Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref codes (WAS:Hampshire Rights of Way Data released under OS OpenData licence)

2012-06-08 Thread Colin Smale
On 08/06/2012 16:02, John Sturdy wrote: On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Gregory wrote: Is it not sensible to use the reference format of the place you are in, rather than create some sudo standard? A web application I'm developing straddles many counties. So I've decided to adopt the scheme:

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref codes (WAS:Hampshire Rights of Way Data released under OS OpenData licence)

2012-06-08 Thread John Sturdy
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Gregory wrote: > Is it not sensible to use the reference format of the place you are in, > rather than create some sudo standard? >> A web application I'm developing straddles many counties.  So I've decided >> to adopt the scheme: >>   code-for-council:code-for-pa

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref codes (WAS:Hampshire Rights of Way Data released under OS OpenData licence)

2012-06-08 Thread Gregory
Is it not sensible to use the reference format of the place you are in, rather than create some sudo standard? If a footpath is in County Durham, and I see OSM has it as ref="Footpath 5", then I know I can call Durham council and say "Repair footpath 5 please.". If another footpath is in Newcastle

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref codes (WAS:Hampshire Rights of Way Data released under OS OpenData licence)

2012-06-02 Thread Barry Cornelius
On Thu, 31 May 2012, Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote: ... (This is Worcestershire, and at the same time, they've also split the paths up at every junction so that no path has two routes leaving a junction, i.e. a path always ends at the first junction of rights of way it comes to, and its continuati

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref codes (WAS:Hampshire Rights of Way Data released under OS OpenData licence)

2012-05-31 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM)
On 31 May 2012 18:03, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Q: Do we need to have a suggested way of tagging the reference numbers in > ref=* ? So far I have seen the following in use: > > * Parish / path no. / link no.    ==> For example: 417/26/1  (where the > parish is a number code) > * Area RoW_type Path_no

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref codes (WAS:Hampshire Rights of Way Data released under OS OpenData licence)

2012-05-31 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Wales) and very large, 6-digit numbers (Cumbria). We should probably just make it free form rather than enforce a particular format. Nick -Rob Nickerson wrote: - To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org From: Rob Nickerson Date: 31/05/2012 06:04PM Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref codes (WAS:Hampshir

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref codes (WAS:Hampshire Rights of Way Data released under OS OpenData licence)

2012-05-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
Fantastic news about Hamps PRoW data :-) Anyone else contacting their local council can use this as an example case. Q: Do we need to have a suggested way of tagging the reference numbers in ref=* ? So far I have seen the following in use: * Parish / path no. / link no.==> For example: 417/26