David Groom wrote: >Sent: 04 January 2008 2:23 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Spring and summer UK countryside mapping >parties > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Nick Whitelegg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 10:58 AM >Subject: [OSM-talk] Spring and summer UK countryside mapping parties > > >> >> Well, it's that time of year again I guess where our thoughts turn >> thoroughly >> to the upcoming spring and summer, and I'd like to suggest a couple of UK >> outdoors-orientated mapping parties. >> >> 1. The Southwest Surrey Mapping Party, or "Fill The Gap III" (following >on >> from Richmond and East Hants). At the moment there exists a gap of about >> 10 >> miles between the SW London/Guildford well-mapped area and the >> Haslemere-Petersfield-Midhurst triangle (the original home of Freemap). >> I'd >> like to propose a mapping party to close that gap, pencilling in the >> weekend >> of April 5/6 (two weeks after Easter). Like the East Hants party this >will >> be >> countryside orientated (foot/off-road bike/horse???), the aim is to try >> and >> complete as much of the footpath network along the >> Haslemere/Hindhead-Guildford axis as possible, but there will be scope >for >> car drivers (e.g. Godalming, complete Haslemere). If this gap is filled >we >> will have a swathe of good mapping stretching from London all the way >down >> to >> the New Forest, almost 100 miles. >> >> 2. A mountain-area mapping party, following up to the Lake District party >> last >> July, I'd like to suggest a couple of options: >> >> * either return to the Lake District and cover the west side >> (Wasdale/Scafell >> Pike/Great Gable/Buttermere, etc - currently not mapped at all), >> * central Snowdonia. Some Snowdon paths are mapped but there's still >> plenty of >> gaps. >> >> Please let me know any preference (or other suggestions).> > >Wasn't there some town up north which had out of dates maps and it was >suggested we might map it. Unfortunately I cant remember its name at >present. > >David
That was Chorley?: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2006-August/006341.html Cheers Andy _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb
