Re: [Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Chance
On 7 April 2010 12:08, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) < ajrli...@googlemail.com> wrote: > What I'm meaning by verification is interrogating the boundary line with > the > features already mapped on the ground. In many cases we know where the back > of gardens are for instance, or the position of

Re: [Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries

2010-04-07 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Tom Chance [mailto:t...@acrewoods.net] wrote: >Sent: 07 April 2010 11:41 AM >To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) >Cc: Ed Loach; Steve Doerr; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org >Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries > >On 7 April 2010 11:29, Andy Robinson (blackad

Re: [Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries

2010-04-07 Thread Peter Reed
When thinking about maintaining boundary imports, there is a further complication in that many boundaries follow other features - that are already mapped with varying degrees of precision. I can see a case for handling boundaries differently since the OS boundary data is "definitive" - in the sen

Re: [Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Chance
On 7 April 2010 11:29, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) < ajrli...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Its also worth noting how the OS maintains this boundary-line data. Its not > apparently, as you might have thought, tied to OS MasterMap, which you > would > think would provide precise positioning based u

Re: [Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries

2010-04-07 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Ed Loach wrote: >Sent: 07 April 2010 11:01 AM >To: 'Steve Doerr'; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org >Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries > >Steve wrote: > >> I'd prefer to see boundaries handled by an automated (and >nationwide) >> import pro

Re: [Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries

2010-04-07 Thread Ed Loach
Steve wrote: > I'd prefer to see boundaries handled by an automated (and nationwide) > import process, as the OS data is likely to be at least as good as > contributors' own efforts and usually much better AND they are committed > to maintaining it going forward. Which seems a good opportunity

Re: [Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries

2010-04-07 Thread Steve Doerr
to distinguish new data to be inserted from existing data that may have changed and existing data that may need deleting. Just a thought. Steve From: Tom Chance Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 9:35 AM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries On 7 A

Re: [Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Chance
On 7 April 2010 09:10, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) < ajrli...@googlemail.com> wrote > > With the election process underway we might think about a topical map. If > we can get the ward boundary data into OSM in time then we could show a map > with some colouring that shows what the current lay

[Talk-GB] West Mids Ward Boundaries

2010-04-07 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
I wrote this in expectation of sending to the west mids list only, but decided to copy also to the talk-gb list as well. Apologies for cross posting. With the election process underway we might think about a topical map. If we can get the ward boundary data into OSM in time then we could show a