Re: [OSM-talk] Is it technically and legally possible to add the Open Location Code to the OSM search?

2018-08-10 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 10 August 2018 at 21:06, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM wrote: > Hi Frederick, > > I appreciate the thoughtful reply. > > I think for the most part we all agree on the technology solution > really looking like the best option. But it is the best option in the > medium and long term. > > In the short

[Talk-GB] Strange changeset comment

2017-03-16 Per discussione Matt Williams
I've just seen some very strange edits from the user ExperimentalNarratives showing up in Coventry: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ExperimentalNarratives/history I'm not sure whether the change itself makes sense (I no longer live in the area) but the changeset comment is odd. Could anyone

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Dodgy edit in Coventry

2016-10-19 Per discussione Matt Williams
Hi all, I don't have time to check it in full right now but I saw a suspicious edit crop up today in Coventry http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/43006455 Given that they titled the shop 'lol' I'm guessing it is semi-deliberate vandalism. I seem to remember that we have a process in place

Re: [Talk-GB] Tuesday March 1st is Night School

2016-02-24 Per discussione Matt Williams
-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Search but cannot find

2015-03-18 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 18 March 2015 at 09:13, Paul Sladen o...@paul.sladen.org wrote: On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Pmailkeey . wrote: Anyone know why the search facility can't find Waingatebridge Cottages ? Presumably this terrace in the Lake District which has no 'name='; http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/314851241

Re: [Talk-GB] C roads again

2014-08-13 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 13 August 2014 01:22, Robert Norris rw_nor...@hotmail.com wrote: AFAIK there are some (but very few) roads where the C number is sign posted but not that I'm aware of any explicitly. Whether any of these have ever been captured in OSM is hard to tell. Near where I used to live there's an

Re: [OSM-talk] Azimuth measurement

2014-04-09 Per discussione Matt Williams
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Re: [Talk-GB] Warwickshire County Council releases aerial imagery

2014-01-14 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 14 January 2014 14:06, Jonathan Harley j...@spiffymap.net wrote: On 14/01/14 12:02, Grant Slater wrote: On 14 January 2014 10:43, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone Warwickshire County Council have released 3 sets of aerial imagery under OGL. Brian: Where did you get

Re: [Talk-GB] Lloyds TSB

2013-10-04 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 4 October 2013 09:42, Ed Loach edlo...@gmail.com wrote: As you might all know, Lloyds TSB split to become Lloyds Bank and TSB a couple of weeks ago. To help find those that still need remapping I had a quick play and came up with http://www.loach.me.uk/osm/LloydsTSB/ I've not added a key,

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-21 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 21 August 2013 00:00, OpenStreetmap HADW osmh...@gmail.com wrote: I've come across a building that provides the sort of facilities that one might find in some hotels for day time and evening functions (weddings, posh birthday parties, etc.), but does not have any overnight accommodation.

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes

2013-07-29 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 29 July 2013 13:15, Nick Allen nick.allen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was wondering if there were any updates / progress on UK Postcodes. I have seen that the Land Registry Price Paid data is partially available on the 'Postcode finder website', but don't seem to be able to contact

Re: [Talk-GB] Mass edits of landuse /natural tags

2013-04-25 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 25 April 2013 16:23, John Baker rovas...@hotmail.com wrote: To be honest I am struggling to see anything wrong with what I have done. Let take grass in your example Jerry. There are always more suitable tags than natural=grass, landuse=grass being the most obvious there is also

Re: [Talk-GB] BBC News - Google Map Maker edit tools extended to cover the UK

2013-04-11 Per discussione Matt Williams
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Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 Birmingham

2013-03-11 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 11 March 2013 15:55, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone I'm composing a press release and want to compare this year's event with the previous conference in the UK - Manchester 2007. Can anyone who was there remember how many delegates there were? Has anyone got any group

Re: [OSM-talk] Attribution required?

2013-03-07 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 7 March 2013 13:27, Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I noticed this site is using OSM via MapBox: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff-nation/assignments/8352035/Map-of-NZs-best-swimming-holes Should 'stuff.co.nz' add attribution to the map as described here?

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Coventry new edit

2013-02-27 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 27 February 2013 12:07, Andy Robinson ajrli...@gmail.com wrote: Coventry folks. Is this kosher? http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/2177040650 I'm fairly sure those are all just residential houses along Albany Road and so it's likely a 'joke' edit. Matt

Re: [OSM-talk] Wow, Google Maps now has detailed maps for North Korea!

2013-01-29 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 29 January 2013 10:52, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/1/29 Floris Looijesteijn o...@floris.nu: Hey all, The Wall Street Journal and other news has this breaking news: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323375204578271201719130798.html Normally I try to

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-01-18 Per discussione Matt Williams
page on OSM.org). If you search for a more precise postcode, do you still get matches from far away? Could you give me an example so I can see if I can track it down? I'll add 'edit this way' to my TODO list. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-01-18 Per discussione Matt Williams
addresses. The big straight section in the middle is from where I didn't update the tool for ages. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com attachment: postcode_houses.png___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Balsall Common armchair mapping cake

2012-11-04 Per discussione Matt Williams
Hi all, As discussed at the last meetup (http://blog.mappa-mercia.org/2012/11/november-pub-meeting.html) a few of us are thinking of doing a little armchair (followed by a survey?) mapping of Balsall Common, particularly focusing on buildings. I see that Brian has already started a bit and I've

Re: [Talk-GB] Office of National Statistics data

2012-10-31 Per discussione Matt Williams
still need to put together my statistics tool to see how the coverage grows. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Ambiguous restrictions sign

2012-10-31 Per discussione Matt Williams
) Something else? I'm guessing it's meant to be (a), but just thought I'd canvas opinion before tagging. I think I agree with (a). I would find it a little strange to disallow cycling just during the day (why not just ban it entirely?). -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com

Re: [OSM-talk] Knight funded work and OSM dev blog

2012-10-23 Per discussione Matt Williams
. I also suggest you add it to http://blogs.openstreetmap.org/ -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mapping parks

2012-10-23 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 23 October 2012 15:29, Graeme Mulvaney web@gmail.com wrote: Would I be able to use openstreetmap to map all of the trees in the war memorial park in Coventry? - each tree represents a citizen who was killed during the world wars. We did something similar a while back which you can read

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

2012-10-22 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 22 October 2012 13:35, Nick Verdegem digital.dia...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Just updating my local area and want to add a couple of Parcel Depots, one for the Royal Mail, and one for TNT. The Royal Mail one is *not* amenity=post_office as it does not accept parcels/letters for onward

Re: [Talk-GB] importing house shapes

2012-10-19 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 19 October 2012 11:11, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com wrote: That's pretty much entirely a relation-as-category, though, isn't it? I would argue not. Don't use relations as categories was devised to combat people doing things like adding all buildings designed by a particular

Re: [OSM-talk] help.osm.org - platform migration research

2012-10-15 Per discussione Matt Williams
) on there. As for Shapado, I've heard good things, particularly with respect to the i18n support. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Searching OSM

2012-10-01 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 1 October 2012 16:43, Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: Is there a way to search for a node type where it is on a way of a type, or types? An example would be gates on trunk or primary roads. The reason is, I was using OSRM to plan a route yesterday and spotted that it was

Re: [Talk-GB] Land Registry postcode tool now running

2012-09-13 Per discussione Matt Williams
in the steps you took? My postcode finder doesn't use Nominatim inside at all. However, occasionally, when it can't find anything using its internal database, it will offer you the option to do a simple search using Nominatim instead. This is when it says Search for foo in OSM. -- Matt Williams http

Re: [Talk-GB] Land Registry postcode tool now running

2012-09-13 Per discussione Matt Williams
on the front page when the data was updated. My initial plan is to have one session a month correcting adding postcodes, but you may get other views. Yes, I've been meaning to do this. I'll add that ASAP. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Land Registry postcode tool now running

2012-09-13 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 13 September 2012 12:08, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 13/09/2012 10:38, Matt Williams wrote: Could you be more explicit in the steps you took? Typed postcode clicked Search Under the 'search address' column I clicked [search] Next window said 'Search for 10 Downing Street

[Talk-GB] Land Registry postcode tool now running

2012-09-12 Per discussione Matt Williams
; postcode so I'll look into that in the future. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Resgistered places of worship (inc UIDs, postcodes)

2012-09-11 Per discussione Matt Williams
for the other points you mention. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

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

2012-08-31 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 31 August 2012 12:26, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: The other problem with the Companies House data is that there is no clear statement of the licence other than free. Come on CH please be more specific! Indeed. It looks like it could be another quite useful source of

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

2012-08-31 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 31 August 2012 16:50, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: I think that translates to Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL) then? Probably, but I wouldn't feel comfortable using the data without an explicit set of license terms. Unless they have done and I just don't

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

2012-08-30 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 27 August 2012 23:18, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Please correct me if I am wrong, but to the best of my understanding we are still struggling to find a good source of postcode data under an open licence. From what I understand the CodePoint data set is

Re: [OSM-talk] Very Happy - Looking forward

2012-07-23 Per discussione Matt Williams
more prominently placed on the map front page / How can I help? Also, there's also the newer iD (http://www.geowiki.com/, http://www.geowiki.com/iD/) which is aiming to be a simple tag and POI editor. It's not fully working yet but I imagine that development will happen fast. -- Matt Williams

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

2012-06-08 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 8 June 2012 22:12, Big Fat Frog bigfatfro...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, When I look at a lot of towns all the houses etc have been traced but not in others, I can't beleive someone has sat down and done each house one by one?  Where is this coming from and how can I get it for my area? It

Re: [Talk-GB] Addresses for blocks of flats

2012-05-03 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 3 May 2012 14:42, Tom Chance t...@acrewoods.net wrote: Is there a good way to tag flats within a building so that it is clear the flat numbers (e.g. 1-12) correspond with the building and not with the street? These are two examples I'm struggling with: A block of flats, 1-12 Honor Oak

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

2012-05-02 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 30 April 2012 16:07, rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote: 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

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Island House

2012-03-28 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 28 March 2012 17:51, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: The much-talked about Island House, in Birmingham's Eastside, is now, controversially, demolished, and someone has tagged it 'building:demolished=yes'. Is that correct? Or should it be building=demolished, or some other tag?

Re: [Talk-GB] Remapping update

2012-03-26 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 26 March 2012 21:42, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Delighted to report that Andy Street has agreed to the CTs. Thank you Andy. This is great news. Thanks Andy and I'm glad you were able to resolve any problems you had with the CTs/license. -- Matt Williams http

Re: [OSM-talk] No attribution on osm.org?

2012-03-09 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 9 March 2012 10:50, Maarten Deen md...@xs4all.nl wrote: On 2012-03-09 11:36, Floris Looijesteijn wrote: No. That page only talks about how you should attribute if you're using OSM yourself. I nowhere read the required © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC BY-SA for the map on osm.org. Maybe

Re: [Talk-GB] Licence change - one month to go

2012-03-02 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 2 March 2012 14:35, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: We change to the new licence in just under a month's time, so it's a good time to look at the current state of the UK. What's likely not to be carried through to the new database? The good news is that the UK is in a very

Re: [OSM-talk] Contact And Remap Campaign

2012-02-10 Per discussione Matt Williams
can use the name from the original way (probably assuming the way wasn't originally created or named by a decliner). [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_Opendata#OS_StreetView -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list

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

2012-02-06 Per discussione Matt Williams
the grit bins? On a related note, could someone remind me where the gritting route info for Coventry is. I seem to remember that some was published last year but no-one uploaded the data to OSM. Cheers, Matt Williams ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list

Re: [Talk-GB] GB License Change Readiness

2012-01-11 Per discussione Matt Williams
contact route for him as otherwise I'll have to start remapping Coventry myself soon (maybe an excuse for a mapping party?). -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

[Talk-GB] Postcode Finder update

2011-10-16 Per discussione Matt Williams
bugs. Cheers, Matt Williams [1] http://milliams.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodefinder/house/way/102862467/7/ [2] http://linter.structured-data.org/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilliams.dev.openstreetmap.org%2Fpostcodefinder%2Fhouse%2Fway%2F102862467%2F7 [3] http://milliams.dev.openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Use of official names Re: shortened names

2011-07-28 Per discussione Matt Williams
referring to Belgium: they actually do have 3 official names. Not sure how to deal correctly with this naming only one without insulting one or the other. What's often done in this case is not putting anything in the 'name' key and only filling in name:fr, name:en etc. -- Matt Williams http

Re: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap 7th Birthday Party

2011-07-22 Per discussione Matt Williams
name, I'd argue that the 9th August would be the obvious choice of something to base anniversaries on. Makes sense to me, especially given http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2005-July/000830.html -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com

Re: [OSM-talk] License/CT issues: Let's not punish the world's disadvantaged, pls.

2011-06-23 Per discussione Matt Williams
there be some sort of attribution? I just noticed that osm.org is missing attribution. No it isn't. There's a 'Copyright License' link in the sidebar on the left. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Talk-GB] Onward travel posters

2011-06-10 Per discussione Matt Williams
that the OSM data is at least a year old since this (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?way=73100232) footpath isn't present on the printed map yet was added in August 2010 (http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/73100232/history). -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com

Re: [Talk-GB] Sorting out layering in East Anglia, Essex, London and Kent

2011-04-19 Per discussione Matt Williams
there to disambiguate cases where there would otherwise be z-fighting. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Publishing Self-Devised Walks

2011-04-09 Per discussione Matt Williams
a look at something like Show Your Journey http://syj.renevier.net/ -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] SureStart Children's Centres

2011-03-21 Per discussione Matt Williams
amenity=social_facility may be appropriate for that one.) I have mapped one as a school, but I guess it should be a kindergarten: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/58242208 Indeed. I've been tagging these as amenity=kindergarten [1]. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com [1] http

Re: [Talk-GB] SureStart Children's Centres

2011-03-21 Per discussione Matt Williams
that it deserves more differentiation? In whichever case, I think that 'SureStart' should be fine. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

[Talk-GB] Postcode finder updates - postal addresses, house maps and error maps

2011-03-20 Per discussione Matt Williams
know. The error map can also be a bit slow due to the database queries needed so be patient. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com [1] http://milliams.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodefinder/ [2] http://milliams.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodefinder/house/node/441918634/26/ [3] http

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder updates - postal addresses, house maps and error maps

2011-03-20 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 20 March 2011 16:20, Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu wrote: On 20/03/11 15:06, Matt Williams wrote: The errors on the map are the same as those which are shown on the house and street pages. Of course these 'errors' should be taken with a pinch of salt but make what use of them you can.If

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder updates - postal addresses, house maps and error maps

2011-03-20 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 20 March 2011 18:00, Paul n...@pointdee.co.uk wrote: On 20/03/11 15:06, Matt Williams wrote: I've made a few updates to the postcode finder [1]. There's a mixture of fixes suggested by you people and some other features I'd been planning on implementing anyway. Call me a pedant

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder updates - postal addresses, house maps and error maps

2011-03-20 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 20 March 2011 16:06, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: I've made a few updates to the postcode finder [1]. There's a mixture of fixes suggested by you people and some other features I'd been planning on implementing anyway. As an addendum I've now also added Codepoint-augumented

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder updates - postal addresses, house maps and error maps

2011-03-20 Per discussione Matt Williams
on: - Correct format but is lower case - Partial postcodes like the one you mention above - Completely wrong postcodes like [1] The first two will probably just be 'information class' errors but the last will be at least a 'warning'. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com [1] http

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder updates - postal addresses, house maps and error maps

2011-03-20 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 20 March 2011 21:19, Steve Doerr steve.do...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: On 20/03/2011 15:06, Matt Williams wrote: [snip] Keep up the good work! Possible bug: I just tried searching for my own address (42c Mulberry Road) and it returned no results, but if I search for my postcode (DA11 8PP

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder updates - postal addresses, house maps and error maps

2011-03-20 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 20 March 2011 22:21, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 20 March 2011 15:06, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: I've made a few updates to the postcode finder All good stuff. Any chance of you applying the microformat mark-up I supplied in the recent thread, please? Do

[Talk-GB] Codepoint duplicates

2011-03-20 Per discussione Matt Williams
other cases of duplicates though like can be seen nearby at [3]. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com [1] http://random.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodes/?layers=000F0F0FBT [2] http://www.raggedred.net/codepoint/?zoom=17lat=52.37981lon=-1.25043layers=B0T [3] http://www.raggedred.net/codepoint/?zoom

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
mapping and parsing. I had considered grouping all the street segments together into a sub-relation and then adding that relation as the role=street in the associatedStreet but that didn't really seem to add any useful information to the database and seems over-engineered. -- Matt Williams http

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 17 March 2011 12:09, Derick Rethans o...@derickrethans.nl wrote: On Wed, 16 Mar 2011, Matt Williams wrote: Greetings all, For the last week I've been working on a sort of 'replacement' for the Royal Mail's postcode/address finder (you know, the one with the ~5 queries a day limit without

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 17 March 2011 12:13, Derick Rethans o...@derickrethans.nl wrote: On Wed, 16 Mar 2011, Matt Williams wrote: On 16 March 2011 21:16, Tim François timhafranc...@gmail.com wrote: Good work! I just tried searching based on house number and street name, and it didn't work if I didn't

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
think it should be a problem. Most likely the people who first defined the relation didn't consider the possibility of split streets. I certainly don't consider it a 'bug' in the postcode finder. As for statistics on this, it should be quite easy for me to make a measurement this evening. -- Matt

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
the direction I was planning on taking this. I'm slowly making my way there :) As for P2, I hadn't thought of that but it sounds like a very cool idea. I'll have to see what it entails. It won't be at the top of list anyway. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 17 March 2011 13:17, Ben Pollinger benpollinger+...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 March 2011 19:51, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: For the last week I've been working on a sort of 'replacement' for the Royal Mail's postcode/address finder (you know, the one with the ~5 queries a day limit

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 17 March 2011 13:37, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 16 March 2011 19:51, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: For the last week I've been working on a sort of 'replacement' for the Royal Mail's postcode/address finder That's great; and I trust that my constructive

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
to a mass 're-tagging'. If people want to discuss this though I suggest we start a new thread. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 17 March 2011 13:49, Derick Rethans o...@derickrethans.nl wrote: On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 16 March 2011 19:51, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: For the last week I've been working on a sort of 'replacement' for the Royal Mail's postcode/address finder That's

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
had indeed been considering this and so I'm glad that someone else thinks it would be useful :) The website is already HTML5 and so extending it with as much semantic markup as possible (whether that's microformats or microdata or both) can only be a good thing. -- Matt Williams http

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 17 March 2011 16:25, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com wrote: Matt Williams lists@... writes: I'm not sure that adding the postcoded street itself to my database would work since the base unit I work with is the 'house' or 'delivery point' whereas the street is simply part of the address. That's

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 17 March 2011 14:35, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: On 17 March 2011 13:37, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 16 March 2011 19:51, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: For the last week I've been working on a sort of 'replacement' for the Royal Mail's postcode

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-17 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 17 March 2011 18:55, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: On 17 March 2011 17:44, Jerry Clough : SK53 on OSM sk53_...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: A few weeks ago I did pull out postcodes from all tagged objects compared them with CodePoint, IIRC OSM had about 0.6% of them (around 7000

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode finder based on OSM data

2011-03-16 Per discussione Matt Williams
Codepoint Open to augment my postcode finder by using to assist searches and reporting missing and misplaced postcode centroids in OSM. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey Public Sector Mapping Agreement

2011-03-07 Per discussione Matt Williams
This doesn't directly affect OSM but it will provide tougher competition when we try to persuade local councils to use OSM. On the other hand, it's great to see that our gratis offering is already pushing down the price of the opposition. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com

Re: [OSM-talk] all our addresses are belong to you

2011-03-02 Per discussione Matt Williams
for this method mentioned before but I'm unsure if it's been done? Also, can we expect an extension of this data set in the future as more users add their addresses? -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] collateral damage (was: What the license change is going to do to the map)

2011-02-10 Per discussione Matt Williams
. So, what is this all about? See the other thread What the license change is going to do to the map from yesterday. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] What the license change is going to do to the map

2011-02-09 Per discussione Matt Williams
true of the deletion of my contributions. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.0748lon=-82.5394zoom=14layers=M So what I think we should all do is roll up our sleeves and just remap this area from the usual sources (aerial imagery if necessary) and it will be back to normal before long. -- Matt

Re: [Talk-GB] Update to OSM Analysis

2011-02-03 Per discussione Matt Williams
/2011/02/02/the-london-streets-challenge/ -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [OSM-talk] New tool in Potlatch 2 for areas that share a way

2011-01-31 Per discussione Matt Williams
agree that this might get messy in the case of a dual-carriageway. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode centroids

2011-01-21 Per discussione Matt Williams
with my suggestions on hierarchy :( This is why I've been using the associatedStreet relation suggested by the Karlsruhe Schema (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/House_numbers/Karlsruhe_Schema#Using_relations_to_associate_house_and_street_.28optional.29) -- Matt Williams http

Re: [OSM-talk] Bing maps is misplaced

2010-12-08 Per discussione Matt Williams
it policy. I have been under the impression that this _has_ been the policy for years. Certainly as long as I've been a member of the project people have been saying things just like this. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Anyone read the CC0 legal code?

2010-10-31 Per discussione Matt Williams
anything for or against this text, regarding using it for Openstreetmap data? legal-t...@openstreetmap.org -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Introducing Taginfo

2010-10-06 Per discussione Matt Williams
://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/keys/shop [4] http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/tags/shop=supermarket -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Voluntary re-licensing begins

2010-08-12 Per discussione Matt Williams
just misunderstanding the legal talk in the CTs or is this sort of importing currently unacceptable under the CTs? Perhaps this is covered in the CTs summary but as I said, the link doesn't work. Many thanks, Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Voluntary re-licensing begins

2010-08-12 Per discussione Matt Williams
On 12 August 2010 11:01, Matt Williams li...@milliams.com wrote: On 12 August 2010 09:18, Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: As promised, and long awaited, the next phase of the OSM License Upgrade has arrived. Phase 2 - Existing Contributor Voluntary Re-licensing  [1]  has begun, and you

Re: [OSM-talk] Voluntary re-licensing begins

2010-08-12 Per discussione Matt Williams
is simply there so that we have flexibility in the future to re-license without so much of a hoo-ha as this time :) -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Voluntary re-licensing begins

2010-08-12 Per discussione Matt Williams
of this going on in the ODbL Vote thread. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Voluntary re-licensing begin

2010-08-12 Per discussione Matt Williams
the licence, any existing data that may then not be compatible will need to be removed. Perhaps you're right. However, I would recommend that if you have any suggestions of improvements to the CTs then you bring them up on legal-t...@osm.org or contact the LWG (whichever is best for them). -- Matt

Re: [Talk-GB] UK Mapping Priorities

2010-06-24 Per discussione Matt Williams
as at the moment local edits are drowned out by global changes, often of no interest to the UK, let alone the area being looked at. If I knew who to poke for a fix, I would poke them. ito world's osm mapper (http://www.itoworld.com/static/openstreetmap.html) should be able to help you with that. -- Matt

Re: [OSM-talk] Stack Overflow-like site for geographic information systems

2010-06-22 Per discussione Matt Williams
a question/answer site for OSM questions -- as a complement to the osm-newbies list. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-10 Per discussione Matt Williams
is on the wiki page [1] Hopefully we might see some of the other Coventry folks there? Peter (sherbourne) is a regular traveller to the Brum meet-ups. I'm based in Canley (west Coventry -- near Warwick Uni) so I shall aim to get there. I'll see if I can drag along some people too. -- Matt Williams

Re: [Talk-GB] Mappa-Mercia social - July 1st - Bedworth

2010-06-04 Per discussione Matt Williams
is on the wiki page [1] Hopefully we might see some of the other Coventry folks there? Peter (sherbourne) is a regular traveller to the Brum meet-ups. I'm based in Canley (west Coventry -- near Warwick Uni) so I shall aim to get there. I'll see if I can drag along some people too. -- Matt Williams

Re: [OSM-talk] Software goes on, brain goes off...

2010-06-01 Per discussione Matt Williams
assessments like how dangerous a road is. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [Talk-GB] Partial Roads in Route Relations

2010-04-14 Per discussione Matt Williams
existing relations on that street? It seems like I may have broken the ncn through town here...! When you split a way which in in a relation editors should automatically add both the new halves to the relation in the same spot as the original way was. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com

Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey

2010-04-05 Per discussione Matt Williams
yourself should always be done but quickly getting roads traced/surveyed lets us OSMers get on to mapping the stuff that gives OSM the advantage over the 'competition' -- the POIs, local knowledge, secret footpaths, traffic restrictions etc. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com

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