[Talk-GB] Gibraltar - Mapping Party?

[Andy Robinson]

Roger Bamkin, prior chair of Wikimedia UK board and following a prompt from
Andy Mabbett, has sent me an email asking if OSMer's would be interested in
a mapping party based in Gibraltar where he has links to the Government. He
was suggesting November but I'm thinking that's too soon and something next
year would be more logical if there was enough interest. He indicated that
basic accommodation in an old fort might be available free of charge so the
main cost would be airfare. Roger's interest is in improving the link
between Wikipedia articles and OSM mapping, they have some sort of contract
with the Government on that.

Gibraltar itself looks fairly well mapped but across the border in Spain it
looks like there is plenty to do and North Africa is a short journey away
where there are more opportunities.

I've pointed out to Roger that the OSM community in the UK may not be large
enough to draw from but if folks are interested we can widen it out to see
if there are others who might be interested in a more international
get-together.

Anyway, I'll come back with more once I catch up with Roger. In the
meantime, would this idea float anyone's boat?

Cheers
Andy