User:Chillly
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I don't give a flying monkey's for tag voting, automatic changebots, endless discussions, categories, or any of that crap, but prefer to get on and actually do stuff. |
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| This user uses or has experience with a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx and is willing to answer questions on it from OSM users |
Chris Hill, based in Swanland, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK. [1]
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OSM
I'm making progress in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It was largely untouched, so I created an entry for East Yorkshire to keep track of progress. The city of Kingston upon Hull (enclosed by East Yorks) was almost blank. I wanted to start outside of Hull, but I have completed the public roads and most of the amenities in the city too.
I have helped complete all of the A roads in the county, making it the fourth in the UK to do so. I am now working through the villages, especially around Hull, and adding footpaths and bridleways when I can. I have completed all of the roads with names and many amenities in Swanland, North Ferriby, Brantingham, Ellerker, Melton, Welton, North and South Newbald, Sancton, West Ella, Kirk Ella, Hotham, Skidby, Little Weighton, Walkington, Newport, North Cave, Broomfleet, Goodmanham, Elloughton, Brough, Willerby, Cherry Burton, Bishop Burton, Cottingham and Hessle. I've added parts of many other hamlets, villages and towns in the county. I have completed the market town of Beverley.
I've added the boundaries to the East Riding and Hull and I may carry on with other surrounding counties and UAs.
I've started working on the Cycle Routes in the area, with three National Cycle Routes nearby and the main Cycle Byway close to home. There are a couple of Byway loops nearby too.
Since the beginning of 2008 I have kept a blog about my OSM mapping.
Tags
I have gone through the voting process for these tags:
- amenity = veterinary
- amenity = studio
I have proposed
- amenity = hospice
Hardware
My GPS is a Garmin eTrex Vista. I made a cable to power it from the car when driving (Cheaper, works well and satisfying to use). The software that comes with the Metro guide works well on Windows XP. The Metro Guide Europe v7 that I have has a surprising number of mistakes. Some might be Copyright Easter Eggs but some are just plain errors. No wonder people end up in dead ends with their Sat-Navs.
Development
For my own enjoyment I'm experimenting with writing my own tile rendering software. If it works then I would release it for anyone to try.
As part of this I have written Tagalyze - a little utility that analyses tags from an OSM file giving a summary for nodes or ways. If one is selected the full detail is shown and a link to the Osmarender map to either view or edit with Potlatch. It helps understand a file you are working with. I will add relations shortly.
Interests
Natural history, photography and video, technology, building stuff and our allotment.
