Last Sunday I headed out to map the new Waitrose and John Lewis at Home stores in Ipswich that recently opened. I also took a look at what the cycling facilities of the new store were like and got them mapped into OpenStreetMap. The building outlines were in OSM already, as were the roads that… Continue reading Lack of cycle parking at the new Ipswich Waitrose & John Lewis at Home stores
Author: smsm1986
Fix for being unable to connect to devices on Sky FTTC router
I’ve recently upgraded from Sky’s ADSL2+ product to their Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) internet package. This has a dramatically improved data speed from about 4Mb/sec downstream and 0.4-0.6 Mb/sec upstream, to just under 40 Mb/sec down and 10 Mb/sec upstream. After the new router and BT Openreach modem had been installed I found that… Continue reading Fix for being unable to connect to devices on Sky FTTC router
My Talk at State of the Map Scotland 2012
This year at State of the Map Scotland 2012 I spoke about the ITO Map tool to highlight the more detailed OpenStreetMap data available, which generally isn’t shown on maps. I’ve mentioned a few other services that I find interesting that maybe aren’t so well known. This blog post is a summary of that talk.… Continue reading My Talk at State of the Map Scotland 2012
A Dip in the River Gipping
Unfortunately I can’t say that I’ve managed to get distracted by something and end up cycling into the river. Sorry to disappoint. On Sunday afternoon, I went for a cycle ride with my girlfriend, Andrea out along the River Gipping following the river as closely as possible. We got some of the way out, then… Continue reading A Dip in the River Gipping
Time for Rowntree’s Randoms story….
Since I’m on a train and had a limited choice of sweets, I thought I’d make a little Rowntree’s Randoms story. Here’s the story I made based on the order of the items that came out the packet: There once was a pink headed tortoise who went fishing with the help of his whistle to… Continue reading Time for Rowntree’s Randoms story….
Barnet Great Divide Ride Review
Last Sunday I went on the Barnet Great Divide Ride in North London. The roads up there do seem to be scarier than what I’m used to for London. As an experienced cyclist, I was glad that I was in the middle of a big group of 80 people on bicycles and not cycling through… Continue reading Barnet Great Divide Ride Review
OpenStreetMap UCL mapping party
On the afternoon of Friday 2nd March I was at the UCL mapping party for the MSc students on a development planning course. In a similar style to Andy Allan on various previous occasions, I found it pretty interesting to see the various issues that the students came across when starting to use OpenStreetMap data… Continue reading OpenStreetMap UCL mapping party
2012 New Year Fireworks in London
Last night I went to the centre of London near the South Bank to watch the fireworks for the New Year celebrations. In the past I have taken lots of photos of the fireworks, so this year I decided to try some video instead. When started using my camcorder, a Canon LEGRIA HF M32, I… Continue reading 2012 New Year Fireworks in London
Dinner tonight
Dinner tonight, a photo by smsm1 on Flickr. Dinner tonight
Went into one of my jacket pockets that I’ve not been in in ages and found some #openstreetmap stickers that I thought I’d run out of…
Went into one of my jacket pockets that I’ve not been in in ages and found some #openstreetmap stickers that I thought I’d run out of…, a photo by smsm1 on Flickr. Went into one of my jacket pockets that I’ve not been in in ages and found some #openstreetmap stickers that I thought I’d… Continue reading Went into one of my jacket pockets that I’ve not been in in ages and found some #openstreetmap stickers that I thought I’d run out of…