Ed Loach wrote: >Sent: 18 May 2009 8:57 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Talk-GB] MK mapping party > >It's "kick self" time. I know some people who live in Milton Keynes that I >invited to join us, but they couldn't as they were due to leave for holiday >last Friday. What I forgot to do is look up where in MK they live before >the weekend so I could map their area for them, and I think they live just >in cake slice 28 near the border with 29 and I don't think anyone did that >bit (having shaded in my cake map based on the section about traces that >has appeared at the top of the wiki page). >http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MK_Mapping_Party > >Perhaps I'll just have to find an excuse to visit them... > >Looking at the "UK mapping priorities" page which has been updated >recently, http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Mapping_Priorities >I suspect Telford is another large "new town" that could do with a party >organising. Cannock has a higher score and is even less complete, but from >what I remember of the town it is fairly small so would perhaps form a >first day of a two town mapping weekend, if there is another nearby that >also needs some work. Perhaps stretch the area out towards Chasetown, or >outwards to Hednesford/Cheslyn Hay. I could attend either (coordinating it >with a visit to parents in Wolverhampton) so long as I've not already got >something booked (which assuming we try not to clash mapping parties within >the UK or with state of the map means August earliest, it seems).
Telford is definitely needing to be hit. Cannock and its surrounding area we can probably leave to us Midlands folks as some of it will get ticked off as part of the wider Black Country work. I'll probably complete Lichfield this year too. Stoke needs work but a party will probably happen there in July, watch the wiki for that. Northampton is another location needing urgent love. I'm expecting to organise another 6 parties through the rest of this year so people's preference for locations please shout up again. A couple of areas that still sit on my list from last year are the South West (perhaps Cornwall) and Lincolnshire for the cyclists. I also thought a Mapping Day (UK or world wide?) with everyone converging on a hill in the peak district might be a fun thing to do. Other places I think need some help include the M65 corridor (Blackburn and Burnley) Dudley (part of the Black Country push) Plymouth (Has Y! but needs love) West Manchester (Eccles!) What is clear is that if we get the numbers up towards 20 each time then we really do get a lot done. Cheers Andy > >Ed > > > >_______________________________________________ >Talk-GB mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
