That's interesting. Have just tried the app out. It gives you the postboxes in OpenStreetMap but not the ones that are missing (as shown by blue markers on Robert's comparison tool: http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/
I really do feel like we are missing a trick here. As the map becomes more and more "complete" it becomes harder and harder to find something to map (example: I spend more time trying to find missing footpaths that I can map on a circular walk now than 2-3 years ago). An app that helps people find what's missing whilst out surveying could really help. I only wish I had the skills and time to do this. Regards, Rob On 6 May 2015 at 11:29, SK53 <sk53....@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you aware of the the PostBox Finder > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elbatrop.postboxes&hl=en>app > from Elbatrop? > > I had a quick play with it ages ago, adding some collection times to > existing post boxes. > > Jerry > > On 5 May 2015 at 23:40, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >Robert Whittaker has an excellent site >> ><http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/> monitoring OSM data on >> postboxes >> >in the UK. Here you can see progress (even a league table of who's >> >contributing). From the history graph you can see there's been an >> increase >> >in activity since the project got going. Perhaps Robert might provide >> some >> >data analysis about the effect of the project. >> > >> >Enter a postcode and you can find all the missing and incorrect postboxes >> >nearby. >> > >> > >> >> Wow there are loads of postboxes still missing. Wouldn't it be great if >> there was a >> smartphone app that you could load missing points in to and it would tell >> you about >> them as you travel around. It would be like a guide to where to go >> mapping! >> >> Geocaching for postboxes anyone? >> >> Rob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> >> >
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