I found this quotation about novel-writing from E.L. Doctorow and immediately liked it. It reminded me of a car journey I once made, when I was a PhD student. I needed to return to Newcastle, but there was a very heavy fog; I didn't realise how heavy, until I got out of town…
Following my map research last month, I grew increasingly interested in Newcastle's geography and how it came into being.…
I've written about my contributions to OpenStreetMap before. Surveying the ever-changing Newcastle Helix site for OSM, I noticed that part of Corporation Street no longer exists on the ground, bulldozed to make way for a new building that is just being started…
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a work in progress, and always will be. All maps that try to keep up with the world as it changes are.…
More of my answers on Quora. This week: maps, cartography, and travel (mostly air travel questions, but featuring "luggage")…