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Covid and shop survey

Posted by b-unicycling on 30 December 2020 in English.

The historical society I am a member of does surveys of their main shopping streets about every ten years and I suggested they do one after Covid, because it will affect and has affected the high streets already. They’re not the fastest to realize projects, so I just started already, because OSM will benefit anyway. I’ve done High Street, Kieran Street, parts of Patrick Street and today Rose Inn Street. I’m using a combination of StreetComplete and osmtracker, because StreetComplete doesn’t allow for adding shops etc. But it allows to add housenumbers, which is about time. I’ve noticed that very few shops have their opening hours on the door, so if they’re still open, I usually go in (all masked up, of course) and ask. Sometimes, I have to do that for house numbers as well. I’m looking forward to the streets being less busy (the advantages of lockdown and shops being closed, ironically), because the sidewalks are often very narrow in Kilkenny and surveying takes a lot of time and I don’t like being in the way.

Location: Dukesmeadows, Kilkenny Rural, The Municipal District of Kilkenny City, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
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Comment from Pieter Vander Vennet on 30 December 2020 at 22:28

Hey!

You might be interested in https://mapcomplete.osm.be/shops

It is made for surveying in the field. If you what another question or order of fields let me know.

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