Re: [Talk-GB] Case study: Big Pathwatch

2016-02-29 Thread Richard Symonds
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[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Wednesday meet-up

2016-02-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi all, It's time for another midlands meet-up this Wednesday. Hope to see you all there: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia#Next_meeting *Rob* ___ Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] lidar

2016-02-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Mark, The Lidar data we took a look at for OpenStreetMap was the Environment Agency data - we didn't collect anything ourselves. For OSM you'd need 50cm resolution or better plus lots of people dedicated to then converting that in to map data. You may want to look at "StreetView" type images for

[Talk-GB] Case study: Big Pathwatch

2016-02-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
All, Last year the Ramblers launched an app to encourage people to report problems with rights of way. The concept was easy: You pick a 1km square, survey the paths it in, and report back. I've just received the following email which gives an indication of public interest in this sort of thing: