Great post Keyser
I am with you 100% on both your proposals of creating an "open" SH5 modding group (this is partly what we are doing with our "gun project", and what I hope to do with Dynamic Environment), and of keeping up the Historical U-boat positions project.
Talking about the latter, in view of the willingness showed by TDW I suggest to wait for a pool of "data collectors" to form. It wouldn't make much sense if he started working on such an hard to do feature if there wasn't any interest/cooperation by the community. I have already created a data entry spreadsheet as well as a tool for interpolating lacking position logs, and I have already started collecting the first data (for 3-4 U-boats, IIRC). I would be pleased to send them to anyone wanting to join the group, and to offer my advise if needed.
What do you think guys? Can we do it?