I had a day off work, so I decided to go for a ride and map out some of my neighbourhood. Since I was due at the dentist after lunch and it's a long trip there and back I only had about an hour of biking time this morning. I realized quickly that doing thorough mapping takes _a lot_ more time than I had initially thought. To map out just my street and the closest neighbourhood will take several weeks of tracking and mapping at the very least.
But I'm not deterred. I'm going to take it one step at a time, tracking a new route every time I go for a walk or a ride, constantly adding data as I go. But my next big project is to start nailing down mapping and key rules so that I don't need to go back and edit later. I'll attempt to build a relatively complete area with a number of different features that I can make as perfect as possible, both as a reference for future mapping efforts and as a tool to teach myself the rules.
Tomorrow and Saturday will be pretty slow mapping days for me, as I'll be away on Easter dinners and family gatherings and such, but Sunday and Monday are holidays and I have nothing else planned - if the weather permits, I'll spend most of my time outside with my bike and my iPhone. :)

I also have a Mac Mini server in my living room which really is idle most of the time, I might look into getting Tiles@Home running on it as well, although from what I read it looks like a bit of a hassle.

All in all, a fun first day! Although I have a bit of a toothache from the visit to the dentist which I could do without. :P