[Talk-GB] London 2012 tourch relay route

Lester Caine lester at lsces.co.uk
Mon Mar 19 09:15:29 GMT 2012


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.

Definitely ...

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