On 08/03/2019 11:23, Lester Caine wrote:
One source of information that I use is the planning application. Although it may also be necessary to ask the builders if you can use it directly. It's a useful background on josm ... when combined with a GPS walk around.
Planning applications are made available to the the public on the strict understanding that they may only be used for planning purpose. They generally contain maps which, if from digital sources, have a condition that all copies be destroyed after a year.
Generally I would say that planning applications are not an acceptable source.
Personally I think people put too much emphasis on building outlines, probably because they can be armchair mapped. Having housenumbers is, in my view, more useful, but less common.
Unless you can convince the developer to contribute them, I would suggest that only old fashioned triangulation, or hiring a professional drone operator/commissioning aerial photography, are going to give you good information.
I suppose you could laser scan, but the hire fees will be excessive. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
