"100%, 100%!!!" On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 12:47 PM Jez Nicholson <jez.nichol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Of approximately 300 ground-mounted solar farms (field(s) full of solar > panels generating >=1MW) in the UK we have around 12 remaining to > locate....which, quite frankly, is astounding. I am getting ready to run > around my study shouting, "100%, 100%!!!" as soon as I get a few more hours > to complete the list. Most are a simple boundary outline. It is common to > have a 'deer fence' around the installation and this makes for a nice > boundary, some are detailed with individual banks of panels. I favour > progressive enhancement of sites over time. Thank you to everyone involved. > > There are approximately 740 roof-mounted solar farms. I have not made any > attempt yet to collate or locate them. My limited experience is that these > are harder to armchair-map. > > On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 12:07 PM Gregory Williams < > greg...@gregorywilliams.me.uk> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2020-05-12 at 11:08 +0100, SK53 wrote: >> > Just would like to point out that we passed the 150,000 mark of solar >> > panels mapped in the UK. Dan & Jez are best informed about solar >> > farms, so the rest of this update is on small domestic rooftop >> > installations. >> > >> > A number of us continue to spend time mapping rooftop panels, and, >> > although progress is not at the heady rate of last Summer, this has >> > resulted in improved coverage of a number of local authorities. These >> > are the activities of which I'm aware, there are no doubt others I've >> > missed: >> > I mainly aim to push reasonably well-mapped LAs over various >> > thresholds (50%, 60% & 80% are the ones I find most useful), and to >> > try & create a contiguous band of well-mapped (>50%) across England & >> > Wales. Recently I've worked on Flintshire, Hinckley & Bosworth and >> > Vale Royal. >> > gurglypipe continues to spread out beyond Lancaster into South Lakes >> > to the N & Ribbledale and to the S >> > brianboru continues to pick up a significant number of installations >> > across Herefordshire & the Welsh Valleys as part of general mapping >> > work >> > Gregory Williams continues to focus on hotspot unmapped LSOAs >> > MapRoulette users make a steady contribution by converting panels >> > mapped as nodes to areas >> > Gregory has recently updated the FIT data to March which added >> > perhaps 20,000 additional installations. To deal with these he had to >> > change the LA boundaries used to incorporate unitary authorities >> > (affecting Cheshire, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Shropshire, Northumberland >> > & perhaps others). One consequence is that some well-mapped districts >> > dropped below thresholds, so I've been working over the last few days >> > to restore them if possible (Ashford, Hart & Rugby still to be hauled >> > back over 50%). Very kindly, he agreed to retain the original >> > district boundaries on a distinct web page, because I found working >> > with the old districts of large rural counties more useful than the >> > new boundaries. >> >> The distinct web page is at: >> http://osm.gregorywilliams.me.uk/solar_2001/ >> >> I also hope to soon have LSOA-level detail on the Scottish pages, which >> should help with locating PV installations from aerial imagery more >> easily -- I'm conscious that it's a bit difficult at the moment, with >> the areas being so physically large. >> >> > >> > As well as adding new panels here's still plenty to do with the ones >> > already mapped: adding buildings under mapped panels, adjusting >> > position, adding number of panels and orientation. >> > >> > Thanks to all who have contributed. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Jerry >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Talk-GB mailing list >> > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> >
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