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Posted by OldWhiteMan on 20 July 2008 in English.

Auf einer GeoCache Runde nach Seifertshausen habe ich wieder Tracks aufgezeichnet und wichtige Landesstraßen (z.B. L3249) zwischen Seifertshausen und Sontra ergänzt. Zudem gleich entsprechende Stadtteile Dankerode, Geha, Eltmannsee, Berneburg ergänzt. Sowie einige Wege und Straßen in Seifertshausen.

Ich hatte eigentlich noch alle Bushaltestellen markiert aber diese Wegpunkte sind mir irgendwie flöten gegangen, somit konnte ich die nicht einzeichnen. Vielleicht kann das jemand anders noch machen!

Location: Königswald, Cornberg, Landkreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany
Posted by Harry Wood on 20 July 2008 in English.

The new arsenal football ground Emirates Stadium feels like it is practically on my doorstep. It isn't. But it feels like it is because it's so frickin' big. I'd always meant to wander over there and take a closer look, but so far hadn't quite found the occasion to do so. Until...

I realised that it wasn't on the map! A whole ginormous stadium... Missing! It isn't showing up on Yahoo imagery, because it's too new. So I guess nobody's done any real surveying work in the area, until I got up early this morning, left my girlfriend at the gym while I went on brisk walk around the area. Bagged a whole load of unnamed streets, and a sixty-thousand seater stadium. Not bad for a quick morning stroll!

I wasn't able to get a GPS trace around the base of the building because it was fenced off (and generally deserted), so I've just had a guess at the building's outline (oval shape) based on rough photo views and a cheeky glance at a map on a stadium signpost.

Location: Finsbury Park, London Borough of Islington, Greater London, England, N4 3NH, United Kingdom

For some weeks ago I noticed that a road (way 13523361) suddenly had become an administrative boundary with germany on the left side. I also noticed that the change had been added by a user "anonymous".

Today I noticed that the entire eastcost line of denmark (eg. way 4120237), from the german/danish border and up to tha danish city Kolding, had benne tagged the same way as administrative boundary with germany on the left side. And again it was added by a user anonymous.

Can anybody explan what is happening ?

Location: Skibelund, Kolding, Kolding Municipality, 6092, Denmark
Posted by pceres on 19 July 2008 in English.

I did my first GPX upload this evening! It was an emotion to see my afternoon track traced on OpenStreetMaps...
It was a big satisfaction to have my Tom Tom One XL (version 6.590) working and recording GPX data: a big thank to amacri (amacri@tiscali.it) for his good work with Event_Logger (I installed version 8.1).
My first test track was recorded in Turin (I found a fine place on the Po river bank!), but on holiday I plan to improve the OpenStreetMap coverage around my native town in the south of Italy: Caposele!

Location: Circoscrizione 3, Turin, Piedmont, Italy

I'm now uploading more GPS tracks..
Unfortunately as i lost the GPS device when i was in white rock, i lost all the tracks from Vancouver island. .. so its from north Vancouver and down to white rock and to Abbotsford.
Then to Cultus lake... then to Sasquatch pp, as i didn't do the Trans Canada trail from there.. as i heard it was a super big climb and would take a while. ... so i took the side road into hope.

.. I remember alot of the details so i should be able to add in some points and trails, from whats not done already.

... Im hoping that more users will be adding to this site, as there are a few other GPS track sharing sites.. but this is the one that should be used as it would be wild if it could show vertical profiles and have a front end even more user friendly :) ... in time. .. and hey, it's wiki. .. so i cant complain. .. if i don't like it.. i can take initiative and find a solution. .. which i am working on :)

Location: Cultus Lake, Area H (Cultus Lake/Columbia Valley), Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, V2R 4Z4, Canada

I wondered around for a few hours yesterday, and got complete mapping of NCN 4 from Castle Park to the Downs (so everything the map lacked near the centre really). I also completed NCN 41 up to Queen's square, where the signs just seem to indicate that if you want route 4, you just keep going around until you meet it. Likewise for the connection from 4 to 41. Interestingly, the signs suggest you oppose the one-way system (for route 41 to route 4), but you can only cycle on the pavement for half of the connection.

As a side note (and obviously I wouldn't use it for mapping), the meeting of 3, 4 and 41 in the centre of Queen's square shown on the sustrans map seems false, and that you can't even cycle on any of the gravel paths leading to the centre.

The NCN 3 seems to finish at Temple Meads, even though there is (a little) signage on Redcliffe Way. I would have to totally make up a suitable route to lead it there (incidentally Redcliffe Way leads to Queens Square). However, someone wanting to get from 4 to 3 could probably work it out themselves, so adding a non-existent connection to the map seems silly.

Additionally, there is (very scarce) signage on Clarence Road and Wapping Road indicating a connection from route 3 to route 41 (but not, strangely, for route 3 coming from 41). The route is actually a rather nice connection, but Bedminster Bridge roundabout would be a pain (i.e. unmanageable) to cycle around, and the pavement doesn't have cycling provisions, so I am unsure if I should map that as (3)/(41) or not.

Location: City Centre, Bristol, City of Bristol, West of England, England, BS1 4UB, United Kingdom