[OSM-talk] Cambridge complete!

[David Groom]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Earl" <david at frankieandshadow.com>
To: "OSM" <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 10:20 AM
Subject: [OSM-talk] Cambridge complete!


>I am very pleased to be able to say that the City of Cambridge (UK) is now
> comletely mapped (all street names, cycleways, key footways, amenities 
> etc,
> E&OE). (The osmarender version of the online map seems to reflect the most
> recent changes).
>
> I did about 98% of it over the last 3 months: I've cycled every street in
> the City, around 1,200 km I estimate, since October, including some of the
> outlying areas (various bits of the hinterland is my next goal).
>
> I'm rather pround of this achievement. I was thinking I might do a press
> release to the local media. Is this something I'm allowed to do? Is this 
> OK?
> Would I be stepping on any toes? Is there anything in terms of
> "representing" OSM I should steer clear of? Is it OK to use the OSM logo 
> on
> a letterhead?
>
> Secondly, I thought I might produce a poster size printed map of the City 
> if
> I did that. Is there a way to get selected high-res tiles out as images so 
> I
> can stitch them together into a much larger version than you would 
> normally
> get in a browser?
>
> David
>
>
>

David

Congratulations on your achievement, well worth a press release.

Is this the first UK city to be completed?

It will be interesting to see how you get one with producing a poster.

David Groom