[Talk-GB] Household Waste Recycling

[Edward Bainton]

This is brilliant. Well done Jez and nameless others.

To a question up-thread

Will access=residents do the trick?

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021, 18:51 Jez Nicholson, <jez.nicholson at gmail.com> wrote:

> We only built Openwastemap last weekend, so still a bit basic.
>
> Tag "owner=Somerset County Council" or similar to get it onto the map.
>
> As both Household Waste Recycling Centres (aka 'the tip') *and* Household
> Waste Recycling Points (aka '5 containers in a group near the shops') get
> tagged as recycling=centre we are currently selecting by looking for
> recycling=centre + owner=%Council%. A bit dirty, but it works.
>
> The website tag is useful as it makes it easier to check the opening
> times, etc. at a later date.
>
> We'd love to have a complete list of items accepted.
>
> The wikidata tag will be useful in the future. An eventual aim is to
> combine OSM and Wikidata to generate output in the new
> https://github.com/OpenDataManchester/Open3R standard. Councils would
> then have the starting template that they could add to and publish....which
> we might then consume to keep OSM up-to-date.
>
> We would like to enable the general public to add information to OSM via
> the site. At the moment it can post a note. TBD whether we should enable
> direct changes.
>
> - Jez
>
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 6:14 PM Peter Neale <nealepb at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jez,
>>
>> I was interested to see Openwastemap. I assume that it is searching OSM
>> data, but I notice that none of my local facilities is shown. What are the
>> criteria for selection?
>> If I knew that,  I could add missing details, or make corrections.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Peter
>>
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