[Talk-GB] Tesco Hudl - GPS accuracy

2013-10-07 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Has anyone tried the GPS on the new cheap "Hudl" tablet Tesco launched the other week? I'm just starting to venture into the modern world and have been trying out some of the android apps related to OSM. Many of these require a reasonably good GPS chip, which seems to be slowing me down a

Re: [Talk-GB] Relation for group of listed buildings

2013-10-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
Yes they do provide data available under the Open Government Licence. See Owen's comment on: http://data.gov.uk/data-requests/list-of-grade-i-and-ii-listed-buildings-in-england As for the tagging, "listed_status=Grade II" is in line with what others have used. A quick google shows that "website:h

[Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-10-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Thanks for those that have helped so far. I am now in contact with a OSM sys admin to get these maps up on a tile server (for subsequent use in the OSM editors). Out of interest, OSM servers are able to create tiles "on the fly" as long as it is provided a raster image that is geocoded. T

Re: [Talk-GB] Hand-drawn OS maps on Wikimedia Commons

2013-09-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
>> >> Corner coordinates are now displaying, allowing these to be aligned & >> adjusted to fit. Have fun! >> >> >Are the configuration files available already somewhere or is there a plan >to make them available so users of the maps could just load the maps rather >than having to align themselves w

Re: [Talk-GB] Land Registry postcode tool now running

2013-09-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
Oh I should add that I am a fan of source tags on the objects myself so I add a "source:postcode=Land Registry 'Price Paid' data" tag (or =ONS Postcode Centroids) to my edits. Not everyone agrees that source tags should be added to the objects, preferring instead to add them to the changeset commen

Re: [Talk-GB] Land Registry postcode tool now running

2013-09-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
re also attributed on the Copyright page [2] and the page makes it clear that you should see the Contributors page for the other sources. Best regards, Rob Nickerson [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#Land_Registry_-_Price_paid_data [2] http://www.op

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [oxoncotswolds] Possible pub meetup with the West Midlands crew in early October?

2013-09-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
> is or to move and get a better plan together. > > ** ** > > Cheers > > Andy > > ** ** > > *From:* Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 09 July 2013 21:13 > *To:* Andy Robinson > *Cc:* Oxford, Oxfordshire and the Cotsw

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] SOTM 2013 - Poster and Accommodation deadline

2013-09-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
> As the deadline for poster printing has gone, is there a possibility to > get a print during the conference e.g. from a USB stick (like we did at > FOSSGIS)? > > Yours, Stefan > > > 2013/8/25 Rob Nickerson > >> Hi All, >> >> Two deadlines for State of

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of "mates rates"

2013-08-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hmm, that's odd as I seem to see it fine with and without my google account. Anyone else able to confirm this for me please? The programme will be making it's way onto Lanyrd soon so you should be able to view it there. Lanyrd has a great website designed for mobile devices (and a dedicated app) s

[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of "mates rates"

2013-08-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, == SOTM Final Programme == After a lot of hard work and many long hours the final programme for State of the Map 2013 is now available to view at http://2013.stateofthemap.org/info/programme/ This will also be copied over to Lanyrd in the coming days and the preceding text updated on the

[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Poster and Accommodation deadline

2013-08-25 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Two deadlines for State of the Map to be aware of: == 1. Posters: == We are offering to print (free of charge thanks to ITO World) A1 sized posters for display at SOTM. This is ideal for people who want to share something with the community but are unable to attend. Our print deadline fo

[Talk-GB] Photo Competition

2013-08-19 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, To get you excited for State of the Map in 17 days time, we have launched a photo competition to find the most usual object / sign / situation found whilst surveying. You don't need to be attending SOTM 2013 to enter this competition so head over to the blog post [1] or wiki page [2] to f

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] SotM 2013, Posters and Monday Hackday

2013-08-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
The hotel booking link I failed to attach is: http://kx-web-live.aston.ac.uk/ Cheers, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] SotM 2013, Posters and Monday Hackday

2013-08-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Just a quick update on the Hackday following SOTM 2013: If you need somewhere to stay on the Sunday and/or Monday night, Conference Aston Hotel have kindly extended our discount code. Please book online at [1] using the discount code in the confirmation email you received when you signed

[Talk-GB] Volunteers for SOTM 2013

2013-08-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hello Talk-GB, We could do with a few more volunteers helping out at SOTM 2013 (6th-8th September, Birmingham). The tasks will range from manning the front desk (general enquiries), helping the presenters with setting up, and keeping the conference running to schedule. Nothing too strenuous and yo

[Talk-GB] SotM 2013, Posters and Monday Hackday

2013-08-08 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, SOTM 2013 is now only 4 weeks away!! For information on signing-up, submitting a poster and/or attending the post SOTM hackday, please see the sections below. == Register to attend == If you're planning to come and have not yet signed up, what are you waiting for? If you head over to the

[Talk-GB] OS OpenData Licence update (WAS: Finding Unmapped public rights of way)

2013-07-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Robert W said: >That being the case, please note that Ordnance Survey have recently stated that their "OS OpenData licence is not forward compatible with the ODC-By and ODbL". Yes, they did, and that quote has gotten them in a lot of trouble. The Open Government License (of which Ordnance Survey's

Re: [Talk-GB] Finding Unmapped public rights of way

2013-07-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
>I created this in QGIS comparing the OSM data to the PRoW released from >Durham County Council, I created a special query using intersects. This is >why it's not perfectly accurate because if an OSM mapped math intersected >with the PRoW data it would show up green, even though it may not be that

Re: [Talk-GB] Finding Unmapped public rights of way - SOTM topic?

2013-07-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi both, Those are some really neat ideas! I hope you are thinking about sharing them at State of the Map in September ;-) We have a theme of "change" this year and one of the areas I am interested in is how we manage external data sources. Public Rights of Way are a great example as it poses seve

Re: [Talk-GB] New tile rendering server (Experimental)

2013-07-24 Thread Rob Nickerson
Great work, and thanks to Andy for his work re-writing the rendering rules in CartoCSS. I'm forwarding this to the general "talk" mailing list as I expect there will be some not Brits who will be pleased to hear about the progress on this one. My understanding (from watching Andy's presentation an

Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help?

2013-07-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
> I'd like to be able to run through all issues of the Bartholomew half inch > series but even the ones already available are a start. Lester, Are you aware that Bartholomew half inch maps for Scotland, England and Wales are available online at http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/ ? If yes, then can

Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help?

2013-07-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
t > > Cheers > > Bob > > ------ > *From:* Steven Horner > *To:* Rob Nickerson > *Cc:* histo...@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org > *Sent:* Saturday, 13 July 2013, 18:18 > > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help? > > I've

[Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help?

2013-07-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I have been speaking with the National Library of Scotland (NLS) about their large collection of historic maps. Currently they provide a online collection of historic maps as set out on their website [1]. Some of these are georeferenced and can be used in OSM [2]. There is lots more left t

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [oxoncotswolds] Possible pub meetup with the West Midlands crew in early October?

2013-07-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Sounds like a good plan :-) And thanks both for making me hungry!! On 8 July 2013 17:45, Andy Robinson wrote: > Yes, in the West Mids group a while back we mulled the idea of doing a > joint > meet with our southerly brethren on Oxfordshire. > We are proposing Saturday October 5th in Banbury

[Talk-GB] State of the Map 2013 - July Update

2013-06-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, Another month another update from your State of the Map organising committee. :-) June has been a really busy month for - we have been busy reading through all of the presentation proposals submitted. The quality this year has been fantastic and it was impossible to decide what to rue out

Re: [Talk-GB] Notification of Rights of Way

2013-06-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
That was my "Plan A" when I contacted Defra. Unfortunately their response didn't really consider it properly. It sort of flirted round the edge - very public sector like!! ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/l

[Talk-GB] Notification of Rights of Way

2013-06-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
Dear All, Some time ago I wrote to you about the process by which notice of changes to Public Rights of Way are distributed to Ordnance Survey and other interested third parties. These third parties are listed as "Prescribed Organisations" in Appendix A of [1]. Based on your comments, I contacte

[Talk-GB] UK Open Data updates

2013-06-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I'm aware that some within our community are very cautious of so called open data. As I'm not in any way qualified to assess legal jargon I can't provide much support. I can however notify you that the Open Government Licence has now been updated to make it more explicit that the OGL is co

[Talk-GB] Update to the OS OpenData Licence story

2013-06-17 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi List, A short update for those still following the OS OpenData Licence story: http://data.gov.uk/library/minutes-of-open-data-user-group-11-june-2013 Summary: The issue is supported by ODUG and is being progressed by them. For now its a waiting game. Regards, Rob

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM Presentation idea - Council footpath data - comments?

2013-06-09 Thread Rob Nickerson
Nick, The more options we have as organisers of SotM, the better. I personally would love to hear more about this (and no doubt will chat to you during one of the breaks). Rob -- SOTM Organising Committee ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.o

[Talk-GB] Last chance to submit a presentation for SotM 2013

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, The Call for Presentations for State of the Map 2013 closes Monday*. If you've not yet submitted your presentation proposal please act quickly. http://2013.stateofthemap.org/info/call-presentations/ I posted some ideas in recent SotM blog posts to get you thinking. These were: - What

Re: [Talk-GB] Surveying Private Roads

2013-06-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
Lancashire CC have a good description of what a "private" street is: http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/atoz/a_to_z/service.asp?u_id=1065&tab=3&siteid=5409&pageid=29027&e=e As Nick said, a Private road often simply means that it has not been adopted by the Local Authority and therefore any m

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] SOTM 2013 - An update

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
On 1 June 2013 00:30, Paul Norman wrote: > Does this include poster exhibitions? > > No, the posters option will stay open after the call for presentations closes, but we do encourage people to have a go at presenting if they can attend in person. We're a great community and it's always nice t

[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - An update

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Everyone, So the "Early-bird" tickets for OSM's State of the Map conference are now all gone :-( Did you get one? If not don't worry, normal tickets remain on sale* and you can still get a GBP10 discount if you join the OSM Foundation. It's worthwhile joining the foundation and attending the co

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Early Bird sign-up for State of the Map 2013 closing soon

2013-05-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
Less than 24hrs to sign up for an "Early Bird" 25% discounted State of the Map 2013 ticket. Get yours now and join over 80 people who have already signed up: http://2013.stateofthemap.org/info/booking/ See you there, Rob Organising committee volunteer, State of the Map 2013, stateofthemap.org __

Re: [Talk-GB] HS2 phase 2 routes

2013-05-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
Try here: http://www.thehs2.com/ Thanks Barry :-) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] State of the Map 2013 - Tickets now available

2013-05-11 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Tickets for OpenStreetMap's "State of the Map 2013" conference in Birmingham, England, are now available. They can be purchased at a discounted "Early Bird" rate but only until the end of May. Get yours at http://www.stateofthemap.org/ Looking forward to s

Re: [Talk-GB] Natural England Data

2013-05-02 Thread Rob Nickerson
>I guess one question might be, would it be a good idea to distinguish between statutory and non-statutory designations? The simpler the tagging, and the easier it is to explain, the more likely it will be used as you intend. So, although this may be a good idea, it would need some supporting text

Re: [Talk-GB] Natural England Data

2013-05-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
Urrgg.. It was [0] that all Natural England "open" datasets (with the exception of Local Nature Reserves), were plain OGL licensed and could therefore be used. Looking again, it seems like NE have now added that annoying line at the top of the OGL licence that seems be be raising a few eyebrows: "

[Talk-GB] LR Price Paid (Address) data from 1995 onwards

2013-05-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I've previously written about the monthly releases of Land Registry Price Paid data as these datasets are a great source of address details and are available under OGL. Matt Williams has already done a good job pulling this data into his Postcode Finder [1]. This is a nice tool that attemp

[Talk-GB] Call for Presentations - SotM 2013 (annual conference)

2013-04-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, - please forward this on to your local communities - It's that time of year again when we look to you, the mind-bogglingly creative OpenStreetMap community, to tell us what you've been up to. That's right - it time to submit your presentation ideas for the annual State of the Map conferen

Re: [Talk-GB] "Trunk" vs "green-sign" routes in the UK

2013-04-22 Thread Rob Nickerson
Yep, as others have noted, the Green Sign = Trunk Road is the age old convention. If you want to add details about who maintains the road you can use operator=Highways_Agency (the second highest use of the operator tag apparently [1]). We don't have a tag for indicating that the signs are green (he

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM & OSGB

2013-04-18 Thread Rob Nickerson
Maybe we should be advising that for all imports the original files are kept somewhere safe. Rob On 18 April 2013 19:57, Oliver Jowett wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Rob Nickerson > wrote: > >> Or perhaps a comparison between the old and new NaPTAN data wou

Re: [Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM & OSGB

2013-04-18 Thread Rob Nickerson
> >I would not, therefore, support updating OSM with another NaPTAN import in my local area. > Agreed that a blanket import would be a poor option, but surely a tool that would show comparisons between the new NaPTAN data and OSM data would be useful? Or perhaps a comparison between the old and ne

[Talk-GB] Updating Imports (Was: 10 fascinating facts...)

2013-04-18 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi, The issue of how to update imports is an important one. For this years SotM (in Birmingham, September) we have a theme of "Change", with one of these areas of change being how do we go from being map data creators to map data maintainers. I would love to see ideas put forward for this in the

[Talk-GB] Please support my request to replace OS OpenData Licence with the standard OGL

2013-04-07 Thread Rob Nickerson
All, Whether you care for public sector data released under the OS OpenData Licence or not, this will probably effect you one way or another. Can I therefore request that you please submit a comment in support of the data request available at the link below. This is especially true if you run a b

Re: [Talk-GB] Taginfo Golf Tags

2013-04-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi, As Andy noted, the JOSM button is probably the best option. Alternatively as there are not too many, you can use the Overpass XAPI without restring to a geographic region. Simply paste the following URL into a browser, save the resulting file with the .osm extension and open in JOSM: http://w

Re: [Talk-GB] prow_ref

2013-03-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
The conclusion seemed to be to add the reference in the same format as used by the Local Authority. Some include the parish name, some also include FP for "footpath" etc. As your data is from a Parish level it's unclear whether the Local Authority will include the parish name before any numbers - a

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-03-12 Thread Rob Nickerson
Brian, The list was of invalid postcodes. Hopefully everything you entered was a valid postcode (it seems that way given that only 3 invalid B27 postcodes appear in the list). Rob On 12 March 2013 22:37, Brian Prangle wrote: > Aidan > > I've had a look at your list and would say it's way und

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-03-01 Thread Rob Nickerson
ble so that's why they are > listed. It also includes postcodes in lowercase as well since it breaks > from the convention of uppercase postcodes, you could argue that they > should be in or out, but it was easier to leave them in. > > [1] > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-02-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
Interestingly out of the 95 you also identified 2 postcodes that are incorrect in OSM... raising the obvious questions: * How accurate is the data already in OSM? * Should imports be compared to 100% accuracy or a more realistic measure of OSM accuracy? Rob ___

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-02-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Andy, Aidan approached the talk-gb mailing list last month about this postcode idea [1]. A discussion was held, and from the back of this several changes were made (mainly related to reducing the size of the import to ensure that only the very best data was used, but also to ensure that QA was

[Talk-GB] Branding?

2013-02-22 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Do we have any guidelines for use of the OSM brand? I'm aware that the OSM-GB "issue" gets raised every now and then but hadn't realised until today how easy it is to get confused between OSM.org and OSM-GB - see for example the OSM-GB wiki: http://www.osmgb.org.uk/osm-gb-wiki/index.php/M

Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of way - LAs and OS

2013-02-07 Thread Rob Nickerson
Thanks Robert, That's very useful and interesting advice. I'll have a proper read when I get a bit more time. I think just getting the info is a good starting point. We can then go out and survey the paths thus removing any of OS's IP rights. We would just be picking the LA's path reference and t

[Talk-GB] Rights of way - LAs and OS

2013-02-06 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, In regards to public rights of way and the relationship between Local Authorities and Ordnance Survey, see my recent blog post: http://opendatauser.posterous.com/loacal-authorities-in-bed-with-the-ordnance-s I would be interested if anyone with knowledge of the legal system has an answer

Re: [Talk-GB] Record of "problematic" rights of way

2013-01-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
I've updated the wiki with our first real problematic right of way. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Problematic_rights_of_way Thanks, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Record of "problematic" rights of way

2013-01-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, As noted, all problematic rights of way should be brought to the attention of the relevant local authority. It may also help if you record the details on the following wiki page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Problematic_rights_of_way (alternatively, send me the details and I'll upd

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW surveying authorities (Was: Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=)

2013-01-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
and hear any arguments from either camp. Either way, "lane=1" is probably a must. And ideally we need a "not really recommended" / "avoid unless the alternatives are just as bad / far out of the way" type tag. As far as I know we don't have one. :-( Rob On 23 Jan

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW surveying authorities (Was: Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=)

2013-01-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
nderstanding of what these roads are actually like on the ground - photos welcome too) Rob On 23 January 2013 19:17, Kevin Peat wrote: > > On 23 Jan 2013 18:58, "Rob Nickerson" wrote: > > > > > ... > > Thanks for that. Any thoughts on wheth

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW surveying authorities (Was: Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=)

2013-01-23 Thread Rob Nickerson
In regards to "Other roads with public access" (ORPA) - this is a term that the Ordnance Survey have used, in other places they are called "Unclassified County Road". Most often they are legally the same as a normal road (and should therefore appear in the Local Authorities list if streets, in whic

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-01-17 Thread Rob Nickerson
I would imagine that this would add a fair number of postcodes, and although those interested in address lookup can just use the centroid database without needing to go to OSM, this requires knowledge of the database (which non-UK developers might not have) and does not link postcodes back to addre

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-01-15 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Matt, I'm getting results from other cities in the "Land Registry tool". Should this apply the same +- 0.1 degrees logic? Would also be nice if you could add the "edit this way in external" links (like those on a way's page on OSM.org). Cheers, Rob _

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-01-14 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Aidan, Sounds like you have thought this through to ensure that this "import" will work well in practice. I would be more satisfied if imports were to closed ways with building=* only (as mentioned by others). Have you seen the Land Registry 'price paid' open data that includes addresses and p

Re: [Talk-GB] Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=

2013-01-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
e: > Not that Essex have released their data, so I’ve not had to worry about > this, but wouldn’t this be an argument for prow_ref and prow_name? Or even > prow_ref and name? > > ** ** > > *From:* Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 04 January 2013 1

[Talk-GB] Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=

2013-01-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
I agree that if there is a choice for prow_ref such as: 801FP1 Abbots Bickington Footpath 1 then I would use the same as the councils interactive map. If this isn't possible I would prefer written parish names rather than codes. That is prow_ref=Abbots Bickington Footpath 1 Rob

[Talk-GB] PRoW surveying authorities (Was: Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=)

2013-01-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
Barry, Local government regions in England can be very confusing. For public rights of way the responsibility of legally collating these on the Definitive Map and Statement lies with those regions that are “surveying authorities”. This is the same as the 152 (151 if you exclude the “City of London

Re: [Talk-GB] Byway between Muston and Belvoir (was "Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM")

2012-12-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
I find that quite often it helps to pull up the historic map layers. Here is a screenshot showing the route of the "road" as shown on OS 25k 1st series map: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6J5ZA1hu93bOXEtZE1XY01zcEE (I'll try to keep this up online for a few months) The local authority would si

Re: [Talk-GB] Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=

2012-12-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
Arg! We were converging on "prow_ref" when I last looked at tag info a few months back. Perhaps I should have checked before changing the wiki!! Seeing that I have now updated the wiki (and it really doesn't make a shred of difference) does anyone have an issue if I change the existing "prow:ref"

Re: [Talk-GB] Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM

2012-12-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
After 2026 a public right of way will only exist if it appears on the Local Authorities "Definitive Map". This means that irrespective of what is on the ground, the legal right of way is that shown on the legal Definitive Map. What does this mean for OSM: * As noted "designation=public_footpath"

Re: [Talk-GB] Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=

2012-12-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
Apologies that this was never added to the wiki page, but you are correct we discussed prow:ref and prow_ref. I believe tag info suggests we are converging more on prow_ref=* so will update the wiki to reflect this. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_access_provisions#Public_Rights_of_Way Rega

Re: [Talk-GB] CFV SOTM 2013 - My support biography

2012-12-22 Thread Rob Nickerson
Brian, Thanks again for all your work to date with organising the Birmingham bid for SOTM (not forgetting the others who have been involved up to now as well). >For the bid document we need your name/OSM name and a brief 2-3 sentence >biography like the one already added by nickw, lastgrape/grego

Re: [Talk-GB] Queen Elizabeth II playing fields

2012-12-06 Thread Rob Nickerson
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10086205.Tribute_to_Queen_safeguards_Oxpens_Meadow/ > >I've added the name of the meadow mentioned in this article, but does anyone >have a suggestion how to tag that it's been designated a QEII Field? I'm >not actually sure what it means, even after reading >http:

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
All, I have emailed the government department named in the article asking for clarification of the license. Will keep you updated. Regards, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
As noted the resolution is not ideal, but the issue with gaps / overlaps between the areas is a rendering error on the telegraphs website only. The main issue however is the lack of clear licence. Perhaps try contacting the Department for Communities and Local Government and asking them. As for a

Re: [Talk-GB] Hampshire: Volunteers needed for testing "FixMyPaths", a rights of way problem reporting app

2012-11-20 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Nick, Fantastic work. Looking forward to seeing the Android app. Unfortunately I don't get down to Hampshire that often any more so can't be of much help. I did however have the please of meaning one of the gents from Hampshire CC (annoyingly I can't find where I wrote his name down) at a rece

Re: [Talk-GB] Office of National Statistics data

2012-11-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Robert, The odd statement on ONS's website seems to be more related to the Northern Ireland part of the dataset. If you see the full statement on the licenses page then it states clearly that the data is available under OGL (see below). The same statement is also made in the download file itsel

Re: [Talk-GB] Request: Norfolk Broads National Park Boundary

2012-11-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
Yep, the Natural England datasets are of good quality. Just one word of warning the Local Nature Reserves data is not OGL licensed so cannot be used. All others are ok for use in OSM - I'm slowing doing Millennium Greens working from the North down one by one so not as to mess up any existing data

Re: [Talk-GB] Social Next Thurs in Coventry

2012-10-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
(Re-posting the following on this list in case anyone saw Andy's message and wanted to attend. The more the merrier). Hi all, Just a quick reminder that the next meet-up is _this_ Thursday in Coventry. Apologies for the delay in confirming a location - we had a few suggestions this time that requ

[Talk-GB] Fwd: Open Government Licence (Public sector information) [UNCLASSIFIED]

2012-10-17 Thread Rob Nickerson
Dear All, The "can you / can't you" Ordnance Survey OS OpenData takes a step in the right direction. As previously noted we were unclear whether the additional clauses OS added to the standard Open Government License caused any issues for OSM. A clarification from OS cleared this up for data relea

[Talk-GB] Request: Please vote up this Postcode data request

2012-10-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, (This is a cross post on talk-gb and my local mailing list - please try to respond to talk-gb) As you may be aware from my previous mail, the Land Registry is now releasing 'price paid' data under an OpenData licence. This provides a fantastic source of address to postcode data. A request

Re: [Talk-GB] Gibraltar - Mapping Party?

2012-10-07 Thread Rob Nickerson
I don't think anyone was questioning the authenticity of the claim (rather the motive of one of the authors given the padding he used around this claim). As Andy says, it is up to everyone to decide for themselves. Perhaps this could have been raised a little earlier so that people were aware and

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

2012-09-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Just a quick heads up that the Open Data User Group (supported by UK Government) as asking "what data do you want". If interested there are details of the initiative and a simple form to fill out: http://www.data.gov.uk/odug/overview http://data.gov.uk/node/add/data-request Cheers, Rob _

[Talk-GB] Announcement: Voting ongoing for proposed access tagging "Conditional restrictions"

2012-09-18 Thread Rob Nickerson
Dear List, For those who do not read the tagging or talk mailing list, please see the following proposal [1] for how to tag advanced access restrictions. The proposal is currently under a 2 week voting period (too short in my opinion for people who do not regularly read the wiki/mailing lists). M

[Talk-GB] User adding their own open access routes in Scotland

2012-09-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
- Craig wrote: - I have just come across a user (Peter Wright [1]) adding his own recommended routes across open access land in Scotland, for example Changeset #12151621 [2]. His routes are actually published in a book "Walking in Wilderness", available at your favourite bookseller for the

[Talk-GB] PRoW update - Norfolk CC Definitive Statements

2012-09-04 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I am pleased to announce that Norfolk County Council have decided to release their Public Rights of Way "Definitive Statements" under the Open Government Licence. These are available as searchable pdfs and have been kindly hosted by Robert on his website [1]. I am also investigating the po

[Talk-GB] ITO path designation map & designation=unclassified_highway

2012-09-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
The reason designation=unclassified_county_road is described as obsolete on Robert's page is that there is legally no such thing (unlike public footpaths, etc.. which are included in the legislation - CROW Act 2000). When I updated both [1] and [2] this designation was not on the wiki page and hen

[Talk-GB] Royal Mail Pinpoint (Was: UK Postcodes - Potential data source)

2012-09-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
Stephen Gower wrote: >On the other hand, Royal Mail are trialing doing their own GPS surveys of >properties: >http://www.royalmail.com/customer-service/pinpoint-positional-data-capture >The cynical amongst us wonder if this is to make the postcode database a >100% Royal Mail product with no dange

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
use.gov.uk/en_output.html http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb-westmidlands/2012-August/001110.html Regards, Rob On 31 August 2012 12:17, Rob Nickerson wrote: > > The other problem with the Companies House data is that there is no clear > statement of the licence other t

[Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
The other problem with the Companies House data is that there is no clear statement of the licence other than "free". Come on CH please be more specific! Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-

[Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
== Matt wrote == This does indeed seem like a very useful data source. Great find! However, I'm struggling to think of a nice way of visualising it to make it useful. What I've got so far in my mind is: - Take an entry from the list - Take its postcode - Search for the postcode (I've got a cur

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
UK_Postcodes > > On 28 August 2012 10:04, Tom Chance wrote: > >> On 28 August 2012 00:44, Rob Nickerson wrote: >> >>> What I have in my mind is to grab each months data release from land >>> registry (thus building up a good database of address + postcode

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
ork, though more accurate and what is needed by the > geocoders. > > There are websites out there such as CycleStreets that are successfully > using the CodePoint Open data for geocoding in addition to other OSM data. > > Shaun > > On 27 Aug 2012, at 23:18, Rob Nickerson

[Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Please correct me if I am wrong, but to the best of my understanding we are still struggling to find a good source of postcode data under an open licence. From what I understand the CodePoint data set is currently seen as not available for use in OSM. That is where this data set available

[Talk-GB] On Countryside paths

2012-08-21 Thread Rob Nickerson
Adam Wrote: >It's totally confused me, so in the bit of UK countryside I edit I have added >tons of ways with highway=footway tags through woods, fields etc, when in fact >I am pretty sure they should really be highway=path tags. I realised this a >little while ago, so this thread is timely. >

[Talk-GB] Worcestershire Public Rights of Way - OGL

2012-08-16 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Following on from my email dated 03/Aug/2012 [A], I have received further notice from Worcestershire CC as follows: -- Start Worcestershire Email -- I had this reply from the OS yesterday about use of the PROW data: In simple terms the OpenData licence requires the following: - Ac

[Talk-GB] Wigan Public Rights of Way - OGL

2012-08-06 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I see that Wigan Council have listed their public rights of way interactive map as Open Data (Under the Open Government Licence). At the moment I can't find any easy way to get at the raw data - suggestions welcome. http://www.wigan.gov.uk/Services/CouncilDemocracy/PerformanceInformation/

[Talk-GB] Worcestershire Public Rights of Way - OGL

2012-08-03 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, I am happy to confirm that I have received confirmation that the PRoW data held at [1] is available under the OGL licence. This data is the digitised Definitive Map, and is provided as a WMS map service. This can be viewed online (through [1] or [2]), alternatively it can be opened in QGIS

Re: [Talk-GB] Natural England data

2012-07-19 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi David, Word of warning, from what I can remember the Local Nature Reserves data is NOT part of the OGL licensed data and therefore cannot be used in OSM (unless its license sets out conditions that are compatible wit osm - i don't think it did). I have looked at these datasets, many of which a

[Talk-GB] Lambeth council opens up

2012-07-15 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Good news on the local council front. Lambeth council is looking to open up all (excluding confidential data) the data they hold [1]. This is fantastic news and somthing other councils should try to follow. They know that this will be a big task so are looking for people to send in request

Re: [Talk-GB] Millennium Greens, Doorstep Greens & CROW Open Area land

2012-07-05 Thread Rob Nickerson
> > Presumably these were the original conditions to get the funding? Having > mapped Ardleigh Millennium Green since the start of this thread I know that > has a playground, or at least “play equipment”. There are also photos of it > on the parish council website[1]. So I'm guessing this has been

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