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

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I've put up 2 umap instances:

   - Footpaths
   <http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/nottinghamshire-footpaths-from-npe-maps_219276#10/53.0058/-1.0535>
   for parts of Notts quickly traced in JOSM from NPE maps (with a few from
   1:25k provisional edition. Uses NPE 1:25k maps as background
   - Footpaths
   <http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/rushcliffe-footpaths-old-new_219429#15/52.9347/-0.9547>
   for Rushcliffe District (a district seems reasonable load for umap,
   counties tend to be too much). with NPE map background, Rushcliffe PRoW in
   white as per Richard's example, and existing OSM highways with designation
   (not checked for valid values) with a thinner red line. I've added the
   gb1900 points w/o metadata as a layer which is not visible by default.

1:25k maps seem to contain pretty much the same data regarding paths as NPE
maps but are much better aligned.

I've never tried directly adding data to umap, nor editing existing data
but I believe this is a possibility.

A specific place to look is around Wiverton Hall (15/52.9234/-0.9393) where
a path runs from the River Smite slightly E of N and close to the hall.
This no longer exists: a fact I know from a recent ground survey. The
terrain is flat arable land: this year mainly fields of rape.

Jerry

On 12 May 2018 at 15:30, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net> wrote:

> 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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