Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] mapping conundrum

2012-10-09 Thread rob . j . nickerson
Also looking at the historic maps there looks like there's been building there for quite some time. Midland Road seems to have continued along by the railway line and up to the end of this properties garden. Rob On , Big Fat Frog bigfatfro...@gmail.com wrote: Just had a thought, looking

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] NOTICE: Postcode tool using Land Reg data

2012-09-13 Thread rob . j . nickerson
Dear All, Just a quick message to point you all in the direction of the following post on talk-gb (which I know not everyone is a member of). The link details a fantastic website designed and built by local mapper Matt (Milliams) using the Land Registry address and postcode data previously

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: Social Meeting this Thursday 2nd Aug

2012-08-01 Thread rob . j . nickerson
I would be interested if anyone has used any of the android apps: * OSMtracker * geopaparazzi * osmand * etc.. If yes, are they any good? Rob On , Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Cool J I can bring along a couple of extra Garmins though it's unlikely that a GPS will be needed as

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Tasking Tool, Redaction Bot cleanup

2012-07-24 Thread rob . j . nickerson
Hi Brian, I would tend to agree with you. For HOT it may work well as most of that mapping is done from aerial imagery by people all over the world. However for organising local mapping efforts it doesn't work so well. One example is that you seem to have to divide up tasks by the map

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Extracting data from OSM (for use in JOSM or elsewhere)

2012-07-24 Thread rob . j . nickerson
Hi All, We have spoke about how to extract data from OSM in previous meetings. For example How do I get just the allotments in Coventry?. I have written up a diary entry that might help make this clearer: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/RobJN/diary/17325 Regards, Rob

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: [HOT] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Task Manager for Remapping Efforts

2012-07-21 Thread rob . j . nickerson
Hi Jonathan, One of the problems (and benefits!) of OSM is that there are so many different tools/websites/software available. This means that it can become complicated for users and therefore it can be difficult to get people using any new tools. Having said that, I have just looked at

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Redaction view and remapping efforts

2012-07-21 Thread rob . j . nickerson
Hi All, The geofabrik website has a new view for nodes/ways that were changed/deleted by the redaction bot [1]. I have asked SimonPoole to set up a area on the tasking website [2] where we can have a go at co-ordinating remapping efforts (as suggested by Jon) RobJN [1]

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham City Centre Bus Interchange

2012-07-17 Thread rob . j . nickerson
Mappa Mercia - updating OSM before the last cone has gone ! :-) On , Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Sounds like a job for a mini mapping party! From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 17 July 2012 15:42 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands]

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monthly meet-up - apologies

2012-07-05 Thread rob . j . nickerson
Hi Folks, My apologies but I won't be able to make it to this months meet-up. :-( I was hoping to raise the question of getting access to the mappa mercia server. Have been playing with leaflet and hoping to produce a nice map of the allotments Brian and others have mapped in the recent

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Houses and other buildings

2012-06-08 Thread rob . j . nickerson
It's a hugely impressive achievement and all credit to those involved. If you would like to add addresses but don't have the time to trace all buildings, you can make use of addr:interpolation tag. Basically add a node for the two houses at either end of a road (or corner with an adjoining

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Reminder: Hampton-in-Arden meet up this Thursday, Coventry next month.

2012-04-30 Thread rob . j . nickerson
Hi All, Just a quick reminder that the next social meet up for OSMers in the Midlands is this Thursday (3rd May, 2012) 8pm-ish to 10pm-ish at The White Lion, Hampton-in-Arden. Feel free to come early and get some mapping done before meeting in the pub (you can indicate this at