[Talk-gb-westmidlands] 20mph zones in Birmingham to be rolled out

[jonathan]

I was confused by the maps as well, typical of bureaucrats who spend all 
that time publishing these pretty maps that fails to convey the very 
reason for the maps! And on top of it all we have to beg these idiots to 
publish public data in a manner that others can use!  The World's gone mad.

I'm off my soapbox now, yes Brian thanks for following it up for us.

Jonathan

http://bigfatfrog67.me

On 25/03/2014 22:59, Rob Nickerson wrote:
> Confused. Are the maps suggesting that any road within the area that 
> is not otherwise coloured will become 20 mph?
>
> Of interest those maps are Ordnance Survey's StreetView product, which 
> is one of the products that is available under OS OpenData licence and 
> we can use it in OpenStreetMap. This raises an interesting question - 
> if BCC created this map using only the OS StreetView map, can they 
> just give us the go ahead to use their data without having to worry 
> about OS licensing? I would say yes.
>
> Anyway, best leave this one to Brian for now.
>
>
> On 25 March 2014 22:23, Matthijs Melissen <info at matthijsmelissen.nl 
> <mailto:info at matthijsmelissen.nl>> wrote:
>
>     On 12 March 2014 10:52, Matthijs Melissen
>     <info at matthijsmelissen.nl <mailto:info at matthijsmelissen.nl>> wrote:
>     > "The city council in late 2012 voted almost unanimously in
>     favour of a
>     > city-wide 20mph speed limit to improve pedestrian safety, lessen
>     > traffic congestion and reduce pollution. The roll out of 20mph speed
>     > limits across Birmingham will begin in the city centre and inner
>     city
>     > wards despite resident objections, it has been announced."
>     >
>     http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/local-news/20mph-zones-birmingham-rolled-out-6800676
>
>     The city has now published maps with the speed restrictions:
>     http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/birmingham-20mph-zones-council-plans-6874993
>
>     The maps are OS-derived. Do you think there would be any way in which
>     we can get this data from the city under an open license?
>
>     -- Matthijs
>
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