Topic ID #14291 - posted 10/10/2011 9:18 AM
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
Hero Ordnance Surveyors dodge bullets, tweet as they map
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
Hero Ordnance Surveyors dodge bullets, tweet as they map
Just a mappin' and a-fussin' and a tweetin' and a 'cussin...
By Anna Leach
Posted in Software, 10th October 2011 12:15 GMT
Surveyors for Ordnance Survey maps have taken to Twitter to help the public understand what they are doing, with a Twittermap of the UK plotting their thoughts and observations as they roam the country, looking at roads and measuring things. The OS Mastermap receives 5,000 changes every day, as houses are taken down, roads are built or streets are renamed.
The Twittermap pulls in location-anchored tweets from 14 surveyors letting you see what they're doing every day as they go about tweaking the maps. It is the first time the OS has asked them to tweet about their experiences.
Read more here.
Just a mappin' and a-fussin' and a tweetin' and a 'cussin...
By Anna Leach
Posted in Software, 10th October 2011 12:15 GMT
Surveyors for Ordnance Survey maps have taken to Twitter to help the public understand what they are doing, with a Twittermap of the UK plotting their thoughts and observations as they roam the country, looking at roads and measuring things. The OS Mastermap receives 5,000 changes every day, as houses are taken down, roads are built or streets are renamed.
The Twittermap pulls in location-anchored tweets from 14 surveyors letting you see what they're doing every day as they go about tweaking the maps. It is the first time the OS has asked them to tweet about their experiences.
Read more here.
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