[Talk-GB] OS Locator - using in JOSM

[Tim François]

All,

I've updated the wiki page with the code I've been using, and smartened up the instructions a bit.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bath/OSLocator_Comparison

The code isn't perfect (for example, I don't think it works with street names which have an apostrophe - there are probably more problems: if you have a fix, just change the code on the wiki), but as all the checking is manual anyway, this shouldn't matter too much.

Also, it is php, not python. You'll need php-cli installed.

Thanks
Tim

--- On Mon, 26/4/10, Ed Loach <ed at loach.me.uk> wrote:

From: Ed Loach <ed at loach.me.uk>
Subject: RE: [Talk-GB] OS Locator - using in JOSM
To: "'Tim François'" <sk1ppy14 at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Monday, 26 April, 2010, 8:30




 
 






Hi Tim 

   

The wiki page all seems to be clear until the bit where you “use
custom script to compare data”. Are you going to document the script? Or is it
mentioned elsewhere and I’m missing it? I’m sort of tempted to try doing the
same around me in Essex. 

   

Thanks 

   

Ed 

   







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Sent: 25 April 2010 20:51

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Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OS Locator - using in JOSM 





   


 
  
  All,

  

  I've just had a go hacking the OSLocator data too for here in Bath. The
  results look promising: some streets are missing, some streets are spelt
  incorrectly, whilst others have a ref=* tag, but no name=* tag. What I've
  done doesn't automatically detect these subtleties of course: it just
  compares names in OS Locator with names of ways in OSM for the same area, and
  spits out the names which don't appear in OSM.

  

  The results are at:
  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bath/OSLocator_Comparison

  

  Hope this will prove useful.

  

  Tim

  

  --- On Fri, 23/4/10, Brian Quinion <openstreetmap at brian.quinion.co.uk>
  wrote: 
  

  From: Brian Quinion <openstreetmap at brian.quinion.co.uk>

  Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] OS Locator - using in JOSM

  To: lists at humanleg.org.uk

  Cc: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org

  Date: Friday, 23 April, 2010, 19:18 
  
  On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Robert Scott <lists at humanleg.org.uk>
  wrote:

  > On Wednesday 21 April 2010, David Dixon wrote:

  >> I've been playing with the OS OpenData Locator dataset, which
  contains

  >> the XY coordinates for the ends & midpoint of many of the UK's
  roads.

  >> This gazetteer appears to complement the StreetView data - some
  (short)

  >> streets whose names are absent from StreetView are included in OS

  >> Locator. Conversely, some streets named in StreetView are absent
  from OS

  >> Locator.

  

  This has been on my todo list since the data came out.  I'm hoping to

  get to it next weekend during the hack weekend but if anyone else gets

  to it first I'll do something else!

  

  --

  Brian

  

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