CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
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NEW interactive maps from the National Library of Scotland (NLS) detail the stark changes to Scotland’s landscape over the last 80 years
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http://www.scotsman.com/news/new-maps-reveal-scotland-s-forest-fightback-since-1930s-1-4010900
Can be used with other background maps (and Bing satellite view) with slider to show both at different opacities.
http://maps.nls.uk/projects/landuse/index.html#zoom=8&lat=55.6962&lon=-4.4000
See, I've got a day off today and had plans to do things but now that's ruined.
This forum is dangerous.
It'll be fine soon so you'll be able to go for a nice ride.
Maybe take a portable device to a cafe with free wifi (eg the one in Roseburn that isn't the RC).
Thankfully the technical geniuses at work have blocked javascript on the only browser we have access to that isn't an ancient copy of IE, so I can't access that at lunch. This evening is sorted however.
The loss of arable land within the City Bypass is quite noticeable. If the Bypass has done something, it appears to have acted like a block to development on its outside.
Also notable is suburban sprawl eating up formerly agricultural land, resulting in former moor/heath being turned into agricultural land. Just look at southern Fife for an idea of the sheer scale of the change. Also more positively, a lot more forest and woodland around.
Most of the arable land inside would have gone before the bypass was constructed. But yes, other than around Straiton, it does seem to have become a line in the sand. Erm, or grass.
"If the Bypass has done something, it appears to have acted like a block to development on its outside."
Remains to be seen how long that lasts - especially when the various plans for more housing on the Edinburgh side are underway/finished.
Current include more around the Burdiehouse lime kilns, some on the west side of the main road at Broomhills, plus lots between Drum and the P'n'R.
Plenty of scope for more 'active travel' infrastructure - it remains to be seen how much the planners will insist on.
At least there will be a new link between Burdiehouse Village and the Mortonhall Estate, useful if you want to follow Burdiehouse Burn up stream.
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