[talk-au] 'Break in' the list

[Cameron Patrick]

Brendan P wrote:

> I thought that I might jump in and introduce myself with the hope of kicking 
> off some activity and to get an idea of who else is out there and where.

Ooh.  I'll do the same - the list has about a dozen members now from
various parts of the country (and at least one furriner - hi 80n :-).

I'm Cameron, from Perth on the left-hand side of the country; some may
know me on IRC where I go by the nick 'cameron'.  I've been involved
with openstreetmap for a few weeks now, since shortly after buying a
GPS.  I've done a lot of the main roads around Perth - there was very
little there when I began.  Now there's nice blocks of white space ready
for people to fill in with roads!

I also went on a 20,000km drive around Australia with a friend at the
start of the year.  We have traces recorded on his GPS which I've used
to add in the route across the Nullarbor (Perth to Adelaide).  I may add
in some other major highways from there too as time and enthusiasm
permits.  Unfortunately we had the GPS set to the least frequent logging
interval so the traces are a bit mediocre - but it's better than a blank
space where a highway or town should be!

Oh, and yesterday I put up WikiProject Western Australia - currently
it's a list of main roads yet to be covered:
        http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WikiProject_Western_Australia

Cameron