Supporting OpenStreetMap in the West Midlands.
Last weekend saw hundreds of OpenStreetMappers descend on New York City for State of the Map US 2015. Our very own Andy Mabbett (he’s @pigsonthewing on twitter) was in attendance and gave two talks; the first on Wikidata and it’s … Continued
June 4th saw us meet at the Digby pub in Water Orton after an evening of mapping footpaths, listed buildings, shops, postboxes, addresses and well, just about anything interesting we saw -but not the detective who subjected Matthias to a … Continued
It’s now May and the project is a month old and with two months to go, it’s time for an update. Robert Whittaker has an excellent site monitoring OSM data on postboxes in the UK. Here you can see progress … Continued
New month, new quarter, new project. Our first attempt at a quarterly project has just finished, where fixing road names was the target. I’m sure there was an uplift in the rate of clearing these up and a big thank … Continued
This is a mini-tutorial presented as part of the UK Quarterly Project to fix road names. There are occasions when along a long stretch of road the name changes several times. In the absence of a survey confirming that the … Continued
OpenCage Data have featured us in their long-running Open Geo interview series. You can read the interview here. OpenCage Data is a division of Lokku. Founded in 2006 and based in London, Lokku are long time supporters of OSM – … Continued
Have you been following our UK quarterly project to fix road names in OpenStreetMap and been wanting to contribute but don’t know how? If yes, then read on to find out how. Firstly OpenStreetMap is a volunteer driven project that … Continued
Now that Itoworld have resolved their technical problems we can see if the Road Name Quarterly Project is having an effect. Here are the top 20 local authorities from Itoworld’s OSM Analysis service: Rank Area Roads in OS Locator Road … Continued
At our monthly mappa-mercia pub meeting we were chatting about new ways of encouraging participation in the current quarterly project to fix street names. It seems that there are people who both contribute Notes and comment on them who might … Continued
Well done to the folk in: City of Leicester, Bradford, Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool, Shetland Islands, Sheffield, Berwick upon Tweed, Rutland and Guildford You are our leaders in our first quarterly project. How about Liverpool, Fife, Rotherham, and Manchester, … Continued