Open Streetmap

OpenStreetMap (OSM) follows a similar concept as Wikipedia does, but for maps and other geographic facts (despite its name, it's by no means only limited to streets and roads). People, like you and me, gather location data across the globe from a variety of sources such as recordings from GPS devices, from free satellite imagery or simply from knowing an area very well, for example because they live there. This information then gets uploaded to OpenStreetMap's central database from where it can be further modified, corrected and enriched by anyone who notices missing facts or errors about the area.

There is a great deal of hidden information in the OSM database that has been recorded, but is not displayed on the standard maps. One example is the location of motorcycle parking bays and Grit or Salt Bins.

By extracting the OSM tag amenity=motorcycle_parking (plus a few others), the database is update and can be overlaid on any map.

Neston Weather

The weather pages are produced from a weather station connected to a Raspberry PI. Soon to be updating every 15 mins with summaries on the hour and each day.