[Talk-GB] Ideas for quarterly projects

[Dan S]

Nice ideas. My thoughts:

* GLAMs seems a well-defined, well-scoped and accessible task, I like it!

* Shops - no, IMHO. I've said this before, but a one-off push to
update a high street's shops is unhelpful in my experience it leaves
rapidly outdated data thereafter. Shops data needs local maintainers
not one-off projects because of the turnover rate.

* Pubs - no, IMHO. OSM's got loads of pub data, largely fine already,
and it's also a very "classic" OSM topic which not only has its own
critical mass but also appeals only to pub-frequenting segments of
society, not a good focus for making OSM useful to new appreciators.

Cheers
Dan



2016-12-06 19:32 GMT+00:00 Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk>:
> I'd like to float the following ideas for quarterly projects, and see what
> folk think.
>
> * GLAMs - Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. As with schools we
> could turn points into ploygons, add names, URLs, street addresses, Wikidata
> items, and other info.
>
> * Blue lights - police, fire and ambulance stations, and associated
> infrastructure. Including fire hydrants!
>
> * Public art - location, artist, material; also Wikidata - could be combined
> with http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/public-art-wikipedia/
>
> * Shops - even where mapped, these soon fall out-of-date.
>
> * Vets - maybe not enough to do on their own. Combine with shops?
>
> * Pubs, bars & other licensed premises - see
> https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/oct/21/worlds-longest-pub-crawl-maths-team-plots-route-between-every-pub-in-uk
> for inspiration. Also breweries.
>
> * Public toilets - follows nicely from the previous suggestion! Maybe in
> collaboration with https://greatbritishpublictoiletmap.rca.ac.uk/
>
> * FixMe & Notes - let's clear the backlog!
>
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
> @pigsonthewing
> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
>
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