Re: [Talk-GB] Who was mapping Dulwich park? (also make alledits public!)

2007-07-26 Thread Tom Hughes
way, it seems to leave the old segment in place, so you have to find that in JOSM and delete it; If it's doing that then it's a bug, but I'm pretty sure it isn't anymore. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode search on slippy map

2007-08-24 Thread Tom Hughes
and use the results. I'm not sure if npemaps queries FTP in real time though, or if they have a cached copy of the FTP database that might be out of date? Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode search on slippy map

2007-08-24 Thread Tom Hughes
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom Chance [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the status of this? I've put about lots of codes around my area into FreeThePostcode, but when I search for my flat's code

Re: [Talk-GB] Hindhead Tunnel

2007-08-28 Thread Tom Hughes
guessed, you haven't made your edits public. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Conflicting tagging of london undergound stations

2007-09-19 Thread Tom Hughes
Line when I was tidying that up. It should be railway=subway of course, not railway=rail. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [Talk-GB] Conflicting tagging of london undergound stations

2007-09-20 Thread Tom Hughes
. It is purely about establishing a z-ordering for objects. If it's in a tunnel we should say so explicitly. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin

Re: [Talk-GB] Summer Wales Party / Isle of Wight Redux... Was: Re: Worcester

2008-01-11 Thread Tom Hughes
cats on the list in terms of dates, but ideas for locations appreciated. Have a +1 from me for that idea. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Mappers in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset

2008-02-03 Thread Tom Hughes
in Somerset when visiting my parents, both in the immediate area and primary/secondary roads around them including some NPE tracing. The overlaps a bit into Devon and Dorset as well as they're quite close to the edge of Somerset. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Greetings and hello GARMIN users - OpenMapSource anyone ?

2008-02-08 Thread Tom Hughes
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Paley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Being ignorant, I don't know what the capabilities and limitations of GPX files are. Apart from tracks, will they take waypoints and routes ? They can, yes. We only use tracks though. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL

Re: [Talk-GB] Bluetooth GPS Reccomendations?

2008-03-28 Thread Tom Hughes
soon I believe, and that is SiRF III. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Idiot in area of Kielder Water

2008-04-30 Thread Tom Hughes
. The full extent of his handiwork can be got here: http://www.informationfreeway.org/api/0.5/*[osm:user=Applewach] The only thing I can think is that the user changed their name and xapi has the old one still? Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Friday in Royston, Hertfordshire

2008-06-17 Thread Tom Hughes
in one day. If you're like to be doing anything at the weekend then I can probably lend a hand. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin

Re: [Talk-GB] QUESTION

2008-07-15 Thread Tom Hughes
so you can't relate the points to each other or find out who they came from. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Wales weekend - will have to cancel - anyone want my place?

2008-08-07 Thread Tom Hughes
to be flying out to the US for three weeks on the Monday... So would anyone be interested in my place? I've already paid so would be ideal if I could get that back from you if possible. Snap. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Very accurate GPS devices

2008-08-29 Thread Tom Hughes
on the tractor/combine which uses the difference to correct it's own calculated position. What that allows you to do is to compensate for inaccuracy caused by local atmospheric conditions as you are generating a correction based on a local base station. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http

Re: [Talk-GB] URGENT: potential stand at Linux Expo Live

2008-10-19 Thread Tom Hughes
probably manage one day as well. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Speed limits in built-up areas

2008-12-04 Thread Tom Hughes
it as the limit is nearly always signed as well these days but the rule about street lights has never been rescinded as far as I know. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] Clarifying tagging for footway/cycleway etc

2009-03-19 Thread Tom Hughes
|track|road With the rest of the stuff split out: Do you think that, just possibly, having to change the tagging on every single road in the database to implement your scheme might make it just a tad impractical... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Yahoo coverage map

2009-04-05 Thread Tom Hughes
Steve Chilton wrote: I am afraid I don't know the answer. Yahoo surely have all the imagery, but presumably have chosen to release this random coverage to OSM. Eh? We're using their standard imagery, not some special OSM released subset... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http

Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party

2009-05-18 Thread Tom Hughes
was doing 28 yesterday, unless he changed his mind about what to do? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party

2009-05-18 Thread Tom Hughes
was that we should use tertiary for any grid roads that aren't primary/secondary and not use it at all within the blocks in general - just use unclassified for the more major roads in the blocks. What do other people think? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party

2009-05-18 Thread Tom Hughes
as distributor roads and internal roads in each block which are only intended for getting in to/out of that block from the nearest grid road. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party

2009-05-19 Thread Tom Hughes
be for mapnik to render loc_ref. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Isle of Wight 2

2009-06-01 Thread Tom Hughes
. I'm interested, depending on dates etc. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] maxspeed field - what units should we use. etc

2009-06-04 Thread Tom Hughes
are close enough together that is. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Speed Limit - Trains Was: Re: maxspeed field - what units should we use. etc

2009-06-05 Thread Tom Hughes
at that just now I see that the relation for that branch has been extended all the way down to Broxbourne station rather than terminating at Broxbourne Junction where it joins the main line and I'm wondering if that is the best thing to do? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Speed Limit - Trains Was: Re: maxspeed field - what units should we use. etc

2009-06-05 Thread Tom Hughes
Peter Miller wrote: On 5 Jun 2009, at 10:19, Tom Hughes wrote: Incidentally, looking at that just now I see that the relation for that branch has been extended all the way down to Broxbourne station rather than terminating at Broxbourne Junction where it joins the main line and I'm

Re: [Talk-GB] printing from website

2009-07-14 Thread Tom Hughes
paper it has in it. The way to influence that is to use the page/printer setup options in your browser and/or operating system. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] printing from website

2009-07-14 Thread Tom Hughes
to a new page. That's entirely a browser thing though, so different browsers may not do exactly the same thing. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] printing from website

2009-07-14 Thread Tom Hughes
it produce better output then please do so... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Liam123 alert!

2009-08-05 Thread Tom Hughes
On 05/08/09 14:47, CiarĂ¡n Mooney wrote: Is it possible to publish the IP addresses he is making the edits from? No. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] Uk Missing Major Roads.

2009-08-27 Thread Tom Hughes
shown as the A102 for the whole length from the junction with the A12/A13 to the north to the junction with the A2 to the south. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] Uk Missing Major Roads.

2009-08-27 Thread Tom Hughes
On 27/08/09 11:05, Tom Hughes wrote: In fact I can't find any map which shows either the tunnel or the approach roads as the A102(M) - they all shown as the A102 for the whole length from the junction with the A12/A13 to the north to the junction with the A2 to the south. I have now found

Re: [Talk-GB] Uk Missing Major Roads.

2009-08-27 Thread Tom Hughes
definition of trunk (ie the roads to be tagged as highway=trunk) is wider and includes everything which is part of the Primary Route Network, ie all green signed A roads. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] liam123's latest

2009-09-18 Thread Tom Hughes
his account, not his IP address. ***PLEASE*** PULL THE PLUG ON HIM! I have repeatedly stated that I am not prepared to block people on my own. Get the DWG to order him blocked and I will happily do so. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] liam123's latest

2009-09-18 Thread Tom Hughes
On 18/09/09 11:26, David Earl wrote: On 18/09/2009 10:53, Tom Hughes wrote: On 18/09/09 10:33, David Earl wrote: ***PLEASE*** PULL THE PLUG ON HIM! I have repeatedly stated that I am not prepared to block people on my own. Get the DWG to order him blocked and I will happily do so. How

Re: [Talk-GB] liam123's latest

2009-09-18 Thread Tom Hughes
the code to enforce such a block then we'd have that option. It sounds like an interesting option to have. Matt is working on some stuff along those lines at the moment I believe, which is what I was alluding to in my earlier message. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http

Re: [Talk-GB] data.os

2009-10-24 Thread Tom Hughes
, no ;-) The actually boundaries are still locked up however so it's not very useful as it's just a hierarchical list of authorities. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] Trunk roads

2009-11-13 Thread Tom Hughes
from DfT a few years back. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OS boundaries and 'mid-level' mapping data to be released for free re-use including commerically

2009-11-17 Thread Tom Hughes
... This is interesting though: Data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries as well as postcode areas would be released for free re-use... Do OS even have an (unencumbered) data set for postcode areas? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data to be free in 2010 - well not exactly.....

2009-12-09 Thread Tom Hughes
wrote the government press release assume that the OS had the data and could be made to release it but that one of the things the consultation will establish is that they don't/can't. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] last london pub meetup of the year

2009-12-18 Thread Tom Hughes
On 18/12/09 22:03, Matt Amos wrote: the wiki currently has the meetup set for the john snow on tuesday[1]. how do people feel about moving that to wednesday? Definitely not for me as I shall be in Somerset by then. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] OS 1:25000 out of copyright maps and WMS url

2010-01-13 Thread Tom Hughes
all documented on the wiki at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Provisional/First_Edition#Use Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [Talk-GB] OS 1:25k update

2010-01-20 Thread Tom Hughes
to use is documented clearly in the wiki. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://www.compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Kent County Council Highways Gazetteer

2010-03-04 Thread Tom Hughes
road references are nationally unique. It seems both plausible and implausible at the same time. I don't believe they are - in fact each authority has it's own numbering scheme for such roads. Some just use Cxxx, some use Cxxx and Dxxx, some use Uxxx and so on. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t

Re: [Talk-GB] Pronouncing numbers of UK roads

2010-03-05 Thread Tom Hughes
= the Fosse Clearly you've mistaken it for the A429 then ;-) Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] National Cycle Network - filling the gaps

2010-03-08 Thread Tom Hughes
the 11 diverges from 1 somewhere and goes to Stansted rather than Cambridge? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM coverage

2010-03-29 Thread Tom Hughes
, although it does have green signs. Have you merged trunk and primary? That user was correct - in OSM we use highway=trunk for all primary A roads (those with green signs) and highway=primary for all other A roads (those wth white signs). This is documented in many places in he wiki. Tom -- Tom

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-03-31 Thread Tom Hughes
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Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-04-01 Thread Tom Hughes
, and walking the streets is at least half the fun of OSM! As Andy says, I say we start with getting boundary data fixed up from Boundary Line and then look at Vector Map District in a month's time and decide what the next step is. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-04-01 Thread Tom Hughes
. Bit like osm.org really. There is a viewer on the OS web site (when you can get in). Obviously we will need to set up WMS or something for tracing of certain layers as well. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-04-05 Thread Tom Hughes
of the roads in Harlow exist but are unnamed because nobody has taken up the baton. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData StreetView Tiles now available

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Hughes
necessary to make JOSM work. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData StreetView Tiles now available

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Hughes
. It looks horribly complicated to setup though. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] OS OpenData StreetView Tiles now available

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Hughes
a set of large tiffs in OSGB projection which would have to be chopped up into tiles. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Strange OS choices

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Hughes
mention. I can't imagine anybody much was buying it to be honest. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Codepoint Open and postboxes

2010-04-13 Thread Tom Hughes
/euvr_QbtL--?m Which just happens to be the location of the local delivery office ;-) Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Codepoint Open and postboxes

2010-04-13 Thread Tom Hughes
On 13/04/10 09:57, Tom Hughes wrote: On 13/04/10 09:49, Roger Slevin wrote: I can assure you there are postcodes which represent postboxes which is why Codepoint has a flag for them - but this quite important flag is not present in Codepoint Open. The PO Box number is something completely

Re: [Talk-GB] Codepoint Open and postboxes

2010-04-14 Thread Tom Hughes
On 14/04/10 11:11, Ed Avis wrote: Tom Hughest...@... writes: Sorry, replied to the wrong list... Which list has this endlessly fascinating postbox discussion? The uk-government-data-developers list. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] OS Boundaries

2010-04-19 Thread Tom Hughes
on improving county boundaries might be a good place to start. Ideally they also need to be done as relations and share ways with adjacent ones. Indeed it would be good if they shared ways with any existing features (such as rivers) where appropriate... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http

Re: [Talk-GB] VectorMap District tomorrow (29th)

2010-04-29 Thread Tom Hughes
On 29/04/10 09:15, Tom Taylor wrote: Seems to be live now (at the bottom): https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html Yes - I am currently downloading all the files to the dev server. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] VectorMap District tomorrow (29th)

2010-04-29 Thread Tom Hughes
On 29/04/10 11:28, Emilie Laffray wrote: On 29 April 2010 09:26, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu mailto:t...@compton.nu wrote: On 29/04/10 09:15, Tom Taylor wrote: Seems to be live now (at the bottom): https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html

Re: [Talk-GB] Ward Boundaries

2010-05-04 Thread Tom Hughes
in the same way the VMD release was not announced. The version on http://os.openstreetmap.org/data is the new one with both the 2009 and 2010 data in. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Paths Map Source

2010-05-11 Thread Tom Hughes
but simply that if you exercise your right to view it then you're likely to be shown a paper version. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive Paths Map Source

2010-05-11 Thread Tom Hughes
) was agreeing to sort out the derived data issues so there should be something happening. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] skobbler OSM bug backchannel

2010-05-14 Thread Tom Hughes
feed for a particular area. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Strange Search Result in Devon or should that be Kelland Cross?

2010-07-06 Thread Tom Hughes
://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/910918 These will all suffer from a similar problem. Could I suggest possibly adding place=civil parish (or something similar) and not including this in the name. Sure, and what's with all the _SHOUTY_TAGS_WITH_UNDERSCORES_ shit? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t

Re: [Talk-GB] Map layer with OS Locator comparison from ITO - handling already-tagged fixmes

2010-07-14 Thread Tom Hughes
that the names shouldn't be rechecked where there is a conflict - they're simply saying that it is daft to remove the current name before the resurvey has been done. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging open and closed parts of a campus

2010-07-23 Thread Tom Hughes
=private to the non-public roads would be a good start. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Definitive source for UK streetnames? - OS, 'road name signs', or a council 'list'?

2010-08-06 Thread Tom Hughes
why Hertfordshire's gazetteer often seems to disagree with the OS about names ;-) Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Why I'm not currently using OS Opendat as a source WAS The last 2%

2010-08-23 Thread Tom Hughes
On 23/08/10 12:46, Jim Avery wrote: Forgive me if I'm missing something staring me in the face, but where do I find the new TCs and how do I sign up to them should I decide I want to? http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/terms Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] ODBL Coverage

2010-11-16 Thread Tom Hughes
stands with regard to the new CTs? Now you're assuming that the CTs are not compatible with OpenData, a question which has yet to be resolved - some people believe that they are compatible. Now please, take the legal debates back to legal-talk and stop trying to move them around. Tom -- Tom Hughes

Re: [Talk-GB] Address list

2010-12-03 Thread Tom Hughes
existing sources like the PAF and the NLPG and they won't want to see their income streams disappear so will lobby hard against you. Certainly it's absolutely nothing to do with the OFT as far as I know. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Talk-GB Digest, Vol 51, Issue 12

2010-12-27 Thread Tom Hughes
to an appropriate license then you shouldn't be using it. You should not confuse data being available to you (whether under FOIA, or the Highways Act or whatever) with the question of what rights attach to that data and hence what you can or can't do with it. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http

Re: [Talk-GB] Waterways Map (was invisible)

2011-01-20 Thread Tom Hughes
description I heard anybody come up with was that it was an aqueduct but it's hardly a typical aqueduct. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids

2011-01-21 Thread Tom Hughes
up will search the OpenData postcode data (and various other postcode databases for other countries) directly anyway. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids

2011-01-21 Thread Tom Hughes
centroids are not real like that - in fact postcodes are not defined in a geographic way at all. Rather they are defined by lists of addresses. The centroid (and the bounding polygons that you sometimes see) are then generated algorithmically from the locations of those addresses. Tom -- Tom Hughes

Re: [Talk-GB] os.openstreetmap.org down?

2011-02-02 Thread Tom Hughes
the map messages after working for an hour or so. This would have involved a fair download as I was moving fast over the territory. That will be your problem - you have probably hit the bandwidth limit. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] os.openstreetmap.org down?

2011-02-02 Thread Tom Hughes
anything for a while it will automatically back off. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] os.openstreetmap.org down?

2011-02-02 Thread Tom Hughes
On 02/02/11 15:50, Tom Hughes wrote: On 02/02/11 15:31, Chris Moss wrote: Is this what you're referring to, or something else? What is time limit on it? 1 hour, 24 hours, what? It's essentially a rate limit - it allows you to download data continuously at a certain rate

Re: [Talk-GB] Update to OSM Analysis

2011-02-03 Thread Tom Hughes
came along and just blindly copied in the OS names thus making it impossible to tell what I still needed to go and check! Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] Reclassification of English highway network consultation

2011-02-07 Thread Tom Hughes
providers use OSM data or is this likely in the future? E.g. if Peter Miller's proposal for subjective data to be gathered in some way? Yes - Skobler use it to start with. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] inferred single-carriageway NSL?

2011-03-13 Thread Tom Hughes
. Tags: FIXME:nsl = inferred single-carriageway NSL - remove this tag once verified source:maxspeed = UK:nsl_single I'm also curious as to what this UK:nsl_single source is? Does he have some sort of list of roads subject to the NSL? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] inferred single-carriageway NSL?

2011-03-13 Thread Tom Hughes
. Which means he is clearly in violation of point 3 discuss your plans of the automated edits code of conduct: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits/Code_of_Conduct Not to mention point 4 as well... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder updates - postal addresses, house maps and error maps

2011-03-20 Thread Tom Hughes
let me know. It's complaining about: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/89803436 with the following: Could not convert one of 6A or 6D to an integer but addr:interpolation is alphabetic so I think what it there is fine? Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Codepoint duplicates

2011-03-20 Thread Tom Hughes
at [3]. They're for things like freepost addresses and other specialised delivery arrangements for large companies. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] Other Routes with Public Access

2011-03-24 Thread Tom Hughes
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Re: [Talk-GB] Sorting out layering in East Anglia, Essex, London and Kent

2011-04-19 Thread Tom Hughes
is on a different layer to the surrounding roads. Even better, the railway there is now on the same layer as the road but there is no bridge or level crossing marked so arguably it is now worse than it was before then the layering was right but the bridge was missing. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http

Re: [Talk-GB] OS grid positions

2011-05-09 Thread Tom Hughes
claim some sort of intellectual property rights over the data in that table and hence people have generally used algorithmic approximations to avoid licensing issues. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk

Re: [Talk-GB] OS grid positions

2011-05-09 Thread Tom Hughes
(and normally, I think I'm more cautious than most about such issues). See my other posting - the issue is that the best version of the mapping to OSGB relies on a large data table. It is not just an algorithmic conversion. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] C roads

2011-05-18 Thread Tom Hughes
authority so yes, they probably do appear eccentric to people outside that authority. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Onward travel posters

2011-06-10 Thread Tom Hughes
of Passenger Info at NRE... Sounds similar to the one RichardF saw at Charlbury a while back... Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Can't log in - is it just me?

2011-06-10 Thread Tom Hughes
;-) Secondly, assuming that you actually used the right domain, then what is the email address or username involved, as I can't see any account under the gmail address you sent your mail from. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM Analysis New Data and bot

2011-06-10 Thread Tom Hughes
wait for each page to load as you move from message to message. I know which model I prefer thanks. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [Talk-GB] Boris Bikes

2011-07-21 Thread Tom Hughes
On 21/07/11 11:01, Craig Loftus wrote: Additionally (some) Boris' Bike stations are grouped into a network relation, with each station having the role rental_station. Which is, of course, wrong. Relations are not categories people. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu

Re: [Talk-GB] Routing and other problems west of Uttoxeter

2011-08-08 Thread Tom Hughes
errors. http://www.openstreetmap.org/blocks/64 Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] To delete or not to delete, that is the question...

2011-08-20 Thread Tom Hughes
)? Surely you just leave it there but change it to access=private or whatever... As and when you find a legitimate way to map the real public footpath you can add that in separately. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] 'Can't load map'

2011-09-29 Thread Tom Hughes
. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] 'Can't load map'

2011-09-29 Thread Tom Hughes
to look at the logs. Will do. Can I provide this to you Tom directly rather than on the list? Sure. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] UK cities

2011-10-17 Thread Tom Hughes
there is an authority but it's boundary does not match what the man on the clapham omnibus would regard as the area of the town. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) http://compton.nu/ ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

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