Re: [Talk-GB] Official database of 350, 00 GB bus stops etc and 50, 000 places to be made available!

2008-12-23 Thread Kyle Gordon
This is awesome news to hear! A big thank you to all those involved, in OSM and the DfT / Traveline. Kyle Peter Miller wrote: > I am pleased to be able to announce that after discussions between > various OSM contributors and the DfT / Traveline over the past months > we are now able to make t

Re: [Talk-GB] Official database of 350, 00 GB bus stops etc and 50, 000 places to be made available!

2008-12-23 Thread Peter Miller
On 23 Dec 2008, at 16:41, David Earl wrote: > On 23/12/2008 14:48, Peter Miller wrote: >> I am pleased to be able to announce that after discussions between >> various OSM contributors and the DfT / Traveline over the past >> months we are now able to make this announcement just in time for

Re: [Talk-GB] Official database of 350, 00 GB bus stops etc and 50, 000 places to be made available!

2008-12-23 Thread Peter Miller
On 23 Dec 2008, at 16:22, Chris Morley wrote: > Peter Miller wrote: >> The UK Department for Transport, together with Traveline, is offering >> to make available the bulk of the data from their NaPTAN and NPTG >> data >> sets to >> the OpenStreetMap project. > > Well done Peter Miller, this is

Re: [Talk-GB] Official database of 350, 00 GB bus stops etc and 50, 000 places to be made available!

2008-12-23 Thread David Earl
On 23/12/2008 14:48, Peter Miller wrote: > I am pleased to be able to announce that after discussions between > various OSM contributors and the DfT / Traveline over the past months we > are now able to make this announcement just in time for Xmas :) > > --- > > The UK Department for Transport,

Re: [Talk-GB] Official database of 350, 00 GB bus stops etc and 50, 000 places to be made available!

2008-12-23 Thread Simon Ward
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 02:48:24PM +, Peter Miller wrote: > I am pleased to be able to announce that after discussions between > various OSM contributors and the DfT / Traveline over the past months we > are now able to make this announcement just in time for Xmas :) A lovely Christmas pres

Re: [Talk-GB] Official database of 350, 00 GB bus stops etc and 50, 000 places to be made available!

2008-12-23 Thread Chris Morley
Peter Miller wrote: > The UK Department for Transport, together with Traveline, is offering > to make available the bulk of the data from their NaPTAN and NPTG data > sets to > the OpenStreetMap project. Well done Peter Miller, this is very welcome and illustrates the importance of OSM having pr

Re: [Talk-GB] Official database of 350, 00 GB bus stops etc and 50, 000 places to be made available!

2008-12-23 Thread LeedsTracker
This is great news, well done to all involved. Even with some restrictions, makes a nice change from the ongoing Ordnance Survey arguments. Does this mean I can stop photographing bus stop signs around Leeds (and receiving pitying glances from folk waiting for their bus)? cheers, LT

[Talk-GB] Official database of 350, 00 GB bus stops etc and 50, 000 places to be made available!

2008-12-23 Thread Peter Miller
I am pleased to be able to announce that after discussions between various OSM contributors and the DfT / Traveline over the past months we are now able to make this announcement just in time for Xmas :) --- The UK Department for Transport, together with Traveline, is offering to make availa