TopCat wrote:Almost all within the disc of the M25. Weird, I thought that was built after the war....

Alan B wrote:I noticed one error where 'Napier Road' in East Ham is said to be in Bekton. It's nowhere near Bekton which is about two or three miles away.
Also, this data has been superimposed on a modern map where roads do not exist where they once were making it historically inaccurate.
I noticed that there are some bombs missing, so it is not complete.

And the oldest Norman church in London (St. Mary Magdalene, East Ham) is not even shown yet they list KFC and fucking McDonalds that did even exist then!

Location data recorded in text form as address. This project has used various automatic geo-coders to link the address field to a British National Grid Coordinate. This method in not infallible and some spurious locations exist and the process introduces error.
An actual measure of accuracy is difficult to obtain but when using the data you must be aware that there are errors in the positioning of the locations where the bombs fell.
For this reason the dataset we have presented is useful for non-commercial and general use but should not be used for any legal purposes.

rplatell wrote:

TopCat wrote:Almost all within the disc of the M25. Weird, I thought that was built after the war....

That's because the study area was limited to (present day) Greater London, which is roughly bounded by the M25. Many other parts of the country were of course bombed as well, but have not been included in this project.