Supporting OpenStreetMap in the West Midlands.
In my previous post entitled “Maperitive: My first map render”, I introduced the concept of creating your own map style using the offline tool, “Maperitive”. At the time we looked at a very simple example of downloading a geographical region … Continued
Finally, after a couple of years surveying listed buildings, parks and gardens an public artworks, amassing along the way a vast collection of photos; we’ve managed to get a prototype map showing everything of “heritage” or “cultural” status in the … Continued
There’s about a dozen of these set into the ground, about 20cm high. Four pairs of boots would cover its area. There’s no discernible pattern to how they’re laid out. The ground is a school playing field traversed by a public right … Continued
When I introduce someone new to OpenStreetMap I often get asked how is it different from alternatives, such as Google Maps. One of the key differences is that our map data is supplied and incorporated by 1000s of volunteers, each … Continued
How do you map steps that are transverse like these? This is a view towards Birmingham Central Library from Victoria Square and is a route traversed by thousands of people a day. Currently highway=steps is for a set of steps … Continued
Who’s this little fella? I see stickers of him pasted up in all kinds of urban locations around Birmingham. Is he local? I’m obviously too old to be aware of urban youth culture, whence I assume he originates.Can anyone help me?
This object has been a puzzle for a couple of years. It’s been constructed on land alongside an old railway siding adjacent to Small Heath Bridge Birmingham B11. This picture was taken from a train on the way into Birmingham … Continued
Can anyone help in identifying this object which has been lovingly placed on Aston University Campus. It’s not mapped yet: what do you tag this as? Perhaps they just haven’t got round to placing a label or information board there. … Continued
We had a good turnout last night in the Spon Gate in Coventry – nine people, including three new faces. A special welcome to Florian who’s just arrived from France for a long stay, working in Coventry. It was a good … Continued
Today West Midlands mappers have passed another major milestone: Birmingham has complete coverage for buildings! Complete coverage does not mean we have EVERY building mapped, just that we’ve covered every area of the city. There will be the inevitable errors from buildings having been built … Continued