My Presentation at State of the Map 2008

I’m currently at SOTM2008 in Limerick, Ireland. Just done my Lightening Presentation about the London Mapping Marathon. I have uploaded my lightening talk presentation to SlideShare.com. I have been twittering the events of the conference as they happen. I completely forgot to mention that CloudMade are providing no-names map tiles for the whole world. London… Continue reading My Presentation at State of the Map 2008

OpenStreetMap: Edinburgh Mapping Party Review

Last weekend’s Edinburgh Mapping Party went well. We had around 10 mappers at the meet up. Most of FIXME land has now disappeared. There was a few debates on what things should tagged. After some discussion it was decided the West Approach Road tagged highway=primary rather than tertiary, as it has all the characteristics of… Continue reading OpenStreetMap: Edinburgh Mapping Party Review

Google Maps has new “Avoid Highways” option

Google Maps now has a great route planning feature called “avoid highways”. This produces routes that don’t go on to motorways and some trunk routes, such as the Edinburgh City Bypass, where cyclists are not allowed. It still isn’t perfect for cyclists as it doesn’t allow for someroads that cyclists are not allowed on. However… Continue reading Google Maps has new “Avoid Highways” option

Someone has a sense of humour at Google Maps

I thought I would checkout how I would get from Edinburgh to the WWDC in San Francisco. Head over to Google Maps, and search from Edinburgh to San Francisco. Take a look at item 41, which is 3,462 miles long. (Is anyone up for the swim?)

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