Tracking down Allotments and Community Growing Spaces William Roper Central Scotland Green Network Trust 06 November 2017
Allotments don’t have an address • No definitive addressing or naming system for allotments , or many other greenspaces . Managed my many different bodies. • But these resources are part of national and local targets . • In order to monitor these we need baselines
SAGS Sites
OS Greenspace Map
Attributes and Addresses
Attributes and Addresses
A long way to go…
A long way to go… • Only 8 out of 268 Allotments in Scotland have a Distinctive Name
A long way to go… • Only 8 out of 268 Allotments in Scotland have a Distinctive Name • … and one of these is ‘Allotments’…
Scottish Allotments and Garden Society SAGS OS • 274 sites • 268 sites • Addresses… but for • Geometry… polygons! • Six monthly release, where • Some grid references • Data model that allows • Quality issues i.e. updates. • pen duplicates, sites that no • Limited ‘distinctive longer exist, etc • Impossible task to name’ attributes maintain.
Comparison • 197 sites match up. • OS can improve data quality by checking for missing sites and adding distinctive names. • SAGS can start using the OS product. • CSGN gets baselines for monitoring targets!
Area of Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces per 10,000 people
Golf courses in comparison to Allotments! (With thanks to Alasdair Rae).
Greenspace Feedback Tool
Greenspace Feedback Tool https://www. greenspacefeedback .os.uk william.roper@csgnt.org.uk
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