[Talk-us] Community Mapping in Minnesota Sponsored by NAVTEQ

2010-04-28 Thread Ian Dees
This is pretty interesting. NAVTEQ is sponsoring a community mapping project in Minnesota communities. It sounds like they're working with the University extension folks to get people to wander around with GPSes and record data for NAVTEQ. Sounds suspiciously familiar...

[Talk-us] US meetups?

2010-04-28 Thread Richard Weait
Any US OSM meetups other than these three? Any other fixed addresses for local US OSM meetings? http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-OpenStreetMap/ http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Columbus/ http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/ Also, if the organizers of the Bay Area meetup would add

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

2010-04-28 Thread Richard Welty
On 4/28/10 1:59 PM, Richard Weait wrote: Any US OSM meetups other than these three? Any other fixed addresses for local US OSM meetings? http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-OpenStreetMap/ http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Columbus/ http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/ i'm

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

2010-04-28 Thread Ian Dees
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Any US OSM meetups other than these three? Any other fixed addresses for local US OSM meetings? http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-OpenStreetMap/ http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Columbus/

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

2010-04-28 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Steven Johnson sejohns...@gmail.com wrote: Check the http://geo-dc.ning.com/ page for details. SEJ Thanks, Steven. Can I encourage Richard and Ian to get a URL for a calendar and start using it? Giving an emerging community a point of focus might be all it

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

2010-04-28 Thread Richard Welty
On 4/28/10 2:53 PM, Richard Weait wrote: On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Steven Johnsonsejohns...@gmail.com wrote: Check the http://geo-dc.ning.com/ page for details. SEJ Thanks, Steven. Can I encourage Richard and Ian to get a URL for a calendar and start using it? i

Re: [Talk-us] Admin boundaries tied to roads

2010-04-28 Thread Val Kartchner
On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 10:57 -0700, am12 wrote: I'm saying that abbreviations are part of every day life, and locals know what to abbreviate and what not to. Sure, according to their local usage, which will be inconsistent with local usage in other places. What one local thinks is an