A Wandering Mind
Sep. 25th, 2009 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andygatesEvery week I do an update to my OpenStreetMap Garmin map. It's as much for me as for anyone else - the mapping I've been enjoying doing all year (marvelously described as "OCD gardening" elsewhere) is very satisfying when I see the new material on my GPS. But because other people use the map too, I have to do a bit of quality control.
Each time I've finished the build, I'll do a little pan-and-scan over the whole thing, on the GPS, as an eyeball check. Every time, I finish off by zooming right into the place where the cursor has ended up, and thinking about the points and place names I see there. There's something intriguing about being able, if I want, to just click "go!" and be routed there, right now.
This week, it's the Amnesty Cafe in Galway. I wonder what their cakes are like?
Each time I've finished the build, I'll do a little pan-and-scan over the whole thing, on the GPS, as an eyeball check. Every time, I finish off by zooming right into the place where the cursor has ended up, and thinking about the points and place names I see there. There's something intriguing about being able, if I want, to just click "go!" and be routed there, right now.
This week, it's the Amnesty Cafe in Galway. I wonder what their cakes are like?
