[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Mapping the University of Birmingham

[Ciarán Mooney]

Hi,

It is difficult, but possible. Both me and Christoph have tried to map
bits of the campus.

I found that I had to do it in a half traditional - half technical
manner. The attached picture explains it better.

Each X is a waypoint, taken a distance away from the building in an
area you get better GPS accuracy. And the black box is a building.

You sight along a wall of a building until you are exactly level with
it, take a waypoint and then go to the other side. In JOSM you can
then join the way points, and get a box.

Brian has another way of doing, by using a compass, but I haven't got
a compass, and I'm not sure of the accuracy/distances involved.

Good luck with Birmingham University, I may have a crack at it too in
the next few weeks.

Ciarán
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