OpenStreetMap
Since the beginning of August 2016 I mapped more than 2000 Schools in the UK. This was made possible with the help of schools.mapthe.uk which combines Ordnance Survey Open Data with the data of EduBase and the Scottish Government. So far the Application has not gained much traction, only 4 Mappers actually added something to the map with a median number of 17 edits. So I am wondering if there really is a usecase for this kind of application or if I am just wasting my time and money to make this publically available. Also it raises the question if I should proceed this route with other specialized applications e.g. to add the hospital grounds.
Discussion
Comment from GinaroZ on 16 November 2016 at 00:31
Well we’re now at 89.3% according to http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/schools/progress/ so it’s reaching saturation point. Perhaps another post on talk-gb etc. will help, and an update 1 year on at the end of next month would no doubt help get some of those remaining schools mapped.
Comment from CloCkWeRX on 16 November 2016 at 04:15
Its worth it - great tool
Comment from smsm1 on 16 November 2016 at 17:05
If I didn’t have a toddler daughter needing attention then I’d probably be spending more time on OSM using tools such as this one.
Comment from RobJN on 17 November 2016 at 22:19
Thanks for the reminder. Great tool - shame it wasn’t quite ready in time for the UK quarterly project. Are there any other datasets that this process can be applied too?
Comment from Christian Ledermann on 18 November 2016 at 10:10
@RobJN The same approach can be used for OS Open and[Hospitals] (https://data.gov.uk/dataset/hospitals_) @GinaroZ 89.3% complete means 10.7% missing, and that is a few thousand schools ;-)