Not sure I can come along to this one but will text you, Andy, on the day. I'll see if I can get a decent picture of the new St. Chad's Circus when I'm in one of the buildings for my driving theory test on Friday. Floor 18 so should be high enough. :)
Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: > Mike Paley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Sent: 26 February 2008 3:38 PM >> To: Andy Robinson (blackadder) >> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] reminder: 2nd Birmingham Micro Mapping Event - >> Inside theRingroad - Sunday 2nd March >> >> Hi Andy, >> >>> The 2nd Birmingham Micro Mapping Event - Inside the Ringroad - which >> follows >>> on from the success of the first one a month ago, is scheduled for this >>> Sunday morning 2nd March starting at 9:00am (meeting at Millennium >> Point). >> A >>> morning of mapping fun for all, no GPS required. We'll reconvene in one >> of >>> the local hostelries at lunchtime :-) >>> >> Which one ? >> > > We usually decide that when everyone is there. Last time we simply wandered > into one of the eateries by the canal at Brindley Place. This time I'm sure > we will do something similar on the east side or around Aston University > (Sack or Potatoes or something perhaps). Communicating via mobile phone on > the day makes it all very easy and relaxed. > >> How many people turn up to these 'events' ? > > Varies a great deal. Last time for the Sunday morning there were 4 of us. > >> What do you do ? (especially without a GPS receiver ?) > > Later this week I will upload the data from some out-of-copyright mapping > for the target area. It's just the street alignments. On the Sunday we > gather the names of the streets, locations and extents of the major landuse > areas and add in all the other interesting stuff. Those with GPS receivers > get those new streets and changes of configuration etc. Usually we carve up > an area to avoid too many overlaps. > >> What area do you anticipate covering in the morning ? > > Again it depends on numbers. I'd expect to complete the area around Aston > University and around to the A34 in the north and around to A41 in the > south. All inside the middle ringroad. Some of the area is partly done > already. Anyone is of course quite at liberty to map elsewhere if they wish > too. Its all got to be done this year :-) > >> Mike (curious!). >> > > Hope we'll see you? It's very relaxed and a lot of fun and I always find a > lot of new things I never knew about the area. > > Cheers > > Andy > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Cheers, Tom - www.tracktwo.com _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
