nearby.org.uk blog » ScenicOrNot http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog GIS, maps, mapping, geo, UK, Geograph, PHP, Perl and more Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:59:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Scenicness Map of Great Britain http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2009/08/21/scenicness-map-of-great-britain/ http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2009/08/21/scenicness-map-of-great-britain/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:32:00 +0000 Barry http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=306 This was made a while ago, but never really publised – so time it was given a bit more exposure…

Thanks to the thousands of people rating locations over at ScenicOrNot, and the fact those locations are tied to Geograph images, we can plot the scenicness on a map!

Screenshot of ScenicOrNot data plotted on the Geograph Interactive Mapper

ScenicOrNot based map


The interactive mapper on Geograph now has a ScenicOrNot layer – updated weekly. You can also use the mapper to view the projects coverage so far.
Click the thumbnail to see the map for an area just south of Edinbrough, drag the map for other areas :) . The lighter the colour the more scenic.

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ScenicOrNot is a new mashup from the good people at mySociety – with the simple aim of finding the scenic spots across Great Britain; I’ve no idea what the super secret purpose of this site is, but they have promised to release the data, so it could be used in lots of exciting ways… 

 

Oh and of course the photos are sourced from Geograph British Isles.

Go rate a grid square now! Also at http://digg.com/u18iG

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