Steven Whitehouse's diary
Another day, another road (or two)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....
Posted by Steven Whitehouse at Fri Apr 18 20:18:24 +0100 2008Comment from Steve Hill at Sat Apr 19 09:06:38 +0100 2008
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 at Sat Apr 19 17:57:45 +0100 2008
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 at Sun Apr 20 10:14:43 +0100 2008
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 :)
