Hi everyone Our current Quarterly Project - using Food Hygiene Rating Standard data to improve addresses - ends today. We now have nearly 70,000 entities tagged with their fhrs:id identifier. During the quarter the addition of postcode data showed little sign of abating <https://osm.mathmos.net/addresses/history/>.
So we've had another productive Quarterly Project- thank you to everyone who contributed Our next Quartely Project continues the theme of addresses but from another angle. This quarter should see us address the issue of the major change under way on all our high streets as the retail sector continues its restructuring under the impact of online services The first priority should be to reduce the number of "Ghosts". Ghosts are businesses that no longer exist (e.g Toys R US, BHS) or have changed name due to merger or takeover or rebranding (e.g Lloyds TSB, Staples, Co-operative Pharmacies). A comprehensive list can be found here <https://osm.mathmos.net/ghosts/>. There are probably more announcements to be made to add to our work, as bank and atm networks continue to retract. This could be a good opportunity to build community links by contacting local mappers in areas that need some attention to their high streets, rather than armchairing the exercise. Of course not all retail businesses on our High Streets are chains so the project can be regarded as generally improving coverage and detail of retail areas. Some other resources to help you Nameless shops and other POIs <https://osm.mathmos.net/nameless/> Survey Me! <https://osm.mathmos.net/survey/> We are also trying to get a StreetComplete instance set up to help with surveying/editing. Adam <[email protected]> from the OSMUK Board is leading this initiative and is keen to get some assistance. Regards Brian
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