[Talk-GB] MK mapping party

Chris Fleming me at chrisfleming.org
Tue May 19 10:47:53 BST 2009


On 18/05/09 11:06, Andy Allan wrote:
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
> <ajrlists at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> I'm expecting to organise another 6 parties through the rest of this year so
>> people's preference for locations please shout up again.
>>      
>
> Scotland! I was just browsing around on z10 (i.e. the last level
> before vmap0 built-up areas disappear) and was somewhat dismayed to
> find that even towns big enough for vmap0 don't even have a place=town
> node in them yet (c.f. Mallaig)! The main cities are progressing, but
> there's lots of areas that could do with some TLC.
>
> South of the M8 - the Ardrossan/Prestwick/Kilmarnok/Ayr/Troon arc,
> Stranraer, Dumfries, Berwick (OK technically that's in England)
> North of the M8 - some places have started but might need some help,
> like Falkrik Stirling and Perth
>    
Agree - most of Scotland needs a lot of work. While the Central belt is 
well covered most places outside of this area need some work, for 
example Inverness and Aberdeen have been fully traced from the yahoo 
imagery; however not much groundwork has been done, and most towns in  
Northeast have barely any coverage. So we need to get more activity 
kickstarted in those area's.

Although sometimes I'm surprised; on as trip up to Killin earlier this 
year I discovered that not only had it been mapped but an article had 
also been written in the local newsletter! (http://twitpic.com/1duux)

It's probably up to those of us living here to get some mapping party's 
up and running to cover these area's.

Cheers
Chris

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