Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid

2012-10-08 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Andy Are you intending that we bypass the existing wiki page and gaining consensus from the UK community? Or do the two in parallel? I can see that gaining consensus would be messy and time consuming unless we force the pace but I think one country one bid would be far stronger - for instance

Re: [Talk-GB] Gibraltar - Mapping Party?

2012-10-08 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Yes, I was questioning one of the authors (Goldman) rather than the guy who posted to the list (John Baker). Back to the mapping party itself, I might be interested but, due to work commitments, only if it was on certain dates: early in the new year (Jan 1st-6th); Easter or next summer. Nick

Re: [Talk-GB] Bomb dropped on St Helens Town Centre

2012-10-08 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 10/08/2012 12:41 PM, Bogus Zaba wrote: Cannot tell if this is somebody's mistake or vandalism, but can something be done to put back what has been taken away? Many ways in the town centre had to be removed in the license change:

Re: [Talk-GB] Bomb dropped on St Helens Town Centre

2012-10-08 Thread Nick Whitelegg
(there's about four Fairhursts in the Oxford phone book, and about four pages of them in the St Helens one...) As an aside I'm quite surprised at that, as almost all places ending in hurst in the UK are south of the M4 and east of two degrees west. Nick

Re: [Talk-GB] Bomb dropped on St Helens Town Centre

2012-10-08 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Nick Whitelegg wrote: As an aside I'm quite surprised at that, as almost all places ending in hurst in the UK are south of the M4 and east of two degrees west. That sort of factoid is surely what OpenStreetMap was invented for. :) The origin of Fairhursts is quite starkly regional, though:

Re: [Talk-GB] Garmin eTrex 30 - just reduced on amazon

2012-10-08 Thread Ed Loach
Peter wrote: Garmin suggested retail price £229.99 Amazon had it at £178 until yesterday today.. Garmin eTrex 30 Outdoor Handheld GPS Unit £157.49 Thanks Peter. I've been humming and hahing (however it is spelled) for ages about whether to get one or not. So I now have, via the Amazon link

Re: [Talk-GB] Bomb dropped on St Helens Town Centre

2012-10-08 Thread Steve Chilton
Richard Another version (from CASA @UCL): http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/Map.aspx?name=FAIRHURSTyear=1998altyear=1881country=GBtype=name Cheers Steve -Original Message- From: Richard Fairhurst [mailto:rich...@systemed.net] Sent: 08 October 2012 14:26 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Garmin eTrex 30 - just reduced on amazon

2012-10-08 Thread Kevin Peat
On Oct 8, 2012 3:15 PM, Ed Loach e...@loach.me.uk wrote: today.. Garmin eTrex 30 Outdoor Handheld GPS Unit £157.49 Thanks Peter. I've been humming and hahing (however it is spelled) for ages about whether to get one or not. So I now have, via the Amazon link here:

Re: [Talk-GB] Bomb dropped on St Helens Town Centre

2012-10-08 Thread Andy Robinson
Neat site but seems somewhat inaccurate for very low number surnames. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Steve Chilton [mailto:s.l.chil...@mdx.ac.uk] Sent: 08 October 2012 15:40 To: Richard Fairhurst; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Bomb dropped on St Helens Town