On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 02:33:08PM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 10:43:16AM +0300, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzaf...@cohens.org.il> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 02:37:32PM +0300, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: > > > > Orr writes poetry, > > > > I am not in the mood. > > > > The talk queue is empty, > > > > and this is not good. > > > > > > > > So think of a topic, > > > > Suggest an idea, > > > > Pick yourself a date > > > > Winter is near. > > > > > > I have no simple topic for a lecture. Though I wonder if it's possible > > > to do an OpenStreetMap[1] mapping session instead. Note that it cannot be > > > done at the standard place because: > > > > > > 1. We need to add data. I suspect the Technion campus is already > > > well-charted. > > > > > > 2. We later need to upload data and edit it. This requires internet > > > connectivity. > > > > > > > > > Generally I would expect this to be done in small teams where each team > > > must have: > > > > > > * BigBrother: with a GPS device monitoring the location. That trace > > > should then be later to his/her OpenStreetMap account for easier > > > mapping in a different computer. > > > > > > * Mapper: Someone who knows what we actually need to chart (and what we > > > don't have to / shouldn't) > > > > > > A team should probably include 1-3 other participants. > > > > > > > > > After finishing to cover an area, the team should move on to a place > > > with an internet access and update the data. > > > > > > > > > [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/ > > > > > > > > Great idea. I suggest the following organization: > > > > 1. The mapper (volunteer required?) will find areas that need coverage, and > > prepare a list. > > Looking at the map of Haifa[1] I can't pin-point a specific area that > needs improvements. Things that may be missing: > > * English names > * Arabic names (are mostly missing) > * Footwalks > * Any other places worth mentioning: restaurants and such. > > [1] http://osm.org/go/xtTpfiR1-- and that area
Looking at it again, I bet the area of Nesher could use a loving hand. Compare the Technion to Nesher in http://osm.org/go/xtTp0gf7 . So maybe we'll start with something along the lines of: http://osm.org/go/xtTp0idT2-- http://osm.org/go/xtTp0q4OV-- http://osm.org/go/xtTp0z4xZ-- That is: basically the area of Nesher near the Technion. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best tzaf...@debian.org | | friend _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux