[Talk-GB] Footpaths - search for the missing ones

[Nick Whitelegg]

Nice.


I may well have time to do it over summer if there's sufficient interest (forget May, but June-Sep are relatively quiet for me) from a coding POV but would need someone else to do a nice UI/front end for it.


Nick


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From: Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net>
Sent: 12 May 2018 15:30:17
To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Footpaths - search for the missing ones

Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> I realise this is going a bit OT for OSM but wondering if this data,
> together with the newer historic maps from the earlier part of the
> 20th century, could be used to build a platform for the purpose of
> finding these lost paths? Had a quick look yesterday and there
> doesn't appear to currently be a web platform for this purpose.
>
> We could have a base layer of an OOC OS Map from the earlier 20th
> century (up to 50 years ago) with both OSM data and the location of
> these "F.P"s superimposed for the purpose of users searching for these
> lost paths.

I experimented with something like that earlier this year:
https://twitter.com/richardf/status/948578070692290560

Would be great to do it properly but I'm pushed for time at the moment.

cheers
Richard



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