I would think late Spring/early Summer are suitable times (after university exams).
I think many people camped at Oakham last time around, so warmer months with longer daylight seem sensible for that reason as well. There are B&Bs and a limited number of cheaper hotels (a Travelodge near Uppingham, a Premier Inn at Melton and, just possibly, a new budget hotel in Oakham). My rough idea would be: - Week before: MapCraft or Tasking Manager armchair mapping (buildings, woods, hedgerows etc) - Friday afternoon: footpath mapping (for those interested) - Friday evening: social get together - Saturday: mainly mapping outside the towns: details of villages, footpaths. - Sunday: more villages, but a focus on getting Oakham & Uppingham done It would be nice if we could link up with local people in some villages on the Saturday to get more local context; and perhaps some kind of public event in either Oakham or Uppingham. General targets might include: - Details of PRoW (stiles, gates etc are missing on many in the county) - Listed buildings (many churches don't even have a religion tag) - New developments, notably Oakham Heights 1100 new houses being built on the old Agricultural Showground at Oakham - Countryside detail: hedges, streams, woods etc. - Addresses in Oakham & Uppingham - Mapillary sequences, particularly of footpaths & country roads. - Disabled & wheelchair access for pubs (do we need an excuse?) But, critically what Rutland needs most of all is comprehensive revision. Adjacent areas of Leicestershire & Lincs may be usefully covered as well. Last time I think people used the Rutland County Library as a base. Other possibilities might be feasible (County Museum, one of the private schools). Andy & RIchard generated a fair amount of media interest 10 years ago, so this is also something we should aim to emulate. I'll start a page on the wiki shortly, and perhaps will do a doodle poll to assess which weekend is most suitable. Cheers, Jerry On 1 September 2015 at 10:28, Nick Whitelegg <nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk> wrote: > Yes, it's been a number of years! Think the last one was Wales wasn't it > in 2008... which I missed due to being on holiday. > Would be really good to have another but definitely (as I said before) in > the lighter months of the year. > > Nick > > ________________________________________ > From: Steve Chilton <s.l.chil...@mdx.ac.uk> > Sent: 01 September 2015 10:19 > To: Philip Barnes; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] 10th Anniversary Rutland Mapping Party? > > It would be great to have another significant out-and-about UK mapping > party, I'd be up for it. > > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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