WikiProject Scotland
Scotland (Gaelic: Alba) is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
 Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Scotland is a country in United Kingdom, Europe at latitude 57° 52′ 48″ North, longitude 4° 34′ 12″ West.
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Welcome
Welcome to the Openstreetmap wiki project page for Scotland. This page collects some of the projects that are of interest to Scottish Mappers. We also list the projects where local groups have set up regular social meetings so you can have a chance to meet other mappers face to face.
You can follow 
OSMScotland on twitter for Scottish OSM news
Social Meetings
In Scotland we have regular pub meetings. These are generally informal and relaxed. How regular they are depends on the local group however having a meeting every 3 months seems to be a good balance. The meetings tend to be in a pub and in Scotland we also have links with other groups as this makes it more enjoyable. Here we list the groups that have set up a regular schedule. The idea is that we can have regular meetings throughout Scotland but at different times so that they don't clash with others. If you are setting up any regular monthly, quarterly or biannually meeting please add them here.
| Month | City | Week | Weekday | Time |
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| January | Stirling#Social_Events | 3rd | Thursday | 7:00pm |
| February | Glasgow#Social_Events | 3rd | Tuesday | 7:00pm |
| March | Edinburgh#Social_Events | 3rd | Tuesday | 7:00pm |
| April | Stirling#Social_Events | 3rd | Tuesday | 7:00pm |
| May | Glasgow#Social_Events | 3rd | Tuesday | 7:00pm |
| June | Edinburgh#Social_Events | 3rd | Tuesday | 7:00pm |
| July | Stirling#Social_Events | 3rd | Tuesday | 7:00pm |
| August | Glasgow#Social_Events | 3rd | Tuesday | 7:30pm |
| September | Edinburgh#Social_Events | 3rd | Tuesday | 7:00pm |
| October | Stirling#Social_Events | 3rd | Tuesday | 7:00pm |
| November | Glasgow#Social_Events | 3rd | Tuesday | 7:00pm |
| December | Edinburgh#Social_Events | 2nd | Tuesday | 7:00pm |
Mapping Parties
There was a mapping party in Dunbar Sat 23 March 2013 - signup here
Check out details of our last mapping parties: Mapping_Party/Shotts and Mapping_Party/New_Lanark which took place in 2012
More soon, watch this space
Workshops
There was a workshop in Glasgow on Sat 23 Feb at MAKlab more details here Glasgow/Hack_Day_Feb_2013
See details of our last mapping workshop on Saturday 17 March 2012 here
More events soon, keep an eye on this page
State Of The Map Scotland
State Of The Map Scotland 2012 took place Friday 19th and Saturday 20th October 2012
State Of The Map Scotland 2011 took place Fri-Sat August 26/27 2011
OSM Scotland facts
Some facts about the Scottish OpenStreetMap as of October 2011:
- Approximately, 1452 unique accounts have edited the map in Scotland
- 97.4% of road names have been added when compared with the Ordnance Survey dataset (as of December 2012), with all council areas now >95% complete. Ref: ITO
- 836 bike racks with the capacity to accommodate around 6682 bikes are on the map
- 2540Km of cycle lanes and cycle paths have been mapped (only covers a select number of cycle way tags)
Ordnance Survey 7th Series
Some old Ordnance Survey maps of Britain are coming out of copyright, starting with Scotland. A project is running to scan and rectify these maps, then make them available to trace within Potlatch and JOSM.
For more information, see 7th Series.
Gaelic names
Many places in Scotland have Gaelic names - these are often shown on road signs in the West Highlands, and on street signs in some towns. Gaelic names can be tagged using name:gd=* (with name=* for the name in English). In places where Gaelic is the main language (eg the Western Isles), the Gaelic name can be tagged using name=*, with name:en=* for the English names.
The national advisory partnership for Gaelic names is Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland). They have produced place-name lists for several trunk roads and a number of areas of Scotland. These lists have been researched, and agreed with local authorities, so can be considered to be the definitive Gaelic forms of the names. Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba have been contacted, and confirmed the Gaelic forms of the names themselves are uncopyrightable, so are fine to use in OpenStreetMap.
An OSM rendering showing the Gaelic names, and a map in Garmin format, is available at OSM Alba.
See also: Multilingual names
Unitary Authorities
Also known as Council Areas, there are 32 unitary Authorities in Scotland. They were established on 1 April 1996. [1] They were established by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. [2]
Statutory List of Roads
After searching for "Statutory list of roads" the results are shown, please update if new information comes forward or links change
| Council | Streetnames Available Online | Streetnames Available Offline | Requesting Permission |
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| Aberdeen City | Possible | ||
| Aberdeenshire | Copyright | None | |
| Angus | None | None | |
| Argyll and Bute | None | None | |
| Clackmannanshire | Searchable | ||
| Dumfries and Galloway | Available and here and here | ||
| Dundee City | None | Possible | |
| East Ayrshire | None | Possible | |
| East Dunbartonshire | None | Copyright | |
| East Lothian District | None | None | |
| East Renfrewshire | Available | ||
| Edinburgh City | Available | ||
| Falkirk | Copyright | ||
| Fife | Possible | ||
| Glasgow City | Council Copyright | ||
| Highland | Available | Possible | |
| Inverclyde | None | None | |
| Midlothian | Available | ||
| Moray | None | None | |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | Partial Copyright | ||
| North Ayrshire | None | None | |
| North Lanarkshire | None | None | |
| Orkney Islands | None | Copyright | |
| Perth and Kinross | Available | ||
| Renfrewshire | Copyright | ||
| Scottish Borders | Available | ||
| Shetland Islands | Possible | ||
| South Ayrshire | None | None | |
| South Lanarkshire | None | Possible | |
| Stirling | Available | ||
| West Dunbartonshire | None | None | |
| West Lothian | None | None |
Cities
The following tables shows our progress with mapping the cities in Scotland.
See also Category:Cities in Scotland
| %age complete | |||||
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| Postal Area | City | Tracks | Mapped | Labelled | Notes |
| AB | Aberdeen |
Yahoo! Aerial Imagery is available | |||
| DD | Dundee |
Yahoo! Aerial Imagery is available | |||
| EH | Edinburgh |
95% | 95% | Yahoo! Aerial Imagery is available | |
| G | Glasgow |
Yahoo! Aerial Imagery is available | |||
| IV | Inverness |
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| FK7-FK9 | Stirling |
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Towns and villages
The following tables shows our progress with mapping various towns and villages in Scotland.
See also Category:Towns in Scotland and Category:Villages in Scotland
Please add a town or village that you're interested in or tracking/mapping here. Try to keep the list ordered by Town Name. Where necessary create a sub page to try and keep this table quite succinct.
| %age complete | |||||
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| Postal Area | Town Name | Tracks | Mapped | Labelled | Notes |
| ML11 | Abington, South Lanarkshire |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 02/03/2010 |
| ML6 | Airdrie |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 10/11/2010 |
| ML9 | Ashgill |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 18/06/2008. |
| G69 | Bargeddie |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 13/08/2008. |
| ML4 | Bellshill |
100% | 100% | 100% | |
| PH10 | Blairgowrie |
20% | 20% | 20% | |
| ML6 | Caldercrux, North Lanarkshire |
100 | 100% | 100% | Finished 13/11/10 |
| ML5 | Coatbridge |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 15/11/10 |
| ML11 | Crawford, South Lanarkshire |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 10/02/2009 |
| TD12 | Coldstream, Borders |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 22/05/2009 |
| G67/G68 | Cumbernauld |
100% | 100% | 100% | |
| DG1/2 | Dumfries |
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| TD11 | Duns, Borders |
5% | 5% | 5% | |
| IV30 | Elgin, Moray |
20% | 20% | 20% | |
| FK1-FK5 | Falkirk |
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| ML5 | Glenboig |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 13/08/2008. |
| ML6 | Glenmavis, North Lanarkshire |
100% | 100% | 100% | |
| ML3 | Hamilton |
5% | 10% | 1% | |
| TD8 | Jedburgh, Borders |
5% | 5% | 5% | |
| TD5 | Kelso, Borders |
10% | 10% | 10% | |
| G66 | Kirkintilloch |
15% | 15% | 15% | |
| ML11 | Lanark |
100% | 100% | 100% | |
| ML9 | Larkhall |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 19/01/2009 |
| ML8 | Law,South Lanarkshire |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 20/01/2009 |
| G66 | Lenzie |
15% | |||
| EH54 | Livingston |
15% | 15% | ||
| ML1 | Motherwell |
100% | 100% | 100% | |
| ML9 | Netherburn, South Lanarkshire |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 19/01/2009 |
| ML6 | Plains, North Lanarkshire |
100% | 100% | 100% | . |
| ML9 | Shawsburn, South Lanarkshire |
100% | 100% | 100% | Finished 18/06/2008. |
| ML7 | Shotts, North Lanarkshire |
100% | 100% | 100% | |
| ML2 | Wishaw |
100% | 100% | 100% | |
Related Projects
- WikiProject_United_Kingdom_Long_Distance_Paths#Scotland:_Long_Distance_Routes
- WikiProject England
- WikiProject Northern Ireland
- WikiProject Wales
References
- ↑ Local Councils - Scotland - Direct.gov.uk
- ↑ Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
