Driving around north Gower I realise just how much is left to do in that area... lots of little villages, most of which don't appear on the map. Lots of odd tracks, paths and bridleways....
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Driving around north Gower I realise just how much is left to do in that area... lots of little villages, most of which don't appear on the map. Lots of odd tracks, paths and bridleways....
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Comment from Steve Hill on 19 April 2008 at 09:06
Yes, mapping (especially if you're on foot) can take a surprising amount of time. I've certainly put in a fair few hours wandering around between Cwmrhydyceirw and Clydach and that isn't an especially big area. I guess that Gower might be a bit quicker since it isn't all densely packed cul-de-sacs, but it is still a lot of work, along with pretty much the whole of Swansea north of Gower Road.
If you've got a lot of through-roads, driving is much quicker, but I haven't worked out a good way of recording road names while driving. When walking I just wander around with GPS and camera and take geotagged photos of road signs, etc.
Comment from Steven Whitehouse on 19 April 2008 at 17:57
I thought I'd be able to do a lot of the roads from the car, but when I've actually got to them I've often discovered that they are unsurfaced and thus only passable in a 4x4, so on foot will most likely be the only option. Plus the various telephone boxes, bus stops, etc will be an on foot thing. Still I've seen a lot of places I've never seen before by doing all this.
Comment from Steve Hill on 20 April 2008 at 10:14
I found just wandering around my local estate very enlightening - you get to discover all sorts of things like footpaths you never knew existed. Although I do wonder how long it'll be before someone accuses me of being a terrorist, with all this wandering up and down cul-de-sacs with a GPS and camera :)