[Talk-GB] BBC article on volunteers mapping hillforts

[Adam Hoyle]

On 8 Jul 2013, at 11:31, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:

> Adam Hoyle wrote:
>> This would be awesome information to have in OSM, but as it is historic
>> information, sometimes with no obvious above ground visualisation, is it
>> definitely appropriate for the project? (Personally I hope it is, but wanted to
>> see what the consensus is).
> 
> OHM has been set up exactly to support this type of data ;)
> But it looks a little empty at presnet :(
> http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/

Wow, I didn't realise such a thing existed - looks potentially rather awesome, although I agree it is slightly empty right now.

What's the background / roadmap / plan with it? Is it 'owned' by OSM, or an offshoot?

Best,

Adam