People's Map Data Creation Process

The People's Map data creation process can sometimes be confusing to our new users, so here follows a brief explanation of how the data creation process works and what data will appear in what layer, at what time of the process.

Step 1: Identify area with no data
Search for the area that you want to create mapping for.


Step 2: Create data
Digitise data by using the editing toolbar. This data will immediately appear in point, line and polygon form.


Step 3: Unverified layer
You will notice that the road you created will appear in the unverified map layer with a purple border. This indicates that the new or edited road has been marked as unverified.



Step 4: Verified layer
This unverified road layer will be exported and validated by a verification process. If the road passes this process, the purple border will be removed and the feature will appear in the People’s Map Layer (Verified). The verification process is undertaken on a weekly basis.

Central London Complete

I am pleased to announce that we have now completed the data capture of all roads in Central London for an area stretching from Hampton Court in the south west to Stratford in the north east. This means that we now have complete data sets for Central London, including all roads, land use, railways, drainage and place names. This data can currently be viewed in the Unverified Map Layer of the People's Map and will be transferred to the verified People's map layer when the data has been verified by our team of professional cartographers. Below is a image of the existing raw data inside the M25.

We have now started with the next phase that is to capture all the roads within the M25. I should rather say, all minor roads, in between the current Central London area and the M25 as all the classified roads have already been captured and now it is just a question of filling in the gaps.

We estimate to complete this phase of the project by spring this year and look forward to have a complete data set for the Greater London area.

Top Contributors for December 2008

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

This year has been a very productive year for the People' Map. All the various parties involved in the People's Map, from the individual contributor all the way through to the technical development team have all contributed significantly to the progress the People's Map has made during 2008. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our contributors, partners and in-house teams for the work and effort they have put in during 2008 as all have done a great job in contributing to the growth and development of the People’s Map.

We now look forward to the challenges that 2009 will bring the People's Map as we have quite a few big milestones to be achieved during this coming year. We start of early in the new year with launching our new People's Map website, then move on to completing the Greater London data capture project and finally completing the UK 1:100,000 scale data capture project. This is not even mentioning all the other smaller data capture projects planned with various commercial & academia partners as well as the individual contributors. So, just by looking at the above, it seems that 2009 is already going to be a busy year!

On behalf of the People's Map team, I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and prosperous New Year!!