My article about mapping Stratford has finally been published on page 9 of issue 2 of the Stratford Grapevine (PDF 2.5 MB) Hmmm something tells me this won't attract hordes of new contributors. Still it was an interesting exercise in trying to explain OpenStreetMap to a non-technical audience.

Dealing with the TFL publishers was also a challenge. They wanted me to get everyone in this photo to sign a release form. Bit too difficult to organise in a few days before the deadline (and way too much hassle). And when they said they'd like me to send them the map image in vector format, I somehow knew that they wouldn't manage to get it printing correctly. Sure enough it's missing all the street names. Ah well.

Apparently they are giving out copies for free at Stratford station.