This just didn't look right when compared to the Yahoo image where it passes under I-40, so...

I disconnected Observatory Access Rd from an un-named way (that I can't see in the image), connected the two "Observatory" roads, and adjusted the nodes to follow the way visible in the Yahoo image.

Unknown street name, adjusted ways and (bridge and layer) tags. Part of westbound I-40 didn't exist, added it based on my track log.

well i got round to mapping the town centre of bridgend, however, i haven't done it via gps, i'm hoping to do so make sure its accurate someday, but i figured its better to have it mapped in some sort of context.

the rhiw, and dderwen road have been mapped via gps, which hopefully has allowed me to add in the rest of the town with some sort of accuracy, i've made sure all oneway systems are correct, which so far everygps device gets wrong as they use maps from teleatlas i belive which show the wrong road directions for a few streets in bridgend, i've added in footpaths that i know of, and hopefully they are fairly accurate, i tried to use the outof copyright map to help place the streets as its a fairly old town, however at the zoom level it gives you its very hard, iv'e added a note to each road that isn't added via gps, if i get round to doing traces i'll udpate the notes to say so

Alsager in Cheshire, with its surrounding villages should now be complete as far as public roads are concerned. I have also been able to nearly finish Knutsford over the past few weekends. Alsager was a bit bigger than my first impressions, so it took a couple more visits than I originally thought necessary. But with Congleton and Holmes Chapel not far off completion; Sandbach and Alsager now fully completed; and Middlewich looking complete, although I've not mapped there much myself; that only really leaves significant areas of Scholar Green and Mow Cop left in the borough of Conlgeton.

Nach den ersten zwei (Probe-) Tracks und den resultierenden kleinen GPX-Dateien habe ich jetzt die Aufloesung des Garmin eTrex Legend® HCx auf maximal gesetzt. Somit sollten die naechsten Tracks der Orte hier in der Gegend sehr brauchbare Ergebnisse liefern...

;-)

West Flagstaff Interchange / W Route 66, adjusted alignments and (highway, ref, layer, and bridge) tags.

S Flagstaff Ranch Rd added motorway_links. Also adjusted alignments, and (ref, layer, and bridge) tags.

I spent some hours to map my (old) hometown Mühlethurnen (Switzerland,Berne) and its surroundings. The density declines with the distance to the town but the village itself should be more or less complete.

Habe angefangen in Köln zu kartieren.

I started mapping in Cologne.

Das kleine Wäldchen "Tannenbusch" umrundet und entsprechend eingetragen, inklusiver einiger Waldwege und dem örtlochen Wildpark/ Wildgehege (als Zoo getaggt). So langsam wird das Bild vollständiger.

While not having done many GPS- traces recently I thought I could draw some forests in Potlatch - it makes the slippy map so much nicer and is a valuable tool for navigation. The best thing is that you don't need a GPS to do it.
Please have a look at the map north/ west of Salzburg (Austria) to view the results of my efforts.
Fortunately the Salzburg area has hires Yahoo imagery, but I think tracing around woods should also be possible with low resolution images and a little bit of local knowledge.
So if you have some time to burn- map forests...

Cheers,
Christian

ref, bridge, and layer tags for Hughes Ave interchange. Also adjusted nearby ways to match Yahoo images and my west bound track.

Due to some complications with my salary, I had to head on down to the Inland Revenue Enquiries centre in Cambridge.

I initially Googled it - it turned out that the OSM namefinder knew where it was if I just typed "Inland Revenue, Cambridge". Even with all the time I spend on it, I'm often pleasantly surprised by just how much OSM "knows".

Whilst I was down there, I took the opportunity to map some features on Brooklands Avenue. I also improved the road / car park data for the Eastbrook (Government offices) site and the Cambridge University Press site. I traced the outline of the Government offices from satellite view. It's on the Osmarender layer now; needs a little clean up but i think it's useful detail to have.

Interesting fact:

Not many people realise that Cambridge, UK has a nuclear bunker. Not just any nuclear bunker - one designed to support a regional government for the East of England during a nuclear way. It even has a BBC studio for making broadcasts from.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/features/2003/10/cambridge_nuclear_bunker.shtml
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/c/cambridge/index.html

I knew the bunker was somewhere off Brooklands Avenue but have previously had no luck figuring out *where*. Before going to the tax office, I took another look at the above articles and noticed that the bunker was at the back of a Government offices site - ah ha. I debated over whether to ask the tax advisor about it; he might think I was mad. When I eventually asked him (after sorting my PAYE!) he became quite animated told me something interesting - apparently there is a nuclear bunker on site and it has recently been sold. There had been a For Sale sign out on the road. Must have made for an interesting Estate Agent listing...

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Had an odd experience last week. Was out mapping a bridleway with my usual exploring buddy. It was quite late at night / early in the morning and pretty quiet. There was no moon but we were well illuminated by our bicycle lights. Late night is often a nice time to ramble through the bridleways in the cool and quiet, without running into anybody else.

We followed the bridleway signs up to a farm. The path had led us to a smart wooden gate that looked like it opened into somebody's garden - we decided not to go through there for reasons of politeness and that the sensible thing was to continue round the track at the edge of the field; with British rights of way this is almost always the right approach and you find another signpost shortly after. The route markers often assume a certain degree of ESP like that.

We carried on round the field and the track seemed to take us into the farmyard / farm shop area. There was a clearly marked "Way out" sign, suggesting this area was open to the public and we decided it would be best to just head through that in order to get back on the road, whilst keeping an eye out for any more bridleway signs. Plenty of local bridleways do go down farm access roads in order to get to the fields, so this would not be an unusual situation.

At that point a chap with a shotgun stepped out of a doorway and demanded to know what we were doing there... Ooops! I guess that wasn't part of the bridleway after all! We weren't thrilled by the presence of the shotgun (note to readers outside the UK: it's very rare to see a gun around these parts, especially in the hands of a civilian!) but it seemed to be there mainly for show and he kept it lowered at all times. He did mention that he'd considered letting the dogs out (!) but had decided they'd make too much noise (?). Again, that comment may well have been for show. Apparently they'd had some problems with theft.

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Added Parks Rest Area.

Went out this evening and grabbed some outstanding street names in Balham.

Also found a couple of streets not on there (must remember to go back and finish Bellasis Avenue off)

Mike

Started planning a Clemson mapping party and added pages for it, Clemson and SC.

osm.wiki/index.php/Clemson_SC/MappingPartyFall08

Found some new arrangements at the Limerick end of the N7. There's a new roundabout in Birdhill, and the layout at the N7/R445 (often called Finnegan's Roundabout) has changed.

While I was at it, I waypointed a new M7 bridge near the Nenagh bypass as I drove under it, and drew a rough highway=construction bridge at this point. The location should be pretty close, but the angle is fairly rough...

With the aid of my Garmin Vista I started editing some major Roads including N222, N106 and N224.

Hallo Profi Tracker,
lebe am Niederrhein und benötige für die ersten Schritte Anschubhilfe.
Wer ist bereit mir diese zu geben.
Komme gerne zu einem Treff oder so.

Gruss HvS