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Cheshunting

Posted by Steve Chilton on 28 May 2008 in English.

Being in the area and having an hour to spare today I thought I would fill in some of the un-named streets to west of Cheshunt. Filled in some in Goffs Oak and the new housing development around Gladding Rd Open space, then some more down towards Churchgate. Found loads of residential roads not mapped so will have to make another couple of trips out there with GPS. Many stumpy little cul-de-sacs and roads with branches with same name as the straight bit. Best names - Dig Dag Hill and Bread and Cheese Lane. I also like finding roads that have same name as major roads elsewhere. Cromwell Road, Cheshunt is a dingy little road with no more than 20 houses, compared to the other one in hip Chelsea, London. Can also tag the previously surveyed new roundabout on Lt Ellis Way (for new St Marys School being built) as it is now open.

Location: Hammond Street, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, EN7 6PJ, United Kingdom

lcn_ref=88

Posted by Steve Chilton on 4 May 2008 in English.

Short bike ride to map some of lcn 88, which goes by near me. Must look up where it goes to and from sometime! Usual problem of how to map different types of physical presence: separate lane, pavement with markings, using service roads, short breaks, etc. Then on way back watched random cricket match and mapped the micro detail inside Oakwood Park, and had a nice coffee there.

Location: Oakwood, Southgate, London Borough of Enfield, London, Greater London, England, N14 4UJ, United Kingdom

Export Gold

Posted by Steve Chilton on 27 April 2008 in English.

Used output from the Export Tab for real today. Three strip maps of areas already mapped. Scaled to 1:15,000, saved as PDF and then printed at A4 (fit to page). Results are dead crisp and brilliant for subsequent micro-mapping of some details round Pickets Lock - the actual lock, not the stadium - then up the Lea Navigation towpath.
Now if only I can get waterproof paper to feed through my printer I would be able to read my annotations better - after being caught in drizzle for ages when out mapping!
Originally I thought the fact that the orangey selection box stayed there when you zoomed was annoying. Now realise it is so useful when patching a series of slight overlays together in this way.

Waterloofill

Posted by Steve Chilton on 27 March 2008 in English.

After a meeting today near Waterloo Station I filled in some detail around the station. It is amazing what extra detail you can add in if you get down to it. Shows the disadvantage of trying to map from Y! imagery. There are so many little service roads, stubs, estate roads, and variations in onewayness (in the same street) that you really have to be there to do it justice. Complicated here by fact that the station is all on raised level and there are roads, footpaths, bridges etc all coming in at different heights and up and over each other.

Lovely day for mapping

Posted by Steve Chilton on 3 February 2008 in English.

Nice afternoon so out for couple of hours exercise on the bike mapping around south Cheshunt. Surveyed a new roundabout on Lt Ellis Way that I didn't even know about. Will add to map untagged, with note to FIX as soon as it is open.
Also can add a new dimension to the bridge/viaduct saga. On way back followed the towpath of the canalised River Lea as it crosses the M25. This is just to west of the A10 junction. It crosses the motorway in an aqueduct but to all intents and purposes is a tunnel at the same time. It disappears "underground" and is covered over in such a way that the towpath is actually on top of the canal itself for a short while. Not sure how I will tag it - probably as canal + bridge, with a note to say that it is "undergound".