On Saturday I took a random day trip to Calais on the train and ferry. It’s been eleven years since I last travelled on the Dover to Calais ferries. This time I was on foot instead of being in a car. I learnt quite a few things that I should do differently the next time.… Continue reading Day Trip to Calais
Last of the London Mapping Marathon Tomorrow
Tomorrow, will be the final installment of the Summer 2008 London Mapping Marathon. We will be moving to the Fortnightly Winter 2008-9 Random Pub Meetup. Each week will be a different pub in a potentially unmapped area, for those hard core mappers out there. I’m looking for suggestions on where we could go. On the… Continue reading Last of the London Mapping Marathon Tomorrow
Baker Street/Regents Park Mapping Party
This evening there will be a mapping party in the Baker Street/Regents Park area of London. I wonder if we will beat last week’s record 15 people at the Euston mapping party. Maybe we will even get a local paper publishing a small article about the event, like the Croydon Advertiser and the Croydon Guardian… Continue reading Baker Street/Regents Park Mapping Party
Back to the Start
The main aim of the next 3 mapping parties will be to enter points of interest, fix fixmes, and verify that the current data is correct, near to where OpenStreetMap originally started 4 years ago. Tomorrow is the 18th Mapping party of the London Mapping Marathon. It will be held around Euston Station, meeting up… Continue reading Back to the Start
Dragheda Mapping Party Review
Last weekend (22-25 August) I went over to Dublin for the Dragheda Mapping Party. I took the train and ferry over, instead of flying, so that I could take my bike. I did get some coding and catching up done on the train and ferry. I found it interesting that Virgin Trains run electric to… Continue reading Dragheda Mapping Party Review
2nd Leeds Mapping Party
Just a quick review of the Leeds Mapping party last week (16th and 17th August), and the Leeds Bar Camp that it was part of. In a few weeks, I’ll do a nonames animation to show the progress over the previous few weeks, similar to what I done for my State of the Map 2008… Continue reading 2nd Leeds Mapping Party
Upcoming Tulse Hill, London Mapping Party
Tomorrow (20th Aug) evening, I will be running a mapping party in Tulse Hill, South London. The meetup is in a pub called “The Railway”. Next week Thomas Wood will be organising a mapping party in Croydon, which has some fast trains into Central London. Thereafter there will be some mapping parties in Central London.… Continue reading Upcoming Tulse Hill, London Mapping Party
Missed London Mapping Marathon Yesterday
First up, this is my first post on my self hosted wordpress blog. I have imported all the posts and comments from my old blog into this one for future reference. Last night I skipped going to the London Mapping Marathon event out in Chiswick. It is the first London Mapping Marathon Event that I… Continue reading Missed London Mapping Marathon Yesterday
Moving web host, planet-osm moved
I’m currently moving my web and email hosting from ukhost4u to bytemark (who also host the OpenStreetMap.org svn, wiki, etc.) planet-osm.shaunmcdonald.me.uk has now moved to blogs.openstreetmap.org. Please update your feed readers.
Cycling: South London Critical Mass
Quick catchup post. On the First Friday of July 2008, the first South London Critical Mass was held. On the way I done some mapping for OSM, finding some unnamed roads. I find Critical Mass useful for learning your way around London (or wherever it is held), as through random route will take you to… Continue reading Cycling: South London Critical Mass