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Create a map displaying the nearby places searched (REGManager) #419

Open FreeUKGenIssues opened 9 years ago

FreeUKGenIssues commented 9 years ago

This task is to take the list of nearby places searched, and display the results on a map. To be useful, to researchers, major watercourses, railways and roads should be on the map. Base map should be Open.

Issue reported by REGManager at 2015-09-14 07:18:43 UTC Time: 2015-09-14T07:14:07+00:00 Session ID: 3edd47dcd1d40ff2844c99cd7686cb80 Problem Page URL: /search_queries/55f673bcf493fd99ab00006b Previous Page URL: http://freereg2.freereg.org.uk/search_queries/new Reported Issue: I've had a Contact from a researcher saying that it is more difficult to find where we have transcriptions in FR2 than the FR1 PPP. I seem to remember that there is a map which shows places with and without transcriptions. See the attached, which says that there are 40 places in the area, but I cannot find this map. Has it been removed, or is the link to it difficult to find?

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Captainkirkdawson commented 9 years ago

Never has been a map to the best of my knowledge. "About this search" does give the list of Places in the search.

edickens commented 9 years ago 
I'm sure when I was looking for Churches in London that I got a map
with lots of place markers on it.  But perhaps it was in GENUKI?
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On 14/09/2015 15:22, Kirk Dawson wrote:

  Never has been a map to the best of my knowledge.
    "About this search" does give the list of Places in the search.
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Captainkirkdawson commented 9 years ago

Yes the Genuki Church database has such a Map

edickens commented 9 years ago 
Perhaps the Database Contents and Radius Search results needs to
link to that?  But that is for the future.  E

On 14/09/2015 15:38, Kirk Dawson wrote:

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richpomfret commented 6 years ago

@Captainkirkdawson can we get a sample dataset of any of the Genuki churchase database for any prospective GSoC'er to use?

Captainkirkdawson commented 6 years ago

Why ask for Churches for nearby Places? Yes was can provide a sample list of either or both

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richpomfret commented 5 years ago

We are revisiting this for 2019 GSoC. @Captainkirkdawson A sample list of both would be great if possible. :)

PatReynolds commented 5 years ago

Ideally, the base map would contain "Ancient parish" boundaries see https://earthworks.stanford.edu/catalog/stanford-th733xx7493 "Historic County" boundaries see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England A base map with waterways, and roads (either current or earlier mapping)

Sherlock21 commented 5 years ago

Pat: I hope your reference to Parish here is a 'slip'. The policy of FR is that placenames are exactly that - PLACES, and not Parishes. If you are going to change that policy, then there are many issues that would need re doing.

helhyde commented 5 years ago

Hi Eric, our places can be shown with parish on a map (just as they can with rivers and roads). It doesn't relate to the data structure, just helps the researcher to see where a place is.

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Sherlock21 commented 5 years ago

So why introduce the concept of Parishes? How will you distinguish between parish names and place names on the map. Wont it be cluttered with text, overlaying the basic geographical features?

And what will you do with Northern Ireland?

and to a lesser extent, Wales

PatReynolds commented 5 years ago

I have found it helpful (but may not be typicsl) to find out if two places are in the same parish, just as with finding both are on the same road. Plus, finding the parish can take one to sources not with the name of the place.

Sherlock21 commented 5 years ago

Exactly! And it is the same the opposite way round: Take Birmingham as a good example

1837 ( our baseline for what is in which County) there were I think 6 different church parishes in the original Town of Birmingham. Take any large town or City, its will be same. So how will the proposed colouring in cope?

and are you using Civil Parishes? or Church of England Parishes or what? If the former, then take Somerset: there're 7 parishes i think. If the latter, take the largest and most wealthy Parish in the West Country: