By Andy McCue, 13 November 2006 15:50
Here on the Surrey Hills mapping weekend the volunteers gather back at the pub after a hard day on the streets collecting the GPS data. The GPS tracks are all being uploaded onto OpenStreetMap, which uses the same wiki software as Wikipedia to allow users to continually edit and update the data.
OpenStreetMap claims it will have the UK mapped by the middle of 2008 "if not sooner" and it is also making inroads into Europe where parts of cities such as Copenhagen have been mapped.
Coast said: "The idea is to do the whole planet. There will be a free map of the planet available. It's going to happen."
Photo credit: Libby Miller
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1. Mike Whittaker
I found the open street map software awkward to use, in particular, setting zoom level, examining data points and setting filters by area or date.
If they want more contributors, the whole process should be made more straightforward - or step-by-step documented.