Chris, I guess the bit of interest is the 90% of Public Forest Estate that the Forestry Commission dedicated right of access. https://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-7rufp5#access
Cheers Andy -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hill [mailto:o...@raggedred.net] Sent: 08 August 2017 20:08 To: Andy Robinson; 'OSM Talk GB' Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Latest OS Opendata Thanks Andy, I've asked OS about Forestry Commission land, let's see what they say. Cheers, Chris (chillly) On 08/08/2017 09:37, Andy Robinson wrote: > Nice work Chris. As you say it does contain some privately owned space. It > also looks somewhat out of date with changes from a couple of years ago not > reflected and missing plenty of smaller play areas within our urban sprawls. > A very useful tool for checking though. > > Also as this set doesn’t include Forestry Commission land that is fully > accessible it can give a false impression of some of our "open spaces". A > good example is Cannock Chase (Staffs), which is mix of open space and > Forestry Commission. > > Cheers > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hill [mailto:o...@raggedred.net] > Sent: 07 August 2017 22:34 > To: OSM Talk GB > Subject: [Talk-GB] Latest OS Opendata > > I've taken a look at the latest OS open data: OS Open Greenspace. I've > created a simple overlay made of 1x1 degree overlay tiles, which is probably > a bit big for some areas, so scrolling can be a bit unpredictable. > > https://raggedred.net/greenspace/#13/53.4520/-1.2173 > > There are ten types of green space in the dataset: > > "Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces" > "Bowling Green" > "Cemetery" > "Golf Course" > "Other Sports Facility" > "Play Space" > "Playing Field" > "Public Park Or Garden" > "Religious Grounds" > "Tennis Court" > > Click on an area to show the type and the name if it has one. > > Often the OS open data is a bit of a crude representation but this looks a > pretty good. OS described it as "public open space" but it certainly includes > some privately-owned spaces such as private golf courses. I think this is a > useful dataset to check an area to see if OSM is missing something. > > Feedback is welcome. If it's useful, I'll probably sort out the tile sizes > and change the colours for each type. > > -- > cheers > Chris Hill (chillly) > > > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
