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Tue 12 Jun 2018 6:28PM

Quarterly Project for July-Sep

BP Brian Prangle Public Seen by 316

We're getting close to the end of the Post Office project where we've made solid progress but not as much we'd have liked.

I have 2 suggestions for next Q, both of which can make use of some recent great work on visualisation and tracking tools.
First choice we have footpaths (gives us the opportunity to get out in the country during the summer months). Objectives for this one: add designations (and prow_ref where we have access to the data) and filling in the gaps
Second choice - use the "ghost" tool to catch up on the POI churn on the High Street

Comments welcome as usual. I'll set up a vote if the discussion doesn't come up with an overwhelming choice

CS

Colin Spiller Tue 12 Jun 2018 6:48PM

It would be good to have a catch-up session. I'm still working on some 2017 - and even 2016 - quarterly projects. And many areas are in a worse state than mine!

R

RobJN Tue 12 Jun 2018 9:23PM

All good ideas. Would love to see momentum maintained on the ProW work. Hoping someone can make it to the gb1900 event to discuss ideas with Chris/NLS.

If we did a catch up session it would probably focus around Robert's "survey me" tool so could include the new ghosts too.

RW

Robert Whittaker Thu 14 Jun 2018 8:36AM

Of the suggestions so far, I'd go for footpaths / Public Rights of Way in the next quarter, as that's more constrained to summer mapping.

GMD

Gregory Marler (former Director) Thu 14 Jun 2018 1:18PM

For the same reason, I'd go with footpaths.

I do like the idea of going back to some of the past ones though.

JN

Jez Nicholson Fri 15 Jun 2018 6:51AM

I would set up a vote decision anyway, then we've got a record of what the decision is.

AH

Andrew Hain Fri 15 Jun 2018 7:09AM

What would footpaths involve for urban mappers?

AB

Andrew Black Fri 15 Jun 2018 7:24AM

Andrew H - thats a question i have been pondering. I live in inner london, sometimes venture into outer boroughs for walks (eg bromley), cross into kent and Surrey without always realising.

Mapping potentially dead shops more in my comfort zone. Or at least "able to do without too much travel" zone.

JN

Jez Nicholson Fri 15 Jun 2018 7:36AM

There are plenty of footpaths in urban areas aren't there? Assuming that the datasets include absolutely every path. I find it easier to map them than country walks with fewer visible reference points.

AB

Andrew Black Fri 15 Jun 2018 7:43AM

Yes and no.Inner London boroughs are not required to maintain a definitive map. I am not clear whether the concept of PROW has any meaning.

But I agree that is useful work to be done in outer London. I will think a bit further.

GMD

Gregory Marler (former Director) Fri 15 Jun 2018 11:58AM

PROWs will exist (alleyways that can't be blocked, even though they might be private land of the house next door), so maybe the definitive map/list is maintained by the Greater London Authority?

It's possible that a lot of inner/greater London was mapped when a few people were trying to get all the roads complete (pre-2010 when OS Street View and Bing imagery was available). Large areas were covered that have not been revisited, paths may have been missed. I'm not sure whether we would have access to data to check in the urban areas. Aerial imagery might help.

When I was in Carmarthen, I was trying to find a good suburban Welsh/English road sign to film a narrative at, and I came across a delightful smidge of woodland with a path cutting between houses. Viewable at 2:53 in the video I made.

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