On 7 Nov 2009, at 01:36, Craig Wallace wrote: > On 06/11/2009 17:48, Mike wrote: >> Folks, >> >> I've been looking at the Dracos postbox list >> http://www.dracos.co.uk/play/locating-postboxes/ and the UK >> payphone DB: >> http://payphonedb.bobsbasement.co.uk/. Both tie into the OSM >> (postboxes >> keyed with a ref: tag and phone boxes with telephone: Looking >> through >> the OSM data, there's a lot of postboxes and payphoens but very few >> have >> the appropriate tags to tie them into the other databases. Would >> OSMers >> mind tagging any postboxes/phones that they come across to tie them >> in >> with these side projects? Perhaps we could even have a virtual (ie >> UK >> wide) mapping party to update the map with these? >> >> What do people think? >> > I agree with you on this, its useful to add refs to postboxes. I've > been > working through them in my area, and ticking them off on the Dracos > list.
Every so often the Dracos site will import the OSM data, so you don't need to manually enter it there, it will automatically be picked up after a few weeks. I know some mappers do go and specifically collect the refs of post boxes. > > I've not seen that payphone DB before, how does it work? Does it > automatically get payphones from OSM? > I've tried searching in my area, but it doesn't find any. Do they need > particular tags to appear on that site? I have tagged a few with their > phone number, but can't find them if searching for that. And it > doesn't > find anything at all if searching in my county. I don't think this site is integrated with OSM. Shaun > > Craig > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
