Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New Mappa Mercia website

2013-12-04 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Rob Well done on progressing the website. I'm not there this month so here's my input: I think your idea of not having a map on the home page is a good one and I like the idea of some photos of personalities too! I'm happy to go along with any design for the pages and site you collectively

Re: [Talk-GB] Hants CC - Open Government Licence use of data

2013-12-04 Thread Kevin Peat
Robert Norris rw_nor...@hotmail.com wrote: Case in point (green dots on OS Explorer, sort of track on NPE, nothing in OS Streetview, perfectly good track for 4x4s (maybe even cars - memory is fuzzy now) mountain bikes). Something I've mapped  (Potlatch2 claims AndyS has modified it - but then

Re: [Talk-GB] Hants CC - Open Government Licence use of data

2013-12-04 Thread wintonian
Now that seem quite logical to me, thanks for the suggestion. Regards Robert Kevin Peat o...@k3v.eu wrote: I have mapped many of these green lanes in Devon and tagged them as: highway=track designation=unclassified_highway They were discussed in the past on the list. You sometimes see

Re: [Talk-GB] Hants CC - Open Government Licence use of data

2013-12-04 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Hi, Firstly Apologies for the top posting - it's the limitation of the mail client. Re the HCC data I have had this communication from Dan at HCC. Hi Nick,  I have been in comms with my contact at OS and the feedback I have had is that ODBL and OS Open Licence can work together.  As long as

Re: [Talk-GB] Hants CC - Open Government Licence use of data

2013-12-04 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Another approach which I've taken is to use suspected=orpa (orpa = Other route with public access, otherwise known as green lane or former road which has degraded into a path due to lack of motor use). This is when something looks like a right of way, particularly a byway (e.g. continuous

Re: [Talk-GB] cycle.travel - new OSM-powered cycling site

2013-12-04 Thread Gregory
Ooo interesting and quite exciting to have another UK cycle route planner. Some initial comments: * The cartography is surprisingly different. I've been less-accustomed to pale maps that I associate more with paper. * Did I see a grid line on the cartography? I think the zoom levels for that

Re: [Talk-GB] cycle.travel - new OSM-powered cycling site

2013-12-04 Thread Gregory
Hmm, I think the gridline must be a glitch in the data. Roughly across Hadrian's Wall (i.e. through Newcastle) http://cycle.travel/map?lat=54.7868lon=-1.7674zoom=10 My lunch break is over so I can't investigate/fix the issue now. As some zoom levels are fine, I suspect the data has been fixed.

Re: [Talk-GB] cycle.travel - new OSM-powered cycling site

2013-12-04 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Gregory wrote: I'll definitely be wanting to try this out next time I have somewhere to go. Thanks Richard. \o/ Thanks! Hmm, I think the gridline must be a glitch in the data. It is, I'm afraid - it's a bug in the way that the SRTM tiles line up which I haven't ironed out yet. * The

Re: [Talk-GB] cycle.travel - new OSM-powered cycling site

2013-12-04 Thread Alex Barth
Congrats, Richard. The site looks awesome. Now I just wish I could make time for a bike tour in England next year The maps are an amazing example of what OpenStreetMap enables: an escape from the one-size-fits-all world, the true future of online maps. On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 8:15 AM,

Re: [Talk-GB] cycle.travel - new OSM-powered cycling site

2013-12-04 Thread Richard Fairhurst
On 04/12/2013 16:02, Alex Barth wrote: Congrats, Richard. The site looks awesome. Now I just wish I could make time for a bike tour in England next year Thanks! (John F used an early version of the site for his post-SOTM cycle tour this year. Maybe I should try and follow SOTM around

Re: [Talk-GB] Hants CC - Open Government Licence use of data

2013-12-04 Thread Dudley Ibbett
Only a few weeks ago I was talking with a Council Officer involved in developing a new way with a local walking group. They've discovered that many of the footpaths that make up the way no longer follow the definitive map and are now debating as to who is going to pay to get the map changed.

Re: [Talk-GB] Hants CC - Open Government Licence use of data

2013-12-04 Thread wintonian
I was thinking about overlaying the HCC KML over OSM in Marble ( http://marble.kde.org ), but I guess both achieve the same thing. Although I would caution that I have in the last couple of days noticed that the HCC KML is more out of date than HCC's new online map overlay - I originally