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 <[email protected]> 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. > 2. People will sign up to areas and groups (a wiki page would be a good > media for this), statingif they got a GPS device. > 3. In a Haifux meeting, Tzafrir (who kind of volunteered) or and/or others > will > A. help people configure their GPSes and install them with whatever needed. > This will enable people who are not good technically to join the effort, > including school kids on vacation etc (great activity for the summer). > B. explain how to upload the data exactly. > 4. People will take the tours and upload the data on their own time. > 5.If they had any trouble, we will devote the beginning of the next Haifux > meeting to helping them do it. > > Tzafrir, can you be the mapper, or do you depend on someone else?
I'm not well experinced but if noone else steps up then yes, I will. -- Tzafrir Cohen | [email protected] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [email protected] | | best [email protected] | | friend _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list [email protected] http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux
