[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: Increased use of OpenStreetMap

Tue Apr 23 10:50:32 UTC 2013

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From: Brian Prangle <brian at mappa-mercia.org>
Date: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: Increased use of OpenStreetMap
To: Paul Inman <paulinman at warwickshire.gov.uk>

Hi Paul

It looks great even with screenshots! I shall make sure I use the service
on election night and be part of your user load.

You can quote me " It is very gratifying to see all the hard work of many
volunteers being put to such good use. It's the best reward we can have
that Warwickshire County Council regards our open source data as being of
good quality and relies on it for such a high profile application. We'll
keep adding more  data  so it will be even better for  other  organisations
to adopt this forward-looking approach."

Regards

Brian

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Paul Inman
<paulinman at warwickshire.gov.uk>wrote:

> Hi Brian
>
> Just to give you a bit of an update...
>
> The application is nearing completion, although it won't be live until the
> start of next week. And Grant has given us permission to operate with
> potentially high levels of traffic that day.
>
> I've attached some screenshots, so you get an idea of how it'll look and
> behave.
>
>
>    - The overall Warwickshire map showing the electoral areas, which will
>    fill with the parties' colours as results are declared.
>    - A district-level view (still being worked on), showing the same kind
>    of map, but zoomed in to the district/borough.
>    - An electoral area level view, showing the detailed results for that
>    area, including past results.
>
> Our Comms team is putting a press release together to promote the
> application and the open source/OpenStreetMap approach. I'm conscious that
> you've only seen screenshots, but are you or your colleagues able to
> provide a quote, maybe supporting this approach and advocating the use of
> OSM and open source solutions?
>
> Thanks
> Paul
>
>
>
> *Paul Inman
> E Services Team Leader and Webmaster*
> Customer Service
> Resources Group
> Warwickshire County Council
>
> *Tel:* 01926 736342
> *Email:* paulinman at warwickshire.gov.uk
> *Web:* www.warwickshire.gov.uk
>
>
>
> On 10 April 2013 11:20, Paul Inman <paulinman at warwickshire.gov.uk> wrote:
>
>> Excellent! Thanks so much for your help, Brian. I'll get hold of Grant in
>> that case, and check with him.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>> Paul
>>
>> *Paul Inman
>> E Services Team Leader and Webmaster*
>> Customer Service
>> Resources Group
>> Warwickshire County Council
>>
>> *Tel:* 01926 736342
>> *Email:* paulinman at warwickshire.gov.uk
>> *Web:* www.warwickshire.gov.uk
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10 April 2013 09:59, Brian Prangle <brian at mappa-mercia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Paul
>>>
>>> Some email discussions with sysadmins has revealed that Grant Slater
>>> might be the best person to contact. Also I've had personal assurances that
>>> it should probably be OK  but it's best to check. Look forward to the
>>> write-ups. If there's anything else just get in touch
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Brian
>>> 0121 604 1141 or 07811667653
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Paul Inman <
>>> paulinman at warwickshire.gov.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Brian
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the info. I'll contact Jon in that case (I guess the best
>>>> way is just through the discussion on the Wiki?)
>>>>
>>>> We'll definitely be issuing a press release and a blog entry about it.
>>>> It's something that we'll want to shout about, share the knowledge with
>>>> other local authorities, and hopefully encourage them down a similar route
>>>> in future.
>>>>
>>>> The presentation should be fine too. But, as the mapping (and other
>>>> graphics) work is definitely Pete's baby, I'd like him to take the glory.
>>>> He'd also be in a much better position to answer any technical questions
>>>> than I. Could you keep him posted with any updates, please (email address
>>>> cc'ed into this)?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Paul Inman
>>>> E Services Team Leader and Webmaster*
>>>> Customer Service
>>>> Resources Group
>>>> Warwickshire County Council
>>>>
>>>> *Tel:* 01926 736342
>>>> *Email:* paulinman at warwickshire.gov.uk
>>>> *Web:* www.warwickshire.gov.uk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5 April 2013 09:40, Brian Prangle <brian at mappa-mercia.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Paul
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for using our data for your project and thank you even more
>>>>> for your courtesy in letting us know in advance of your increased load.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suggest you read our tile useage policy at
>>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_usage_policy
>>>>> I also suggest you contact our sysadmins and discuss your
>>>>> implementation with them which is what I think the policy requests. There
>>>>> is a list at  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/System_Administrators.
>>>>> Tom Hughes and Grant Slater are the best people to contact from that list.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can I ask that we produce some blog/press material about your project?
>>>>> Obviously we'll need some input from you. Can I also be really cheeky and
>>>>> ask that you consider submitting a presentation to our annual international
>>>>> State of the Map conference which this year is being held in Birmingham on
>>>>> 6th-8th September?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Paul Inman <
>>>>> paulinman at warwickshire.gov.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe you've spoken to my colleague Pete Lancaster in the past
>>>>>> about how warwickshire.gov.uk could use OpenStreetMap as basis for
>>>>>> our mapping system - http://geo.warwickshire.gov.uk/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As you may be aware, our Council elections are taking place on the
>>>>>> 2nd of May this year, with the counts taking place on the 3rd May.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We're busy working on the website's presentation of the results as
>>>>>> they come in, with one element of this being a map of Warwickshire, shaded
>>>>>> in as results are declared. This map would be using OpenStreetMap as a base.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This will, of course, greatly increase the number of OpenStreetMap
>>>>>> requests from us on that day, as visitors excitedly hit refresh, in eager
>>>>>> anticipation of the next result. We'll also be displaying the site -
>>>>>> including the maps - on big screens at each of the count centres, ideally
>>>>>> with some auto-refresh function in place on the browsers every couple of
>>>>>> minutes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's a bit difficult to estimate the total number of page views that
>>>>>> occur during the day, but we could see 100,000.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But we're conscious that 'over-use' of OpenStreetMap could result in
>>>>>> blocking us - which could spell disaster if it happened on the day.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I wanted to email you flag this up with you, see if there was
>>>>>> anything we could do to reduce this risk of us being blocked, and - if all
>>>>>> else fails - beg.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (You'll be pleased to hear that we'll be pushing the raw results out
>>>>>> in an open format for use by other parties.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Paul Inman
>>>>>> E Services Team Leader and Webmaster*
>>>>>> Customer Service
>>>>>> Resources Group
>>>>>> Warwickshire County Council
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Tel:* 01926 736342
>>>>>> *Email:* paulinman at warwickshire.gov.uk
>>>>>> *Web:* www.warwickshire.gov.uk
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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