Help us put Worcester Park on the map April 29, 2008

Come and join the OpenStreetMap community and put Worcester Park on the map. We’ll be walking around the area adding street names, libraries, pubs, playgrounds, parks, allotments, cinemas and other details to the map! More info on Sutton Active (thanks Adrian for all the help).

We’re in the process of building a green map of Sutton using OpenStreetMap, and Worcester Park is the last major area of Sutton with no coverage. With your help we are going to complete the Worcester Park area.

Why don’t we just use Google?

You can’t actually re-use, change or publish a lot of existing maps without violating copyright, so you’re stuck with Google’s or A-Z’s boring view designed for motorists. It can cost a lot of money!

OpenStreetMap is different - the data and the map images are available to everyone to use for free, so long as you credit the community when using them. Anyone can add to them - just like Wikipedia - so you can make the maps you want without the hassle or expense.

We’re making maps for cyclists, bus or car club users; maps showing where to buy local food; maps for heritage trails in Sutton. Once we all put in the basic data, we can make maps of anything easily!

So how will it work?

Just turn up! We’ll run workshops at 11am and 2pm for newcomers, and experienced mappers will be around to help you hit the streets and gather some data.