Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] NaPTAN merge tool

2009-04-06 Thread Andy Robinson
Brian, that's a fair point. I've only been adding the shelter=yes tag and not the shelter=no alternative. I'll start doing the latter as well Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@googlemail.com] Sent: 03 April 2009 11:12 AM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Fwd: [Talk-GB] Stratford-upon-Avon mapping party 2? Anyone fancy going flying?]

2009-09-05 Thread Andy Robinson
---BeginMessage--- A mapping party was held in Stratford-upon-avon in September 2008[1] and most of the streets and many of the amenities are now mapped but there is still a lot more that can still be done to improve the map. Stratford is now the location for the big AGI GIS conference

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Pelsall

2009-11-22 Thread Andy Robinson
Pelsall wrapped up http://blog.mappa-mercia.org/2009/11/pelsall-pleasure.html Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] BBC Midlands today - Gritting routes

2010-02-18 Thread Andy Robinson
Yep, and a nice blog post at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/davidgregory/ Just a pity about the top image. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Mabbett [mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk] Sent: 18 February 2010 7:29 PM To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Godiva Festival, Coventry, 2nd 3rd July

2011-05-30 Thread Andy Robinson
Received the following from Keith (OSM User acorn) --- Would OpenStreetMap like to exhibit at the Godiva Festival? As you may know, myself with a great deal of help from Coventry Linux User Group, organise an Open Source Community exhibition stand at the Godiva Festival,

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Talk-gb-westmidlands Digest, Vol 31, Issue 5

2011-05-30 Thread Andy Robinson
Who's actually about and wishes to make the social this Thursday? I can't really get to Nuneaton in time to make it worthwhile for mapping this week, staying in Brum is a better prospect for me. Views? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Mike Duffy [mailto:mdbg02...@blueyonder.co.uk]

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Social this Thursday

2011-07-06 Thread Andy Robinson
] Sent: 06 July 2011 19:11 To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Social this Thursday I don't think we set any specific goals - just enrich the data generally On 5 July 2011 22:47, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Freshers Fair University of Birmingham

2011-08-16 Thread Andy Robinson
Brian, I’m happy to stump up a contribution if you want to run with it. Cheers Andy From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 16 August 2011 14:52 To: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Freshers Fair University of Birmingham Hi All

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham commisions new mapping for its signage

2011-10-05 Thread Andy Robinson
Email sent to the project manager. Copy sent to team@mappa-mercia Cheers Andy From: bpran...@gmail.com [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 05 October 2011 11:31 To: Andy Mabbett Cc: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham commisions new mapping

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] i54 - Engine plant

2011-10-07 Thread Andy Robinson
Appears the site is alongside the Monarchs Way so I'll get the map updated around there tomorrow when I'm walking. Btw, if the weather is really lousy tomorrow I may defer by a day. Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Anotehr n development: Gerge Road, Edrington

2011-10-25 Thread Andy Robinson
Andy, I was in there in Sept last year and added what I could see at the time (roads). Some of the properties were up. Needs a new survey. We don't have the road names yet either. I'll cover next time I'm passing, its on my radar. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Mabbett

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Feedback on first unassisted changes

2011-10-25 Thread Andy Robinson
Am I missing something? That's the same George Road development? (Northcote). If so then I'm not seeing any changes other than my edits from last September. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Mabbett [mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk] Sent: 25 October 2011 14:29 To:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Feedback on first unassisted changes

2011-10-25 Thread Andy Robinson
in Lichfield, off Cherry Orchard. Thanks! Phil On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Am I missing something? That's the same George Road development? (Northcote). If so then I'm not seeing any changes other than my edits from last September. Cheers Andy

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thusday meet

2011-10-31 Thread Andy Robinson
Should be able to make the Bull on Thursday. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Mike Duffy [mailto:mdbg02...@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 31 October 2011 16:06 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Thusday meet Is anyone up for the social

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Sandwell Gritting Routes

2011-11-06 Thread Andy Robinson
Mike, It's possible post of the routes start or use part of the Black Country New Road. As Brian says, just add your route number in with the others. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Mike Duffy [mailto:mdbg02...@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 05 November 2011 22:19 To: 'Andy Mabbett'

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Coventry shared space

2011-11-10 Thread Andy Robinson
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016yfqv/Midlands_Today_09_11_2011/ Only available till 7pm this evening Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Midland metro extension - Centro video

2011-11-10 Thread Andy Robinson
For those that are not aware of the alignment. http://www.centro.org.uk/metro/futureroutes.aspx Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Sandwell Gritting routes

2011-11-13 Thread Andy Robinson
Great work Christoph, thanks. Sandwell was the area which we were working on this last week which is well inside you defined area. I'm sure Brian can respond on the other points. Hope all is well with you Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Christoph Böhme [mailto:christ...@b3e.net]

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Sandwell Gritting routes

2011-11-14 Thread Andy Robinson
Brian, Re Coventry, yes it would be nice to see some enthusiasm from there. Maybe we should prod a few that are active currently? Re Dudley, I’ll see if I can get the contact details of the appropriate person. Re Sandwell, I’m in contact. Cheers Andy From: Brian Prangle

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Microbreweries in Birmingham?

2011-11-15 Thread Andy Robinson
Mike tagged the buildings but I don't know if he moved the tags from a previous node or not. Cheers Andy From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 15 November 2011 19:01 To: Andy Mabbett Cc: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Microbreweries in

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Jan social

2011-12-30 Thread Andy Robinson
Thursday 5th Jan is our next regular social. Looks like I can make it so I'll propose the Bull as usual unless it was decided otherwise last month? Anyone else around? I've updated the wiki. Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] GPS track files Needed ( East Midlands preference)

2012-01-04 Thread Andy Robinson
Chris, Hope you make a speedy recovery. Your best bet would be to do some tracing of details from BING imagery. Pick an area you know and add buildings and other information. You can also use the imagery to improve the positioning and shape of roads. Best of luck, Cheers Andy -Original

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] gritting _route

2012-03-07 Thread Andy Robinson
Looks like a typo to me. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Matt Williams [mailto:m...@milliams.com] Sent: 07 March 2012 13:10 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] gritting _route Hi all, In the process of doing some remapping around

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Remapping efforts in Coventry

2012-03-26 Thread Andy Robinson
Hi Jon, As OSM is changing data licence on 1st April [1] there has been an un-coordinated effort underway globally to replace OSM data that is incompatible with the new licence. The primary reason for incompatibility is where a mapper has declined (or not yet decided) to sign up to the

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Next social mapping day

2012-03-26 Thread Andy Robinson
Brian, Ian others, I can't for the life of me remember what we decided last month for the next social location (for April 5th). I recall we also talked about a mapping day soon in Hampton in Arden or Henley in Arden (was it the latter?) and I note both (and Tamworth-in Arden) could be the basis

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Island House

2012-03-28 Thread Andy Robinson
Either tag is ok. I'd suggest a change of the name tag to something like old_name so that Mapnik stops rendering it. I know that's a bit of a fudge but better than anything else. Additionally as Matt suggests a new area polygon needs adding for the site on which it sat as landuse=brownfield

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Social Thursday

2012-04-03 Thread Andy Robinson
Reminder that the West Midlands regular monthly social is this Thursday 5th April from 7 onwards at The Crown on Corporation Street, Birmingham. Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Proposed Summer timetable

2012-04-09 Thread Andy Robinson
Excellent Brian, cheers Andy From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 09 April 2012 16:43 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Proposed Summer timetable Hi everyone Here's a suggestion for what we should get up to this summer - based on what people

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

2012-04-30 Thread Andy Robinson
Folks, Unfortunately I may miss this now as I think I'll be in London during the day and won't get back in time. If I do I'll drive over to the pub from International. Cheers Andy PS. Thanks Rob for putting this out J From: rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: Eventbrite, revised page

2012-05-21 Thread Andy Robinson
-Original Message- From: Andrew Mackenzie [mailto:a.macken...@bethere.co.uk] Sent: 18 May 2012 18:41 To: Stuart Harrison; Stuart Lester; Philip John; Pete Does Web Things; A J Robinson; Matt Williams; Rob Nickerson; mike; Adrian Short Subject: Eventbrite, revised page Hi all

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: Eventbrite, revised page

2012-05-21 Thread Andy Robinson
-Original Message- From: Andrew Mackenzie [mailto:a.macken...@bethere.co.uk] Sent: 18 May 2012 18:41 To: Stuart Harrison; Stuart Lester; Philip John; Pete Does Web Things; A J Robinson; Matt Williams; Rob Nickerson; mike; Adrian Short Subject: Eventbrite, revised page Hi all

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Midlands social tommorow - Coventry

2012-06-06 Thread Andy Robinson
Just a reminder that the next Midlands OSM social is tomorrow (Thur 7th) in Coventry. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa-Mercia#Social_Meet_Up Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Government Open Data Hack Day

2012-06-06 Thread Andy Robinson
http://lanyrd.com/2012/govhd/ Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Midlands social tommorow - Coventry

2012-06-07 Thread Andy Robinson
Folks, I have a chest infection and won't make the meetup tonight. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson [mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 June 2012 09:48 To: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org; Talk- g...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Midlands social tommorow

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

2012-06-08 Thread Andy Robinson
To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Houses and other buildings OMG that's amazing. Why can't we get it from OS Opendata? On 08/06/2012 23:06, Andy Robinson wrote: All done manually, there is no magic import. Its several years of hard graft

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] HOTOSM

2012-06-12 Thread Andy Robinson
Jon, Yes, HOT was born out of OSM and HOT's makeup is mostly OSM/OSMF people (Mikel Maron especially). http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/HOT explains more about what HOT does inside OSM. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Big Fat Frog [mailto:bigfatfro...@gmail.com] Sent: 12 June

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] National Memorial Arboretum this Saturday

2012-06-18 Thread Andy Robinson
We have a micro mapping party proposed for this Saturday to the National Memorial Arboretum [1] at Alrewas, Staffs [2]. I'm now available so will be able to make it and I'll do a little planning this week to smooth the day. It would be handy to get an idea of numbers who are planning to come along

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: [Talk-GB] Use of PRoW Definitive Statements from Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire

2012-06-22 Thread Andy Robinson
-Original Message- From: Robert Whittaker (OSM) [mailto:robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com] Sent: 21 June 2012 23:56 To: talk-gb Subject: [Talk-GB] Use of PRoW Definitive Statements from Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire I'm pleased to be able to report that three councils

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] BING imagery

2012-06-22 Thread Andy Robinson
Folks, BING is currently updating their imagery, which in many areas of the UK was a lot poorer than we have been using say in Birmingham. In London the new imagery has resulted in a loss of quality for building tracing etc, and we may find the same occurs with Birmingham. Thus it's probably a

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] NMA

2012-06-23 Thread Andy Robinson
Just myself at the NAM today. Managed to get a good slice of it done which when added to the work Brian has done means we have covered probably 75% or more of the memorials. Most of the site layout is now done too. Great day out there today. Perfect weather and lots to see. Results as they now

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monthly meet-ups

2012-07-01 Thread Andy Robinson
Dates must be wrong. I'm assuming that both would be our usual Thursday. This Thursday evening in Lichfield. Cheers Andy From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] Sent: 29 June 2012 19:10 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monthly

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Proposed Summer timetable - July meet

2012-07-03 Thread Andy Robinson
Another month revolves. We are due to meet in Lichfield this Thursday. As we have previously enjoyed The Bowling Green as a pub I've suggested it again on the wiki. If anyone wants to do a cake? Mostly we need to do infill as I think road wise we are in reasonable shape though we may lose a

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: [Talk-GB] Licence redaction ready to begin

2012-07-10 Thread Andy Robinson
In case anyone is not on talk-gb -Original Message- From: Richard Fairhurst [mailto:rich...@systemed.net] Sent: 09 July 2012 21:49 To: talk-gb OSM List (E-mail); talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Licence redaction ready to begin Hello all, This is a special heads-up

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Redaction complete for west mids

2012-07-15 Thread Andy Robinson
Folks, The redaction bot finally completed its run across our patch which means that you may find some Ways without tags and the odd untagged Node here and there etc. Worth looking over the maps carefully in case there are any major issues to look at. There was a problem redacting some ways

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Redaction complete for west mids

2012-07-16 Thread Andy Robinson
As a follow-up, this should be the ITOWorld link that shows what was touched by the Redaction bot in the West Mids http://www.itoworld.com/product/osm/map?area=351:44show=user:244176 Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson [mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com] Sent: 15 July 2012 22

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

2012-07-17 Thread Andy Robinson
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] Birmingham City Centre Bus Interchange Hi everyone: This Sunday 22 July all the bus routes and bus stops change

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham City Centre Bus Interchange upgrade July 22

2012-07-19 Thread Andy Robinson
Well done Brian! Sorry I can't join in on Sunday Cheers Andy From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 19 July 2012 18:46 To: talk-gb-westmidlands; Peter Miller Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham City Centre Bus Interchange upgrade July 22 Hi everyone Progress

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Our friends down under need our help

2012-07-20 Thread Andy Robinson
GB mappers, our Aussie friends need our help. Large swathes of Australia have been decimated by the redaction process so if like me your UK area is looking pretty clear please turn some attention to fixing some areas down under. If you do I'd suggest you subscribe to, or keep an eye on, the

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

2012-07-31 Thread Andy Robinson
As its closest to me I'll hit the Roman Way/Gorsey Lane industrial estate (Area 1). Cheers Andy From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 31 July 2012 16:41 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Social Meeting this Thursday 2nd Aug Hi everyone A

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

2012-08-01 Thread Andy Robinson
From Mike…. From: Mike Duffy [mailto:mdbg02...@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 01 August 2012 12:10 To: Andy Robinson Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Social Meeting this Thursday 2nd Aug Will bite at lower end of slice 5 Miked29 From: Andy Robinson mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com Sent

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

2012-08-01 Thread Andy Robinson
[mailto:a.macken...@bethere.co.uk] Sent: 01 August 2012 14:00 To: Stuart Harrison Cc: Andy Robinson; Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: Social Meeting this Thursday 2nd Aug hi all I could do with a refresher course too. Brian/ Andy could you bring

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postboxes

2012-08-03 Thread Andy Robinson
What licence is the data under? Cheers Andy From: Stuart Harrison [mailto:pezho...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 August 2012 11:26 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Postboxes Hi all, Good to see those who came to the social in Coleshill last night.

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] OSM in Wolverhampton in October

2012-08-10 Thread Andy Robinson
Hi Wolves LUG, As some of you will know the Midlands OpenStreetMap group meets monthly for a social (and before the clocks change a spot of mapping) and we decided last week it was high time we made another visit to Wolverhampton, especially since our licence change process has resulted in some

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] West mids energy pipelines

2012-08-28 Thread Andy Robinson
While having a clear up in my office I found the two schematic energy maps I'd mislaid for some years. They date from late 90's so are a little out of date now but being in copyright all I can do is relay some basic info for the West Midlands in case anyone spots markers at field boundaries and

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Andy Robinson
In the meantime I'm just downloading the files and filtering in spreadsheet for my patch (Sutton Coldfield) and then checking/adding postcode data for the handful of addresses it contains for each month. Though this only really works if you have the majority of your building addressing done for an

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Andy Robinson
- Potential data source Have I missed something? What datasource are you referring to here? Jonathan On 31/08/2012 09:44, Andy Robinson wrote: In the meantime I'm just downloading the files and filtering in spreadsheet for my patch (Sutton Coldfield) and then checking/adding postcode

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] UK Postcodes - Potential data source

2012-08-31 Thread Andy Robinson
Not everyone considers a licence of any sort a requirement. It's just us that expects one or argues otherwise it might be public domain. I recall when I first came to OSM not understanding why a licence was required at all (because I'm used to contracts where the terms are explicit and OSM does

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid

2012-10-09 Thread Andy Robinson
Awesome, cheers Stuart Andy -Original Message- From: stuart lester [mailto:stules...@gmail.com] Sent: 09 October 2012 09:46 To: OSM Group WM Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid Hi all, This is great. Would love to help out. Once I've finished organising a stag do

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] mapping conundrum

2012-10-09 Thread Andy Robinson
-Original Message- From: Matt Williams [mailto:m...@milliams.com] Sent: 09 October 2012 17:08 To: Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] mapping conundrum On 9 October 2012 16:52, Andy Robinson mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com ajrli

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: Planning Applications to 6th October 2012

2012-10-10 Thread Andy Robinson
For the change register Cheers Andy Subject: Planning Applications to 6th October 2012 Nothing to report this week other than just to mention the erection of 168 houses and apartments in Lozells, between the Holte School site and the A34. (Application Number: 2012/06728/PA). David.

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] mapping conundrum

2012-10-10 Thread Andy Robinson
wrote: Just had a thought, looking at OS Streetview, is this part of the old disused station? Seems a bit far away but OS seem adamant? On 09/10/2012 16:52, Andy Robinson wrote: A little mapping conundrum for you folks. This building with the ? in the centre of the map [1

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Littleton Street, Walsall

2012-10-12 Thread Andy Robinson
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Mabbett [mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk] Sent: 11 October 2012 22:02 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Littleton Street, Walsall Walsall has a 'Littleton Street East' and

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-15 Thread Andy Robinson
Taking a closer look and will revert if required. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: SomeoneElse [mailto:li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk] Sent: 15 October 2012 20:33 To: talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands Does anyone know if the

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Tagging Parcel Depots

2012-10-22 Thread Andy Robinson
I'd probably use distribution_centre Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Big Fat Frog [mailto:bigfatfro...@gmail.com] Sent: 22 October 2012 16:27 To: talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Tagging Parcel Depots Good idea on the

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mapping parks

2012-10-23 Thread Andy Robinson
If they physically exist in the landscape then they are very welcome in OSM. As Matt says, we did do some work at the NMA though we focused mainly on the memorials. The trees (the man thousands of them) still mostly need mapping. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Graeme Mulvaney

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: Social Next Thurs in Coventry

2012-10-26 Thread Andy Robinson
Managed to send to wrong list -Original Message- From: Andy Robinson [mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 October 2012 09:13 To: talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Social Next Thurs in Coventry We need to agree a venue to meet in Coventry on Thursday. Any preferences/suggestions

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Coventry social this Thursday

2012-10-30 Thread Andy Robinson
Cheers Rob, The Spon Gate it is. See everyone Thursday Andy From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] Sent: 29 October 2012 23:19 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Coventry social this Thursday Hi all, Just a quick reminder that the next

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013

2012-11-07 Thread Andy Robinson
Brian, Nice work J The ethnicity point is interesting. We might see if we can create a buddy system for scholars. Once we know where they might be coming from we can reach out to the local communities to see if any of them can be housed with a family or aided in other ways. This may draw in

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

2012-11-07 Thread Andy Robinson
We are supporting you all the way Stuart. Cheers Andy From: stuart lester [mailto:stules...@googlemail.com] Sent: 05 November 2012 21:19 To: OSM Group WM Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham Connected royalty free mapping Hello all, Following the ongoing work putting up the

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013

2012-11-09 Thread Andy Robinson
. Cheers Andy From: phil.pe...@gmail.com [mailto:phil.pe...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Philip John Sent: 09 November 2012 10:39 To: Brian Prangle Cc: Andy Robinson; Rob Nickerson; talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 Am I mistaken in thinking FOSSGIS is 12-14 June

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

2012-11-26 Thread Andy Robinson
2012 15:27 To: Brian Prangle; Rob Nickerson; Andy Robinson; OSM Group WM Subject: Listed Bdgs map on Mapbox 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

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: Mapping Social on 1/12/12

2012-11-30 Thread Andy Robinson
Forwarding to list From: Dattani, Bhaveen (Student) [mailto:datta...@aston.ac.uk] Sent: 30 November 2012 02:18 To: talk-gb-westmidlands-ow...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Mapping Social on 1/12/12 Hello Open Street Map group Admin, My name is Bhaveen Dattani and I have recently signed

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Heritage Map -URGENT

2012-11-30 Thread Andy Robinson
Brian, I suspect it's just cached data. I'm not seeing any account access if I change to https. Also, the initial link you circulated was only http. Cheers Andy From: Brian Prangle [mailto:br...@mappa-mercia.org] Sent: 30 November 2012 14:09 To: OSM Group WM Subject:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Listed Buildings Photos

2012-12-14 Thread Andy Robinson
Brian, I think it will be a lot more fun if we don't tell you what the photos are :-D Great work. And a Merry Christmas Happy New Year from me too. Cheers Andy From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 14 December 2012 11:49 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject:

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] SOTM 2013 bid

2012-12-19 Thread Andy Robinson
I've created a new mail group within mappa-mercia.org to enable us to communicate about the SOTM bid (and hopefully the delivery) without having to bombard the OSM list(s) with everything or remember to cc everyone. The address is sot...@mappa-mercia.org Can you let me know if you are happy to

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] mappa-mercia.org down!

2013-01-21 Thread Andy Robinson
Sorted now. I thought it was set to autorenew but obviously not. Renewed last night anyway. Cheers Andy From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 January 2013 20:45 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] mappa-mercia.org down! Hi folks, Stu

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] User myfanwy

2013-02-12 Thread Andy Robinson
Just a heads up that I found some questionable edits by user myfanwy from around October 5th last year along the A38 between Lichfield and Derby. My concern was raised when I saw that footpaths had been added where I know there is none, though they are shown on the OS 1:25k mapping. I've sent the

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Coventry new edit

2013-02-27 Thread Andy Robinson
Coventry folks. Is this kosher? http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/2177040650 Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Neighbourhood Plan Import

2013-04-23 Thread Andy Robinson
Copied also to talk-gb. The problem is where do we stop? The majority of present/potential boundary data doesn't have a physical presence on the ground. Consider ONS Lower, middle and other output area boundaries or the NAPTAN charging areas that were added with the NAPTAN import. Arguably they

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] June meeting in Redditch

2013-06-03 Thread Andy Robinson
I'm tracing residential buildings in and around the new Persimmon housing estate on the north edge of town. I'll do some mapping and updating in that area before we meet. Cheers Andy From: Brian Prangle [mailto:br...@mappa-mercia.org] Sent: 02 June 2013 21:26 To: Rob Nickerson Cc:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] June meeting in Redditch

2013-06-03 Thread Andy Robinson
Oh, and I'll be coming in by train with the bike. Cross city timetable is at: http://www.londonmidland.com/download/79989/lichfield-sutton-coldfield-birmi ngham-longbridge-redditch/ Cheers Andy From: Andy Robinson [mailto:ajrli...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 June 2013 11:45 To: 'Brian Prangle

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] June meeting in Redditch

2013-06-03 Thread Andy Robinson
house numbers before the meeting. Arthur (geesona) On 03/06/13 11:47, Andy Robinson wrote: Oh, and I'll be coming in by train with the bike. Cross city timetable is at: http://www.londonmidland.com/download/79989/lichfield-sutton-coldfield-birmi ngham-longbridge-redditch/ Cheers Andy

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] June meeting in Redditch

2013-06-07 Thread Andy Robinson
Hi Jonathan, Good to meet you at last! Fun evening and thoroughly enjoyable cycling in the sun. I think I'm done on my edits for now on the new Persimmon estate. http://osm.org/go/euyWtRnnw- If you download the development area in an editor you will see a box of building shapes off to

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Social this coming Thursday in Droitwich.

2013-06-28 Thread Andy Robinson
We are due to be in Droitwich for our monthly map and social on Thursday. Is anyone able to suggest a suitable venue? Alas I can't make it this month, Liz and I have a wedding reception to go to. Cheers Andy ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] z19

2013-07-01 Thread Andy Robinson
Woo. Z19 on orm http://orm.openstreetmap.org/#19/52.56260/-1.82460 ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [oxoncotswolds] Possible pub meetup with the West Midlands crew in early October?

2013-07-08 Thread Andy Robinson
-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb OSM List (E-mail) Subject: Re: [oxoncotswolds] Possible pub meetup with the West Midlands crew in early October? On 08/07/2013 17:45, Andy Robinson wrote: No schedule but I'd expect it to be a bit of an ad-hoc mapping party before adjourning to the pub

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Godiva returns

2013-07-11 Thread Andy Robinson
Hopefully I could make that. A quick count and I find 3 vests we have used for mapping parties previously (not including my own) and three new, but these three are all size small. I thought I had a few more from the old mapping party days so I'll do a bit more of a root around in case there

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] FW: OSM and tunnel closures

2013-07-12 Thread Andy Robinson
. Andy, I assume you can make the changes only you will know about. Shout if any assistance is needed. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Andrew Radford [mailto:andrew.radf...@birmingham.gov.uk] Sent: 12 July 2013 11:31 To: Andy Robinson Subject: OSM and tunnel closures Andy, What

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Longbridge Aug 1st

2013-08-01 Thread Andy Robinson
I'm coming down on the train so I'll get a photo of the sculpture. See you later Cheers Andy From: Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] Sent: 23 July 2013 09:57 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Longbridge Aug 1st Hi everyone Had a long chat yesterday

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: BSC Open Data Meeting

2013-08-13 Thread Andy Robinson
LSG (Local Street Gazetteer) Schools Libraries Neighbourhood Offices Polling Stations Recycling Centres/Domestic Waste points Historic Environment Record Registered Historic Parks and Gardens Scheduled Ancient Monuments Public buildings Car Parking/Parking spaces ROW .. From:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monthly Meet on Thursday 3rd October

2013-09-30 Thread Andy Robinson
The Bull sounds like a plan. I'm usually there between 7 7:30. Suggest we talk about meetup on Thursday. Cheers Andy From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] Sent: 28 September 2013 18:49 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Monthly Meet on Thursday 3rd

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New OSMers

2013-10-16 Thread Andy Robinson
Hi Jonathan. We've tried this before (and I keep an eye on various feeds for the west mids to limit vandalism etc). However experience suggests that making contact might put as many off meeting up as it does encourage them. I don't think we have an answer to this problem, perhaps the simplest

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Social tonight (Thursday)

2013-11-06 Thread Andy Robinson
See you all there. Cheers Andy From: Rob Nickerson [mailto:rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 November 2013 23:18 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Social tonight (Thursday) Hi all, Share an OSM moment with us over a drink or two at The Bull, Price Street,

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus stops

2013-11-13 Thread Andy Robinson
Since this information is already in the naptan tags why would we need to add it again under some other, eg name, tag? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Matthijs Melissen [mailto:i...@matthijsmelissen.nl] Sent: 14 November 2013 01:41 To: talk-gb-westmidlands Subject: Re:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus stops

2013-11-14 Thread Andy Robinson
. -- Matthijs On Nov 14, 2013 7:37 AM, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Since this information is already in the naptan tags why would we need to add it again under some other, eg name, tag? Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Matthijs Melissen [mailto:i...@matthijsmelissen.nl] Sent: 14

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Update shops, pubs and restaurants

2013-11-17 Thread Andy Robinson
Matthijs, Nice work. We've previously tracks things to do on the wiki as a project list: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa-Mercia#Mini_projects So you might add a new project to the table and a new page to track locations that need visiting. We also use this

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] December meetup

2013-12-03 Thread Andy Robinson
I usually try to get there between 7 and 7:30. I'm very busy this week but currently plan to be there - I'll be in need of a beer by then! Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Matthijs Melissen [mailto:i...@matthijsmelissen.nl] Sent: 03 December 2013 17:49 Cc: OSM Group WM Subject: Re:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: OSM January Meeting

2014-01-03 Thread Andy Robinson
I have an evening concert in Birmingham on the 11th so it would work best for me if we did a lunchtime meal unless there was the option to eat early once it gets dark no later than 4:30pm say as that would give me time to get back into Brum. For mapping purposes the earlier the better because of

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] January Meeting Saturday January 11th

2014-01-10 Thread Andy Robinson
Looks like it will be a lovely day tomorrow, crisp and bright. I'll be mapping on the west/north side depending on what takes my fancy and have started to trace buildings near Warwick Parkway and in adjacent Hampton Magna. Sunset is at 16:15 ish so I will probably be in the pub by then, especially

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] OOC 1:25k OS mapping

2014-02-21 Thread Andy Robinson
it differs from the NLS layer. I think it will be interesting to see how the 1:25k maps evolved over time as towns expanded. Rob On 20 February 2014 17:44, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: As an alternative to the NLS facility I've now completed rectification of our own 1:25k OS mapping

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