Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Announcement: Second City, Birmingham, and its surrounds completed

2008-12-24 Thread Tom Higgy
Excellent work! Congratulations to those involved! Hope my partial completeness of some bits hasn't confused anyone. Noticed a cul-de-sac missing which I'll report of OpenStreetBugs. I suppose that's the next stage: getting people to reports errors and improving upon what's there. Looking forw

Re: [Talk-GB] Bounty to get Lincoln mapped

2008-12-02 Thread Tom Higgy
Ed Loach wrote: >> Please let me know if you're interested or pass this on to >> anyone who >> might be. > > Central Lincoln looks quite well mapped. Have you checked the > history of any of the information there and tried contacting those > mappers directly? Nope. Might try that... Had hoped mos

[Talk-GB] Bounty to get Lincoln mapped

2008-12-01 Thread Tom Higgy
Hi folks, One of our larger web development clients at the company I work for wants a map putting on their website. Unfortunately they're in Lincoln, which is not particularly well mapped in OSM. I want to offer £50 to anyone who will map at least 95% of roads in Lincoln, specifically those on

Re: [Talk-GB] Birmingham - eleven hours on the eleven bus on the eleventh of november

2008-10-30 Thread Tom Higgy
I'd been meaning to do this for a while (though not for 11 hours) and never got round to it. Would love to! Just not on a Tuesday. One circuit on 15th? Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: > For those who like a little difference to their mapping activities, how > about join those doing the 1

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM at LUG Radio Live this weekend

2008-07-17 Thread Tom Higgy
I'm intending to come down both days. OSM t-shirt in the wash right now :) See you there. Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: > A reminder to all that the final ever LUG Radio Live event [1] is taking > place this weekend in Wolverhampton. So if you are about come on over and > have some fun.

[Talk-GB] Shrewsbury mapping day - 10th May

2008-05-03 Thread Tom Higgy
Hi folks, Just wanted to announce a mapping day in Shrewsbury next Saturday (10th May). I appear to be the only mapper so am hoping to attract locals to the project if possible. Open for anyone available to come along, do some mapping, meet up for drinks. I'll be at the Shrewsbury Hotel (Whet

Re: [Talk-GB] Are we all terrorists?

2008-02-22 Thread Tom Higgy
Gregory wrote: > So what articles was it referring to? No idea, just says 'articles of terrorism.' I'd guess explosives, wires, mobile phones... > And did they just take the GPS/mapping mention casually? He was quite chatty so I just mentioned the GPS and map-making to see what he'd say. Appar

Re: [Talk-GB] Are we all terrorists?

2008-02-21 Thread Tom Higgy
tim wrote: > We may not be all terrorists, but we are participating in terrorist behaviour. > £10 in cigarettes and a phone call for the first person to be > arrested and held for a month from mapping. I got stop-searched today at B'ham New Street station, something related to counter-terrorism.

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Welsh Map

2008-01-13 Thread Tom Higgy
Chris Jones wrote: > Just a quick email to announce a Welsh Language render of the UK. Excellent! I've started adding Welsh names of places I know. There's a lot of 'name:cym' keys. Is it possible to change these all at once in the DB or shall I continue seeking them out myself? > See http://s

Re: [Talk-GB] Summer Wales Party / Isle of Wight Redux... Was: Re: Worcester

2008-01-11 Thread Tom Higgy
Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: > I would be interested in a North Wales mapping party as I have relatives > ~ who I could stay with. For accommodation the riding centre where I used to work has some great facilities. Only thing is location could make things more difficult for those without cars. £1

Re: [Talk-GB] Summer Wales Party / Isle of Wight Redux... Was: Re: Worcester

2008-01-11 Thread Tom Higgy
Stephen Coast wrote: > So... > > Why don't we do it again this summer? We'll hire one or more cottages > in central Wales, say, as a jumping off point. Main mapping weekend > but people welcome to stay the week. So > > * Where: mid wales > * When: er... summer some time > * Length: week, with ma

Re: [Talk-GB] Worcester

2008-01-11 Thread Tom Higgy
I may do (weather, carriage of bike on train and money permitting). I want to do more of Shrewsbury sometime, probably during March. Anyone up for that? Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Hello all, > > I fancy going to map Worcester on Saturday 23rd Feb. Anyone else up > for it? > > http://wiki.opens

Re: [Talk-GB] Ward boundaries from copyrighted maps

2007-10-28 Thread Tom Higgy
does that constitute a derived work? Cheers, Steve Coast wrote: > no > > they're probably from > > http://www.election-maps.co.uk/ > > > On 18 Oct 2007, at 13:05, Tom Higgy wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> For my dad's campaigning for the local b

[Talk-GB] Ward boundaries from copyrighted maps

2007-10-18 Thread Tom Higgy
Hi folks, For my dad's campaigning for the local branch of a certain major political party, he has maps of local Birmingham ward boundaries. I've asked him about these and he says the maps themselves are copyrighted but the ward boundaries are public since "people need to know them." Is this

Re: [Talk-GB] Lake District Mapping Week - July 3rd to 8th?

2007-04-23 Thread Tom Higgy
That reminds me, My dad is planning a walk from Mow Cop to Ramsor, North Staffs (neither place in OSM yet). Date will be Thursday 31st May (a little inconvenient, I know). I can try and get as much information as I can but it'd be useful if people could take detours to get things just off rout