[Talk-GB] Looking for places to map?

Steve Doerr steve.doerr at blueyonder.co.uk
Tue Feb 23 14:42:48 GMT 2010


On 23/02/2010 14:18, Peter Reed wrote:
> We start with a list of about 1,600 UK settlements, and a figure for the
> population that lives there. Baring a few errors and omissions, the
> settlements are the same ones that Cyclestreets uses for local areas -
> http://www.cyclestreets.net/area/
>
>
>
> We then try to find a boundary for each of these settlements. This is based
> either on the local authority admin area where there is one, the naptan
> pay-scale area if there is one, or if all else fails, a guesstimate of how
> big the settlement must be based on population density.
>    

OK. How can we help in supplying better boundary information? For 
instance, in the Medway Towns (Kent): Strood, Rochester, Chatham, and 
Gillingham are overlapping horribly. It should be possible to map the 
boundaries using NPE. How would we go about doing that? These are 
historical parishes/authorities within a single current district 
(unitary authority).

Looks potentially useful, by the way.

-- 
Steve





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