Re: [Talk-GB] Geospatial Commission

Ed Parkes has a more pessimistic take on the money: https://medium.com/@edtparkes/well-need-more-than-20m-a-year-to-get-free-maps-specifically-politicians-willing-to-share-e27e86c356ba On a related topic, remember there was £5m in March 2016 Budget to explore options for open addresses and

Re: [Talk-GB] Geospatial Commission

Am 23.11.2017 um 20:13 schrieb SK53: > ... > > Owen Boswarva's asks if this would > mean the > end of OSM mapping in UK. A provocative thought. > > ... Well Owen is not exactly known as a big friend of OSM to start with. But in any

Re: [Talk-GB] Geospatial Commission

The twitterverse has been talking of nothing else. Personally, I will be very cautiously optimistic. The best case scenario is one suggested by Bob Barr: - OSGB changes it's business model from pay-to-use to transaction based (a la Land Registry). - The £80 million (2 years at £40

Re: [Talk-GB] Geospatial Commission

I think it's 'a wait & see' until the final decision is made, but paying £80m over two years to buy something we've already paid for doesn't seem good value for money. DaveF On 23/11/2017 15:56, Gervase Markham wrote: This sounds... vaguely positive?

[Talk-GB] Geospatial Commission

This sounds... vaguely positive? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-to-unlock-hidden-value-of-government-data Gerv ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Importing Shell fuel stations

Hi, I recall we had some issues with the Shell import. I have nearly finished my auditing tool, which helps record every issue with an import and apply it to the actual importing process. After testing it on a few local imports, I invite you to check the tool out and validate some fuel