We passed over 300k individual OSM elements mapped as solar panels yesterday.
Since I last reported back in early October there have been some other highlights: - Dan, Jack & Cos publication of the dataset already announced here. - Russ's tool for adding module counts, also mentioned on this list. - Orkney nearly at 60%, and lots added in Highland & Outer Hebrides (Russ) - Warwick first West Midlands district to reach 80% plus (Brian) - Jeremy Harris has made massive inroads in a short time along the Colne Valley (Chiltern (50%), Watford (120%) , Dacorum (50%) & Three Rivers (130%)), which provides another nucleus of well-mapped districts contiguous with Greater London. I've recently pushed both Hillingdon & Ealing to the 90%+ mark to complement this (largely as a result of inadvertently seeing lots of solar in Northolt when looking for something else). In these areas the discrepancy between FIT installations & potential number of panels to be mapped is obviously higher than elsewhere, which I expect to be true across Greater London & better-off areas of the South-East. - It's also become noticeable that a line of better mapped districts is emerging from Peterborough towards Ipswich. - Doubling of districts with over 90% mapped (Watford, Three Rivers, South Northamptonshire, Bolsover, Amber Valley, Erewash, Ashfield, Mansfield, Bassetlaw, Knowsley & others). This now looks to be achievable anywhere with the newer imagery. - Now module count & direction are both around 55k elements (over 18% of total). This is a significant improvement & very much the focus of my own efforts. I'm finding measurement tools in Josm, Vespucci & iD can be very useful in determining module counts. Dan can chip in with suggestions of areas to focus on, but I think Cornwall remains a target as does conversion of nodes to areas on larger buildings & ensuring these are actually on buildings. Otherwise it's pretty much carry on as we are. One thing I find I'm catching fairly frequently are rebuilt school, and to a lesser extent, hospital sites. These may merit being revisited more systematically in a future quarterly project. Best wishes, Jerry
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