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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks for the update Rob. I signed up
for this but not had a chance to do any tracing, good to know it's
going well.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">What would be great is if there was a
way to compare OSM highway data with the NLS footpaths so that
missing paths in OSM can be found. Similar to how the old OS
Locator found street names which were missing from OSM? <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Strava's heatmap could also be
incorporated into such a tool, highlighting missing paths which
are actually used by people on the ground. A maproulette task
could then list these paths - would be easier than going around
Scotland looking for missing paths!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Their newsletter update has a link to
the data available for download in KML format, and NLS say they
"are creating free, open and publicly-available data for re-use"
so I'm assuming it could be used in OSM.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 15/04/2022 15:02, Rob Nickerson
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<div>Hi all,</div>
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<div>I joined the NLS crowdsource project to trace Scottish
footpaths from old out of copyright maps. I just wanted to
share a little information about the project.</div>
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<div>They have a custom interface for the crowdsourcing. I
suspect it builds on their earlier crowdsource projects which
have focussed so far on people helping to digitise the text
written on the OS maps. This time it adds extra functionality;
namely the ability to trace the lines of the footpaths. 400
people signed up for the launch. And like earlier NLS
crowdsource projects, this one was super popular. In just less
than 4 days, they had passed over 10,000 traced paths! You can
read more, and watch the online webinar video from the project
kick-off at <a
href="https://maps.nls.uk/transcriptions/paths/maps/help/"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://maps.nls.uk/transcriptions/paths/maps/help/</a>
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<div>Hopefully, like their previous projects, the final data
becomes available under open licences so we can compare it to
OSM to identify where we might have missing paths. I suspect
many will need surveying or checking against another source as
some might not exist on the ground any more.</div>
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<div>P.S. This footpath project follows on from an earlier
crowdsource to digitise the words on Roy maps. 33,000 names on
the Roy maps got at least two transcriptions within 4 weeks.</div>
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<div>Thank you,<br>
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<div>Hi all,</div>
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<div>I'm a big fan of the work of the maps team at NLS - in
fact I am still geeking out over the things they showed us
in a tour during a State of the Map Scotland many years
ago! So it should be no surprise that I'm following their
website. Two interesting things from the last month:</div>
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<div>Crowdsource project:</div>
<div>After the success of the GB1900 project, capturing
place names and written content from the Ordnance Survey’s
6-inch to the mile maps from 1888-1913, NLS are planning
three new collaborative transcription projects in 2022 for
people to participate in data gathering. Two for names,
but the third is tracing footpaths. Exciting stuff with
the project also supporting a machine learning programme.</div>
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class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://maps_transcription_nls.mailchimpsites.com/</a></div>
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<div>1971 out of copyright maps:</div>
<div>NLS have put online 2,332 detailed maps at scales of
1:1,250 to 1:25,000 which were published in 1971, and have
therefore just come out-of-copyright.</div>
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class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://maps.nls.uk/additions.html#125</a>
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<div>Enjoy and happy mapping :-)<br>
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