[Talk-GB] 10th Anniversary Rutland Mapping Party?

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I would think late Spring/early Summer are suitable times (after university
exams).

I think many people camped at Oakham last time around, so warmer months
with longer daylight seem sensible for that reason as well. There are B&Bs
and a limited number of cheaper hotels (a Travelodge near Uppingham, a
Premier Inn at Melton and, just possibly, a new budget hotel in Oakham).

My rough idea would be:

   - Week before: MapCraft or Tasking Manager armchair mapping (buildings,
   woods, hedgerows etc)
   - Friday afternoon: footpath mapping (for those interested)
   - Friday evening: social get together
   - Saturday: mainly mapping outside the towns: details of villages,
   footpaths.
   - Sunday: more villages, but a focus on getting Oakham & Uppingham done

It would be nice if we could link up with local people in some villages on
the Saturday to get more local context; and perhaps some kind of public
event in either Oakham or Uppingham.

General targets might include:

   - Details of PRoW (stiles, gates etc are missing on many in the county)
   - Listed buildings (many churches don't even have a religion tag)
   - New developments, notably Oakham Heights 1100 new houses being built
   on the old Agricultural Showground at Oakham
   - Countryside detail: hedges, streams, woods etc.
   - Addresses in Oakham & Uppingham
   - Mapillary sequences, particularly of footpaths & country roads.
   - Disabled & wheelchair access for pubs (do we need an excuse?)

But, critically what Rutland needs most of all is comprehensive revision.
Adjacent areas of Leicestershire & Lincs may be usefully covered as well.

Last time I think people used the Rutland County Library as a base. Other
possibilities might be feasible (County Museum, one of the private
schools).

Andy & RIchard generated a fair amount of media interest 10 years ago, so
this is also something we should aim to emulate.

I'll start a page on the wiki shortly, and perhaps will do a doodle poll to
assess which weekend is most suitable.

Cheers,

Jerry

On 1 September 2015 at 10:28, Nick Whitelegg <nick.whitelegg at solent.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Yes, it's been a number of years! Think the last one was Wales wasn't it
> in 2008... which I missed due to being on holiday.
> Would be really good to have another but definitely (as I said before) in
> the lighter months of the year.
>
> Nick
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Steve Chilton <s.l.chilton at mdx.ac.uk>
> Sent: 01 September 2015 10:19
> To: Philip Barnes; talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] 10th Anniversary Rutland Mapping Party?
>
> It would be great to have another significant out-and-about UK mapping
> party, I'd be up for it.
>
> Steve
>
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