Andy Mabbett wrote:
Perhaps you missed this part of my post (quoting BW):
A pilot project in London is already:
"mapping comprehensive data on access points, barriers, facilities
and public transport as well as information on the surface type,
average width and gra
On 6 May 2011 18:42, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Peter Miller wrote:
>> It does however seem disappointing for them to be duplicating
>> some a lot of work.
> AIUI they're not duplicating work. This is a "towpath condition" project,
> not a "map the towpath" project. BW already knows where its tow
On 6 May 2011 18:42, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Peter Miller wrote:
> > It does however seem disappointing for them to be duplicating
> > some a lot of work.
> >
> > I agree that the OSM data is not perfect however it is good
> > and could be even better very easily.
>
> AIUI they're not duplicat
Peter Miller wrote:
> It does however seem disappointing for them to be duplicating
> some a lot of work.
>
> I agree that the OSM data is not perfect however it is good
> and could be even better very easily.
AIUI they're not duplicating work. This is a "towpath condition" project,
not a "map
On 6 May 2011 16:58, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Tom Chance wrote:
>
>> I completely agree that the tools aren't there yet, but could they
>> not have used OSM for their database?
>>
>
> In theory, yes. But there are huge costs to that, too. The effort required
> to work with the community, and in
Tom Chance wrote:
I completely agree that the tools aren't there yet, but could they
not have used OSM for their database?
In theory, yes. But there are huge costs to that, too. The effort
required to work with the community, and in particular, through the
tagging minefield. The extra complex
On 6 May 2011 16:39, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Andy Mabbett wrote:
> > I have blogged about British Waterways' proposals for a
> > new, crowd-sourced map of their towpath network,
> > asking why that can't be done through OSM
>
> Because OSM simply isn't user-friendly enough.
>
I completely agr
Andy Mabbett wrote:
> I have blogged about British Waterways' proposals for a
> new, crowd-sourced map of their towpath network,
> asking why that can't be done through OSM
Because OSM simply isn't user-friendly enough.
cheers
Richard
(editor, Waterways World; formerly editor, Waterscape.com)
Hi folks
Wearing my hat as "Editor, Roads and Transport" for the 'Make a
Difference With Data' project, I have blogged about British Waterways'
proposals for a new, crowd-sourced map of their towpath network,
asking why that can't be done through OSM:
http://www.madwdata.org.uk/blog/2011/05/0
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