Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Dear US electorate, Am Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:16:50 -0700 schrieb Alex Barth: > And - it's not to late to run for elections! Get your name up on the > list by October 10th. > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/ United_States/Elections/2015#Candidates And this is my

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Picking up on the SOTM point - SOTM US isn’t for the community, it’s a corporate showcase. That’s not a bad thing, it’s just probably not what OSMFUS should be focused on. A more interesting question is what should OSMFUS try to do to build editors in the US, and what metric should we use

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Michael, I appreciate your interest, research and opinions. Thank you for sharing it with us. To continue to build on the success of OSM in the US, we need people with diverse skill sets. Alex has already listed some of them. Here is a list, in no particular order: * yes, editing the map *

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Michael - Let me start with where we agree! I share your enthusiasm for Martijn's position statement (and I am basing that on the position statement itself - NOT Martijn's contribution history) and I will concede that it would make sense for *one* of the OSM US board members to have in-depth

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Michael Reichert wrote: > Dear US electorate, > > Am Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:16:50 -0700 schrieb Alex Barth: > > And - it's not to late to run for elections! Get your name up on the > > list by October 10th. > > > >

[Talk-us] Growing OSM (was OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates)

On 14/10/2015 16:21, Steve Coast wrote: (snipped) What we’ve tried so far: * SOTM getting bigger every year * We tried paid ambassadors at CloudMade, running mapping parties with some success but the timeframe was very long to see people turn in to editors. * We've tried making the web editor

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

* Steve Coast [151014 17:21]: > [..] > A more interesting question is what should OSMFUS try to do to build editors > in the US, and what metric should we use (presumably active editor headcount)? > What we’ve tried so far: > [..] > It feels like we should try some different

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

On 10/14/2015 1:33 PM, Wolfgang Zenker wrote: One idea would be to have a mapping party doing TIGER fixup for one rural county, then contact the local newspaper, write an article what has been done and ask for help regarding wrong/incomplete road names, wrong data caused by outdated imagery,

Re: [Talk-us] Growing OSM (was OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates)

After 11 editions of "Mapper of the Month" in Belgium and number 12 coming, we see that almost all people started mapping because they are coming for from Open Source/Data communities or because the other map solutions are lacking for their needs. They need a map for hiking, cycling, etc. and the

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

No, I'm not going to tell you who to vote for in the elections :-). However I believe there is some substantial misunderstanding of the numbers involved. Martijn noted in his manifesto that the daily editors numbers was flat for the US and Michael used that as one of the corner points in his

Re: [Talk-us] Growing OSM (was OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates)

One example I encountered yesterday: A bike friend posted a link to http://gravelmap.com/ on Facebook. It's a website where people collect the unpaved roads that have become increasingly popular in the US cycling community. The GravelMap slippy map is Google Maps, and I'm assuming their data is

Re: [Talk-us] Increasing the number of US Mappers

Hi there, I would organize a local mapathon for a specific project that people are interested. Lets map X that you care about. On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Clifford Snow wrote: > Martijn's recent diary post "How can we double the number of active mappers > in the US

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Great points in this thread. I feel more inspired than ever to work on improving the US map, whether I will be on the board or not. We have a great group of mappers in the US, it’s just way too small. I want to pick up on the word ‘community’ which is used differently by different people to

Re: [Talk-us] Increasing the number of US Mappers

I met with local wikpedians today and was impressed with the local events they hold around specific topics. For example they are having a women in architecture event tomorrow in like 7-10 places simultaneously. They were excited to coordinate something with OSM U.S. I think this is a really

Re: [Talk-us] Increasing the number of US Mappers

Back at the beginning of this discussion, there was some mention of getting press coverage. I’d like to suggest two possibilities, both with large numbers of readers, although I have no contacts at either publication. National Geographic has had several short pieces on crisis mapping but not,

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Simon Poole writes: I would however side with Andy in that what does seem to have some lasting effect is constant news coverage. Great to read this thread! Yes, I agree. And even YOU, too, can influence this, especially if you have a newsworthy bit of rah-rah to report about something

Re: [Talk-us] Increasing the number of US Mappers

To me, one of the biggest things is about having all mappers act reasonably toward each other. We have some people that I'd describe as "lone wolf mappers". If they just add things, that's fine. But if they are retagging motorways as trunk, or deleting railroads, or otherwise being hostile,

Re: [Talk-us] Increasing the number of US Mappers

I actually really like the idea of State mailing lists, could work, worth a try. Steve > On Oct 14, 2015, at 6:30 PM, Greg Troxel wrote: > > > To me, one of the biggest things is about having all mappers act > reasonably toward each other. We have some people that I'd

Re: [Talk-us] Increasing the number of US Mappers

Mike Dupont writes: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Greg Troxel wrote: >> in each state, have a state mailinglist, > I think that is a good idea, or a metro area >

Re: [Talk-us] Increasing the number of US Mappers

On 10/14/2015 5:30 PM, Greg Troxel wrote: - in each state, have a state mailinglist, limited to people who actively map in the state, because they live there, or because they drive there to work. Explicitly discourage non-locals from joining. These lists would have more of a "people

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Wow Michael, that sure is an all-male US board you're suggesting. I hope nobody heeds you our we have bigger problems than I thought. The question of growth in the US is complex, as is the question of gender and contributing to communities such as this. Communities, that is to say, that have zero