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slackline:
I came across a Github project the other day that showed all of the Bouldering areas in Ireland and Northern Ireland on OpenStreetMap.
Over time I've collated all the POIs people have posted in this sub-forum and converted them to GPX for use on Google Maps and OSMAnd it was quite straight-forward for me to copy Carl Lange's work and produce the same for all the POIs I've collated.
The Github repository I created for this can be viewed here.
The bouldering and sports climbing area map can be viewed here
Carl's original Ireland and Northern Ireland map can be viewed here
Sheffield artificial boulders can be viewed here and are gradually being documented on a Wiki I started and have been slowly populating with assistance from DAVETHOMAS90 sheffieldboulder.uk.
ToDo
* Combine everything into one map
* Get OS co-ordinates for UK locations
* Collect more co-ordinates for more locations*
* Perhaps link to local guides and/or online topos for areas (e.g. bleau.info for font areas, peakbouldering.info for Peak/Yorkshire)
* [Suggestions?
* Need to work out a simpler way of contributing than people having to learn GitHub as I expect most won't be inclined to do so and I've not got time to receive individual emails/messages and all that entails adding them in that manner.
petejh:
Thanks for posting this Slackers! I'm going to be doing a lot of exploring N.I. bouldering/routes in the near future by the looks of it.
slackline:
Not a problem.
Dave's guidebooks (bouldering; select routes) are really good if you're going to be spending lots of time over there. The Fairhead guide looks really nice too but since my brother was living south-west of Dublin I never bothered buying it.
There is a band of cliffs on the west side of Knocknarea behind the town of Strandhill. I couldn't find any documentation of climbs on there (not mentioned on Mountaineering.ie). No idea what the score is with access to the site either, I think from memory there are grazing fields underneath, but the top of the mountain is fairly open access as we walked up there and theres nothing to stop you wandering around.
slackline:
--- Quote from: slackline on January 20, 2016, 01:51:24 pm ---ToDo
* Combine everything into one map
* Get OS co-ordinates for UK locations
* Collect more co-ordinates for more locations*
* Perhaps link to local guides and/or online topos for areas (e.g. bleau.info for font areas, peakbouldering.info for Peak/Yorkshire)
* [Suggestions?
* Need to work out a simpler way of contributing than people having to learn GitHub as I expect most won't be inclined to do so and I've not got time to receive individual emails/messages and all that entails adding them in that manner.
--- End quote ---
I'd missed out a ',' the first time I tried this, everything in one map now.
Obi-Wan is lost...:
Looking good so far, a few suggestions:
- Where is it going? Any plans to embed it into a page in UKB?
- Is a search box possible in geoJSON? Search for venue name or rock type?
- Include rock type in info box?
- A link in info window to driving directions (Google Maps?)
- Colour code markers for rock type or style of venue etc
- Change marker type (if possible) for artificial boulders/indoor walls etc
- Make URLs in info boxes clickable
- Include indoor walls? With different colour/marker style
- Nothing yet in SW or South Wales?
- You should be able to use a batch convert tool to get the OS grid references eg http://www.gridreferencefinder.com/batchConvert/batchConvert.php
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