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 > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
