[Talk-GB] London 2012 tourch relay route

Andy Robinson ajrlists at gmail.com
Mon Mar 19 08:42:16 GMT 2012


 From: Tom Hughes [mailto:tom at compton.nu]
> Sent: 19 March 2012 08:33
> To: Andy Robinson
> Cc: Talk-GB at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: London 2012 tourch relay route
> 
> On 19/03/12 08:02, Andy Robinson wrote:
> 
> > You may have seen from news this morning that the torch relay route for
> the
> > 2012 Olympics has been published. PDF's on the BBC website:
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17358291
> >
> > IMO this the type of data that OSM was made for.
> 
> I couldn't disagree more... It's ephemeral noise.
> 
Yep, but like gritting routes OSM is one of the few methods that this type
of information can usefully held and displayed. The data might only be
relevant for a short period in the run-up to the games but it's still in my
view relevant and will have a historical context thereafter.

Cheers
Andy




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