As promised, although I'm not sure why there is an emphasis on cyclists in the email - legs work fine as a form of transport, as do cars, canoes etc!
Cheers, Clive. Subject: [Talk-Midlands] OpenStreetMap - Rutland mapping weekend - We need cyclists with gps Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:21:09 +0100 From: Andy Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] An OpenStreetMap mapping weekend is planned for October 14th and 15th during which time we hope to map all of the highways and byways of Rutland. We would welcome any cyclist newcomers to OpenStreetMap or those who might simply be interested in coming along to the weekend to find out what it's all about. While cyclists with their own GPS units are a big help, we normally have a number of gps units available for loan during mapping weekends so it's very much open to all. The mapping weekend webpage on the OpenStreetMap wiki can be found at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Rutland Planning is in the early stages but we hope that your members may be interested and we would welcome the help of any local cyclists in setting up the weekend. These weekends have been very successful to date. Rutland will be the 5th mapping weekend since the first one on the Isle of Wight in May of this year. The Home portal for OpenStreetMap (OSM) can be found at http://openstreetmap.org You can find more about OSM below the signature of this email Regards, Andy Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] What is OSM? OpenStreetMap is a voluntary not-for-profit organisation that anyone, anywhere can join. The goal of OSM is to provide free map data that can be used by anyone. All of our maps are freely available on the internet at www.openstreetmap.org. Why would anyone want to do that? Aren't there are lots of free maps out there? Most of the maps that you come across on the internet or in your home are protected by very stringent copyright laws. These rules stop the maps from being used in unique and unexpected ways, stifling people's creativity and imagination. So how does OpenStreetMap work? Anyone with a handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver can start mapping straight away. You need to set your GPS to record tracks and then go for a walk or for a bike ride or a drive creating a paper trail on the GPS unit every second. Walk around some streets in your neighbourhood, making some notes about the street names and any one way streets or roundabouts that you find. When you get home, plug your GPS into your computer and upload the tracks that you recorded onto the OSM website. In under an hour, you tracks will appear on the website. You can then use the online tools to map roads and street names that anyone in the world will be able to see. Why did you come to Rutland? Being Britain's smallest county we wanted to demonstrate that it is possible for quite a small team of volunteers to achieve a lot in a small period of time. Over the weekend we hope to map as many of the county's roads, streets, cycle ways and footpaths as possible. Who can be involved? Anyone with access to a GPS unit and a computer with an internet connection can join in. Even if you don't have a GPS, you can see what maps have been made of your area and improve them. Add street names and points of interests and make the maps even more useful. If anyone in the world can see the maps, will people be able to see where I live and where I work? When you upload a track onto the OSM website you can choose to do so publicly or privately. If you choose to upload private tracks, then only the site administrator will know they came from you. Because of the strict copyright laws it is important that the site administrator knows who contributed what. What is GPS? GPS stands for Global Positioning System. The system is made up of around 24 satellites that are constantly orbiting the earth, transmitting information about their position and time. The information they transmit is a type of radio wave, and can be picked up and understood by handheld GPS units or Satellite Navigation systems in cars. By comparing the signals from at least four satellites it is possible for a GPS unit to work out its position anywhere on the earth to within 5 to 10m. GPS units are not tracking devices. They only have receivers not transmitters. It is not possible for someone to track you if you are using a GPS receiver. _______________________________________________ Talk-Midlands mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-midlands
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