Re: [Talk-GB] pay_scale_area

2011-02-09 Thread Dave F.
Hi, I am presently doing some tracing in Dumfries and there is a way which is marked public_transport=pay_scale_area. It is part of a Naptan import. The area seems to be vague and is cutting across a number of areas where I am doing some detailed work. Is there a good reason that this

Re: [Talk-GB] pay_scale_area

2011-02-09 Thread Richard Mann
I'd have said delete. They've been imported, probably not been edited, and can always be imported again if necessary. Richard On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: Hi, I am presently doing some tracing in Dumfries and there is a way which is marked

Re: [Talk-GB] pay_scale_area

2011-02-09 Thread Thomas Wood
I can't remember very well back to when they were imported, but I think I was uncertain about them. I'm afraid that for the past couple of years my involvement with OSM has been very limited due to time constraints... it has long been my intention to review the success and uptake of the naptan

Re: [Talk-GB] pay_scale_area

2011-02-02 Thread Ed Loach
Hi Bob, I’ve a similar one around here – I just ignore it, though the rendering of the name at random places in Mapnik is a minor annoyance, and that the side which should follow the coast is a straight line so cuts off much off the actual area makes it seem less than useful. Presumably

Re: [Talk-GB] pay_scale_area

2011-02-02 Thread SK%3
The pay-scale areas are in principle useful, but their quality varies significantly. Mostly they correspond to the area used with the PlusBus scheme (add on day bus tickets which can be bought with a train ticket), but the ones I'm familiar with correspond to general day ticket zones. The

Re: [Talk-GB] pay_scale_area

2011-02-02 Thread Peter Miller
I see little value in keeping this data. As people have already said the quality is poor and relevance to osm is limited. If people want it for a specialist application then they can integrate it separately into their final application. Indeed, I wonder if anyone has every used this data as it

Re: [Talk-GB] pay_scale_area

2011-02-02 Thread Kevin Peat
I don't think this data serves any useful purpose. The polygon for my area cut right across the middle of arbitrary areas so I deleted it a long time ago. I've never had any feedback on that so assume no-one was using it. Kevin On 2 February 2011 10:40, Bob Kerr

Re: [Talk-GB] pay_scale_area

2011-02-02 Thread Jerry Clough : SK53 on OSM
On 02/02/2011 13:39, Richard Mann wrote: On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:51 PM, SK%3 sk53_...@yahoo.co.uk mailto:sk53_...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: ... this information is needed and is currently poorly communicated: see if you can obtain a leaflet showing the edge of the fare zone with any