[Talk-gb-westmidlands] November Meeting

2015-11-03 Thread stuart lester
I can't make it this month sorry - got some car troubles I am sorting out. Hope you have a good meeting. ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Hacks and Hackers

2015-09-29 Thread stuart lester
hello, Paul Bradshaw who organises the hacks and hackers meet up wondered if either any OSMers fancy attending the next one or look at developing and OSM themed one. I shall be along at the next meeting at the bull so can discuss further when I have more details about a date and what hacks and ha

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham Open Data

2015-06-17 Thread stuart lester
Hello all, Brian I know you are going to kill me for this so I am apologising in advance. In Birmingham City Council we have set up a site to capture requests for open data: http://birmingham.dialogue-app.com/open-data-for-birmingham I know that Brian has supplied me a list of data that would b

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Future planned works

2014-12-24 Thread Stuart Lester
ere a set of rules that dictate what goes on the connected > map and when in the planning process? > > Cheers > Andy > From: Stuart Lester [mailto:stules...@gmail.com] > Sent: 21 December 2014 10:52 > To: OSM Group WM > Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Future planned wor

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Future planned works

2014-12-21 Thread Stuart Lester
As regards the paradise and other schemes like pinch point funding there are some rough timelines on this web site http://localview.birmingham.gov.uk/bham_connected/index.html I cannot say how up to date they will keep it as developers schedules slip, etc. Let me know if you need more info.

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Old Longbridge building outlines

2014-08-22 Thread stuart lester
:* Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 21 August 2014 22:31 > *To:* stuart lester > *Cc:* OSM Group WM > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Old Longbridge building outlines > > > > Stuart, > > You could try the brand new "attic" data

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Old Longbridge building outlines

2014-08-21 Thread stuart lester
Before I attempt to go through the historic Planet osm and query it with Osmosis is there an easy way to see if the old Longbridge site had its building outlines captured in OSM please? Also I wondered if anyone had any good sources for mapping underground Birmingham. I am interested in both tunne

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Road lengths in Great Britain: 2013 - Publications - GOV.UK

2014-06-10 Thread stuart lester
Not sure how helpful this is, it's OGL https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-lengths-in-great-britain-2013 ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidland

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Stourbridge tonight

2014-05-01 Thread stuart lester
Apologies I can't make it again tonight. I read today that the Lloyd's wether spoons has 20% off food to brum and Stourbridge camra members today, if any of you are. ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://list

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Talk-gb-westmidlands Digest, Vol 65, Issue 4

2014-03-13 Thread stuart lester
I shall try and find out about a map from the City Council. There must be one somewhere. Stuart On 12 Mar 2014 12:01, wrote: > Send Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list submissions to > talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Smart City Alliance

2013-07-07 Thread stuart lester
Hi Brian, Andy Robinson and I have a meeting with one of the GIS guys (Wes) at Centro on the 18th July. I shall see if Paul Beckley had had a word with him. Cheers, Stuart Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 18:12:58 +0100 From: Rob Nickerson To: Brian Prangle Cc: OSM Group WM Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmi

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Location analysis

2013-05-08 Thread stuart lester
For info I was made aware of this Location planning event in Birmingham on 21st May: http://www.thesla.org/2013/03/public-sector-event-21st-may-2013/ I may not be able to attend - I wondered if anyone could and may be able to tap up some groups for attending and/or sponsoring SOTM13? I have e-ma

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] brum tunnels

2013-04-25 Thread stuart lester
Not sure if this link was in the original post, so apologies if resending: http://www.amey.co.uk/brumtunnels.aspx ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 list of tasks

2013-01-07 Thread stuart lester
I'd like to help on what was deemed the hardest task: *Sponsor package programme and promotion (maybe split into global/national/local) and Sponsor Exhibits* I think that combined with Andy R we know a fair whack of the geo type companies in the UK and we can come up with other related areas to

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Listed Bdgs map on Mapbox

2012-11-26 Thread stuart lester
Hi Brian, Really liking the map. I too have played with TileMill and Leaflet, doing some self hosting similar to what Andy has done. I'd be interested in trying to catch up with Rob and yourself so we could share ideas and experiences. I appreciate I'm pretty flaky for getting to OSM meetings, I

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham Connected royalty free mapping

2012-11-05 Thread stuart lester
I shall endeavor to get them. Cheers, Stu On 6 Nov 2012, at 00:39, Andy Mabbett wrote: One thing we could do with is a list of the totems and their coordinates - as open data. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Nov 5, 2012 9:19 PM, "stuart lester" wrote

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham Connected royalty free mapping

2012-11-05 Thread stuart lester
Hello all, Following the ongoing work putting up the totems around Birmingham City Centre, I have chased the project manager for more information about what data they have captured. Currently the majority of the project is run by Centro, the maps data is being used for many of the altered bus rou

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Scotland SOTM

2012-10-10 Thread stuart lester
Looks a well organised event: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_Scotland_2012 Some things to be learnt for a full SOTM bid? ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/li

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid

2012-10-09 Thread stuart lester
Hi all, This is great. Would love to help out. Once I've finished organising a stag do for this weekend will be able to read messages properly and offer concrete support! I am also helping out FOSS4G as well so will do what I can to publicize with those folk. Cheers, Stu __

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Open source mapping conference 2013

2012-05-14 Thread stuart lester
Hello, The OSGeo UK group are aiming to host The Free and Open Source 4 Geo conference in Nottingham in 2013. They are down to the last 2 bidders and are trying to build support. This conference is superb, last year it was held in Denver and this year in Beijing. It attracts 1000+ open source mapp

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Using GPS for art

2012-04-14 Thread stuart lester
Bit of a departure but a local artist Nikki Pugh, is running an event on 26th April in Brum where you can use these large cylinders with GPS and other sensors in to react with the built environment. They are designed to make you stand out - so be warned! Pics here http://npugh.co.uk/blog/test-dri

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] BCC gritting routes on their map

2012-02-16 Thread stuart lester
Hello, The data supplied by Amey for the gritting routes appears to have been captured over A to Z and therefore is inappropriate for the map base that BCC can legally display on the website. I have taken this data and matched to OSM to discern the differences. I can supply shapefiles or Mid/Mif f

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] ShareMap to show OSM data

2011-12-30 Thread stuart lester
Cheers Andy. Will do. Cheers, Stu On 30 Dec 2011, at 15:56, Andy Robinson wrote: Hi Stuart, nice work. Write-ups like this are worth putting on the wiki somewhere so that they can easily be found by others at a later date. Cheers Andy *From:* stuart lester [mailto:stules

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] gritting maps

2011-12-16 Thread stuart lester
Hi Andy, A bit of looking at the code on the mappa mercia site shows this: var gritting_routes = new OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ( "Gritting Routes", " http://mappa-mercia.org/tiles/gritting-overlay/${z}/${x}/${y}.png";, { "isBaseLayer": false, "sphericalMercator": true }); Which is something that can b

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Talk-gb-westmidlands Digest, Vol 37, Issue 18

2011-11-22 Thread stuart lester
Andy, Have you seen the page on the wiki for open golf map? Useful tags for folders wanting to render a map with bunkers, fairways, etc. Cheers, Stu On 22 Nov 2011, at 12:01, "talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org" wrote: > Send Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list submissions to >t

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Planning site & OSM session

2011-11-17 Thread stuart lester
Hi, The planning site is live now, the polygons are all OS derived. There is an option to output as geoRSS but the derived status make folk nervous. I am running a 2 hour session on Friday 2nd December at Lancaster circus. To introduce OSM as both a flexible base map & a community asset managemen

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Slow Progress in BCC

2011-11-06 Thread stuart lester
Hello, I have distributed OSM raw data for the west midlands to key GIS folk. Done the ESRI users first. About to produce tab files for map info users. Response has not come back from many folk disappointingly. Also set up a lunchtime session to demo capturing public toilets data using potlatch

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Talk-gb-westmidlands Digest, Vol 35, Issue 8

2011-09-30 Thread stuart lester
I'm not able to make it this time sorry. I will pencil in the next one to report back on state of the map. I have a summary on my blog http://stulester.co.uk Cheers, Stu On 30 Sep 2011, at 12:01, talk-gb-westmidlands-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: > Send Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list sub

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] State of the map Denver

2011-09-06 Thread stuart lester
Hello all, I am headed over to Denver primarily for foss4g but thought I may as well go to state of the map. I am very novice on OSM but looking forward to it. If anyone has spotted a session they really want to know about I am happy to go and report back. Except the baseball meetup. It's just no