[Talk-GB] 1st Birmingham Mico Mapping Event - Inside the Ringroad

[Andy Robinson (blackadder)]

Christopher Woods wrote:
>Sent: 03 February 2008 7:46 PM
>To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] 1st Birmingham Mico Mapping Event - Inside the
>Ringroad
>
>> Ah, I've done there!
>>
>> As you're so close, and in an area I've surveyed, would you
>> mind checking I've got everything right? I know there's one
>> or two roads that look joined when rendered but have a load
>> of bollards at the junction.
>> Just needs moving slightly, I guess.
>>
>> I guess we're going to have to fight over who gets the
>> Persimmon development mapped first!
>
>Doubt you'll have much of a fight on your hands. ;) My competitiveness to
>exit the relatively safe confines of my house usually depends on whether
>it's warm weather or not :P
>
>
>Good to meet you today mate! And likewise, Andy and Alex. I'm gonna have a
>tinker with JOSM in a little while, right after I fix my phone (updating it
>to WinMo6... Because well, I can. Needs fixing anyway.)
>
>The other PDA didn't run out of battery either! I left it sitting on the
>table for an hour after I got back, with the bluetooth still on - had about
>23% battery left. Think I'll use it permanently from now on, it's pretty
>rock solid. (the 25 minutes using my other phone as a bluetooth modem ran
>it
>down to 20% battery though! Haha)
>
>Thanks also guys for your top tips on JOSM, I feel confident enough to
>actually UPload the edits I make now! :)
>

Chris,

Thanks for coming out. Looks like these micro mapping events are going to be
the way forward for a lot of places.

If you need help on editing may I suggest you drop into the osm irc channel
and ask away. Plenty of JOSM and Potlatch users there to help you get up to
speed.

Cheers

Andy