On 4 May 2008, at 14:59, Matthew Gates wrote: > I don't know about anyone else, but sometimes I get some pretty odd > looks > while out mapping - especially in residential areas where there are > a lot > of elderly people. > > They watch me cycling up to the end of their quiet cul-de-sac's and > then > turning round and going down the next one, taking photos of street > signs as > I go. I think they suspect me of being up to no good. I would hate to > think I'm causing them to worry. >
Your not alone. > Does anyone on this list carry some indication of whet they are really > doing? I was thinking of getting a high-visibility vest and > printing "OSM > Survey" on it (with the URL of the main site underneath). No doubt > this > would be thought to be a marketing survey or something, but it might > help > to quash the suspicion I seen to arouse. > Having a hi-vis vest does work well. You can do just about anything with one, without people questioning you. If you are cycling, a hi-vis vest is always better than bike lights. Other road users have no excuse for NOT seeing you. Apparently the law says that you can't have a bike light with more than 5W on a bike, even so cars have lights 10 times brighter and dazzle cyclists. You might also be interested in printed OSM hi-vis vests that Graham Smith is going to do: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-May/025909.html on the main talk list. Shaun > Maybe this doesn't happen to anyone else, and it's just that I look > dodgy, > or that York is particularly rich in paranoid residents...? > > > Matthew > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb
