Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Node vs. relation for railway station

2022-06-02 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Andy This schema is straight from the osm wiki on how to map stations Regards Brian On Thu, 2 Jun 2022, 16:31 Andy Mabbett, wrote: > I'm not sure why we need (for example) this node: > >https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/21257480 > > for Perry Barr railway station, when we have a

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mapping of roads in Digbeth

2022-04-21 Thread Brian Prangle
Agreed. I change them when I come across them On Thu, 21 Apr 2022, 14:31 Nathan Case, wrote: > Hi all, > > First time posting to this mailing list as I'm new (ish) to the area. > > I've found that a lot of the roads in Digbeth (Birmingham) are tagged as > residential roads. These roads, as far

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Restarting face to face meetings

2022-03-31 Thread Brian Prangle
We should get these going again. If you younger folk want to get it going again please do so - I shall wait probably until May before I feel confident about mixing outside my immediate circle but if infections decrease substantially in April I might be tempted Regards Brain

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Access to High Street, Birmingham for blue badge holders.

2022-03-31 Thread Brian Prangle
gards > Rob > > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 12:55 Andy Mabbett, > wrote: > >> On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 09:33, Brian Prangle wrote: >> > >> > I've added the 7 disabled spaces round the corner on Albert Street and >> New Meeting >> > Street. >> >> Th

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Access to High Street, Birmingham for blue badge holders.

2022-03-31 Thread Brian Prangle
I had a good nose round yesterday and updated the area. The disabled space opposite Boots also has "Taxi" marking on the road so what the status is is anyone's guess. The issue is moot as there is a trench right through most of it so I've amended it to amenity:disused. I've added the 7 disabled

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Access to High Street, Birmingham for blue badge holders.

2022-03-29 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Andy Don't recall seeing any BB spaces there but the whole place is a mess with the tram roadworks and the data is probably a mess too -I gave up on trying to fix it after so many people editing trying to interpret the bus gates. When are you going in? Can't guarantee when I'll be in the city

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Perry Barr Island redesign

2022-03-15 Thread Brian Prangle
Visited Perry Barr today. What a mess! I've updated stuff as best as I can. I'm sure it's not all correct and there's still lots of change to come. Needs a constant watch. It looks like the railway station is nearly complete Regards Brian On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 at 22:17, Ryan Underwood wrote: >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Disability wheelchair curb project

2021-11-11 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Mark You have a great project to undertake. It's unlikely I'll have the time to do a workshop- even a brief one (and I suspect there will be no others either as we're all volunteers) but the resources I've indicated below should be a good guide. You know OpenStreetMap already so these

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Wishaw Lane, Minworth and the Peddimore industrial development

2021-10-12 Thread Brian Prangle
Well done Andy saved me a trip On Sun, 10 Oct 2021, 20:43 Andy Robinson, wrote: > Had time on Friday on a quick trip to Brum to pop out to Minworth to update > the map with the current Peddimore development activity. The huge site is > crawling with earth movers. > Map updated though it will

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Voi scooter parking racks

2021-05-24 Thread Brian Prangle
amenity=parking parking=e-scooter operator=Voi On Mon, 24 May 2021, 01:30 Ryan Underwood, wrote: > Hi all, > > See article - > https://www.uktech.news/news/to-reduce-street-hazards-voi-introduces-parking-racks-for-e-scooters-in-the-uk-20210520 > > I've spotted a couple of these Voi e-scooter

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: Pop-up cycle lanes

2020-08-21 Thread Brian Prangle
Anyone willing to take up this offer? -- Forwarded message - From: Andrew Radford Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020, 16:36 Subject: RE: Pop-up cycle lanes To: Brian Prangle Brian Perhaps a cheeky request but would you (or someone else) be able to provide a short training session

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Black Country Geopark

2020-07-14 Thread Brian Prangle
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 11:18 AM Brian Prangle wrote: > Hi Andy > > Great news that this has been achieved after the failure several years > ago. Once we have the boundaries from a licence-compatible source I'm happy > to complete this. > > Regards > > Brian > > On

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Black Country Geopark

2020-07-13 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Andy Great news that this has been achieved after the failure several years ago. Once we have the boundaries from a licence-compatible source I'm happy to complete this. Regards Brian On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 at 21:04, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Do we have plans to map the new "Black Country

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] One-way in Wolverhampton

2020-06-09 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Andy Didn't catch this piece myself. Couple of questions: How long is temporary? If it's too short-term - not really worth it Is this a plan or has it been executed? Really needs a site survey if it is to be done at all Regards Brian On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 18:51, Andy Mabbett wrote: >

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] HS2footpath diversions

2020-05-14 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Who is closest to this and wants to do a survey? CubbingtonThe path known as 129d off Mill Lane has been temporarily diverted at the edge of South Cubbington Wood. The diversion will be in place while enabling works take place along 129d for site set-up, archaeology, ground

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Meetings

2020-03-17 Thread Brian Prangle
I think we'll have to cancel our monthly meetings until further notice @Ian I hope your rail trip is not too chaotic Regards Brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] March Meeting

2020-03-01 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Thursday March 5th 730 The Bull. Come with ideas for travelling meetings in the summer Regards Brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mark Renn, sculptor

2020-01-05 Thread Brian Prangle
Thanks for this Andy. Any reason why he didn't justify an article whilst he was alive? I'll try to fill in some of the gaps. BTW is Ben Mabbett a relative?He's doing lots of mapping in the W Mids Regards Brian On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 5:41 PM Andy Mabbett wrote: > Happy New Year to you all. > >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] HS2 phase 1 updates - Solihull interchange station

2019-12-16 Thread Brian Prangle
Thanks for the update Andy: drove past there on Sunday and things have moved on considerably. I've updated appropriately. Do you think it's necessary to have the compounds identified by name and entrance? They're going to be around for a couple of years and folk will need to get to them. I've also

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Banksy

2019-12-11 Thread Brian Prangle
Well done - you beat me to it On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 at 22:09, Andy Mabbett wrote: > It's OK folks, you can relax. > > I've added Birmingham's new Banksy artwork to the map: > >https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7047824939 > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] December - Christmas curry

2019-12-04 Thread Brian Prangle
Nov 2019, 21:42 Rob Nickerson, > wrote: > >> Great. Anyone else able to make it? >> *Rob* >> >> >> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 at 15:14, Brian Prangle >> wrote: >> >>> Works for me >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:05 PM Rob N

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] HSBC UK edit

2019-11-23 Thread Brian Prangle
Why restrict it to w mids? Do the whole UK and have done with it . It's no more work. Rgds Brian On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, 21:33 Rob Nickerson, wrote: > Hi all, > > In line with the Automated Edit guidelines I would like to draw your > attention to the following proposal. This proposal would update

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] December - Christmas curry

2019-11-22 Thread Brian Prangle
Works for me On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 10:05 PM Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > In what is now becoming a bit of a tradition, we discussed going for curry > for our December mappa mercia meeting. If in agreement I suggest we stick > to the same place as previous years (Manzils Restaurant,

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Today's meetup

2019-10-26 Thread Brian Prangle
Dreadful weather: cancelled ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Saturday at Houton

2019-10-25 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Let's meet at the Visitors Centre Car Park for 10am to decide what and how to map. The Tuning Fork(adjacent) do good grub so we could have lunch there. If there has been insufficient progress on new roads/houses since our last visit to occupy us, we can discuss where else to map

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa Mercia October mapping

2019-10-11 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Gareth My only two free dates are 19 and 26 October. Of the two I'd prefer 26 October. So I propose 26 October unless it's inconvenient for anyone else Regards Brian On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 9:51 AM Gareth L wrote: > Hello, > > Has a Saturday to visit Houlton, this October, been decided

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Southam meetup Sat 21st Sep

2019-09-19 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone I shall concentrate on mapping the Kineton Road Industrial Estate See you there at the Bowling Green pub at about 1245 Regards Brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] September meeting

2019-09-09 Thread Brian Prangle
re you intend to map sowe don't duplicate effort. Regards Brian On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 at 23:17, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Works for me. > > Best wishes, > Rob > > On Fri, 6 Sep 2019, 18:41 Brian Prangle, wrote: > >> Hi everyone >> This was planned for a Saturday

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] September meeting

2019-09-06 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone This was planned for a Saturday meeting and the next place on our list is Southam in Warwickshire. The only free Saturday I have is 21st so I'm proposing that. If there are any takers then I'll look for a pub. Perhaps we advertise on talk GB too if we're going ahead? Regards Brian

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Tonight's meeting

2019-07-04 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone I'llbe surveying the industrial estate behind Morrisons Buntsford Park Road Rgds Brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bromsgrove meetup Pub

2019-07-03 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Ewe & Lamb Stoke Heath for 8pm (south Bromsgrove) https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/443974668#map=18/52.31191/-2.07669 Regards Brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] July Meetup

2019-07-01 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone This month we revert to our Trursday setup which is this week July 4th. As part of our summer wanderings this month we're in Bromsgrove. Haven't had time to select a pub yet so if anyone knows a good pub with decent food get in touch. When we know where we're meeting I'll let you know

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Swift Payzones .

2019-06-20 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Andy All the original swift collectors were mapped in collaboration with TfWM. They're tagged as per this example amenity=vending_machine category=Interchange name=The Pavillions operator=TfWM payment=no postal_code=B4 7SE public_transport_ticket=Swift Card source=TfWM;survey top_up=yes

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Saturday mapping event: 22 June in Wombourne

2019-06-04 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone This month's monthly meeting will be on Saturday 22 June in order to give us most of the day to map Wombourne in South Staffs. Pub meetup for lunch at 1pm at the Waggon and Horses

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Road junctions

2019-05-30 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Rob Replied in a similar vein to Gareth with a reworked JOSM file for him to study and/or upload Regards Brian On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 1:29 PM Rob Nickerson wrote: > I would put a lot less feeder roads in. How does it look if you only split > the road when there is a physical object it

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Collaboration with Shire transport authorities followup

2019-05-05 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Thanks to everyone who volunteered. We now have totoal coverage except for Staffordshire north of Stafford and especially Stoke on Trent . Maybe volunteers could feedback in about 3 months about what they were asked to fix and how the collaboration went? Regards Brian

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] River Rea, West of Kings Norton Park

2019-04-30 Thread Brian Prangle
delete the name on the tributary should do the trick On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 12:05 PM Andy Mabbett wrote: > Compare the tagging on: > >https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/34080550 > > and: > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/591479120 > > and ways upstream (west) of the latter. > > I think

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] OSM West Mids May meetup

2019-04-29 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Our May meeting is scheduled for Thursday this week and we're in Coventry this month. Mapping first from whenever you can get there: we've chosen the area around Far Gosford Street which looks in need of improvement (lots of retail

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Collaboration with shire tansport authorities

2019-04-23 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Mainly for west mids mappers but cross-posted to talkgb for a wider audience. For some time I've collaborated with TfWM who make extensive use of OpenStreetMap. Together we've refreshed the entire NapTAN dataset for the West Midlands and we're engaged on an ongoing basis in solving

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] A34 cycle route

2019-04-16 Thread Brian Prangle
Brian On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 11:04, Andy Robinson wrote: > Hi Brian, > > Great. As a cyclist what was your impression of the route? > > > > Cheers > > Andy > > > > *From:* Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 15 April 2019 19:52 > *To:* A

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] A34 cycle route

2019-04-15 Thread Brian Prangle
of English quaintness. The Bristol Road cycleway is way behind schedule but I've added an untagged way ready for the opening Rgds Brian On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 08:37, Andy Robinson wrote: > Excellent, Cheers Brian. > > > > Andy > > > > *From:* Brian Prangle [ma

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] A34 cycle route

2019-04-09 Thread Brian Prangle
All in hand I have surveyed most of it and added it as an untagged way I'll tag it tomorrow On Tue, 9 Apr 2019, 21:15 Andy Robinson, wrote: > I see the new A34 cycle route is basically open. Looks like there is some > mapping to do! Alas I can’t get onto it anytime soon. > > > > Cheers > > Andy

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] April 4 - Meeting in Alcester

2019-03-31 Thread Brian Prangle
See you there- I'll do a Waylens OpenStreetCam survey of the major roads and add names to the bdgs in Arden Industrial Estate. I'll try to populate more bdgs by armchair in the meantime - all assistance greatly appreciated in this regard Rgds Brian On Sun, 31 Mar 2019 at 13:56, Rob Nickerson

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Summer programme of meetings

2019-03-19 Thread Brian Prangle
As usual we travel around the region in the summer, improving the map away from our usual haunts. April- usual evening - Alcester- Rob to find a pub May - usual evening - Coventry - Rob to pick an area June - Saturday TBA - Wombourne July- usual evening- Bromsgrove Aug- Saturday TBA- Southam Sep

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] March Meeting

2019-03-03 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone This Thursday 7 March is our scheduled date for our monthly meeting. I've checked that the Bull has re-opened so see you there at about 730 Regards Brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] January meeting

2019-01-02 Thread Brian Prangle
Me too! On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 10:03 PM Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > January 3rd is the first Thursday of the month so OSM meetup time. Anyone > able to make it given proximity to the holiday? > > Best regards, > Rob > ___ > Talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Saturday Mapping

2018-11-29 Thread Brian Prangle
ri, mapbox or digital globe) can > be suprisingly up to date. > > Best regards, > Rob > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2018, 12:36 Brian Prangle >> Hi Chris >> >> See you there at 10am? At the pub carpark - it's not mapped but its >> address is Dollman Farm, Crick Rd, C

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Saturday Mapping

2018-11-29 Thread Brian Prangle
thinking of meeting? It's either a approx 1hr 45 cycle for me or 30 min > drive depending on the weather. > > I've not done a vast deal of mapping, but a couple of past outings. > > Chris > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 16:15, Brian Prangle > wrote: > >> H Gareth >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Saturday Mapping

2018-11-28 Thread Brian Prangle
nds! > It’s worthwhile doing. Google maps and Apple maps are lagging quite far > behind on Rugby’s redevelopments/developments. Surprisingly, an entire > retail park is missing from both. > > > Gareth > > > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > > > Fr

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Sainsbury selly oak

2018-11-28 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Andy Good to see you still taking an interest in the West Mids.How's the new house going? I've updatde the tags and left a note on the old Sainsbury's. I saw the dev plans for the Lapal canal but it's not yet accessible - stlll a construction site Regards Brian On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Saturday Mapping

2018-11-22 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone It's a been a while since we met in November and I agrred to to get some dates for a mapping dayin Warwicks(with a pub lunch). I propose either Saturday 1 Dec or 8 Dec and I propose we go to the new village being built on the old Rugby Radio Station site which is called Houlton

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mappa Mercia thursday

2018-10-30 Thread Brian Prangle
I'll be there On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 at 20:42, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > First Thursday of the month this week which means Mappa Mercia meeting. > Are you able to join us this Thursday? The Bull, Price Street, Birmingham. > From around 7:30pm. > > Thanks, > *Rob* >

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] October Meeting

2018-09-28 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone I can't manage this meeting next week as it's my birthday so I'll be out celebrating. Regards Brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] September meeting

2018-09-09 Thread Brian Prangle
Apologies Eike: both Rob and I were away on holiday and we both plain forgot! Rgds Brian On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 at 15:51, Eike Ritter wrote: > Dear all, > > is there a meeting today? > > Best wishes, > > Eike > > > ___ > Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Shropshire Wildlife Trust

2018-08-16 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Phil You might have noticed some editing from me in Shrewsbury- that arises from a very productive meeting I had with Robin Mager of the SWT. The upshot is that he will investigate giving us access under an open licence of the drone imagery they're assembling of their reserves. He's also

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: August Meeting

2018-08-02 Thread Brian Prangle
itable place to pick you up (off mailing list). > > Cheers, > Rob > > On Thu, 2 Aug 2018, 08:51 Brian Prangle, wrote: > >> OK in the absence of any other feedback Rob and I will converge on >> Leominster for 1pm. I'll come up with a suitable pub and some suggestions

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: August Meeting

2018-08-02 Thread Brian Prangle
OK in the absence of any other feedback Rob and I will converge on Leominster for 1pm. I'll come up with a suitable pub and some suggestions for sectionso f the Herefordshire Trail Rgds Brian -- Forwarded message - From: Brian Prangle Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018, 12:24 Subject: Re

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] August Meeting

2018-08-01 Thread Brian Prangle
hard for me but I can probably do later > weekends. > > Thanks, > Rob > > On Sat, 28 Jul 2018, 15:30 Brian Prangle, wrote: > >> Hi everyone >> >> We generally do a Saturday meetupin August. Rob and I thought a >> Herefordshire venue would be good and

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] August Meeting

2018-07-28 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone We generally do a Saturday meetupin August. Rob and I thought a Herefordshire venue would be good and seeing as the summer QP is PROWs, we should try to do as much of the Herefordshire Trail as possible. All of the

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus routes in Rugby

2018-07-20 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Gareth If they're that old and no longer exist then just delete them! If the bus stops in your area have route ref nos on them than that can be an aid. Otherwise there's nothing to do but ride the buses if the bus company or local transport authority is unwilling to release the data under an

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] July Meeting

2018-07-04 Thread Brian Prangle
I'll be there On Wed, 4 Jul 2018, 15:22 Rob Nickerson, wrote: > Hi Brian, > > I will be there this week (Thursday 8pm). > > Anyone else confirmed as attending? > > Thanks, > Rob > > On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, 19:08 Brian Prangle, wrote: > >> Hi everyone

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] July meeting is Thursday 5 July

2018-06-19 Thread Brian Prangle
I think I forgot to tell you the date ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] May Meeting

2018-05-02 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Just a reminder we are NOT meeting tomorrow but the following Thursday May 10th. May I suggest Knowle/Dorridge (rail station in Dorridge for those arriving by public transport) in Solihull and meetup in the Red Lion Knowle for 8pm? Let me know if you're intending to attend Regards

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] May Meeting

2018-04-14 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Rob and I are committed to a Board meeting for OSMUK on the first Thursday, re-arranged to fit in with our AGM schedule so we'd like to change the May mappa-mercia meeting to the next Thursday in May i.e MAy 10th. We still need a venue. ANy ideas? Brian

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] February Meeting

2018-01-31 Thread Brian Prangle
gton (good but no food, although they do allow > takeaway) and the Gunmakers Arms (struggled with food and was just one > option - would need to arrange in advance). > > I'd be up for anything including a return to The Bull. > > Anyone want to pick one? > > Regards, > Rob >

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Improved MapBox Imagey for the West Mids

2017-12-12 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Message for Christina a tMapBox Amsterdam: I also wanted to share the happy news that my colleagues from the Satellite team have updated tint and colouring of the West Midlands imagery. It's not new imagery though, just looks better. I hope this is of help at all I've taken a look at

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Dec social

2017-12-01 Thread Brian Prangle
I'm looking forward to my curry next Thursday! I think in light of a better recommendation we should follow Andy M's advice and go for Manzill next to Digbeth Police Station as it's handy for everyone Regards Brian On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Andy Robinson wrote: >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Proposed Import of West Mids VMS Locations

2017-11-06 Thread Brian Prangle
> a node on the road? Gut feeling is that it as a node so that it is more > useful for data users. > > Thanks, > > > > > > > *Rob* > > On 5 November 2017 at 16:15, Brian Prangle <br...@mappa-mercia.org> wrote: > >> Hi everyone >> >&

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Proposed Import of West Mids VMS Locations

2017-11-06 Thread Brian Prangle
hearing it before but > cannot remember. What about "MS3"/"MS4"? > > Finally, if we add these, do they get mapped to the side of the road or as > a node on the road? Gut feeling is that it as a node so that it is more > useful for data users. > > Thanks, >

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Christmas curry

2017-11-05 Thread Brian Prangle
Sounds good to me. It's in my diary.Anyone got any preference for a good curry house? Regards Brian On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > A few years ago the Mappa Mercia group decided to make our December > meeting a "Christmas curry".

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Proposed Import of West Mids VMS Locations

2017-11-05 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone I'd like to open a discussion here first before opening it to talkgb and talkimport The raw data can be found here It covers the West Midlands and parts of the M1 and M69 also Licence is OGL I've edited the data to give

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] November meeting Thursday

2017-10-30 Thread Brian Prangle
I have another engagement at 6pm so I'll be there later with an outside channce of not even making it (depends on when it finishes) Rgds Brian On 30 October 2017 at 17:27, Rob Nickerson wrote: > Hi all, > > It's our monthly meeting this Thursday. Which pub shall we

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Activity Updates

2017-10-20 Thread Brian Prangle
ks, > > *Rob* > > On 19 October 2017 at 16:43, Brian Prangle <br...@mappa-mercia.org> wrote: > >> Hi everyone >> >> 1. I'm back training Probation Pay Back Attendees with Anawim. I've >> currently assigned our first new trainee the SE corner of Nunea

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham City Council

2017-10-19 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone BCC now using OSM for public announcements ! ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Activity Updates

2017-10-19 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone 1. I'm back training Probation Pay Back Attendees with Anawim. I've currently assigned our first new trainee the SE corner of Nuneaton to add buildings and improve road alignments. Latest version of id is much improved! 2. I now have a direct link into TfWM's maintainer of NaPTAN bus

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] OpenStreetCam or Mapillary?

2017-09-19 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone I'm in discussions with TfWM to use their inspection teams' time on the street to assist us by taking photos with smartphones, which will also help them with their asset management and not have to rely on outdated data from Google StreetView. Which one of the above is better for us?

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Post box and war memorial

2017-09-15 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Andy Tag it as you would any other war memorial. Let the renderer sort out what it shows on the standard map. The data will represent the attributes of the node regards Brian On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 9:54 PM, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Here's an oddity; a post box

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New: Esri imagery

2017-08-28 Thread Brian Prangle
Not that I can see currently- the resolution is somewhere between bing and digital globe so not much more clarity. I'll check some building sites to check currency On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Rob Nickerson wrote: > New imagery available! Does this bring anything

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Sept Meeting

2017-08-25 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone I won't be able to make this, but I think we agreed on Penkridge. Have fun! Regards brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Next meetings?

2017-08-01 Thread Brian Prangle
, Andy Robinson <ajrli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds like a plan > > > > Cheers > > Andy > > > > *From:* Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 30 July 2017 17:52 > > *To:* Andy Robinson > *Cc:* talk-gb-westmidlands > *Subject:* Re:

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Next meetings?

2017-07-30 Thread Brian Prangle
> Any preference for Penkridge or Longbridge next week? > > > > Cheers > > Andy > > > > *From:* Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 28 July 2017 13:32 > *To:* Andy Robinson > *Cc:* talk-gb-westmidlands > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Next meetings?

2017-07-28 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi Andy The two remaning locations on our list are Penkridge and Longbridge/Northfield. Happy to amend to your suggestion, but to do that area justice it would need a Saturday. Regards Brian On 27 July 2017 at 11:59, Andy Robinson wrote: > Did we have a list of proposed

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Wellesbourne Meeting July 6th

2017-07-06 Thread Brian Prangle
t now may this evening. Hope you have a good one and the weather > stays perfect. > > > > Cheers > > Andy > > > > *From:* Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 21 June 2017 17:41 > *To:* talk-gb-westmidlands > *Subject:* [Talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Wellesbourne Meeting July 6th

2017-06-21 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Jack Fitzimons from Warwick will be joining us.He says " The King's Head seems the obvious choice; easy to find, plenty of parking. A bit pricy if I remember from my last visit but OK" See you at 8pm- mapping beforehand. I've started populating buildings and general tidying up - all

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Addresses that reverse along a road

2017-06-02 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone At the pub meeting last night I couldn't remember the name of the system where the addresses go along one side of the road and then turn round and come back down the other side It's boustrophedonic See you next month where aour meeting

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] June Meeting

2017-06-01 Thread Brian Prangle
I’ll plan on doing some mapping in the Hill Top area. > > > > See you Thursday. > > Cheers > > Andy > > > > *From:* Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 18 May 2017 20:52 > *To:* talk-gb-westmidlands > *Subject:* [Talk-gb-westmidlands] June

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] June Meeting

2017-05-18 Thread Brian Prangle
HI everyone We decided at our last meeting to meet in Wednesbury on Thursday June 1st. Usual practice of mapping in the early evening and meetup at 8pm. I've consulted CAMRA's good beer guide and the Bellwether looks the best of the bunch. Its at 3-4 Walsall St WS10 9BZ, close to the main

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] West Midlands Data Discovery Centre

2017-05-12 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Take a look at this amazing facility which is a development of our work locally with ODI,Birmingham Innovation Centre and Deft351. It's still only a demonstrator, developed by Opendatasoft, but I'm pretty impressed with its visualisation capabilities

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Next Meeting

2017-05-04 Thread Brian Prangle
one to meet > them by 7pm if we know who they are. > > > > Cheers > > Andy > > > > *From:* Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 03 May 2017 13:00 > > *To:* Andy Robinson > *Cc:* Brian Prangle; talk-gb-westmidlands > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Next Meeting

2017-05-01 Thread Brian Prangle
hour from New Street and fares > have the benefit of the West Mids zoning I believe. > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/52.7572/-1.9397 > > > > The Plaza on Horse Fair is the local Wetherspoon’s. > > > > Cheers > > Andy > > > > *From:* Brian Pr

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Next Meeting

2017-04-26 Thread Brian Prangle
ve. > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/52.7572/-1.9397 > > > > The Plaza on Horse Fair is the local Wetherspoon’s. > > > > Cheers > > Andy > > > > *From:* Brian Prangle [mailto:bpran...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 24 April 2017 19:43 > *To:* talk-gb-westmi

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Next Meeting

2017-04-24 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone This is scheduled for Thursday 4th May and as yet we don't have a venue for our first 2017 map/meet. I htink we left this with Andy R to come up with a suitable area we could blitz in an evening Regards Brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Recent Imports

2017-04-10 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone I'm now back in circulation after a much-needed off-grid break. Give me a couple of days to digest what's been going on and get back into gear and you'll have a considered response from me. regards Brian ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Import Progress

2017-03-18 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi All I'm off for a break and I'm leaving a couple of key imports partially complete so I thought it best to give you an update of where I'm at: Trees 47,000 imported so far (out of a total approx 76,000)- none north of the M6 which I've left for Andy R. Less than 0.1% (estimate) are

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] April Meeting

2017-03-18 Thread Brian Prangle
Don't forget there will be NO April OSM meeting as too many of us are away and Easter makes it difficult to re-arrange. May will be our next meeting - AndyR to arrange a peripatetic venue for early mapping then pub meetup Regards Brian ___

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Amey Birmingham Highway Assets Import

2017-03-08 Thread Brian Prangle
re is a (python?) script called OSM Conflate > that might help here. > > I am without my laptop until Monday but will look then. > > Rob > > On 3 Mar 2017 10:06 a.m., "Brian Prangle" <bpran...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi everyone >> >> Following

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Amey Birmingham Highway Assets Import

2017-03-03 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Following on from our discussions at last night's monthly meeting can I propose the following as a way forward? Traffic Signals Import as nodes and then gradually transfer relevant data to adjacent traffic signal nodes,then deleting the import node as and when folk are editing in

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] TfWM collaboration

2017-03-01 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone Just for update All naptan bus stops from the 2009 import are now updated with name standard, route_ref data and towards data. All those marked as DEL have been deleted. Bus stops added by survey before or since the import (characterised by their absence of naptan data) are being

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Help with Speed Camera Relation

2017-02-24 Thread Brian Prangle
you mean by Single Direction? They don’t swivel and > I’m assuming they will target traffic going in both directions. > > > > Jonathan > http://bigfatfrog67.me > > > > *From: *Brian Prangle <bpran...@gmail.com> > *Sent: *24 February 2017 10:40 > *To: *

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] TfWM NaPTAN refresh

2017-02-15 Thread Brian Prangle
of these on the ground and find a bus stop actually there. Regards Brian On 15 February 2017 at 21:26, Matthijs Melissen <i...@matthijsmelissen.nl> wrote: > On 15 February 2017 at 17:58, Brian Prangle <bpran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've just removed the highway=bus_stop tag

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