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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brian,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the excellent update. It really helps to read what’s going on when I haven’t been able to attend and the current initiatives move keeps the midlands group ahead of the pack in terms of new ideas. Unfortunately I’ll also miss Dec 4<sup>th</sup> as I’ll be in Kuala Lumpur so enjoy your Christmas pint and I’ll hope to see everyone in the new Year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Btw, I am doing a bit of mapping, half completed Norton Canes at the weekend. <a href="http://osm.org/go/euzWwjWQ--">http://osm.org/go/euzWwjWQ--</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> talk-gb-westmidlands-bounces@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-westmidlands-bounces@openstreetmap.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Prangle<br><b>Sent:</b> 05 November 2010 9:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Nov 4th Social<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to Paul Williams for suggesting the Bull on Price St - what a great pub! Busy but quiet atmosphere, great food and ale, homely decor and wifi that works. And being located just behind the Childrens Hospital it's not too far from railway stations. There was only Christophe Mike and me but we all agreed it should be our default pub meeting place from now on.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We had a great discussion about multipolygons and how to use them and their limitations.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike is busy adding all the methodist churches and I'm about to add all the heritage buildings and we'd both like to build separate maps highlighting these so Christophe is going to deliver an hour's hands on session on OpenLayers before the December pub meeting at the Bull on Price Street<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to Andy M's introduction of the PMSA sculpture database I've been in touch with Ian Leith the vice chairman of PMSA who is quite excited about the possibility of us adding PMSA listed sculptures and eventually making a rendered map of them. Firstly we have to get a sensible data representation other than their web site listings, which I'm working on as Ian gave me the contact details of the academic who conducted the original survey. I've explained to Ian it's going to be a year at least before we've added enough data. With heritage buildings, blue plaques and public sculptures we could have a very rich cultural map of Birmingham and its environs. If we can do this Ian reckons we can generate a lot of interest from bodies who are responsible for this and I think he's off to explain what we're intending to do to English Heritage.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Walsall gritting routes are now well on the way to completion and we should probably concentrate on Wolverhampton next. perhaps Andy M could use any contacts he has to get Sandwell's gritting routes. Dudley we can leave for a while because we haven't completed mapping the road network yet<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Aerial Imagery tracing is also nearly complete: only Newtown,Winson Green and Harborne are left.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Christophe looks set to leave us after Xmas so we need a transition plan to manage the mappa-mercia website. Although he has kindly offered to carry on for a while remotely from Germany we need someone to step forward and we need another host.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Missed you all - look forward to seeing you at the December meeting<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Brian<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>