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This is very cool, though I was intrigued nowhere in the central Highlands is covered (or the entire Isle of Skye, which is accessible by pedestrians from the m
by petercooper 10y ago
This is very cool, though I was intrigued nowhere in the central Highlands is covered (or the entire Isle of Skye, which is accessible by pedestrians from the mainland) as there are many pubs there, including those listed on the Pubs Galore site used as the dataset, such as http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/51660/ http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/51660/ (or, say, the four listed in Mallaig, also not reached on the route at all).
- maaarghk 10y agoI wouldn't want to walk the A830! But yes, it is surprising. My immediate reaction in Skye's case was that it would be because Google Maps only suggests the route via the ferry, but I noticed those are included to the Isle of Man, so who knows what the deal is there. Edit: also, if you are gonna go to Eriskay you might as well take the ferry to Barra and go to the Castlebay Bar to watch the Vatersay Boys ;)
- lrem 10y agoFrom the data description: For our data set, we pruned the full list. First, based on names, we removed establishments that seemed more like restaurants than public houses. So TGI Friday's was out and the The Plough and Horses was in. Second, we took only the first location of pubs that had a number of branches in the same town. Third, we removed any pub that was marked as permanently closed by the members of Pubs Galore. Finally, we removed several pubs that could not be reached by foot, such as those located in airport terminals.