[Talk-GB] Balaam Street

[Paul Berry]

Hi Robert,

I spotted your name a few times while browsing FOI requests to Newham!

Not one of yours but I thought this might be fruitful:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/list_of_roads_215

Alas no, they did not actually fully comply with the FOI request as they
omitted the road classifications. So close and yet...

Regards,
*Paul*


On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 at 12:50, Robert Skedgell <rob at hubris.org.uk> wrote:

> Unfortunately, the chances of Newham providing any information under OGL
> or any other OSM-compatible licence are vanishingly small. They're
> almost pathologically opposed to open data and the highways department
> is particularly secretive.
>
> Unless the information is released in an open data set from TfL or the
> Greater London Authority, we may be able to find out as individuals, but
> not to include the data in OSM.
>
> On 05/01/2022 11:49, Paul Berry wrote:
> > You should be able to get a definitive answer by contacting the body
> > responsible for highways in the area, which is Newham London
> > Borough Council, but I suspect their records are based on modern OS
> > mapping so the error (if it is one and it looks like it is) will
> > circulate forever.
> >
> > However, given there appears to be zero signage on the ground, The
> > Olympic Route Network Designation Order 2009 legislation seems pretty
> > weighty in terms of authoritativeness.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > Regards,
> > /Paul/
> >
> > On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 at 08:00, Andrew Hain <andrewhainosm at hotmail.co.uk
> > <mailto:andrewhainosm at hotmail.co.uk>> wrote:
> >
> >     The author of
> >
> https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-national-street-gazetteer.html
> >     <
> https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-national-street-gazetteer.html
> >
> >     finds OSM’s road number for Balaam Street in Plaistow surprising.
> >     How could we doublecheck it?
> >
> >     --
> >     Andrew
> >     <
> https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-national-street-gazetteer.html
> >
> >
> >     diamond geezer
> >     <
> https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-national-street-gazetteer.html
> >
> >     Wednesday, January 05, 2022 A reader asks... When a B-Road becomes
> >     semi-declassified, how do we know its new extent? Is there an online
> >     database of B-Roads somewhere?
> >     diamondgeezer.blogspot.com <http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com>
> >
> >
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