[Talk-GB] London Olympics - Was: Mapping the unloved and unwashed

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Dave Stubbs wrote:
>Sent: 12 December 2008 9:52 AM
>To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
>Cc: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping the unloved and unwashed
>
>2008/12/11 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) <ajrlists at googlemail.com>:
>> A quick scoot around our green and pleasant land reveals a number of
>really
>> unloved places (Why are so many in Lincolnshire!). We need ideas on how
>to
>> get these places on the map, whether it be motivating the natives or
>sending
>> in the OSM swat teams to raise the profile. I'd like to hear your crazy
>as
>> well as sensible ideas :-)
>>
>> Weymouth
>
>
>Get Yahoo! to invest what little money they have left in some
>satellite imagery for Weymouth. They might just get convinced if you
>point out it's an Olympic venue for 2012. :-)
>
>Dave
>


Which brings us to another point. We have nearly 4 years to map all the
Olympic venues. The basis of what we have achieved in the last 4 years its
almost certain we will have them all covered, but it might be a good idea to
start a wiki page that lists them all so that locals can focus on what the
map needs to show for the Olympic visitors. We have a real opportunity to be
a streak ahead of the pack here.

Here's a stub:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/London_Olympics_Venues

Cheers

Andy