[Talk-GB] Resurrecting the 'find the missing paths for 2026' project

[Nick Whitelegg]

Hi,

Was just thinking whether it would be worth us (as in OSM UK) resurrecting the 'missing paths for 2026' project?

A quick reminder - we have until 2026 to record historical rights of way which have fallen out of use in recent times, and the combination of OSM, council data and historical map layers (which I have been granted access to by NLS for MapThePaths) would be a good way to identify possible missing paths.

I made a start on this about a year ago, here's a quck mock-up showing council data in colours and OSM paths shown in white as a 'tippex' effect. This allows the identification of historical 'F.P' footpaths on the historical maps which do not correspond either to current council RoWs or current OSM paths, and thus would be candidates for investigation to see if the path is in a usable state or there is evidence of use.

http://mapthepaths.org.uk/?mode=1

Obviously it's perhaps not the best time of year to launch an outdoor project - but the next few months would be a good time to develop the project ready for use in the spring.

Anyone keen to work on this?
Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/nickw1/mapthepaths/

Thanks,
Nick



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