[Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-12-03 Thread Ralph Smyth
Just to let everyone know that I've been on the phone with the relevant officials at DCLG to discuss the licence for this data. They are already aware of OSM, are keen to get the licence on the data clarified so it can be reused more widely and are in discussions with OS about this. In the

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-30 Thread Dudley Ibbett
. Regards Dudley Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:57:28 + From: j...@spiffymap.net To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data On 28/11/12 20:46, Tom Chance wrote: On 28 November 2012 19:40, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-30 Thread Rob Nickerson
All, I have emailed the government department named in the article asking for clarification of the license. Will keep you updated. Regards, Rob ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-29 Thread Jonathan Harley
On 28/11/12 20:46, Tom Chance wrote: On 28 November 2012 19:40, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Some of the area’s most certainly are not “protected” as they are actively being discussed for development. These are probably areas that have been

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-29 Thread Gregory
On 28 November 2012 19:40, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Also although it’s called Green Belt it includes many areas that also have other designations, such as Country Parks, Golf Courses Recreation Grounds, etc etc etc. ** Would you map all the items and then tag their

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-29 Thread Tom Chance
On Nov 29, 2012 11:57 AM, Jonathan Harley j...@spiffymap.net wrote: On 28/11/12 20:46, Tom Chance wrote: This points to the major flaw with importing this data - it changes year to year, and we can't easily observe the changes on the ground. We might spot development on green belt and so remove

[Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-28 Thread Ralph Smyth
This afternoon the Daily Telegraph has released Green Belt data for England. Could anyone import this into OSM? If so how might it be rendered? www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenpolitics/planning/9708387/Interactive-map -Englands-green-belt.html This map is the first time it has been possible

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-28 Thread Shaun McDonald
Hi Ralph, I'll get this added to ITO Map in the next day or so. Shaun On 28 Nov 2012, at 15:37, Ralph Smyth ral...@cpre.org.uk wrote: This afternoon the Daily Telegraph has released Green Belt data for England. Could anyone import this into OSM? If so how might it be rendered?

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-28 Thread Andy Allan
On 28 November 2012 15:37, Ralph Smyth ral...@cpre.org.uk wrote: The Department for Communities and Local Government released the data for the 2011 green belt to the Telegraph, and it is being made available here to view, explore, share and download. That seems to be the limit of the details

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-28 Thread SomeoneElse
Andy Allan wrote: Before we could use it in OSM, we'd need the dataset to come with a clear licence. (as has already been mentioned by Blackadder on #OSM-GB) I suspect that we'd also want slightly more accurate data. I've had a bit of a look at the Telegraph's map and in places it's not

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
As noted the resolution is not ideal, but the issue with gaps / overlaps between the areas is a rendering error on the telegraphs website only. The main issue however is the lack of clear licence. Perhaps try contacting the Department for Communities and Local Government and asking them. As for a

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-28 Thread Andy Robinson
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data As noted the resolution is not ideal, but the issue with gaps / overlaps between the areas is a rendering error on the telegraphs website only. The main issue however is the lack of clear licence. Perhaps try

Re: [Talk-GB] Telegraph releases Green Belt data

2012-11-28 Thread Tom Chance
On 28 November 2012 19:40, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Some of the area’s most certainly are not “protected” as they are actively being discussed for development. These are probably areas that have been de-designated, or are being considered for this fate, since the Telegraph's