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From partners, but now we're working with 300—plus fabulous volunteers to discover more paths, but also to record information about all the paths that we discover. the only way it was ever going to work is if we had the support of people who love the outdoors, who love walking, who love maps, who love technology. the tech is powered by esri uk. the geographical software uses powerful mapping and spatial data analytics technology. it allows the team to create and manage the location information, and it's all done on your phone. digital mapping is really the way forward, isn't it? yeah. it mea...

The only way this was ever going to work is if we have the support of people who love the outdoors, who love walking, who love maps, who love technology. the tech is powered by ezrauk. the geographical software uses powerful mapping and spatial analytics technology. it allows the team to create and manage the location information, and it is all done on your phone. digital mapping is really the way forward, isn't it? yeah, it means we can make changes super quick and make it easily accessible to everyone, but also it is interactive and we can change things on the fly, we can highlight things, w...

From partners, but now we have 300—plus fabulous volunteers to discover more paths but also to record information about all the paths that we discover. the only way this was ever going to work is if we have the support of people who love the outdoors, who love walking, who love maps, who love technology. the tech is powered by ezrauk. the geographical software uses powerful mapping and spatial analytics technology. it allows the team to create and manage the location information, and it is all done on your phone. digital mapping is really the way forward, isn't it? yeah, it means we can make...

But also, it's interactive and we can change things on the fly, we can highlight things, we can take things out, we can add things in. so, it's much more responsive and adaptable compared to when you're just updating stuff like paper maps. can you show me how it all works? yeah, of course. you go to the map of where you are, you find the path that you want. you just tap on the path and then tap on "open survey". and then that takes you through to the questionnaire. and then we just tell volunteers that they can fill in as much or as little as possible. much of the questions are not mandatory, ...

And adaptable compared to when you're just updating stuff like paper maps. volunteers have so far added over 9,000 new paths to the interactive map, from as far north as the shetland islands to the borders region in the south. i think the project's really important for our paths in scotland. it's a chance to support and to maintain that right to roam, but it also makes these paths more accessible to a wider variety of people. it means that everyone can get out there. and we're on a nice path here in perthshire, is this a path you've been on before? it's not. and in fact, it's one that isn't on...