[talk-au] 'Break in' the list

80n 80n80n at gmail.com
Mon Jul 23 12:14:11 BST 2007


Since I've already been fingered I ought to also introduce myself.  I'm
Etienne (or 80n, or even ATN).

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
;)

When I visited Sydney in June 2006, the only thing that was mapped was the
cycle path around Centennial Park (
http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=-33.89940665017533&lon=151.2350885203688&user=80n&zoom=16&layers=B000F00).
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.

It seems to have got things started, and the rest has been all down to you
guys.

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.

In the mean time, I'll probably just lurk on the list, but if you need any
advice or help, just shout.

80n

On 7/23/07, Cameron Patrick <cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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