Re: [Talk-GB] OpenStreetMap's first flight!

2009-09-13 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
Hi, yes was about to suggest map warper (warper.geothings.net) it can handle oblique photos, given enough control points (which you'd need for a desktop equivalent) However, the server it's running on is crappy and shared and stingy on processes that need some power, so I've had to restrict it so

[Talk-GB] Pateley Bridge mapping party 7th June 2009 with the AGI Northern Group SIG

2009-04-24 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
Hi Folks, been on the cards for a while, but we've decided on a location, Pateley Bridge, in North Yorkshire, a nice little place, with the UK's oldest sweet shop, apparently! All welcome, the more the merrier. The surrounding area needs mapping too, and there should be excellent walks nearby.

Re: [Talk-GB] Generating Mapnik Images to epsg:27700 (British National Grid) Projection

2009-04-24 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
please correct me, I want to be wrong, I heard yesterday that by projecting any data into OSGB, the OS has copyright / dominion over it, since they own that coordinate system. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Wincanton streets in the news

2009-04-07 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
2009/4/7 Peter Childs pchi...@bcs.org: I notice this week that Wincanton has a new house estate and the streets are getting named after Ankh-Morpork (If any one is going to map that I'm not sure where we put the data :) Is there a way to tag towns with there twin town. Oh where is Peach Pie

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-22 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
Hi Andrew, This is really neat. it's good to see a few excellent routers occuring because of OSM. I think your one is quite powerful for the ability to customise the weighting, nice! Also, any plans to release the source for the router available so we can play too? Tim 2009/3/22 Andrew M.

[Talk-GB] OSM Guardian Open Platform, press

2009-03-10 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
Guardian release new API http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/10/guardian-open-platform Gives a nice sizeable shout out towards the project. OSM are partners in the launch with Stamen, apparently. Other partners for the launch of the service include web design firm Stamen and OpenStreetMap,

Re: [Talk-GB] Large format scans, A0

2009-03-03 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
couple of ideas, in case you don't get access to an A0 scanner (local copy shop charges quite a lot for one scan)... With a project I'm working on at the moment, the old maps have been photographed from above rather than scanned. You could scan / snap smaller areas of each map and ask the

Re: [Talk-GB] Birmingham Apostrophes

2009-01-31 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
was also in the Guardian and the Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5614962.ece ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Northern Meet-up, Leeds - Sunday 25 Jan at the Scarborough Hotel pub , 3pm

2009-01-20 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
Hi, In what I hope will be the first of many regular meet-ups throughout the North, just a little reminder about the upcoming meet-up at the Scarborough Hotel, in Leeds, at 3pm this Sunday the 25th Jan. Look out for geeks with GPS units and maps! The pub is located just outside the train

[Talk-GB] talk-gb-thenorth list for The North get together in January.

2008-12-18 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
a new list for The North region http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-thenorth We'll be having the first regional social get together with tea, cake and/or beer which I've pencilled in for Sunday 25th January in a location somewhere in Leeds, West Yorkshire Sign up to the list, and

Re: [Talk-GB] Corporate Cartographers accused of demolishing history. (make press release?)

2008-08-29 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
On 8/29/08, 80n [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He didn't need to ask permission either. The Ordnance Survey Act of 1841 gives him the right to from time to time, after notice in writing of the intention ... to enter into and upon any estate or property of any county ... for the purpose of making

[Talk-GB] 2nd Leeds Mapping Party

2008-07-23 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
Hi folks, OK, we've had a few micro mapping parties, and mapping pub crawls since the 1st Party, but this one should be a big 'un. It's part of the 2 day BarCamp Leeds, and should see sizeable parts of the city being filled in. The Saturday is mainly devoted to BarCamp, but we could see mapping