[Talk-GB] Announcement: Hull completed

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Awesome work Chris, join the small club of now ex mappers ;-)

Cheers

Andy

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-gb-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Chris Hill
>Sent: 24 December 2008 10:58 AM
>To: Talk GB
>Subject: [Talk-GB] Announcement: Hull completed
>
>I would like to announce that the fine city of Kingston Upon Hull (Hull
>to its friends and 'Ull to its locals) has all its public roads and many
>of its amenities completed.  Almost all of the city was mapped by Jean
>and me by driving or walking around it.  We have taken about 10,000
>photos (my camera rolled its number over about a month ago) and visited
>every single public road in the city.  We've added schools, cemeteries,
>pubs, allotments, parks and some shops all by visiting them with a GPS
>and camera - the Y! images are only lo-res and have been useful only for
>large scale stuff like some railways, waterways and the docks.
>
>We have seen the city in a new light - some of it is run down, but much
>of it is doing very nicely. I have enjoyed the experience greatly
>(though some housing estates have been a bore) and now I look forward to
>helping complete the East Riding of Yorkshire next year.
>
>The latest map is:
>http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.7673&lon=-
>0.3378&zoom=13&layers=0B00FTF
><http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.7673&lon=-
>0.3378&zoom=13&layers=0B00FTF>
>
>Our blog of the experience is:
>http://chris-osm.blogspot.com/ which also is on the planet-osm digest.
>http://blogs.openstreetmap.org/
>
>Cheers,
>Chris
>
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