Nottingham

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Latitude : 52.953, Longitude : -1.15

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Nottingham is a city in Nottinghamshire at latitude 52.953, longitude -1.15.

Nottingham is a city with unitary authority status within the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands region of England. Pub Meetup on 3rd or 4th Tuesday of the month at 19:30, Lincolnshire Poacher, Mansfield Road. Next meeting 21st June.

Contents 1 READ THIS FIRST 2 NAPTAN 3 Public Transport Routes 4 Current Status 5 Active mappers 6 Status by Area 6.1 Colour and symbol legend 6.1.1 Meaning of symbols 6.1.2 Meaning of colours 7 Nearby towns and areas 8 Useful Sources of Information 9 Arcana 10 Development of OSM Coverage 10.1 April 2007 10.2 Jan 2009 10.3 Q3 2009 10.4 Q4 2009 10.5 Q1 2010 10.6 Q2 2010 10.7 Q3 2010 10.8 Q4 2010 10.9 Q1 2011

READ THIS FIRST

OS StreetView, Bing. Please check with active Nottingham mappers before adding or amending data from OS StreetView or Bing imagery. Nottingham can be completed through ground-truth surveys and in-filling areas with StreetView acts as a significant disincentive to doing such mapping. In particular DO NOT AMEND existing map data which has been acquired on the ground WITHOUT contacting the person who did the mapping. IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT EXISTING MAPPERS, THERE IS A RISK THAT YOUR CONTRIBUTION MIGHT BE REVERTED.

YAHOO IMAGERY. Much of the area has been initially mapped from Yahoo aerial photography and is out of alignment by anything up to 20 metres. Other information is from old out-of-copyright maps and has a similar or greater degree of inaccuracy. A small part of the data has been realigned from GPS traces. This is a tedious and time-consuming process so has only been done when absolutely necessary to maintain topological relationships. Please be cautious before realigning any ways/areas to Yahoo imagery. It is best to check and realign the Yahoo image with available GPS traces before commencing editing. The Yahoo imagery has more or less been superseded by the more recent Bing imagery which is superior and covers the entire city.

MapDust bugs. If map dust bugs are corroborated by other evidence: Bing, OS StreetView, Locator etc, then feel free to add relevant information. Missing street names & turn restrictions have proved of most value so far: but beware the MapDust location might not be accurate, which is why it should only be used if it agrees with other available sources. In this sense MapDust is treated as limited ground survey.

NAPTAN

NAPTAN data were imported for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire on 19 September 2009. Message from NAPTAN administrator read:

The NaPTAN bus stop data has now been uploaded for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

Details for merging the data with existing OSM data can be found on the wiki: NaPTAN/Surveying_and_Merging_NaPTAN_and_OSM_data

The data can be used to derive road names in unmapped regions if required. Of course, a standard OSM survey should completed in the long run.

The data was uploaded in these changesets: Nottingham - [1] Nottinghamshire - [2]

Public Transport Routes

List of relations and routes tagged in Nottingham at Nottingham/Public Transport

Current Status

Major roads in the conurbation are in place, as are most areas with aerial photography - West Bridgford and Clifton are missing most road names, and the LCN/recommended cycle routes are marked in most of the city centre, and south of the Trent.

A more detailed picture of the current status by area (cake slice) is shown below.

The boundary of the city/unitary authority is complete but possibly inaccurate (see talk), ways which are part of the boundary are members of a relation  123292 (XML, check, manage, JOSM, history, view, gpx ).

More information on mapping particular features is on the Nottingham/Features page.

Active mappers

Kev - Lives in West Bridgford and mapping most of the area south of the Trent, particularly cycle routes - hoping to map these more fully when the weather gets somewhat warmer. NTU City and Clifton campuses have been mapped.

Rob - Did some of the major roads, and bits in Bramcote and Wollaton. Unfortunately not based in Nottingham, so only doing bits and pieces when visiting family.

Russ Phillips - Done some bits and pieces (some using Yahoo's aerial imagery). Not based in Nottingham, but has friends there, so visits sometimes.

Will Hebden - Working in Nottingham, so able to start filling in the city centre.

Will Phillips - Lives in Stapleford and primarily mapping the western suburbs of Nottingham and the surrounding countryside.

SK53 - Comes from Nottingham and is in the area frequently, usually maps on SW and W side of city.

Status by Area

Greater Nottingham area, has been split into 'cake slices' with the following outer boundaries: S.of the Trent, includes Nottingham City areas of Wilford and Clifton and the West Bridgford area of Rushcliffe district; N of the Trent, bounded to the W by the River Erewash (border of Notts and Derbys) until crossed by the M1, then by the M1 to Long Lane (Watnall), to the N by Watnall Road, A611, City Boundary (S of Bestwood Country Park) and then across country to Dorket Head, to the E from Dorket Head along Mapperley Plains, along Arnold Lane, Colwick Loop Road (A612) to the Trent at the Netherfield Railway bridge.

Map showing the areas tabulated below.

Colour and symbol legend

The status of each map region is indicated by a symbol, which describes the type of feature, and a colour, which indicates the completeness of that feature in a map region.

Meaning of symbols

• - Street names are labelled. This means that the map can be used to find an address - Key: l

• - Roads for car traffic are present. One way streets and pedestrian streets are present. This means that the map can be used for car navigation - Key: c

• - All cycleways, and field and forest roads suitable for bicycles are present - Key: b

• - All footways are present - Key: fo

• - All wheelchair access is present - Key: d

• - All public transports are present (including name of the bus stop/station names) - Key: tr

• - All public institutions are present (Churches, sports facilities, venues, schools, hospitals, city hall) - Key: p

• - All petrol stations are present - Key: fu

• - All restaurants and hotels are present - Key: r

• - All tourist attractions are present - Key: t

• - All natural resources are mapped (e.g Water, Lakes and Woodland) - Key: n

• - All housenumbers are present - Key: h

Meaning of colours

Background colour	Meaning	Use for navigation	To do	value
	The map needs checking, status unknown	Availability unknown	Please check	(None)
	The map contains no or little data	Not to be used	Please complete	0
	The map contains partial data	Limited usability	Please complete	1
	The map is largely complete (please describe missing data)	Use with restrictions	Please complete (missing data, streets etc.)	2
	The map is complete (in the opinion of a mapper)	Suitable for use	Please check and correct any errors	3
	The map is complete (verified by 2 mappers) ; please indicate Date when checked)	Suitable for use	Please update as needed	4
	This attribute does not exist in the mapped area (e.g. no petrol stations)	Suitable for use	Please update as needed	X

This table is a wiki template with a default description in German. Editable here. The english translation is Editable here

Cake Slice	District	Status	Remarks	Mapped / Checked by
1	City Centre 52.95395,-1.14695	Tourist	Good coverage. Some minor roads, narrow pedestrian ways (known locally as twitchells) and many POI missing.
2	The Meadows 52.93957,-1.14506		Coverage is still patchy, but with the exception of an area near the library everywhere has received at least one survey visit. About 75% of the area W of Queens Walk has now been surveyed in detail: a huge number of intersecting footpaths and housing which bears little relation to its allocated street make the area quite complicated. All roads obvious from distributor roads are now labelled. Precise assignment and completion of addresses may only be possible once a house numbering scheme is under way. A small number (<10) of courts and named housing units not on streets may have been missed, but the street and footpath network is now adequate for routing, some address information is being collected and added for more recent surveys.
3	Lenton Lane 52.9405,-1.1636		A mix of industrial estates, retail parks, with odd bits of greenspace. Mostly on land formerly occupied by the railways, and the long gone Clifton Colliery, Wilford Power Station, and the Royal Ordnance Factory.
4	Lenton 52.94828,-1.1694		Predominantly residential area, more-or-less complete. Some tidying up needed around Canning Circus, and along Castle Boulevard. Some small mews type roads in The Park may have been missed. Restrictions on cars (oneway street, traffic calming etc.) in the streets around Harrington Drive needs to be checked.
5	Radford 52.9567,-1.174		Predominantly residential area, road network completely in place (90%). Areas re-developed since 1970 tend to have complex networks of roads and paths. Only two or three long straight streets, and gated areas have not been surveyed on foot with GPS. One or two unnamed streets remain, usually remnants of the former road network: the names can probably be inferred from old (out-of-copyright) maps.
6	The Forest 52.96209&,-1.16214		Mix of residential, green space, with schools and some commercial. Most roads in place with names from OSSV. Requires ground survey.
7	Mapperley Park 52.9707,-1.1416		Most roads mapped from Yahoo and NPE data. Requires survey as there are many inaccuracies.
8	St. Anns 52.9673,-1.1297		Only about 50% roads present: particularly in the area N of Woodborough Road, where the Yahoo aerial photos are difficult to interpret. Intricate network of footpaths only partially mapped.
9	Sneinton 52.9497,-1.1291		Most roads present, with majority named.
10	West Bridgford and Edwalton 52.9194,-1.1242		A very large area. All roads present, along with all street names. Buildings have been imported using the automatic extractor from OS OpenData StreetView, but address data is sparse.
11	Wilford, Silverdale and Compton Acres 52.9215,-1.149		All roads present, as are all streetnames in Rushcliffe (east of the line of the former Great Central Railway). The convoluted road system of the modern estate of Compton Acres has the rough road network in place but refinement is needed, the major paths are also in place, although some smaller ginnels may have been missed.
12	Clifton 52.9042,-1.1809		Most roads present, with about 75% now named (SK53 13:52, 25 July 2009 (UTC)). Obvious POIs (Pubs and Churches) have also been augmented. Again the footpath network will present a challenge.
13	Dunkirk and Beeston Rylands 52.9243,-1.1885		Mixed area of Industrial/Commercial with pockets of residential areas at Dunkirk and Beeston Rylands. The large area occupied by the Boots complex may be difficult to survey.
14	Beeston52.9261,-1.2229		Generally well covered, particularly around the town centre. Some gaps in outlying estates.
15	Nottingham University 52.93827,-1.19876		Mapped in detail some time ago, but needs revision. One or two known roads are missing or not mapped correctly (e.g. Willoughby Close).
16	Wollaton Park Estate 52.95006,-1.19056		SK53 has been using this area to familiarise himself with several aspects of OSM. Most streets, footpaths etc. have been walked several times to generate GPS traces, and to acquire data for adding addresses according to the Karlsruhe scheme.
17	Wollaton 52.9472,-1.211		All roads present and named. Network of footpaths largely complete, with some missing in Wollaton Park. Bus stops and routes about 50% complete.
18	Bilborough 52.9631,-1.2175		Most roads present. Progressive additions from ground survey.
19	Broxtowe 52.9783,-1.2115		Many roads present, although N part is off Yahoo imagery and much less complete. Broxtowe Country Park not mapped in any detail.
20	Hyson Green 52.97216,-1.17172		Includes New Basford and Forest Fields. Most roads and street names present. The area N of Gladstone St requires work: many changes to original street layout, additional housing, and loss of industrial streets means that this area is particularly difficult to interpret from aerial photos. Requires ground survey.
21	Sherwood 52.9798,-1.1573		Most roads present, but many from NPE are out of alignment in the N part of area. Requires ground survey.
22	Woodthorpe 52.98741,-1.12902		Limited amount of ground survey, usually on route somewhere else. Many street names verified.
23	Gedling 52.98237,-1.10726		First detailed survey work showed that NPE maps were still useful, although alignments will be wrong.
24	Carlton 52.96485,-1.10546		As above for Gedling. POIs and street names added along length of Carlton Hill.
25	Colwick 52.9506,-1.0951		Mix of industry along the main road, green space (park, country park and racecourse) and post-WWII housing (both social and private). No Yahoo photos for much of area. Colwick itself fully surveyed in Sept. 2009, with Netherfield also receiving much needed attention. Some initial surveys of other area (Bakersfield, Netherfield) have been done along main roads. Colwick Country Park and Netherfield Lagoons have been surveyed although are not complete, but Colwick Woods needs an initial survey.
26	Attenborough, Chilwell and Toton 52.9119,-1.2375		Largely post WWII development other than the historical centres of the original villages. Some redevelopment of the Ordnance factory site. Most missing roads and street names were added during winter 2009-10.
27	Stapleford 52.9314,-1.2697		Mostly complete (February 2011). Every road and street name is present. All addresses have been surveyed and house numbers are close to completion. However, there are a few instances where the correct number has yet to be ascertained.
28	Bramcote Hills and Wollaton Vale 52.9461,-1.2382		Most roads present, and a few missing street names.
29	Strelley 52.9698,-1.2487		Mainly open countryside, few roads. In a draft of a recent development plan this area was proposed for residential development.
30	North Bulwell 53.0094,-1.2216		Again a lot of countryside, but some residential (Bulwell Hall & Seller's Wood Drive estates) and industrial areas (Blenheim Industrial Estate). Start finally made on this area. SK53 10:25, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
31	Bulwell 52.9991,-1.2036		Complex mix of Victorian/Edwardian housing and industry, later infill, complete re-development and modern industrial estates. Also includes the former Cinderhill Colliery site. No Yahoo images, poor coverage. Some GPS traces for Bulwell centre, along Cinderhill road, and in the Bulwell Hall area. The Hempshill Vale estate has been completely mapped.
32	Basford 52.9864,-1.1868		Surveying in Aug & Sep 2009 has improved coverage significantly. Whitemoor Estate and Basford Hall College site are the main areas lacking detailed ground survey.
33	Highbury 52.9964,-1.1818		Poor coverage. A few street stubs and names grabbed on a drive thru. SK53 10:25, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
34	Bestwood Park and Daybrook 52.99477,-1.15764		Poor coverage. In most areas roads have been sourced from NPE with limited surveying of road names. Some areas (notably the former site of High Pavement school) are still almost completely absent.
35	Rise Park and Top Valley (inc. Rise Park and Top Valley) 53.00851,-1.1661		Poor coverage.
36	Arnold 53.0064&,-1.121		Poor coverage. Finally a few GPS traces enabled the addition of a few residential streets.

Nearby towns and areas

• Derby - well mapped by mid-2009
• Derbyshire -
• Hucknall - excluded from this plan, but part of the Greater Nottingham transport area.
• Ilkeston - another town which is more or less contiguous with the urban fringe of Nottingham
• Leicester - active mapping community.
• Leicestershire -
• Long Eaton - work started in late 2008. Largely complete mid 2009.
• Loughborough - nearly complete, as is a good section of countryside between Leicester and Loughborough
• Mansfield - town centre done
• Nottinghamshire - basic road network in place

Useful Sources of Information

The usual caveats apply w.r.t to copyright on these sites.

• Nottingam City Transport (NCT), Trent-Barton. List of main bus routes in city. Currently only about 5% implemented as relations.
• Pedals. A local Nottingham cycle advocacy group. The monthly meeting minutes contain a wealth of information relevant to mapping cycleways, particularly status, closures, changes.
• Nottingham Civic Society. Lists of historic buildings. Also have a footpaths officer.
• Ramblers Association, Nottingham Local Group. Comments as for Pedals above, but for footpaths.
• CAMRA, Nottinghamshire Group. Formidable amount of information on pubs and associated matters (particularly transport) in their bimonthly newsletter "The Nottingham Drinker". Useful for identifying the status of pubs.
• Beeston local history. Lots of additional information about various locations in and around the city.
• Notts local history. Site devoted to transcriptions of out of copyright works.
• Rise Park. Site about this area.
• Park Views. Range of opinion and information focusing on the Lenton and Dunkirk areas.
• Lenton Local History Society. Lots of useful stuff, including pages organised by street name.
• [3]. Bulwell Hall Estate. Very useful information from the pages of a life-long resident.

Arcana

Bits and bobs noticed whilst mapping, in no particular order.

• Bus Stops: Most are coded with one or two letters followed by a two digit number. Single letter stops are in the City Centre, two letter stops represent a code for an area (LE=Lenton,RA=Radford,GE=Gedling,CA=Carlton,Wo=Wollaton, etc.). Some stops outside the city have two letters and four digits, where the letters appear to code the local authority. Most stops have a name, which can be very useful for cross-checking other local map features.
• Lamp Posts: Seem to have unique 5 or 6 figure identifiers in the city. Seems to apply to other street furniture, e.g., bollards have a code starting with B.
• Bars and Pubs: Most establishments in the City Centre have a plate outside which states how many standing and sitting customers allowed by their licence. Could be useful to selective rendering.
• Postcodes: Short streets (i.e., those with a single postcode for the whole street) in Gedling Borough have the full postcode in red on the street signs. Also true for some streets in Broxtowe.

Development of OSM Coverage

April 2007

Map from 2007, very little of the city had been mapped.

Jan 2009

A massive change can be seen 20 months later.

Q3 2009

• Stubs of roads in Rise Park, Top Valley and Bestwood Estate created, along with relations for 70 and 71 bus routes. SK53 12:53, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
• Detailed survey of Colwick village, and Industrial area by Simon Halsey. SK53 10:04, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
• Radford detailed survey completed. SK53 19:43, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
• S part of Gamston completed Simon Halsey, Netherfield partially surveyed Willumm. SK53 22:56, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
• Weekend 12/13 Sept. Part of Old Basford fully surveyed (SK53), new CentreLink bus service added (kevjs), missing roads in Edwalton added (Simon Halsey). SK53 09:37, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
• 
  NaPTAN import of bus stops covering Nottingham and Nottinghamshire on 19 September 2009. Initially data used for naming unnamed roads, and adding a few large roads lacking from the city. SK53 13:19, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Q4 2009

Relatively little progress

Q1 2010

• Major progress in the Stapleford, Bramcote and surrounding areas. Largely the work of will7777.
• A fleeting visit in March from Steve Chilton produced some much needed updates on Nottingham University campus.

Q2 2010

• Many missing street-names added from the Ordnance Survey Open Data StreetView set. Also some changes in status of main roads and references (particularly the A ). Where streets have been sourced from NPE the alignment has not been updated. This has been with a view to ensure that these areas get an 'on-the-ground survey'. SK53 09:04, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
• Some boundaries imported from OS OpenData BoundaryLine around Broxtowe District.

Q3 2010

Relatively little progress. (tba)

Q4 2010

Relatively little progress. (tba)

Q1 2011

• Edwards Lane Estate (Slice 34), Week 1 , 2011 SK53
• Dales Estate (Slice 34), Week 2, 2011 SK53
• Preliminary work for survey of Assarts Farm & Cinderhill will_p
• Area S of Arnold Road (Slice 34 : Belconnen Road/Torbay Crescent) Week 3, 2011. 10 additional residential roads, + two existing names ground surveyed. SK53 19:44, 19 January 2011 (UTC)