Despite the fact that I've had an extreme interest in maps since I was very small, I have only just discovered Openstreetmap. What a fantastic concept, I thought, and realising I could add to it myself with my GPS receiver, I thought it was right up my street (pun intended).

I live in rural East Northamptonshire, an area dotted with small villages and market towns. These are very poorly mapped on Openstreetmap at present, with many minor roads missing and entire villages not even marked, not to mention the myriad of country footpaths that cover the area, so I'm going to take this opportunity to get the area covered. I'll start with my home village and move onto the surrounding small towns. I hopefully should be able to improve the coverage in Kettering and Wellingborough, which at the moment is also quite sparse.