Category Archives: OpenStreetMap

Bristol – Newbury Cycle ride

Posted on September 6, 2009 by smsm1986

Last Sunday (30/8/09) Simon Hewison and myself took the first train from London Paddington to Bristol at the fairly early time of 8am considering that we had to cycle across London first. We had purchased advanced fare tickets which were … Continue reading →

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New OpenStreetMap Tile Server unpacking

Posted on August 24, 2009 by smsm1986

As part of the OpenStreetMap Server upgrades this month, I witnessed the unpacking of the new tile server on Friday, and have some photos for you. Matt carefully opening the box: Matt reading through the manual, that comes in the … Continue reading →

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The Crap-O-Surface Detector

Posted on April 1, 2009 by smsm1986

Even in this day and age, the roads the general public cycle on are riddled with potholes, speed humps falling over themselves, or general unevenness around man hole covers and drains. I’m fed up with having to look at the … Continue reading →

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GLLUG Mapping Party

Posted on March 29, 2009 by smsm1986

Yesterday I presented to the Greater London Linux User Group (GLLUG) how to edit the OpenStreetMap data, with a short field trip. Apart from running a little late, I think it went fairly well with some good participation from the … Continue reading →

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Cycling: London to Dover via Margate and Ramsgate

Posted on March 2, 2009 by smsm1986

Yesterday (Saturday) I done one of my rather large February cycles. I didn’t go quite as far as last year’s 150 mile cycle, though I still done more than the 70-100 miles I was anticipating doing. In total it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, London, Maps, mobile, OpenStreetMap | 3 Comments

SOTM2009 Countdown Dashboard Widget

Posted on February 23, 2009 by smsm1986

[For the Mac OS X users, who are going to this year's State of the Map] I have updated the Dashboard widget I created last year for this years conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I’ve added a donate button on … Continue reading →

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New Year cycling

Posted on January 4, 2009 by smsm1986

With the extra eating over Christmas, I’ve started out on my (evening) cycling again. On the 1st of January I headed out East and got to Rochester before getting on the train home. On the way near to Ebbsfleet International … Continue reading →

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Weihnachten 2008 in Deutschland

Posted on January 1, 2009 by smsm1986

This year for Christmas I went over to Germany to see some family I haven’t seen for 11 years. I really should learn some more German, so that I can speak with my grandmother, rather than needing my cousin, to … Continue reading →

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Review OpenStreetMap South Bank Meetup

Posted on December 13, 2008 by smsm1986

Last Wednesday there was an OpenStreetMap meetup in London on the South Bank. In all there was 15 people there. It was an interesting evening because there was many new faces, most of whom were developers using OpenStreetMap data in some … Continue reading →

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OpenStreetMap is at Linux Expo Live in Olympia, London

Posted on October 23, 2008 by smsm1986

Linux Expo Live is an event being held in Olympia to showcase the latest software for Linux. This year the event has been combined with Mac Expo Live and Creative Pro. OpenStreetMap has a stand there, so drop by and … Continue reading →

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