Posting on the run...

I have 6 minutes until the computer times me out and so this post is going to have to be brief. The conference yesterday was very good, although GIS is a very strange thing. To create a map you need boundaries (to define your area), but the boundaries are owned by the OS and so even though the boundary defines the area you are studying you are not allowed to use them unless you "buy" them! It all seems very bizarre to me. GIS is an amazingly powerful tool though and I am looking forward to starting using it.

Yesterday also provided an opportunity for me to meet (and get email addresses for) people doing similar thing to me...so now when I get stuck and don't know what to do I can send out mass emails asking HELP!!!