[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Collaboration with shire transport authorities

Philip Barnes phil at trigpoint.me.uk
Tue Apr 23 11:39:07 UTC 2019


On Tue, 2019-04-23 at 11:45 +0100, Brian Prangle wrote:
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> Hi everyone
> Mainly for west mids mappers but cross-posted to talkgb for a wider
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> For some time I've collaborated with TfWM who make extensive
> use of OpenStreetMap. Together we've refreshed the entire NapTAN
> dataset for
> the West Midlands and we're engaged on an ongoing basis in solving
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> issues where the OSM data throws up errors with their bus routeing
> software.  Word spreads and at a regional meeting of  shire transport
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> for contact with local OSM volunteers in the following areas:
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> Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire,
> Stoke, Telford, Warwickshire, Worcestershire 
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> If anyone wants to volunteer please get in touch with me and I can
> put you in touch. It
> will mainly involve dealing with errors they spot such as
> missing/wrong
> roadnames, missing/wrong roads. With TfWM there's been an average of
> one of these week, sometimes bunched together followed by weeks with
> nothing - so not a heavy workload and worth the effort to improve the
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> If my experience is anything to go by, there'll be an initial
> peak and then they'll realise, with a little prompting, it's easier
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Hi Brian
Please put me forward for Shropshire and Telford.

Cheers Phil
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