[Talk-gb-midanglia] King's Lynn mapping party?

[Simon Daw]

I'd like to be able to help at some point, though Kings Lynn is slightly
distant for me (I'm in north Essex), and unfortunately June is out (I'm a
teacher, and June = reports).

I'd be especially keen to help with Sudbury; it's very local to me, and I've
been chipping away with odd little bits from time to time, as I pass
through. I just haven't had the time to tackle the whole town head-on. It is
looking very sad though, and desperately needs doing. It really needs
tackling in conjunction with Great Cornard, which I believe more than
doubles the population. However, they are pretty seamless, and doing one
without the other would be a shame.

Simon

2009/5/7 David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com>

> Would people be interested in a mapping party for Kings Lynn for a
> Saturday in June and if so, which - 6, 13, 20 or 27th?
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> The street layout has already mostly been put in place, though as we've
> discussed on this list before by what means we aren't quite sure:
> possibly personal aerial photography. But it is largely devoid of street
> names and POIs, so though it may look mapped at a distance, it really
> isn't to any degree of usefulness.
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> King's Lynn is in West Norfolk at the south east corner of the Wash, here:
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> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.754999999999995&lon=0.397&zoom=11&layers=B000FTFTT&mlat=52.75891&mlon=0.39835
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> It's around 37,000 people, so is a tad smaller than Bury St Edmunds, so
> it might take 0=9 or 10 of us to complete it in a day. There's the
> Wootons to the north as well.
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> It's the terminus of the rail line due north from Ely, so is accessible
> by bike with suitable connections from most of East Anglia, about 50
> minutes from Cambridge.
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> Other larger places with very little mapping which might benefit from
> mapping parties:
> - Thetford (22,000; Norwich - Ely line)
> - Wisbech (21,000; nearest station, March, 8 miles)
> - Sudbury (13,000; hard to get to by rail except from Colchester)
> - Sheringham (7,000; end of the line from Norwich)
> - Diss (7,000; on the Ipswich to Norwich line)
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> David
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