Went for a mapping ride anyway today (took the motorbike to pickup the post-repair HDDs from the courier depot) and finished off the half of Gateshead that's West of the Pacific Highway.

There's a massive socio-economic divide either side of the highway. The East side is middle to upper-middle class, mostly (we don't have very clear cut class distinctions in Australia) whereas the Western side is *very*..."working class". There's lots of evidence of anti-social behavior (broken/bent street signs, graffiti, a burnt out car body) and a high proportion of public housing.

But it got mapped without incident. I did run over a smashed beer bottle, but thanks to a kevlar-reinforced tyre there was no puncture.

Lastly, is the ITO world OSM mapper service offline? It hasn't updated for a while.