I am onboard FPSO Brasil. What does this have to do with mapping? Actually not much, really. I have internet access, but various services is blocked, so I cannot do any mapping or chat with mappers, so I am kind of stuck here. But if we are going to be “mappy” about this, than actually I can turn this into something of a geospatial font. The project I am working on is to remove FPSO Brasil from its moorings (hopefully without dropping the mooring lines ontop of the wrack of P36. What do I gain in terms of mapping from this?

• I will know the exact date (and time) when the FPSO is taken off its moorings. The node marking the position is in the database, and should than be removed.
• I might get the exact co-ordinates of the P-36 wreck. I don’t think this is in the database. It is still premature to say if I can import that position though, but since water depth on the location is 1260 meters, the wrack does not impose any form of hazards, nor works as any form of artificial reef or fish haven, except that it is a large obstacle for installing subsea infrastructure on the Roncador field.
• Since this requires a few trips between my home place and Campos, I will be able to gather a few GPS tracks and validate a little road data integrity. On my way south yesterday I noticed lots of work ongoing on BR-101, mostly asphalt repairs, but there is a bridge repair where a secondary bridge have been installed, this might be early step of duplication of that stretch of road. I might get a few more hotels in and around Campos because of this (I will check if Terazzo was on the map when I upload the GPX track)
• I still don’t know how and where I will get back to dry land when the FPSO have been disconnected and is on its way, I might be among the people going off by helicopters, so I might end up in any one of several heliports serving the Campos Basin (Campos, Farol de São Tome, Macaé, Cabo Frio), or I might be basket-lifted to another vessel and brought to any port in the area (Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, Vitória), which might mean new interesting GPX tracks.