Bigbro's foray into the scary world of blogging
The board room in HEAnet was more packed than it's ever been for an ILUG talk. Chairs were commandeered from the office at large to accomodate the crowd of people gathered to hear Steve Coast talk about a his Open Streetmap project.
Details of how the project started (by noticing that GPS traces of couriers around London could be used to derive a crude map) and where it's going to (getting close to complete coverage of the UK by the end of 2009, possibly sooner) were all detailed and beautifully illustrated with the aid of snapshots from the map. To demonstrate how easy it was to contribute to this map, Steve added a local pub with just a few clicks of the mouse.
Huge thanks to Steve for giving the presentation, and indeed to everyone who made the effort to come and listen to him. There was a video recording made, which will be made available in the very near future. Thanks also to HEAnet for generously hosting the event and to Kev Dermody for his unfailing camera and recording skills.
Finally, please remember the Dublin OSM Mapping Party tomorrow and Sunday starting from the ICS in Dublin, from 11:00am until late.
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