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And it's all done on your phone. digital mapping is really the way forward, isn't it? yeah, it means that 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, we can take things out, we can add things in, so it is much more responsive and adaptable compared to when you are 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 is really i...

Is all done on your phone. digital mapping is really the way forward, isn't it? yeah, it means we can change things quickly and we can make it accessible for everyone, and it is interactive and it is interactive and we can change things on the fly, we can add things and so it is much more responsive and adaptable then you are updating stuff like paper maps. can you show me how it all works? you bring the map where you are, you find the map and you tap on the path and tap on open survey and it takes you through and then we can fill in as much oras we can fill in as much or as little as possible...

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 means that we can make changes super—quick and make it easily accessible to everyone. but also, it...

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 means that we can make changes super—quick and make it easily accessible to everyone. but also, it's interactive and we can change things on the fly, we can highlight ...

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