Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping the unloved and unwashed

2009-02-10 Thread Brian Quinion
Has anyone made any plans for mapping parties for any of the unloved north yet? After cycling up and down the hilly climbs of Sheffield I quite fancy mapping somewhere flat like Lincolnshire :-) I've checked the wiki but didn't notice anything - so are their any unannounced plans in progress?

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping the unloved and unwashed

2009-02-10 Thread Shaun McDonald
Hi Brian, There is nothing prohibiting yourself organising mapping parties. I think the events are few and far between due to the not so great weather at this time of year. Shaun On 10 Feb 2009, at 17:12, Brian Quinion wrote: Has anyone made any plans for mapping parties for any of the

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping the unloved and unwashed

2009-02-10 Thread Brian Quinion
There is nothing prohibiting yourself organising mapping parties. I think the events are few and far between due to the not so great weather at this time of year. Why did I just know that was going to be the response :-) I'll probably be up for trying to organise something for Rotherham or

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping the unloved and unwashed

2009-02-10 Thread Brian Quinion
Should we investigate buying aerial photography for some of these un-loved places which would allow us the capture the base road structure and land-usage prior to any actual visit and speed things up a lot? The photography that Mikel and eye have been sorting out for Gaza Strip is costing $11

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping the unloved and unwashed

2009-02-10 Thread 80n
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Brian Quinion openstreet...@brian.quinion.co.uk wrote: Should we investigate buying aerial photography for some of these un-loved places which would allow us the capture the base road structure and land-usage prior to any actual visit and speed things up a

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-thenorth] Mapping the unloved and unwashed

2009-02-10 Thread Chris Hill
Brian Quinion wrote: Should we investigate buying aerial photography for some of these un-loved places which would allow us the capture the base road structure and land-usage prior to any actual visit and speed things up a lot? The photography that Mikel and eye have been sorting out for Gaza

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-thenorth] Mapping the unloved and unwashed

2009-02-10 Thread Peter Miller
On 10 Feb 2009, at 20:07, Chris Hill wrote: Brian Quinion wrote: Should we investigate buying aerial photography for some of these un-loved places which would allow us the capture the base road structure and land-usage prior to any actual visit and speed things up a lot? The photography

Re: [Talk-GB] London's Shortest Street

2009-02-10 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
In Birmingham we have A B Row, which while not being perhaps the shortest street (though it is exceedingly short) it is the shortest name. However although it currently sits on the map the whole area (Birmingham East Side) is under demolition/redevelopment and so what will happen to one of

Re: [Talk-GB] London's Shortest Street

2009-02-10 Thread David Earl
On 10/02/2009 20:32, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: In Birmingham we have A B Row, which while not being perhaps the shortest street (though it is exceedingly short) it is the shortest name. ... Blaenavon in Gwent also has a set of streets named A Row, B Row etc. David

Re: [Talk-GB] London's Shortest Street

2009-02-10 Thread Christopher Woods
...and York probably wins the prize for the shortest street with the silliest name: http://openstreetmap.org/browse/way/4437062 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma_Gate To be honest, I've always fancied living on either Australia Road, Commonwealth Avenue, India Way, Canada Way