<div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 April 2012 10:49, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com" target="_blank">rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>Q1. Is any of this data useful for OSM?<br></blockquote><div>A definite yes, much of the data is of a type we're trying to map, or should be mapped. Some of data is important but would be very difficult to map on the ground, an example being Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.<br>
</div><div><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Q2. Is the data in good form?</blockquote><div>I've not looked at all of it but I do have some concerns about some parts of it. I've previously looked at the National Trails data a few years ago. The part I was interested was the SouthWest Coast Path and it was clear that much of the route provided was wrong. It appeared as if it was a very old route for the path. The SouthWest Coast Path organisation had also made available gpx files for the route that confirmed NE's info for that route was commonly incorrect (plus I checked some of it through surveys). I also spotted that in southeast London they've mapped the wrong wood when showing the location of a 'Local Nature Reserve', though in this case I wonder if this means they have affectively designated the wrong wood as the Nature Reserve. Therefore it think NE are not putting much effort into updating or checking for errors.<br>
<br>For areas such as 'Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty' the data provided is, I believe, the definitive one and can't be bettered by mapping on the ground.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Q3. If yes to 1 & 2, how best should we go about adding it to OSM (auto import or providing a tool to visualise the data)?<br></blockquote><div>Because of my answer to Q2 I think an auto import would be a bad idea, but tools to assist in comparing data would be useful. It's not a massive task to compare the data with our own, then import with care. <br>
</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Q4. What pages may need updating on the wiki?<br>
A4. <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potential_Datasources#Natural_England" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potential_Datasources#Natural_England</a><br><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_Kingdom_Long_Distance_Paths" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_Kingdom_Long_Distance_Paths</a><br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Areas_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty_%28UK%29" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Areas_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty_%28UK%29</a><br></blockquote><div><br>All of them!<br>
<br>Jason<br></div></div></div>