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davespod

Mapper since:
September 22, 2008
Last map edit:
May 08, 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

Diary Entry New roundabout added to OSM less than 2 hours after it opened!

I love OSM being first. So I went straight out to take GPS trace of new roundabout on our town’s bypass, almost as soon as bypass re-opened. Proba...

0 comments May 08, 2026

Diary Entry Returning to OSM

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