Since I've already been fingered I ought to also introduce myself. I'm Etienne (or 80n, or even ATN).<br><br>I discovered OSM in about December 2005 which makes me a bit of a veteran. I'm pretty heavily involved in the project and poke my nose into most things ;)
<br><br>When I visited Sydney in June 2006, the only thing that was mapped was the cycle path around Centennial Park (<a href="http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=-33.89940665017533&lon=151.2350885203688&user=80n&zoom=16&layers=B000F00">
http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=-33.89940665017533&lon=151.2350885203688&user=80n&zoom=16&layers=B000F00</a>). So I thought I'd better get things moving along a bit. I hired a bicycle for the weekend and toured the sites of Sydney with my GPS.
<br><br>It seems to have got things started, and the rest has been all down to you guys.<br><br>I was in Sydney for a flying visit this summer and met up with Brian, which was nice. If I get to visit again I hope I'll be able to meet a few more of you.
<br><br>In the mean time, I'll probably just lurk on the list, but if you need any advice or help, just shout.<br><br>80n<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Cameron Patrick</b>
<<a href="mailto:cameron@patrick.wattle.id.au">cameron@patrick.wattle.id.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Brendan P wrote:<br><br>> I thought that I might jump in and introduce myself with the hope of kicking<br>> off some activity and to get an idea of who else is out there and where.<br><br>Ooh. I'll do the same - the list has about a dozen members now from
<br>various parts of the country (and at least one furriner - hi 80n :-).<br><br>I'm Cameron, from Perth on the left-hand side of the country; some may<br>know me on IRC where I go by the nick 'cameron'. I've been involved
<br>with openstreetmap for a few weeks now, since shortly after buying a<br>GPS. I've done a lot of the main roads around Perth - there was very<br>little there when I began. Now there's nice blocks of white space ready
<br>for people to fill in with roads!<br><br>I also went on a 20,000km drive around Australia with a friend at the<br>start of the year. We have traces recorded on his GPS which I've used<br>to add in the route across the Nullarbor (Perth to Adelaide). I may add
<br>in some other major highways from there too as time and enthusiasm<br>permits. Unfortunately we had the GPS set to the least frequent logging<br>interval so the traces are a bit mediocre - but it's better than a blank
<br>space where a highway or town should be!<br><br>Oh, and yesterday I put up WikiProject Western Australia - currently<br>it's a list of main roads yet to be covered:<br> <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WikiProject_Western_Australia">
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WikiProject_Western_Australia</a><br><br>Cameron<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Talk-au mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Talk-au@openstreetmap.org">Talk-au@openstreetmap.org
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