[OSM-talk-ie] Eircode Next steps?

2015-07-13 Thread Daniel Cussen
The new postcode system was launched today. https://finder.eircode.ie Rather than discussing the pros and cons, can we look at OSM's next steps? Also have a look at the location finding resources added by the interactive maps etc. Can we use any of these to our benefit?

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Eircode Next steps?

2015-07-13 Thread Rory McCann
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/07/15 14:49, Colm Moore wrote: It would be useful if fields for post code and county could be added. I've submitted a patch/pull request to add the postcode/eircode to iD. addr:county doesn't seem to be used a lot (only ~600 according to

[OSM-talk-ie] Consolidating address fields

2015-07-13 Thread Colm Moore
Hi, The following tags are currently used for addresses. Even with the, eh, variation :) available in Irish addresses, I think there could be some consolidation. Current tags in use: name=* (building, business, etc.) addr:name=* addr:housename=* addr:housename:en=* addr:housename:ga=*

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Submission by OSM Ireland to the public consultation on Ireland's Open Data Initiative

2015-07-13 Thread Dave Corley
Hi all, So there has been a great response to this, with close to 70 suggestions for improvements, so thank you all for giving your time to this, it is greatly appreciated. I have opened the document now for people to add their names under the authors field on the front page. It will stay open

[OSM-talk-ie] Openstreetmap gb/uk

2015-07-13 Thread moltonel
Hi, RobJN asked me to forward his diary post to this list: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/RobJN/diary/35372 They are thinking of setting up an osmf UK/gb local chapter. Since we're setting up an Isle of Ireland one, there's some overlap for Northern Ireland contributors. Consider replying

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Submission by OSM Ireland to the public consultation on Ireland's Open Data Initiative

2015-07-13 Thread Patrick Matthews
Nitpicking here, but... Another example is the text descriptions of Electoral Districts (ED) (SI 12 and 13 of 1968) for Dublin City and County... Shouldn't this be Electoral Divisions? On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 12:57 AM, Dave Corley davecor...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, So there has been a