<div dir="ltr"><div>An idea to increase a wider participation in our latest Quarterly Project</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Using Pascal Neis's site <a href="http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/oooc?layers=B00FTFFFFT" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">Overview of
OpenStreetMap Contributors aka Who's around me?</a> and zooming to the locality
you're interested in and locating a suitable user ( preferably active recently) you could use the following
template to encourage wider participation in our quarterly project. It's
obviously also amendable for other "ghosts"</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks for your contribution to OpenStreetMap. Can I ask a
small favour to help improve our map? I'd like you check <span> </span>a detail local to you : go to the <span> </span>bank <span> </span>ENTER LOCATION HERE <span> </span>which we have labelled as Lloyds TSB and find
out if it is now Lloyds or TSB (or indeed closed). You can edit the map
directly, leave a note on the main map on the OSM website or reply to this
email whichver is easiest for you. . This would greatly help our current
national Quarterly Project which is trying to get up to date with all the name
changes and closures on our High Streets. If you'd like to do more in you
locality for this project then details can be found <a href="https://osm.mathmos.net/ghosts/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">here</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">If this finds traction then we would probably need to co-ordinate by region/locality to prevent us from duplicating commuications to users which would only piss them off rather than encourage them</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Regards</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Brian<br></p>
</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 31 Mar 2019 at 13:56, Brian Prangle <<a href="mailto:bprangle@gmail.com">bprangle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Our current Quarterly Project - <span> </span>using Food Hygiene Rating Standard data to
improve addresses - ends today. We now have nearly 70,000 entities tagged with
their fhrs:id identifier. During the quarter the addition of postcode data
showed <a href="https://osm.mathmos.net/addresses/history/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">little sign of
abating</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> So we've had another productive Quarterly Project- thank you to everyone
who contributed</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Our next Quartely Project continues the theme of addresses
but from another angle. This quarter should see us address the issue of the
major change under way on all our high streets as the retail sector continues
its<span> </span>restructuring under the impact of
online services</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The first priority should be to reduce the number of
"Ghosts". Ghosts are businesses that no longer exist (e.g Toys R US,
BHS) or have changed name due to merger or takeover or rebranding (e.g Lloyds
TSB, Staples, Co-operative Pharmacies). <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A comprehensive list can be found <a href="https://osm.mathmos.net/ghosts/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">here</a>. <span> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">There are probably more announcements to be
made to add to our work, as bank and atm networks continue to retract. This
could be a good opportunity to build community links by contacting local
mappers in areas that need some attention to their high streets, rather than
armchairing the exercise.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Of course <span> </span>not all retail
businesses on our High Streets are <span> </span>chains so the project can be regarded as
generally improving coverage<span> </span>and detail
of retail areas. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Some other resources to help you</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://osm.mathmos.net/nameless/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Nameless shops
and other POIs</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://osm.mathmos.net/survey/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Survey Me!</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We are also trying to get a StreetComplete instance set up
to help with surveying/editing. <span> </span><a href="mailto:adam@osmuk.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Adam</a> from the OSMUK Board is leading this initiative
and is keen to get some assistance. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Regards</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Brian<br></p>
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