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Map of Memorial Benches (openbenches.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/ukcasual

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I hope a little bit of self-promotion is allowed?

My wife and I run "Open Benches" which is a crowdsourced collection of memorial benches. We've got about 25,000 in the UK!

If you're out for a walk in the sunshine this weekend, please take a photo of any memorial benches you see. You'll need to turn on location tagging on your phone's camera - that way we can accurately place the benches on the map.

Enjoy!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! We have chatted with OSM. At the time we started there wasn't an inscription field. I think there now is. We've also signed a waiver so they can use our data if they wish.

The slight issue is that our photos are generally taken with a phone's GPS and may not be suitably accurate for their needs.

We also aim to be a lot easier to add to than OSM. So there aren't many checks.

OSM is a big, well funded project with lots of users and governance. OpenBenches is just me and my wife. We're not aiming to be them 😀