I gave a brief talk on OpenStreetmap a year on from the presentation by some of their main people. I posted to my diary that I was doing a talk and was sent a document used by the founder in one of his presentations. This is why I so enjoy working in this sort of group. Most people there are helpful and friendly. Everyone is working for the good of the project rather than their own gain, although I expect many people are looking to gain something from it, even if it's just a free map of their local area.

The talk went down well with the well attended meeting. There were lots of questions, but I had some help from others who had also played with OSM.

I have some work to do in mapping out my recent traces from Ireland and Israel. I've had some issues with the latest JOSM editor, but just received some hints on that to try out. I also have some new software to play with from Bettersoftware. Unfortunately you can't access the details on the site without registering. It looks good as it allows for copying the rendered map tiles from the OSM site onto your PDA so that you can see them as you move around. This will make it much easier to see what has been mapped already and could also be useful for finding your way around new places. I need to play with it.

Also at the LUG, Rob spoke about his experiences with trying to write a Linux USB interface to a little phot-displaying keyring device. He's been trying to reverse engineer the protocol by analysing the data transferred when it talks to it's Windows software. Interesting stuff, but I'm not sure I would have the patience. There are other applications I would like to develop when I find the time.