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Existing paths using data from ordinance survey and information from 0penstreetmap and local authorities. one of the surprising things about scotland as it is actually harder to find places to walk than you might imagine. we have got all this amazing green space around us but if you pick a paper map you might really struggle to find a path you want to walk. so one of the things we are trying to do with the scottish paths map is to actually make those places easier to find her everybody, wherever they live. how many paths do you think are out there for people to discover that aren't on the map?...

Scotland has really good access rights, so you can walk more or less wherever you wish, as long as you're responsible about it. but it lacks a complete map of its path network. so the charity's been creating a digital map of its own. it brings together all known existing paths, using data from ordnance survey and information from 0penstreetmap and local authorities. one of the surprising things about scotland is it's actually harder to find places to walk than you might imagine. we've got all this amazing green space around us but, actually, if you pick up a paper map, you might really struggl...

But also for your mental health as well. but sometimes, the route you want to go on just isn't on the map. well, it's hoped that's going to change, and that's where these guys come in. this group are from ramblers scotland, a charity who are passionate about walking. scotland has really good access rights, so you can walk more or less whatever you wish, as long as you're responsible about it. but it lacks a complete map of its path network. so, the charity's been creating a digital map of its own. it brings together all known existing paths, using data from ordnance survey and information from...

But actually, if you pick a paper map, you might really struggle to find a path you want to walk. so one of the things we are trying to do with the scottish paths map is to actually make those places easier to find for everybody, wherever they live. how many paths do you think are out there for people to discover that aren't on the map? so we've discovered something like 20,000 new paths in the short time we've been running the project already. i think that probably we could easily double the number of paths that people have to walk in scotland when they look at this map compared to many tradi...

On the map. there's hope that's going to change and that's where these guys come in. this group are from ramblers scotland, a charity who are passionate about walking. scotland has really good access rights, so you can walk more or less whatever you wish, as long as you are responsible about it. but it lacks a complete map of its path network. so the charity has been creating a digital map of its own. it brings together all known existing paths using data from ordinance survey and information from openstreetmap and local authorities. one of the surprising things about scotland as it is actuall...