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Székesfehérvár, Hungary about 70% complete...

Posted by gigglebok on 5 April 2009 in English. Last updated on 8 April 2009.

Since starting to take on this 100k+ inhabitant city just back at the start of November 2008, when just the main roads were present, I have pretty much single handedly GPS tracked and mapped well over 75% of the complete road network within the main city.
My next task will be to extend the network out on the other side of the inner ringroad system (Highways 7, 63) and continue from there!
If anybody is interested in join a micromapping party to do areas within Székesfehérvár please let me know.
A big "thank you" to the creators of JOSM and OSMtracker, to which I would have struggled without :)

On a related subject, the "original" main road network was incorrectly labelled - not sure of the provenance of the data but I can say with certainty that google, and microsoft live have incorrectly labelled Budai ut as "Highway 7" as well as the outer loop around Szent Florain korut. How do I know it is incorrect? Because I read the signs on the side of the road!
To City-Busz, please don't rename Budai ut to the left of the 62 intersection back to a primary route again - it's not!

Dave Pearson

Location: Víziváros, Székesfehérvár, Székesfehérvári járás, Fejér, Central Transdanubia, 8006, Hungary

Mapping of Székesfehérvár, Hungary going well...

Posted by gigglebok on 15 November 2008 in English. Last updated on 16 November 2008.

After just two weeks of effort, I have now got to the point where the map is beginning to take shape... next challenge will be to map the old pedestrianized city centre without getting too much GPS distortion down the narrow, winding medieval streets. Following that, moving into Öreghegy. This is a vast improvement on what was here just two weeks ago - as a city with just over 100k inhabitants though, I still have a fair old way to go!

Location: Vezérutcák, Székesfehérvár, Székesfehérvári járás, Fejér, Central Transdanubia, 8000, Hungary