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That went rather well. Sure, it maybe sometimes sent me down a slower road that I might’ve taken, but at no time was I actually lost or confused. Saved me a ton of cash on Garmin maps, too.

Great work by the UK mappers and routers!

End of Newton Mearns mapping for now

Thanks for the edits. I’m back visiting where I grew up, and you pretty much caught all the stuff I thought no-one but me would map …

This week, I have been mostly mapping wind farms ...

Chaos99: really? I thought that Ctrl+V was a Java standard. Didn’t know anything could change that. I started using the standard JNLP version because I was sick of having it complain about updates.

Tom Chance: it’s not that hard to add machine type, especially when I’ve worked on or around the projects I’ve mapped. I can now recognize machine type from air photos, alas ;-) Failing that, there are public records or news releases from the manufacturers which can help.

This week, I have been mostly mapping wind farms ...

Of course! Most of it was trued up against open orthophotos anyway.

In rural southern Ontario, USGS Aerial Imagery is your friend

True enough, but some consistency would help future editors.

Local weighting for local mappers?

Did I say I had all the answers to this?

Local weighting for local mappers?

But current aerial maps aren't available. They're 3-5 years out of date around here. With a WAAS-enabled handheld with a good fix, I'm +/- 3m.

pondering import of wind farms

I managed to convert the waypoints to OSM using GPSBabel, and then uploaded via josm - thanks!

pondering import of wind farms

thanks, nmixter, but would't potlatch expect me to drag a new symbol over each point? That would get old after the third unit or so.