Hi folks, Since I know that a lot of the SOTM delegates are on this list, please excuse an exceptional intrustion of talk-ie into talk. I know that SOTM isn't a mapping party and I know that spare moments surrounding the conference are most productively spent over beers with other mappers talking strategy rather than out gathering data. That said, for any of you who are planning to arrive early or leave late, let me offer the following thoughts:
Limerick is the gateway to County Clare. Clare is the home of the Burren, Doolin, the Cliffs of Moher and a dozen other items of beauty and tourist significance. So there is plenty of motivation to take a drive around while you're here. It is also the home of some of the very few (small) gaps in the Irish National Road network, or rather, in the OSM coverage of the network. So if anybody is planning of being a tourist while here, make sure to log while you do it, and feel very free to go driving in the areas identified as missing at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WikiProject_Ireland#National_Roads (Particularly N18 Ennis bypass, N67 at Kilkee, both ends of the N68 and the Ennis end of the N85) http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.757&lon=-9.269&zoom=11&layers=0B0FTF For those of you more drawn towards County Kerry, the precise routing of the national network in Tralee town is also in need of a proper survey. N21, N69, N70 and N86 all meet here in ways not yet properly mapped. I hope to cover at least the N18 and Ennis elements of what's named above. See you all at SOTM Dermot PS: Although the Kilmurry Lodge is claiming to be sold out, I was lucky enough to find a room today through ebookers - maybe they have more. -- -------------------------------------- Iren sind menschlich _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk