[Talk-GB] OS DG Vanessa Lawrence on the Future of mapping

SteveC steve at asklater.com
Sat Jan 23 10:06:00 GMT 2010


nice, can anyone do it?

On Jan 23, 2010, at 2:29 AM, Nick Austin wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:43 AM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Jan 21, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Robert Scott wrote:
>> 
>>> Perhaps it would be good to downplay Haiti, as it could give her a handle to say 'Of course projects like that are great for situations like Haiti but when it comes to real mapping...' allowing her to appear 'up with the new trend'.
>> 
>> which is basically reasonable, it's not the OS' job to map Haiti
>> 
>> perhaps some maps of the venue, or Southampton?
> 
> How about where the new Ordnance Survey offices are being built:
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.93761&lon=-1.47093&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF
> 
> OSM may well have been the first with an online map of the building
> and access road.  The roundabout to the South and nearby cycle path
> are also new features.
> 
> Nick.
> 
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Yours &c.

Steve





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