[OSM-talk] OSM Southern England events

[David Groom]

August a busy time for me, so regretfully wont be able to make these events.

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Whitelegg" <nick at hogweed.org>
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Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 1:50 PM
Subject: [OSM-talk] OSM Southern England events


>
> In an attempt to get the Southern England user group going, I'd like to
> propose a couple of events, one a pub meet and one a mapping with a 
> possibly
> achievable aim if enough people come along: to map all well-used tracks 
> and
> paths in the New Forest.
>
> Firstly the pub meet: the Crown, Southampton sometime in the second half 
> of
> August, probably week of the 21st to give a gap after the party. One of my
> "locals" but fairly central for the region and accessible by public 
> transport
> so seems a good bet.
>
> On to the mapping event: I have already mapped a significant part of the 
> New
> Forest myself, so it's not a start-from-scratch event, but with a 
> concerted
> OSM effort I think it would be possible to get the whole lot done. Being
> off-road it would be aimed at walkers and cyclists.
>
> I was thinking of two separate events, both probably over a weekend: one 
> in
> September (possibly late August) for the open areas of the Forest (of 
> which
> there are many) and one in early November to do the more wooded areas when
> leaf cover won't cause as big an issue with GPS reception, yet early 
> enough
> for the landscape to still look attractive, before the descent into the
> darkness of midwinter. I wasn't thinking so much of as big an event of the
> IoW: more the sort of event where people from the area (or outside) could
> come down for the day. People would also get a Garmin GPS map of the 
> Forest
> in OSM so far which they could use for navigation and to work out which 
> paths
> need doing.
>
> Let me know if interested...
>
> Nick
>
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