[OSM-talk] Woman's Hour on Phyllis Pearsall

[Andy Robinson]

Interesting to hear how close Phyllis's original ideals match with OSM's
today. The technology might be different now but the comment made by her
biographer Sarah Hartley that she thought Phyllis saw maps as "by the
government for the government" is probably nearly as true today as it was
then.

If we ever have need for an OSM award then I think naming it after Phyllis
Pearsall would be a sure and lasting tribute.

Thanks for the link Nick.

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Nick Burch
>Sent: 25 September 2006 1:10 PM
>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-talk] Woman's Hour on Phyllis Pearsall
>
>Hi All
>
>It seems Woman's Hour did a piece on Phyllis Pearsall this morning (she's
>the woman behind the Geographers' A-Z Map Company)
>
>You can listen to it online, and from what I've heard so far is quite
>interesting:
>   http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2006_39_mon.shtml
>
>Anyone want to know how long until Steve gets phonecalls from irate lorry
>drivers like she did? :)
>
>Nick
>
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