Harry Wood

Welcome to Harry Wood's website. The blog is probably more interesting than the rest of this site... and the blog isn't very interesting so what does that tell you?

Recent blog posts:

Haiti Earthquake on OpenStreetMap
In last week’s blog post I casually mentioned the Haiti earthquake, and how we had a little project going on, to improve the map of the area on OpenStreetMap. Since then the scale of the disaster has become clearer to me. 200,000 feared dead, ... read more 01/21/2010 07:35
The developing world on OpenStreetMap - Armchair mapping possibilities
One of the most interesting aspects of OpenStreetMap is its global scope. The whole world map is editable wiki-style, and the various techniques for creating maps can work just as well in Niarobi and Nagpur as they do in Newcastle and New York. The ... read more 01/13/2010 09:38
Doing the OpenStreetMap jigsaw
As a follow up on the OpenStreetMap jigsaw, it seems dad has conquered the 1000 piece beast. Here’s what he had to say about his Christmas present: “I finally finished the jig-saw the day before yesterday, after several days obsessively ... read more 01/06/2010 07:17
Brazil Holiday 2009/2010
In case you missed all my gloating tweets (@harry_wood), I’ve been away in Brazil in the baking summer sunshine for the past three weeks. Here’s some pics: There’s more on facebook too. Another great Brazil holiday. I’m ... read more 01/06/2010 06:51
OpenStreetMap Jigsaw
I got an exciting Christmas present for my dad. Pretty sure he doesn’t read my blog so I’ll tell you about it here (shhhh) There’s a bunch of different sites for ordering custom jigsaw puzzles. Obviously the normal thing is to use ... read more 12/09/2009 19:22

OpenStreetMap diary:

Tiles, FCGI ...and pies
A last Wednesday's London pub meet-up we had PIES! The Daniel Gooch in Bayswater seems to be run by a Scottish chap with access ... read more 02/02/2010 01:34
London pub meet-up tonight
I was just trying to make sense of a set of photos and a trace I took last week in Hatton Garden. My NaviGPS claimed to have a ... read more 01/27/2010 06:05
OpenStreetMap and Google MapMaker in Haiti
There is, of course, wasteful duplication of effort between the two communities: OpenStreetMap and Google MapMaker. That's a ... read more 01/22/2010 05:43
Winter pub meet-up in Oxford Circus
How many country names can you think of which end with the letter 'O'? We huddled like penguins at last night's deep deep winter ... read more 01/13/2010 10:14
Snowy mapping in Bristol
The Bristol map looks pretty nice. I think the landuse coverage has been done quite thoroughly, which makes it pleasing on the ... read more 01/11/2010 09:35