Re: [Talk-GB] Leicester A

2018-12-30 Thread SK53
Thanks; I had no idea. He was not familiar to me as a regular mapper. Nor were his other activities known to me (or probably other mappers who are not active in OpenSource). I vaguely knew he was a mapper of long-standing. We should perhaps consider sending a message to this list when we lose

Re: [Talk-GB] Leicester A

2018-12-30 Thread Spike
In case you did not know Jerry, Gerv passed away in July 2018 >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervase_Markham_(programmer) Best regards Spike On 30/12/2018 12:26, SK53 wrote: Eventually I finally had time after a meeting in Leicester to go and have a look at this. It's been on my to-do

[Talk-GB] Leicester pub meeting & mapathon Thursday 19th April

2018-04-17 Thread SK53
Just another reminder that we have an extra couple of events this week in Leicester. The Mapathon is in the Bennett Building, University of Leicester from 16:30. I'd welcome anyone who is willing to lend a hand to help any newcomers get off the ground. I'm detailing stuff on this wiki page:

Re: [Talk-GB] Leicester Meeting(s) Thursday 19th April

2018-04-14 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Jerry I'm intending to make it - good opportunity to promote the UK chapter Regards Brian On 13 April 2018 at 11:08, SK53 wrote: > A quick note as I have to be out for part of today and therefore dont have > time to finish adding information to the wiki. > > Next week

[Talk-GB] Leicester Meeting(s) Thursday 19th April

2018-04-13 Thread SK53
A quick note as I have to be out for part of today and therefore dont have time to finish adding information to the wiki. Next week we will be holding two events in Leicester connected with the GIS Research UK conference. - A Mapathon on the Missing Maps format for conference participants

Re: [Talk-GB] Leicester A

2017-11-14 Thread Gervase Markham
On 23/10/17 00:53, Philip Barnes wrote: > I have not lived in Leicestershire for six years and was not aware of > any changes to the location of A Are you saying it is no longer close > to the main entrance and accessed from Infirmary Close? If I remember correctly, it's currently accessed via

Re: [Talk-GB] Leicester A

2017-10-23 Thread Philip Barnes
Hi Gerv Sorry you had problems, mapping hospital departments is one thing that has been puzzling other mappers and myself. Some mappers have used multiple hospitals, which breaks the one real life object to one osm object. There is only one LRI. I have not lived in Leicestershire for six years

[Talk-GB] Leicester A

2017-10-22 Thread Gervase Markham
I had cause to go to Leicester A on Saturday. It was renewed in April (Google Earth suggests there was a big building project), and the map has not been updated, and so it's not clear on OSM where the drop-off is, or which is the associated multi-storey. The road I think it is, is part

Re: [Talk-GB] Leicester Haymarket new road layout

2016-04-28 Thread Philip Barnes
I can pm a local mapper who is normally pretty responsive. I rarely get into the city centre these days. Phil (trigpoint) On Thu Apr 28 09:51:27 2016 GMT+0100, Stuart Reynolds wrote: > Hi All, > > Are there any East Midlands mappers in the Leicester area who could update > the road &

[Talk-GB] Leicester Haymarket new road layout

2016-04-28 Thread Stuart Reynolds
Hi All, Are there any East Midlands mappers in the Leicester area who could update the road & buildings in the vicinity of the new Haymarket Bus Station? Google appears to show the new layout (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.6383422,-1.1307455,319m/data=!3m1!1e3) and certainly has the