The 'map nerds' who are building a national archive | BBC News

When Anne Burgess isn't skiing or flying a glider, you are likely to find her roaming around some of Scotland's remotest locations, camera and map in hand.
The retired tourism officer from Fochabers in Moray is one of an army of volunteers whose mission is to capture and document rural and urban locations and share free-to-use images with the public.
They form a unique online community project called Geograph, a charity which aims to collect "geographically representative" photographs and information about every square kilometre of Britain and Ireland.

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