[OSM-newbies] Electricity Pylons

[Matt Williams]

2009/8/31 Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com>:
> Hi
>
> I noticed that one of the landscape features that appears to be most
> missing from the UK is the runs of electricity cables & pylons, which
> seems a shame seeing their height are useful for getting your bearings.
> I suppose the reason is that many are hard to get a location for.
>
> Has anybody enquired to the National Grid so see if they have & are
> willing to release a database of their infrastructure?
>
> I know there's an appreciation society for pylons:
> http://www.pylons.org/
>
> I'll send them an email if I don't joy here.

In parts of the country that have Yahoo! imagery, there tends to be
quite good coverage of pylons. For example, see
http://osm.org/go/euo0TmZx-

Unfortunately, the place where these would be most useful (the
countryside) is exactly where the Yahoo! coverage is worst.

-- 
Matt Williams
http://milliams.com