[OSM-talk] [Party] Spring and summer UK countryside mapping parties

[80n]

Nick
The Southwest Surrey Mapping Party idea would work for me, but April 5/6
wouldn't.  That's the start of school holidays so I'll probably be away at
that time.

80n


On Jan 4, 2008 10:58 AM, Nick Whitelegg <nick at hogweed.org> wrote:

>
> Well, it's that time of year again I guess where our thoughts turn
> thoroughly
> to the upcoming spring and summer, and I'd like to suggest a couple of UK
> outdoors-orientated mapping parties.
>
> 1. The Southwest Surrey Mapping Party, or "Fill The Gap III" (following on
> from  Richmond and East Hants). At the moment there exists a gap of about
> 10
> miles between the SW London/Guildford well-mapped area and the
> Haslemere-Petersfield-Midhurst triangle (the original home of Freemap).
> I'd
> like to propose a mapping party to close that gap, pencilling in the
> weekend
> of April 5/6 (two weeks after Easter). Like the East Hants party this will
> be
> countryside orientated (foot/off-road bike/horse???), the aim is to try
> and
> complete as much of the footpath network along the
> Haslemere/Hindhead-Guildford axis as possible, but there will be scope for
> car drivers (e.g. Godalming, complete Haslemere). If this gap is filled we
> will have a swathe of good mapping stretching from London all the way down
> to
> the New Forest, almost 100 miles.
>
> 2. A mountain-area mapping party, following up to the Lake District party
> last
> July,  I'd like to suggest a couple of options:
>
> * either return to the Lake District and cover the west side
> (Wasdale/Scafell
> Pike/Great Gable/Buttermere, etc - currently not mapped at all),
> * central Snowdonia. Some Snowdon paths are mapped but there's still
> plenty of
> gaps.
>
> Please let me know any preference (or other suggestions). This will be
> sometime between June 15-July 15, I want to avoid the school holidays as
> the
> Lake District was surprisingly (and pleasantly) quiet last year in early
> July
> so this seems to be a good time to go. More details when I know about work
> commitments.
>
> Nick
>
>
>
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