Hi John, I've very recently started to map my own area, Torbay in South Devon, and the coverage is currently pretty poor with even A roads and the railway not fully mapped.
Looking around the rest of the area there is an awful lot to be done although I suppose it depends on exactly what data is required. regards, Kevin John McKerrell wrote: > Hi > > I have a friend-of-a-friend who's looking to make some paper maps > (yes those still exist) using OSM data. He's basically making tourist > maps and plotting information about places to visit etc. on top. He > only really needs motorways, major roads and secondary roads which is > why we thought OSM data might be up to the job. > > The maps are sold on a county-by-county basis and he's going to start > with Cornwall, Devon, and "Dorset and Somerset" (3 maps) and see how > they sell before deciding whether to go further. > > I wanted to start off by asking around to find out if anyone is > mapping in those areas. As I'm in Merseyside it's unlikely I'll be > doing any mapping in-situ, if there's no-one else to help I'll > probably end up using NPE maps to finish it off. > > This could be a good opportunity for OSM to get some commercial > usage, I believe he's actually looking to get one of the broadsheets > involved so we could be attached to a pretty big name. I don't really > think there's huge amounts of money to be made from this (my hopes of > being paid good money to drive around the country mapping for weeks > on end were dashed!) but there's certainly some potential for OSM to > get some good exposure. > > Anyway, thought I'd see if there's anyone around that might be able > to help, please reply if you might be able to help me complete those > counties, or of course if you have any general thoughts on the > subject ;-) > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free. > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb