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Leaving Olímpia

Posted by liftarn on 24 April 2012 in English.

It was a blank spot before I got there and now I think I have fixed at least most of the roads. Now it needs people with local knowledge to add street names and POIs.

My work here is done.

Location: Patrimônio de São João Batista, Olímpia, Região Imediata de Barretos, Região Metropolitana de São José do Rio Preto, Região Geográfica Intermediária de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Southeast Region, 15400-021, Brazil

Leaving Cruz das Posses

Posted by liftarn on 16 March 2012 in English.

I think I managed to map all the roads using the Bing images. The images are a bit foggy, but the road network is very straight so it easy. The rest of the mapping needs local knowledge and/or on-ground mapping. Now for a new challenge.

Location: Cruz das Posses, Sertãozinho, Região Imediata de Ribeirão Preto, Região Metropolitana de Ribeirão Preto, Região Geográfica Intermediária de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Southeast Region, Brazil

Leaving Sertãozinho

Posted by liftarn on 15 March 2012 in English.

I think I managed to map all the roads using the Bing images. The rest needs local knowledge and/or on-ground mapping. Now for a new challenge.

Location: Jardim Morada das Estrelas, Quinta da Boa Sorte, Sertãozinho, Região Imediata de Ribeirão Preto, Região Metropolitana de Ribeirão Preto, Região Geográfica Intermediária de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Southeast Region, 14177-131, Brazil

Things you find

Posted by liftarn on 27 January 2011 in English. Last updated on 16 June 2011.

I have worked on the Bing images and sometimes you find things you can't quite make out what it is. At http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=56.21111&lon=21.15347&zoom=16&layers=M I think it's some kind of racetrack in the middle of nowhere.

At http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=56.15369&lon=21.13021&zoom=15&layers=M there is a grid pattern of roads. I think they might be logging roads.

What is it at http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=56.47042&lon=21.00979&zoom=16&layers=M ? Alottment gardens? It might also be one at http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=56.52087&lon=21.08109&zoom=16&layers=M

Mapping party Lyrestad

Posted by liftarn on 30 April 2010 in English.

The result of the mini mapping party in Lyrestad was a few added streets. There is plenty more to add. I found an additional football field and a ski slope I didn't have time to map.
I have also a slight problem. There is a track that is circular and as you can see it shows up as an area on the map.

Location: Hälleberg, Mariestads kommun, Västra Götaland County, 548 73, Sweden

Fixed some roads in Saldus

Posted by liftarn on 30 July 2009 in English.

The main roads at Saldus looked very weird and unfinished so I took a look and there was some good GPS traces that I could use to make the road better.
I wonder why some people seem to just uploads traces and then do nothing with them. There are also some odd points with no tags near Saldus. They are arranged in a large circle. What is that?

Location: Saldus, Saldus novads, LV-3801, Latvia

Zvērā Festival 2009 (Latvia)

Posted by liftarn on 27 July 2009 in English.

This weekend I visited the Zvērā Festival in Latvia. I saw a lot of bands and generally had a good time. I also had some time to go sightseeing in both Riga and Ventspils. Of course I also made a few logs of various roads. I also manager to get a few traces of the ferry lines Stockholm-Riga and Ventspils-Nynäshamn and I have some advice for people wanting to do such traces.
* Get a cabin with a window. That way you don't have to hang around in the bar all night.
* Use a logger connected to net power. That way you don't get into problems because the battery of your GPS receiver runs out.

Before the trip I looked at the mapping status of Latvia and noticed that Riga and Ventspils is well mapped, but Liepaja still needs some work, but Latvia seems to be getting along nicely. When I checked earlier a lot of info was missing that is now fixed.

Location: Lejas Tilgāļi, Zirņu pagasts, Saldus novads, Latvia