davespod

Mapper since:: September 22, 2008
Last map edit:: April 10, 2026

Occasionally mapping in Shropshire.

I also use the account davespod_bing for Bing tracing and davespod_os for work derived from OS OpenData.

Now using a Garmin Etrex Vista HCx.

My real name is David Ellams.

Latest Diaries

After a break of two years from mapping, apart from occasional POI update (and six years since regular mapping), I have got back to it. Partly prom...

5 comments August 29, 2017

Diary Entry UK NCN 44 rerouted

The signage has finally been changed for the reroute of National Cycle Network route 44 to use the new(ish) cycleway between Pontesbury and Minster...

3 comments December 15, 2015

Diary Entry StreetMap.co.uk uses OSM

Muki Haklay’s blog post about StreetMap.co.uk ( http://povesham.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/how-geoweb-fossils-become-unusable/ ) has prompted me to r...

5 comments January 30, 2014

Diary Entry The disadvantages of copying other people's maps

I am pleased to report that the island “proven by scientists not to exist” (by attempting to visit it) does not appear in OSM: http://tools.geofa...

5 comments November 22, 2012