Awesome work Chris, join the small club of now ex mappers ;-) Cheers
Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- >boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Chris Hill >Sent: 24 December 2008 10:58 AM >To: Talk GB >Subject: [Talk-GB] Announcement: Hull completed > >I would like to announce that the fine city of Kingston Upon Hull (Hull >to its friends and 'Ull to its locals) has all its public roads and many >of its amenities completed. Almost all of the city was mapped by Jean >and me by driving or walking around it. We have taken about 10,000 >photos (my camera rolled its number over about a month ago) and visited >every single public road in the city. We've added schools, cemeteries, >pubs, allotments, parks and some shops all by visiting them with a GPS >and camera - the Y! images are only lo-res and have been useful only for >large scale stuff like some railways, waterways and the docks. > >We have seen the city in a new light - some of it is run down, but much >of it is doing very nicely. I have enjoyed the experience greatly >(though some housing estates have been a bore) and now I look forward to >helping complete the East Riding of Yorkshire next year. > >The latest map is: >http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.7673&lon=- >0.3378&zoom=13&layers=0B00FTF ><http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.7673&lon=- >0.3378&zoom=13&layers=0B00FTF> > >Our blog of the experience is: >http://chris-osm.blogspot.com/ which also is on the planet-osm digest. >http://blogs.openstreetmap.org/ > >Cheers, >Chris > >_______________________________________________ >Talk-GB mailing list >Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1862 - Release Date: 23/12/2008 >12:08 PM _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb