Isle of Wight workshop 2006
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OSM ran a workshop on the Isle of Wight on 5th-7th May 2006, where we attempted to map the entire Isle of Wight.
Thre was a similar event Mapchester, on the 13th and 14th of May, more events will follow, in the meantime, map your local area!
If you are new to the OpenStreetMap project and wish to have a quick introduction to the OSM IOW Workshop see here.
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The Maps
The gathered data will allow us to produce some rendered maps of the Isle of Wight shortly. In the meantime we can see lots of new data in JOSM :
Smaller version of Geographia-IOW.jpg Extract from "Geographia" Two Miles to One Inch Map of England and Wales. Published in 19 Sheets. circa 1915 to 1930. Extract from Sheet 18. Fallen out of copyright.
Other Isle of Wight Info
The Isle of Wight? (Map) (Travel guide to the Isle of Wight on Wikitravel)
Contact
For media enquiries please contact User:Steve
Mailing List
Please join the Mailing List for discussion and announcments, thanks!
Before
OpenStreetMap's view of the island before the Isle of Wight workshop:
After
Mapping progress
Press links
Isle of Wight Press Releases:
People writing about us:
- http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1771598,00.html
- http://digital-lifestyles.info/display_page.asp?section=cm&id=3227
- http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006/05/gps-island.html
- http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/03/openstreetmap_projec.html
- http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/islands-of-total-cartography.html
- http://www.ntk.net/2006/05/05/#EVENT_QUEUE
- http://www.solent.tv/pageviewer.aspx?page=S632824244419962500
- http://stream.solent.tv/SolentVOD/solenttonight/A632824650002472500.wmv - VIDEO! :-)
- http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/8843/
Links
- Mailing list announcement: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2006-February/002494.html
- Wikiproject Page for Isle of Wight
- Red Funnel Ferries Red Funnel
- WightLink Ferries Wightlink
- National Express Coaches National Express
