A week ago I got off my arse and collected some street names. It's something I've been saying I'd do for a long time now.

At the time I didn't have a working P&S camera to use, so I marked waypoints with the GPS, left them as their default name (1,2,3,...,n) and jotted down on a notepad what the name of each waypoint was.

This method worked, but it was a little slow. It allowed collection at the rate of about 25 streets per hour, on a pushbike in the area linked to below.

So today I pulled out a P&S camera we had found, but didn't have a charger for. It uses a LI-40B or something, some Olympus Li-ion battery. Anyway, I do have a li-ion charger for a Canon battery, BP-511 or some such. So armed with that charger, 2 alligator clips and some heavy duty tape I rigged up a McGyver charger by taping everything in place on my desk. A photo is available if anyone's interested.

Armed with the new toy I finished mapping a chunk of Gateshead, Newcastle. The area is bordered by the Pacific Highway, Dudley Rd, Bulls Garden Road and Oakdale Road. A few streets North of Dudley Rd were also collected.

Time to train up for cycling endurance.