Steve - are there any more details / photos etc about this? Nick
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Andy Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll give my public thanks to Steve here, not only for collecting the > award but also for the original mapnik layer on which the cycle map > was originally based. > > And of course, the thousands of people who have contributed directly > or indirectly to the map itself, which would be a bit barren > otherwise! > > Cheers, > Andy > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Steve Chilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Opencyclemap has received a Commended Award in the British Cartographic >> Society annual awards. It was in the Avenza-sponsored Electronic Mapping >> category. Last night I was a guest of the BCS at their annual gala dinner >> and accepted the award on behalf of Andy Allan, who was not able to be >> there. Andy and I had put the application together, carefully ensuring we >> met the criteria of the awards, and providing full details of the gestation >> and generation of the project. We were in a category against some >> heavyweight commercial entries, as you may see when the full results are >> available. This is fantastic recognition from peer cartographers of the >> excellence of this particular use of OSM data. So, congratulations to Andy, >> and all others who have had input to this particular development. A photo of >> the presentation and the actual citation will be put up on the blog as soon >> as it is available and full details of the awards and the winners will be >> linked from there too. >> >> Cheers >> STEVE >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Nick Black -------------------------------- http://www.blacksworld.net _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
