Re: [Talk-GB] Nominatim oddity

2020-12-07 Thread Tom Hughes via Talk-GB
e: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ui/details.html?osmtype=N=21279378=place Well it doesn't for me. Do you have your browser languages set to prefer Latin or something (that's the name:la for the UK relation). Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://

Re: [Talk-GB] High quality NLS imagery of buildings and HOUSENUMBERS (!) available in London (and Scotland). Create a tasking manger to add this?

2020-12-01 Thread Tom Hughes via Talk-GB
, at 9:41 AM, Tom Hughes wrote: If we assume that a new copyright is created by the scanning (which is a complicated question) then there is no way it expires next year. What exactly do you think the term is for this copyright and when do you think it starts from? I don't think it's relevant

Re: [Talk-GB] High quality NLS imagery of buildings and HOUSENUMBERS (!) available in London (and Scotland). Create a tasking manger to add this?

2020-12-01 Thread Tom Hughes via Talk-GB
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Re: [Talk-GB] Turn Restrictions at roundabouts

2020-10-03 Thread Tom Hughes via Talk-GB
the start or end point is on the flare why would a router do that over the shorter route on the roundabout... I mean maybe there are a few cases where the flare is shorter somehow? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] Turn Restrictions at roundabouts

2020-10-03 Thread Tom Hughes via Talk-GB
dy turning off which should exclude it from any consideration by a router? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Overpass query strangeness within iD

2020-09-16 Thread Tom Hughes via Talk-GB
Hopefully I've fixed them on TW for the next update. Tom On 16/09/2020 12:44, Tom Hughes via Talk-GB wrote: That would be because somebody on TranslateWiki has added a bunch of bogus strings to the en-GB translation: https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/blob/master/config

Re: [Talk-GB] Overpass query strangeness within iD

2020-09-16 Thread Tom Hughes via Talk-GB
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Re: [Talk-GB] Flatholm Island Boundary Problem

2020-09-12 Thread Tom Hughes via Talk-GB
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Re: [Talk-GB] Pedestrian priority and highway=cycleway

2020-09-03 Thread Tom Hughes via Talk-GB
hway-code BCC to DWG because of the impact in cycle routing. -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] List moderator - volunteers needed

2020-03-14 Thread Tom Hughes via Talk-GB
On 14/03/2020 11:37, Dan S wrote: Op za 14 mrt. 2020 om 11:20 schreef Tom Hughes via Talk-GB : On 14/03/2020 11:13, Rob Nickerson wrote: As may have seen in Simon's response it sounds like we currently lack list moderators. If this is something you would like to do please email this mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] List moderator - volunteers needed

2020-03-14 Thread Tom Hughes via Talk-GB
the situation with them before attempting a putsch. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Laura Ashley - looking for tagging consensus

2019-12-20 Thread Tom Hughes
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Re: [Talk-GB] Elections Online website - candidate for OSM?

2019-12-03 Thread Tom Hughes
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Re: [Talk-GB] Valuation Office Agency council tax data (was postcode mapping (was Re: Automated Code-Point Open postcode editing (simple cases only))

2019-07-30 Thread Tom Hughes
s "open data" to you? What it says to me is "copyright for 50 years from the end of the year when it was published" so unless there is some license allowing it's use then no, it can't be used. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/

Re: [Talk-GB] Ground truth v legal truth

2019-07-19 Thread Tom Hughes
On 19/07/2019 14:17, David Woolley wrote: On 19/07/2019 13:37, Tom Hughes wrote: I would say the logical consequence of that argument is that no road should be mapped as tertiary, as, unless taken from OS, it is a subjective judgement and can't be consistently verified. That doesn't follow

Re: [Talk-GB] Ground truth v legal truth

2019-07-19 Thread Tom Hughes
tertiary, unclassified and residential on a more subjective basis. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] TfL Cycling Infrastructure Database

2019-06-11 Thread Tom Hughes
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Re: [Talk-GB] London venues

2019-03-14 Thread Tom Hughes
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Re: [Talk-GB] Microsoft missive jammed in the system?

2019-03-07 Thread Tom Hughes
t. Could someone with moderator abilities take a look please? Done, but for future reference he will find it works a lot better if he subscribes to the list first... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing li

Re: [Talk-GB] Checking UK Towns

2019-01-30 Thread Tom Hughes
be somewhere below Cheshunt and west of Waltham Abbey. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging post towns and other addressing issues in the UK

2019-01-28 Thread Tom Hughes
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Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging post towns and other addressing issues in the UK

2019-01-28 Thread Tom Hughes
outlandish ideas I've heard in OSM tagging circles, and that's saying a lot. To be fair "addr:city=Chipping Norton" would be outlandish even for an address *in* Chipping Norton... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-

Re: [Talk-GB] OS National Grid References

2019-01-22 Thread Tom Hughes
). There is a simplified algorithmic transformation but a fully accurate conversion requires the OSTN02 data. I'm not sure what the current status is but they certainly used to claim various IP rights over it. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Rendering Problems

2019-01-18 Thread Tom Hughes
On 18/01/2019 09:49, Brian Prangle wrote: Has anyone else noticed problems with edits failing to render?. Stuff I did 2 days ago still not showing up Replication had stalled on one of the render servers - it is catching up now but will take a few hours to get everything. Tom -- Tom Hughes

Re: [Talk-GB] account disabled due to bounces

2019-01-14 Thread Tom Hughes
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Re: [Talk-GB] account disabled due to bounces

2019-01-14 Thread Tom Hughes
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Re: [Talk-GB] Property extents

2019-01-09 Thread Tom Hughes
l have any correlation with Land Registry. I'm guessing .gov isn’t that joined up. Cheers Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://

Re: [Talk-GB] Guildford Blackwell Farm redevelopment

2018-11-21 Thread Tom Hughes
telligence: https://twitter.com/jonobennett/status/1065232930883145728 Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Durham City Congestion Charge

2018-11-15 Thread Tom Hughes
f road, and that is marked: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/25365715 Because that is the only vehicular access to the area it has the effect of controlling traffic in the whole area. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list T

Re: [Talk-GB] Spam GPS traces

2018-11-14 Thread Tom Hughes
ist Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcodes

2018-11-09 Thread Tom Hughes
t it's a stupid idea, so please don't... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcodes

2018-11-09 Thread Tom Hughes
a particular building has. I am not bulk adding these (I do not have the technical knowledge or time) I am just adding postcodes to properties as I add them. So how are you working out which postcode to use? Sometimes it is fairly obvious from the centroid location but it often isn't. Tom -- Tom Hughes

Re: [Talk-GB] Coastline confusion

2018-11-03 Thread Tom Hughes
On 03/11/2018 15:50, Colin Smale wrote: The coastline ways with source=PGS are really old and inaccurate. I am not sure of their exact provenance but I think they were traced from some primitive aerial imagery. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:source%3DPGS Tom -- Tom Hughes (t

Re: [Talk-GB] Bartholomews, Brighton

2018-07-26 Thread Tom Hughes
uot; at all: https://maps.compton.nu/view#18/50.82039/-0.13968/os2500 https://maps.compton.nu/view#18/50.82039/-0.13968/os1250 Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

2017-12-21 Thread Tom Hughes
That said I will certainly agree that what you're doing is far better than what many companies trying to get their clients locations into OSM have done in the past. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing li

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

2017-12-19 Thread Tom Hughes
n anything but. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Website Data

2017-12-18 Thread Tom Hughes
) is there any reason we can't do such imports without discussion with/permission from the company concerned? Just a small thing called copyright and/or database right. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Quarterly Project: Addresses and Postcodes

2017-10-19 Thread Tom Hughes
invented by using some algorithm to draw a polygon that happens to encapsulate all those delivery points. Depending on the algorithm that may or may allow for overlapping polygons and in general you may get different answer depending on the details of the algorithm used. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t

Re: [Talk-GB] Queensferry Crossing

2017-08-30 Thread Tom Hughes
On 30/08/17 10:26, Tom Hughes wrote: As best I can tell from wikipedia the new bridge is the M90 and under motorway conditions with the old bridge presumably expected to carry non-motorway traffic as the A9000. So from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-41086779

Re: [Talk-GB] Queensferry Crossing

2017-08-30 Thread Tom Hughes
to carry non-motorway traffic as the A9000. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

2017-01-27 Thread Tom Hughes
. Mostly these seem to be id edits so I'm guessing perhaps a University course or something. I suspect Pokemon Go is a more likely explanation. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

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

2016-09-24 Thread Tom Hughes
I was just saying earlier today at SotM that I'd dearly love to get hold of the historical boundary data that Vision of Britain has but chooses for some reason only to make available to people with an academic affiliation Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://

Re: [Talk-GB] Text entry option vanished when uploading traces?

2016-06-27 Thread Tom Hughes
instead of just entering the file name. It is very irritating and demotivating :-( Editing OSM already takes too much of my time. I think it is your browser that has changed, not us. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] os.openstreetmap.org

2016-06-15 Thread Tom Hughes
be contacted to see if this can be reinstated? I think Grant is already aware if you're talking about URL parameters. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-GB] Purton Hulks

2016-06-01 Thread Tom Hughes
? How should they be tagged? I suggest barge=concrete ;-) Not that I had any trouble believing you could make ships out of concrete or anything when I first heard about them as a teenager. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] UK government to spend £5 million rebuilding postcode data it sold off in 2013

2016-03-19 Thread Tom Hughes
o work out what they might do not to actually do it ;-) Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] place=village/town/city

2016-02-12 Thread Tom Hughes
strong word... There are many, many towns and villages without any town or parish council. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] The Park, Nottingham

2016-01-28 Thread Tom Hughes
there to which he and possibly some other OSMers gave evidence. Certainly in general we have a particularly active community in the Nottingham area so it's always worth talking to them about any local issues. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Secondary, tertiary and unclassified

2015-11-04 Thread Tom Hughes
. If we did try and map it to sub-B classifications then we would probably have to do it on a per-authority basis as each authority has it's own classification scheme below B. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] New Map Style feedback

2015-11-01 Thread Tom Hughes
treatment I wonder? Should we have a French style and a US style and a Chinese style and... I mean how exactly do you propose to decide which national styles should get special treatment? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Village, Hamlet and populations ...

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Hughes
On 14/09/15 11:24, Lester Caine wrote: On 14/09/15 11:11, Tom Hughes wrote: Broxbourne, Wormley and Turnford don't really have significant centres and historically would likely have been considered villages. Broxbourne is now a town in wikipedia with a population of over 13 thousand while

Re: [Talk-GB] Village, Hamlet and populations ...

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Hughes
e parishes of Broxbourne and Great Amwell, neither of which has a significant high street, while it has has a market charter wince 1253 and has a high street which clearly dates back some centuries. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ _

Re: [Talk-GB] Village, Hamlet and populations ...

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Hughes
On 14/09/15 10:39, Lester Caine wrote: On 14/09/15 09:51, Tom Hughes wrote: Hell, try http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1009 where I now live which wasn't even a parish in it's own right until 1844 but was almost certainly considered a town before that, as a coaching stop on the main

Re: [Talk-GB] Village, Hamlet and populations ...

2015-09-13 Thread Tom Hughes
necessarily growing in other ways. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] NLS OS 6in EW in Potlatch iD

2015-08-26 Thread Tom Hughes
://geo.nls.uk/mapdata2/os/25_inch/surrey/{z}/{x}/{y}.png http://geo.nls.uk/mapdata2/os/25_inch/sussex/{z}/{x}/{y}.png http://geo.nls.uk/mapdata2/os/25_inch/buckingham/{z}/{x}/{y}.png http://geo.nls.uk/mapdata2/os/25_inch/london/{z}/{x}/{y}.png Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Openstreetmap Foundation Charity Number

2015-08-18 Thread Tom Hughes
company number https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Main_Page Does anyone have any suggestions or will I just have to pay the VAT OSMF is not a charity, so there is no charity number. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Fiction

2015-03-22 Thread Tom Hughes
to record names erroneously asserted in official sources. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData now OGL

2015-02-19 Thread Tom Hughes
be able to find postcodes when I type them in? Why would it make any difference? As far as I know Nominatim already uses the Codepoint Open data? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Different styles of annotation.

2014-11-13 Thread Tom Hughes
, this is confusing things at times. Well if you told us where on the map you were looking so that we could see for ourselves then it would be a lot easier to comment... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Different styles of annotation.

2014-11-13 Thread Tom Hughes
On 13/11/14 09:52, Tom Hughes wrote: On 13/11/14 09:42, Lester Caine wrote: Silly question ... Just been looking at a local note and I'm a little curious as to what differentiates text appearing with a purple dot on a building and the more normal brown text on surrounding buildings? While

Re: [Talk-GB] Railway edits in the UK that could perhaps benefit from a bit of checking.

2014-11-12 Thread Tom Hughes
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Re: [Talk-GB] addressing (was addr:place)

2014-10-27 Thread Tom Hughes
, but their post town is Crewkerne. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] RFC Mechanical edit: UK Shop Names

2014-10-24 Thread Tom Hughes
by: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Math1985/history Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] C roads again

2014-08-13 Thread Tom Hughes
it might affect other apps routing decisions in entirely different ways. There is a well defined meaning to trunk/primary/secondary for UK roads so please use it. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk

Re: [Talk-GB] C roads again

2014-08-13 Thread Tom Hughes
they should be included in everyday renderings - they are something that belong on specialist renderings for specialist uses of the sort you mentioned. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] UK addresses

2014-08-12 Thread Tom Hughes
: addr:street=Something Technology Park assuming that the technology park is actually a road, or collection or roads, that comes off Other thing Road. eg http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/123243789 Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Tagging of private roads

2014-08-03 Thread Tom Hughes
...@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging of private roads

2014-08-03 Thread Tom Hughes
On 03/08/14 17:02, Tom Hughes wrote: See, for example: http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/atoz/a_to_z/service.asp?u_id=1065tab=3siteid=5409pageid=29027e=e http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn00402.pdf is also informative. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: Adding links to Wikidata (and Wikipedia?)

2014-06-17 Thread Tom Hughes
twenty years now and to date nobody has managed to come up with an answer that makes everybody happy so I suggest we don't try and do so here and now. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Adding links to Wikidata (and Wikipedia?)

2014-06-08 Thread Tom Hughes
, it could then be replicated for more topics; and in other territories. What would you consider a demonstration of success exactly? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-GB] Adding links to Wikidata (and Wikipedia?)

2014-06-08 Thread Tom Hughes
was taking the question of accuracy as a given. My point was not whether we can accurately add the right tags, but rather whether doing so is actually useful. There's an almost infinite number of things we could add, but if nobody ever uses them, is the time take do so wasted? Tom -- Tom

Re: [Talk-GB] Adding links to Wikidata (and Wikipedia?)

2014-06-08 Thread Tom Hughes
On 08/06/14 23:11, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 8 June 2014 22:49, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu wrote: There's an almost infinite number of things we could add, but if nobody ever uses them, is the time take do so wasted? Why do you (apparently) suppose they will not be used? I don't suppose one

Re: [Talk-GB] UK postcodes on each side of the road

2014-05-18 Thread Tom Hughes
postcodes. One covers both sides for about one third of the length and the other two each cover one side for the other two thirds. Postcodes are part of an address and belong to a building, not a street, so that is where they should be tagged. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http

Re: [Talk-GB] newbie questions about building outlines

2014-04-29 Thread Tom Hughes
://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edit_Policy Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Town v City (again, sorry!)

2014-04-22 Thread Tom Hughes
places and what places people would expect to show up first on the map so while it may be mapping for the renderer it's also in agreement with the documented meaning of the tag. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] Town v City (again, sorry!)

2014-04-22 Thread Tom Hughes
, the Should normally have a population of at least 100,000 people and be larger than nearby place=towns rule. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [Talk-GB] Town v City

2014-02-25 Thread Tom Hughes
tags literally against local legalites. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Town v City

2014-02-25 Thread Tom Hughes
the globe so we need to find a local way in each area to define what a tag means so that meaning does not deviate too much across the globe. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Glasgow Open OS Data for Open Street Map

2014-02-09 Thread Tom Hughes
/DrBobBarr/status/431830942144299008 Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-12-03 Thread Tom Hughes
are you using? How exactly are you performing the search when it errors - do you enter return after typing? or click the search button with them mouse? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-12-03 Thread Tom Hughes
On 03/12/13 16:44, david wrote: On 03/12/13 14:22, Tom Hughes wrote: On 03/12/13 14:08, Roger Calvert wrote: On the new front page, the search button seems to have a broken link - if you type in a place name (I tried 'Kendal' and 'Barrow') it goes to http://www.openstreetmap.org/search

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-12-01 Thread Tom Hughes
yesterday what things would you have done differently as a result? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-11-16 Thread Tom Hughes
to enable it? In any case, if it isn't a regression then it's out of scope as a bug report against the redesign. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Talk-GB] Upcoming changes to OpenStreetMap.org website

2013-11-16 Thread Tom Hughes
and contribute. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Moderation (WAS: Primary or Trunk? PITA?)

2013-11-04 Thread Tom Hughes
, but the vast majority of my email was explainging the rationale behind the tagging. Lessons: * We should be able to explain the reasoning behind our tagging if asked. Absolutely, and I believe I did so. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Primary or Trunk?

2013-11-03 Thread Tom Hughes
On 03/11/13 19:41, Tom Hughes wrote: On 03/11/13 19:07, Jonathan wrote: What we should be mapping is reality, so that people can use that data to build on. Whether a road is signed in Green, Pink or Purple tells a user nothing, it may have a legal definition but that is all. The tag we give

Re: [Talk-GB] Primary or Trunk?

2013-11-02 Thread Tom Hughes
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Re: [Talk-GB] Notes feature

2013-10-27 Thread Tom Hughes
business/event here and one for map improvement needed here Why? Both are calls for the map to be improved surely, even if one is phrased slightly oddly. We certainly don't want to maintain a permanent POI layer spearate from the main data if that's what you're suggesting. Tom -- Tom

Re: [Talk-GB] bing image alignment

2013-09-13 Thread Tom Hughes
[central_meridian,-2], PARAMETER[scale_factor,0.9996012717], PARAMETER[false_easting,40], PARAMETER[false_northing,-10], UNIT[metre,1, AUTHORITY[EPSG,9001]], AUTHORITY[EPSG,27700]] Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Phone numbers in little England

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Hughes
or in practice. On top of which 0203 is now in use as well... That said I see little benefit in a mass edit, especially in cases which just amount to inserting or moving whitespace. Then again I see little benefit in adding phone numbers to OSM in the first place. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu

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

2013-04-22 Thread Tom Hughes
secondary A road. Which is why the wiki says what it does. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

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

2013-04-18 Thread Tom Hughes
of whether food is available or not... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] New user reinstating old railways in Norfolk

2013-02-18 Thread Tom Hughes
and thinks this is the correct way to create a custom map for himself? His english doesn't seem to be brilliant which may not be helping with people's attempts to explain the problem to him. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk

Re: [Talk-GB] Multiple postcodes with the same location?

2013-01-09 Thread Tom Hughes
://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/39467039 The one with all the Royal Mail trucks outside on StreetView you mean? Some large businesses which have special delivery arrangements and have their own postcodes will map to the local delivery office, which is what you are seeing here. Tom -- Tom Hughes

Re: [Talk-GB] Multiple postcodes with the same location?

2013-01-09 Thread Tom Hughes
postcode of the large Royal Mail warehouse on the outskirts of Aberdeen then I would just leave it and not add any of them. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

[Talk-GB] London Hack Weekend

2012-11-28 Thread Tom Hughes
in the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/London_Hack_Weekend_Dec_2012 Hope to see some of you there, Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

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

2012-10-31 Thread Tom Hughes
On 31/10/12 11:39, Steve Doerr wrote: Can we get this data into Nominatim? Why? What would it give us over the CodePoint Open data? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

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

2012-10-31 Thread Tom Hughes
On 31/10/12 11:51, Steve Doerr wrote: On 31/10/2012 11:44, Tom Hughes wrote: On 31/10/12 11:39, Steve Doerr wrote: Can we get this data into Nominatim? Why? What would it give us over the CodePoint Open data? Is that in there? I believe it is in Nominatim 2 yes. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t

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

2012-10-31 Thread Tom Hughes
On 31/10/12 11:58, Steve Doerr wrote: On 31/10/2012 11:54, Tom Hughes wrote: On 31/10/12 11:51, Steve Doerr wrote: On 31/10/2012 11:44, Tom Hughes wrote: On 31/10/12 11:39, Steve Doerr wrote: Can we get this data into Nominatim? Why? What would it give us over the CodePoint Open data

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM mapping parties/events in London in November

2012-10-31 Thread Tom Hughes
. The John Snow is reasonable - it's a Sam Smith's pub these days so nothing special except that the beer is cheap. We have used it once or twice for meetups, but not recently. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list

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