UK Quarterly Project Q3 2020
The Q2 project draws to a close at the end of June. Please weigh in any suggestions for what the Q3 project could be!
Huw Diprose Fri 24 Jul 2020 5:19PM
Thanks for the warm welcome Tony, I think that sounds like an excellent plan.
I'm looking for excuses to get outside and explore, Mapillary and a bike sounds like a great lark.
Yeah i suppose i'm finding myself interested in the increasing number of datasets popping up under OGL terms (UPRNs, definitive right of way maps, some LIDAR data it seems). Government has made some committments in an open data direction of the last few years. Hearing some talks recently I get the sense there's some debates in the community about big imports vs individual mapping. Still trying to work out the pros and cons for myself.
But yeah, my current part of the world seems fairly sparse on buildings and infrastrucutre, wherther it's shading it in over time through surveys or collaborating on some data imports, I'll just be happy to fill in a few gaps.
Looking forward to getting to know you and the community better too!
RobJN Mon 27 Jul 2020 7:15PM
Hi Huw,
As others have said, a very warm welcome to the OpenStreetMap community. I hope you enjoy your time here.
Regarding OGL data, we held a workshop on the UPRN/USRN data recently. You can read about that here: https://osmuk.org/minutes/sotm-meeting-2020-07-04/
We also bid for a microgrant to see if the USRN data could be added to OSM. Unfortunately that didn't receive funding so we are keen to hear other ideas. The original idea was here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Addition_of_USRNs_and_outreach_to_public_sector
Perhaps this could be a good project for Q4 2020. :-)
Tony Shield · Thu 23 Jul 2020 10:12AM
Hi Huw,
Welcome, I was a beginner 2 years ago. I noted that the area where I live was not mapped in as great detail as other areas. So I've tried to fill in the blanks - and there are a lot of them. To do this I've developed personal workflows - on my bike, take Mapillary images with a mounted smartphone, view the images and attached data to add building and addresses and any other detail; use aerial images to add buildings or open spaces. I use a tool called JOSM which is a highly flexible IDE which is Open source - with all the benefits that brings (there are other tools available).
Mapping with Ordnance Survey data is difficult, they have lots of maps which are licensed by Local Authorities - so all the data is claimed as copyright to OS. The result is we cannot copy their maps or abstract data - we have to do it from our own observation. Some OS sources are open - but we need to be ultra sure that the data we use is available to OSM usually via an open data license.
Again, welcome and look forward to talking , working, meeting with you and seeing your additions.