[Talk-GB] Spread the OSM message (Steve Chilton)

Fozy 81 fozy81 at hotmail.com
Thu Feb 13 18:33:47 UTC 2014


Hi Steve,

I'll spread the word locally with the OSM community about SoC event in Glasgow and see if anyone can give a presentation.

I like to think a lot of the map data is 'hidden' in Glasgow. What we miss in buildings etc we make up for in bus routes, cycle parking and 3D tags :-P

But yes, a mapping party is always appreciated! There's a fair few notes on the map just around the university which could make a nice break for attendees to look at?

But if you want to pick an area and go map - that would be great. Put it on the wiki and get the local mappers can support. 

BTW There is a Glasgow OSM meetup is on the 18th August:  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Scotland#Welcome

Thanks,

Tim


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> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:25:48 +0000
> From: jonathan <jonathan at bigfatfrog67.me>
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> I agree it isn't, however, considering the current conditions some parts 
> of the country are experiencing, the continuing weather forecasts of 
> more to come and the fact that the ground water is so high that this 
> water won't be going anywhere soon, then perhaps we should apply some 
> tagging to areas that people have kindly already mapped.  Maybe highways 
> should be marked as impassable?  The Highways Agency etc are producing 
> such lists.
> 
> We would need to revisit these areas to remove it as they subside but 
> this information is invaluable to many people, agencies, charities, gov 
> departments etc.
> 
> There's also a historical benefit having  areas mapped as having 
> previously flooded, either as live ways tagged accordingly or as old 
> deleted ways that nevertheless are still accessible.
> 
> If the HOT team had been activated for this then we would be doing this 
> sort of thing just as has been done in many other parts of the World.
> 
> I'm beginning to think we are not stepping up to provide this unique 
> mapping requirement that no other mapping service is providing.
> 
> Jonathan
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> http://bigfatfrog67.me
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> On 10/02/2014 17:29, Steve Doerr wrote:
> > Is this an appropriate use of the name tag?
> >
> > http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=Flooding%2C+Burrowbridge
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> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:46:08 +0000
> From: Dan S <danstowell+osm at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Talk-GB] Urban Data Hack, London, Feb 15th/16th
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> Hi all -
> 
> Urban Data Hack, London, Feb 15th/16th, possibly interesting to people here:
> http://urbandatahack.com/
> They have some specific datasets to work with, not osm but geo.
> 
> (Is it appropriate to post this kind of thing on talk-gb ? I'm not
> associated with the event, but just wondering if this kind of thing is
> interest to this list.)
> 
> Best
> Dan
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> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:12:17 +0000
> From: Robert Scott <lists at humanleg.org.uk>
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> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Urban Data Hack, London, Feb 15th/16th
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> On Wednesday 12 February 2014, Dan S wrote:
> > (Is it appropriate to post this kind of thing on talk-gb ? I'm not
> > associated with the event, but just wondering if this kind of thing is
> > interest to this list.)
> 
> I would say absolutely.
> 
> 
> robert.
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:25:27 +0000
> From: Shaun McDonald <shaun at shaunmcdonald.me.uk>
> To: jonathan <jonathan at bigfatfrog67.me>
> Cc: Kate Chapman <kate.chapman at hotosm.org>, Talk GB
> 	<talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] name=Flooding
> Message-ID: <277AF5A4-2311-4CDB-A38B-2881E73B43BD at shaunmcdonald.me.uk>
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> Also while around York the past couple of days, I noticed various flood barriers being closed, thus closing some roads to access. Is there a way to tag a flood barrier or gate?
> 
> Shaun
> 
> On 12 Feb 2014, at 12:25, jonathan <jonathan at bigfatfrog67.me> wrote:
> 
> > I agree it isn't, however, considering the current conditions some parts of the country are experiencing, the continuing weather forecasts of more to come and the fact that the ground water is so high that this water won't be going anywhere soon, then perhaps we should apply some tagging to areas that people have kindly already mapped.  Maybe highways should be marked as impassable?  The Highways Agency etc are producing such lists.
> > 
> > We would need to revisit these areas to remove it as they subside but this information is invaluable to many people, agencies, charities, gov departments etc.
> > 
> > There's also a historical benefit having  areas mapped as having previously flooded, either as live ways tagged accordingly or as old deleted ways that nevertheless are still accessible.
> > 
> > If the HOT team had been activated for this then we would be doing this sort of thing just as has been done in many other parts of the World.
> > 
> > I'm beginning to think we are not stepping up to provide this unique mapping requirement that no other mapping service is providing.
> > 
> > Jonathan
> > 
> > http://bigfatfrog67.me
> > 
> > On 10/02/2014 17:29, Steve Doerr wrote:
> >> Is this an appropriate use of the name tag?
> >> 
> >> http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=Flooding%2C+Burrowbridge
> >> 
> >> Steve
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> Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 10:24:44 +0000
> From: Steve Chilton <s.l.chilton at mdx.ac.uk>
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> Subject: [Talk-GB] Spread the OSM message
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> OSMers,
> 
> I would really like to showcase good work folk are doing with OSM data/maps at the Society of Cartographers conference.
> Would anyone like to pitch a presentation at the joint SoC/ICA conference in Glasgow this September.
> The following is the formal call for papers.
> Feel free to contact me if you wish to discuss possibilities.
> Also, Central Glasgow looks to be pretty well mapped, but some of the outlying areas could use some map-love.
> So, a mapping party could be incorporated or butted-up up to the conference if anyone fancies working with me on that.
> 
> CALL FOR PAPERS:
> 
> The 50th Society of Cartographers conference takes place from 31 Aug-2 Sept 2014 at the University of Glasgow. The afternoon session on Tuesday 2 Sept is to be a joint one, with the ICA Commission in Neocartography [http://neocartography.icaci.org/] joining with the SoC for the occasion.
> 
> If you would like to offer a presentation as part of the programme at this event, please email a title and a 200 word abstract to steve8 at mdx.ac.uk  by Fri March 14th. The major themes of the session are:
> *	Innovation in proprietary online mapping systems
> *	Innovation with open source mapping services
> *	Interesting map designs in the new milleau
> *	Designing maps for mobile devices
> *	Mapping from social media and crowdsourced data
> 
> The programme committee will review proposals, and decisions relayed to all who have submitted by Fri 11 April.
> http://www.soc.org.uk/soc2014/program.html
> 
> Cheers
> Steve
> 
> 
> Steve Chilton FSEDA, Teaching Fellow
> Lead Academic Developer
> Centre for Academic Practice Enhancement
> Middlesex University
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