Those are some good examples - they appear to be around the same scale also. They are monochrome and don't have addresses which should limit a couple of the types of the tasks. Could be worth trying the Building Inspector with this dataset.
I wonder if there's anyone from the NLS on list? On 1 May 2014 19:11, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, all Open. It's great. > > In terms of how we could use it here in the UK, the best data I can think > of is the OS Town Plans for Scotland that NLS have as individual map sheets > and as a slippy map: > > > http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=57.14443&lon=-2.1054&layers=B000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF > > There is also some great London data: > > > http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=51.52008&lon=-0.12473&layers=B000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF > > We have a pretty good relation with NLS. Is there any interest in our > community to enquire about working with them? > > Rob > > > On 30 April 2014 15:46, Tim Waters <chippy2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Rob, >> >> it has been on the list before - but they have recently revamped it and >> added many more features, and maps! In my opinion it's a shining example of >> how geo crowdsourcing applications should be. >> >> I believe it has been developed internally with the library - and I think >> they are just using Mapbox to host the tiles (originally coming from the >> warper at maps.nypl.org) >> >> The code is on github: https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector and >> the data is available to download as well. >> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/general/data >> >> Cheers, >> >> Tim >> >> >> On 29 April 2014 22:44, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Don't think I've spotted this on the historic mailing list so I'll post >>> it. >>> >>> NYPL digitizing old maps using crowd sourcing. I just gave it a go and >>> it works very well. >>> >>> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/ >>> >>> Looks like Mapbox has some involvement, or at least the map display has >>> a similar style to mapbox's. I wonder whether the software is open as we >>> can use this to help OpenHistoricMap. >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Historic mailing list >>> histo...@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >>> >>> >> >
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