Re: [Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps

On 5/9/19 12:26 am, Jez Nicholson wrote: The curse of derived data! So much effort to be able to share the boundary of a property. **sigh** If they had derived their data from OSM .. then all would be fine. ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps (Jez Nicholson)

As far as I know Ordnance Survey's theory of derived data has never been tested in court. However there's an upcoming High Court decision (arising from a dispute between 77M Ltd and OS) that might shed some light. On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 at 23:42, Edward Bainton wrote: The idea of asking a ranger

[Talk-GB] How do I switch off digests?

Any way to get single emails from this list rather than a daily (ahem..) digest? It was an option when I signed up but I can't see how to change it after registration. (Tried by following the the subscribe/unsubscribe page but it's not the right place.)

[Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps (Jez Nicholson)

The idea of asking a ranger to trace the boundary (on a printout of a thoroughly detailed OSM, of course: better get to work...) is a great one. iirc, the boundaries are all pretty major geographical features, so hopefully fairly easy. But yes, Jez, what a faff. Out of interest, is OS's position

[Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps

Hi, In previous conversations with the OS they were keen to point out the "Free to use data" page. This one's very wordy but it comes down to how "drawn by the charity, albeit over an OS base" actually occurred. If it didn't trace over any OS feature then the "Free to use data" page may apply.

Re: [Talk-GB] Showgrounds (tagging)

Hi Ian, Judging by this the government (Valuation Office) has also come to that conclusion. Some interesting snippets about how showgrounds developed in the text.

Re: [Talk-GB] Showgrounds (tagging)

For the Three Counties Showground in Malvern https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/35432806 is tagged with landuse=commercial. Any given the number of events there most of which are commercial. Commercial would be correct. That how the NEC is mapped https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/243830271. Ian

[Talk-GB] Showgrounds (tagging)

I just came across an agricultural showground tagged as leisure=park and realised I didn't know what a sensible way to retag it would be. Although there are a limited number in the UK (perhaps 100 or so) they do tend to be quite prominent and when

Re: [Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps

The curse of derived data! So much effort to be able to share the boundary of a property. **sigh** I added some words to https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey#Map_license Feel free to amend and/or question (in the discussion page). On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 2:54 PM David Woolley

Re: [Talk-GB] RNLI Dunkirk Memorial

On 04/09/2019, Edward Catmur wrote: > Adding a natural=bare_rock tag to reflect the exposed bedrock underneath > (yes, chalk is a rock) would seem acceptable The Margate memorial is painted conrete. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk