Assuming suitable dates, I'm in for this. Shaun
On 2 Oct 2012, at 22:47, "Andy Robinson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Roger Bamkin, prior chair of Wikimedia UK board and following a prompt from > Andy Mabbett, has sent me an email asking if OSMer's would be interested in > a mapping party based in Gibraltar where he has links to the Government. He > was suggesting November but I'm thinking that's too soon and something next > year would be more logical if there was enough interest. He indicated that > basic accommodation in an old fort might be available free of charge so the > main cost would be airfare. Roger's interest is in improving the link > between Wikipedia articles and OSM mapping, they have some sort of contract > with the Government on that. > > Gibraltar itself looks fairly well mapped but across the border in Spain it > looks like there is plenty to do and North Africa is a short journey away > where there are more opportunities. > > I've pointed out to Roger that the OSM community in the UK may not be large > enough to draw from but if folks are interested we can widen it out to see > if there are others who might be interested in a more international > get-together. > > Anyway, I'll come back with more once I catch up with Roger. In the > meantime, would this idea float anyone's boat? > > Cheers > Andy > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
