[Talk-GB] Quarterly Project 2020Q1

Michael Booth boothym at gmail.com
Tue Jan 5 22:47:32 UTC 2021


How about this MapRoulette challenge created by the OP, to check/add 
allotments from OS Greenspace data? The updated and clearer Bing imagery 
(be careful of the offset) now makes it easier to see the allotments. 
For the more difficult ones, notes could be opened so they can be 
surveyed later in the year.

https://maproulette.org/browse/challenges/15220

On 05/01/2021 14:50, SK53 wrote:
> Round here post boxes were done a long time ago (in detail). I 
> recently added UPRNs to all of those which appear to have them (mainly 
> as a way to examine geospatial accuracy of existing data), so short of 
> buying an RTK kit & checking the UPRN co-ordinates there's not a great 
> deal to be done, although this one 
> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/2351071> looks to have gone.
>
> Can I make a plea that any project is suitable for people who are 
> shielding: /i.e/., contains a viable & significant armchair element. 
> For the past 10 months I (& no doubt others) have been living in quite 
> a restricted way, which has meant even smallish excursions to map 
> something or even to go and look at the Bansky have not happened.
>
> Jerry
>
> On Tue, 5 Jan 2021 at 07:51, Jez Nicholson <jez.nicholson at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jez.nicholson at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have a long-term interest in postbox mapping as it has a
>     shameful history of being closed data. During lockdown it can be a
>     driver to explore your local streets.....no armchair mapping in
>     there though.
>
>     On Mon, 4 Jan 2021, 21:54 Chris Hodges, <chris at c-hodges.co.uk
>     <mailto:chris at c-hodges.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>         One from the Wiki page that could be immediately useful to
>         many people
>         (though perhaps less so than a couple of hours ago) is public
>         toilets,
>         with the option to pop into a cafe unavailable for the
>         foreseeable
>         future.  I liked the suggestion to combine with drinking
>         water.  There's
>         some armchair mapping to be done, but it's very amenable to
>         surveying
>         during local exercise.
>
>         On 04/01/2021 21:16, Cj Malone wrote:
>         > Hello everyone,
>         >
>         > There is still a few days until we decide on the next QP, so
>         if you
>         > have any more ideas or have any feedback on the ones already
>         proposed
>         > please post to Loomio [1] or reply to this email.
>         >
>         > Thanks,
>         > Cj Malone
>         >
>         > [1]
>         https://www.loomio.org/d/VNPpK078/quarterly-project-2021q1-ideas
>         <https://www.loomio.org/d/VNPpK078/quarterly-project-2021q1-ideas>
>         >
>         >
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