17th November 2010, 08:00 PM
Hello again,
I noticed that there have been some further questions raised in relation to the iPhone app. As regards making Listed Building data available, this wouldn't be a problem from a technical perspective, as like the scheduled monument data, it would come from Historic Scotland. We decided not to put it on because we're an SMR rather than an HER, so deal mainly with archaeological matters. We generally leave listed building issues to the Conservation Officers in our member Councils (unless there's also an archaeological issue raised by the proposal - the listed building's a castle, or sits in the core of a historic settlement, for example). We included the scheduling data because it seemed the simplest way to highlight those sites benefiting from this type of statutory protection.
Currently, the scheduled monuments layer doesn't draw live from Historic Scotland, though this would be a reasonably straightforward change to make. It may be that we will incorporate listed buildings (and other HS datasets like Properties in Care, Inventory Designed Landscapes, World Heritage Sites etc) as web services in the future.
In terms of incorporating Canmore data, this would again be technically possible, though we'd probably wait until the Royal Commission is in a position to provide this as a web service, as this would be much more efficient than the periodic data exchange system that currently operates. Obviously, a reciprocal arrangement could also operate, where our data would be made available as a web service through the eventual successor to the PASTMAP website.
Given that I can't post to the forum directly, and have to pass everything to you to post on my behalf, it may be better if any other questions are sent directly to me. My contact details are on our website, http://www.wosas.net.
Cheers,
Martin
I noticed that there have been some further questions raised in relation to the iPhone app. As regards making Listed Building data available, this wouldn't be a problem from a technical perspective, as like the scheduled monument data, it would come from Historic Scotland. We decided not to put it on because we're an SMR rather than an HER, so deal mainly with archaeological matters. We generally leave listed building issues to the Conservation Officers in our member Councils (unless there's also an archaeological issue raised by the proposal - the listed building's a castle, or sits in the core of a historic settlement, for example). We included the scheduling data because it seemed the simplest way to highlight those sites benefiting from this type of statutory protection.
Currently, the scheduled monuments layer doesn't draw live from Historic Scotland, though this would be a reasonably straightforward change to make. It may be that we will incorporate listed buildings (and other HS datasets like Properties in Care, Inventory Designed Landscapes, World Heritage Sites etc) as web services in the future.
In terms of incorporating Canmore data, this would again be technically possible, though we'd probably wait until the Royal Commission is in a position to provide this as a web service, as this would be much more efficient than the periodic data exchange system that currently operates. Obviously, a reciprocal arrangement could also operate, where our data would be made available as a web service through the eventual successor to the PASTMAP website.
Given that I can't post to the forum directly, and have to pass everything to you to post on my behalf, it may be better if any other questions are sent directly to me. My contact details are on our website, http://www.wosas.net.
Cheers,
Martin