & Unclassifed Roads in Highland

2013-03-17 Thread Paul Williams
s has been argued for the tertiary/unclassified roads, that it would be sensible to retag the refs on those roads to official:ref, admin_ref or something similar. Cheers, Paul Williams (Paul The Archivist) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Open Data User Group asks "what data do you want"

2012-09-28 Thread Paul Williams
The sectional appendices have been fairly recently made available as PDFs on the Network Rail website (http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/10563.aspx - see links on right hand side of page) but it doesn't say anything on that page about them being open data. Cheers Paul Williams (Paul The Arch

[Talk-GB] Linux Format article about OSM

2012-09-14 Thread Paul Williams
w new mappers! Cheers Paul Williams (Paul The Archivist) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Routing and other problems west of Uttoxeter

2011-08-11 Thread Paul Williams
I'm not sure whether C and D roads should be tagged with a ref tag, since it's not a reference for public use unlike M, A, and B roads. Cheers Paul Williams (Paul The Archivist) On 10 August 2011 22:47, SomeoneElse wrote: > On 10/08/2011 22:06, Jonathan Bennett wr

Re: [Talk-GB] Routing and other problems west of Uttoxeter

2011-08-08 Thread Paul Williams
It does looks like he has been trying to contribute to the map, but is doing nearly everything wrong. In Cheadle particularly it looks like he has made a big effort to map the town in detail, but his work is full of spelling, capitalization and other errors. Cheers Paul Williams (Paul The

Re: [Talk-GB] Routing and other problems west of Uttoxeter

2011-08-08 Thread Paul Williams
blems along the A50 in Stoke and am currently working on sorting out the Longton area, but could do with some help to fix the rest. Cheers Paul Williams (Paul The Archivist) On 11 July 2011 17:47, SomeoneElse wrote: > On 28/06/2011 20:45, Richard Bullock wrote: >> >> It seems Mr Darr

Re: [Talk-GB] Vandalism/bad edits in Cardiff (changeset 7775606)

2011-04-12 Thread Paul Williams
Thanks Jerry, for the advice I didn't realise it was possible to revert a changeset myself (after installing the Reverter JOSM plugin). I think I've now managed to restore everything and put Cardiff back on the map! Cheers Paul On 11 April 2011 21:55, Jerry Clough : SK53 on OSM wrote: > > Quite

[Talk-GB] Vandalism/bad edits in Cardiff (changeset 7775606)

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Williams
, so I was wondering whether the changeset can be reverted. Cheers Paul Williams (Paul The Archivist) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Locator - using in JOSM

2010-04-25 Thread Paul Williams
No that doesn't work! It's http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Derby/Abbey_Ward On 25 April 2010 14:35, Paul Williams wrote: > Oops, that weblink should be > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/Derby/Abbey_Ward > > On 25 April 2010 13:29, Paul Williams wrote: >> I'v

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Locator - using in JOSM

2010-04-25 Thread Paul Williams
Oops, that weblink should be http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/Derby/Abbey_Ward On 25 April 2010 13:29, Paul Williams wrote: > I've now used the OS Locator data to create a table (see > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/Derby/Abbey Ward) to detail the progress > in mapping the roads in a

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Locator - using in JOSM

2010-04-25 Thread Paul Williams
I've now used the OS Locator data to create a table (see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/Derby/Abbey Ward) to detail the progress in mapping the roads in an area and use it to help identify the roads which are not mapped. I don't know whether this has been done anywhere else, but others might find s