[OSM-talk] wikiproject rail?

[Nick Black]

On 10/3/06, Andy Robinson <Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:30 PM
> > To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] wikiproject rail?
> >
> > Steve wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone been actively collecting train data? I've just started.
> >
> > Yes, I've got quite a lot (e.g. entire WCML). Ties in with
> > http://www.systemed.net/carto/new_adlestrop.html .
> >
> > Very easy to get from out-of-copyright maps because nothing
> > has been built since 1951, except for the Channel Tunnel Rail
> > Link and a few airport spurs. :(
>
> I'd agree, it's pretty easy to see the rail lines on landsat so with the
> Custom JOSM its very easy to lay on the basic rail routes. I've been
> doing them around the west midlands as I come across them but nothing
> systematic yet.

So does anyone remember when Ed Parsons offered to donate data sets to
OSM and other Open Source projects?

http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2006-May/003958.html

Perhaps the OS would like to donate their base mapping of the UK's
railways to open source, as, as Andy points out:

>Would could easily set ourselves the task of doing it
>this way in a matter of a few days/weeks

Nickb

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> Andy
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> > cheers
> > Richard
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