To help identify exactly where a DS item is when it’s listed on the forum under “Places to Fly”, I wondered if it were possible to implement a mandatory field for “Closest Town/City” for new DS entries moving forwards?
The current system relies on contributors updating the Area field with the name of the subject (i.e. The Red Lion pub) and then the relevant location after (The Red Lion Pub, Ashby-de-la-Zouch) for entries to make sense once they’re copied over to the forum.
My thinking was that if this could somehow be implemented so the “Town/City” field were added into the forum title, this could save committee members valuable time updating DS entries in future.
Booth Wood Reservoir - Added to Lakes and Reservoirs in Yorkshire and the Humber
To:
Booth Wood Reservoir - Added to Lakes and Reservoirs in Ripponden, Yorkshire and the Humber
Another example:
South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum - Added to Historic Buildings in Yorkshire and the Humber
Would become:
South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum - Added to Historic Buildings in Doncaster, Yorkshire and the Humber
And the last example:
Must Farm Quarry - Added to Everything Else in East of England
Would become:
Must Farm Quarry - Added to Everything Else in Peterborough, East of England
That kinda thing?
If we did this, I would rather people didn’t enter anything and that Drone Scene geolocated the town name automatically (like it does the county name already).
I think the other issue would be if sometjing is equidistant from 2 or 3 towns which one do you pick, and do you allow one persons perception to determine which town is nearest.
I believe Rich @PingSpike has probably developed the Carling of drone “APPs”
I’d say the logical solution would be to select the settlement which you would use to navigate from to access it, or follow road signs etc. to until you get close based on the road/rail network, but you’re not going to get that from automated geolocation, unfortunately.
