Re: [Talk-GB] Virtual place mapping 'party'

2007-05-16 Thread Barnett, Phillip
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Earl Sent: 16 May 2007 10:31 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Virtual place mapping 'party' As I was filling using the NPE maps to confirm some details recently I found myself adding one or two places which had been missed, and then checking

Re: [Talk-GB] Virtual place mapping 'party'

2007-05-16 Thread Andy Street
On Wed, 16 May 2007 13:00:06 +0100 Barnett, Phillip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds good - can we nominate squares? Geobingo anyone? ;) On a more serious note, is the idea to just copy place names from NPE or is it intended to try and trace in as much of the area as possible (e.g. roads)?

Re: [Talk-GB] Virtual place mapping 'party'

2007-05-16 Thread Andy Robinson
David Earl wrote: Sent: 16 May 2007 5:02 PM To: Andy Street; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Virtual place mapping 'party' -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy Street Sent: 16 May 2007 15:38 To: talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Virtual place mapping 'party'

2007-05-16 Thread David Earl
So what you are really saying here is we would concentrate on the natural rather than the built environment. That seems logical to me for the reasons you give. Places (place names) were my starting point, definitely the built environment! So we get a full gazetteer. David

Re: [Talk-GB] Virtual place mapping 'party'

2007-05-16 Thread David Stevenson
David Earl wrote: OK, I've prepared a page where you can grab squares, and suggested in the calendar it runs to the end of May, i.e. to try to complete your square(s) by May 31. Only take one area at a time please! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Place_name_party If someone