[OSM-talk] Lake District Mapping Week

[Nick Whitelegg]

Following on from my post on countryside mapping events this year, I'd 
like to start the ball rolling for one possible event: the Lake District 
Mapping Week. The idea of this week will be to try and map a significant 
amount of one of the most popular walking areas in England, an event which 
could generate significant interest from UK walkers.

Wiki page started at:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Lake_District_Mapping_Week

I've suggested two possible weeks: June 17-23 or July 22-28. The earlier 
one has the advantages of not being peak holiday season (less 
busy/cheaper?) but the later one is perhaps more likely to coincide with 
work holidays. That said, the aim is to run weekend-weekend so if people 
are unable to take time off work they could come one or both weekends.

One question relates to accommodation. One option would be for me to rent 
a cottage as per the IoW, but I'd need to be sure quite a few people were 
coming to avoid being landed with a huge bill :-) The other option would 
be for people to make their own arrangements for accommodation - would 
people be happy with that? Likely base is the Langdale/Grasmere area (easy 
access to both high/low level stuff)

Nick