Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa Missing Map Event In November Planning
Hi John, Good points. We talked abit about this at our meeting last Friday and decided that we'll have a quick introduction to OSM and a beginners "get going" walk through. Thinking max 30 minutes for this. We'll ensure we have folks wandering around or that can be flagged down for help. Many of us, including myself are still learning (lots of detail with OSM) but we want to pass on what we can:) We'll primarily focus on using iD to keep it simple plus use a tasking manager (assuming the HOT one). We're thinking of printing a few large maps that we can use as discussion points for teaching. Cheers, Richard -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 8:50 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > IDRC as well might have some ideas perhaps? http://www.idrc.ca > especially as follow up to their open data conference in Ottawa this year. > Pete might well have some ideas of what the logistical requirements are. > > Does HOT have a mapathon planning guide that could be used? I know a lot > of work has gone into training guides recently, trying to make them simpler > and more relevant. > > Note to Richard if you have a lot of newcomers the difficulty is they want > to get started right away, and experienced OSM mappers don't always read > the project instructions to see what the HOT conventions are. Highways for > example tend to use a subset of the OSM possibilities. Also iD is fairly > new so many experienced OSM mappers such as myself don't know their way > round it to assist newcomers. > > Thanks > > Cheerio John > > On 26 September 2015 at 08:30, Heather Leson <heatherle...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Good point. >> >> How about a university? I have had great luck with those. I think that >> someone from Norman Patterson (Carleton) has been writing about HOT and >> OSM. Let us know >> >> John/Richard, is there a list that folks have on tech specs setting up >> Missing Maps? I know that Pete has been doing them often in London UK and >> could help if needed. >> >> Heather >> >> Heather Leson >> heatherle...@gmail.com >> Twitter: HeatherLeson >> Blog: textontechs.com >> >> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:23 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Do you have a confirmed venue with lots of wifi bandwidth? If its >>> preinstalled JOSM its not too bad but going by other maperthons iD seems to >>> be more demanding. >>> >>> Thanks John >>> >>> On 25 September 2015 at 23:40, Heather Leson <heatherle...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Richard and OSM friends in Canada >>>> >>>> I just wanted to say thank you. I'll it widely. Perhaps consider >>>> posting on the HOT list too? >>>> >>>> Heather >>>> On 26 Sep 2015 3:24 am, "Richard Burcher" <richardburc...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey folks, >>>>> >>>>> OSM Ottawa is putting on a Missing Maps event [1] up here in Ottawa. >>>>> Still some details to work out but we're aiming for November 14th from 9am >>>>> - 3pm. >>>>> >>>>> So if you're interested, drop us a line and get involved:) >>>>> >>>>> [1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/events/225620798/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Richard >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Please note: >>>>> I only check email a few times during business hours. >>>>> >>>>> Richard Burcher >>>>> >>>>> Twitter: @richardburcher >>>>> Blog: www.richardburcher.com >>>>> LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ___ >>>>> Talk-ca mailing list >>>>> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ___ >>>> Talk-ca mailing list >>>> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >>>> >>>> >>> >> > ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa Missing Map Event In November Planning
We don't have a venue yet. One of our members is looking into several options that we we'll select from but definitely open to suggestions. At this point, free or a minimum cost would be ideal. We'd like to see grow this into a more regular occurring event. Cheers, Richard -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher 613-799-4240 Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Heather Leson <heatherle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good point. > > How about a university? I have had great luck with those. I think that > someone from Norman Patterson (Carleton) has been writing about HOT and > OSM. Let us know > > John/Richard, is there a list that folks have on tech specs setting up > Missing Maps? I know that Pete has been doing them often in London UK and > could help if needed. > > Heather > > Heather Leson > heatherle...@gmail.com > Twitter: HeatherLeson > Blog: textontechs.com > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:23 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Do you have a confirmed venue with lots of wifi bandwidth? If its >> preinstalled JOSM its not too bad but going by other maperthons iD seems to >> be more demanding. >> >> Thanks John >> >> On 25 September 2015 at 23:40, Heather Leson <heatherle...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Richard and OSM friends in Canada >>> >>> I just wanted to say thank you. I'll it widely. Perhaps consider posting >>> on the HOT list too? >>> >>> Heather >>> On 26 Sep 2015 3:24 am, "Richard Burcher" <richardburc...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey folks, >>>> >>>> OSM Ottawa is putting on a Missing Maps event [1] up here in Ottawa. >>>> Still some details to work out but we're aiming for November 14th from 9am >>>> - 3pm. >>>> >>>> So if you're interested, drop us a line and get involved:) >>>> >>>> [1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/events/225620798/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Please note: >>>> I only check email a few times during business hours. >>>> >>>> Richard Burcher >>>> >>>> Twitter: @richardburcher >>>> Blog: www.richardburcher.com >>>> LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ___ >>>> Talk-ca mailing list >>>> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >>>> >>>> >>> ___ >>> Talk-ca mailing list >>> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >>> >>> >> > ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Ottawa March Meetup
Hi folks, Join us Friday March 26th at 7pm for our monthly meetup. Denis will be giving a quick talk and demo on setting up a local Nominatim service for geocoding. Everyone is welcome, so drop by:) Details here: http://meetu.ps/2GSFby Cheers, Richard ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Ottawa Meetup This Month
If you're in the Ottawa area on January 23 @ 7pm , come on out and join us for our monthly OSM meetup! All welcome:) Details here [1]. Cheers, Richard [1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/events/219792476/ -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] Talk-ca Digest, Vol 82, Issue 13
Interesting. I'll have to look into that. Cheers, Richard On Dec 24, 2014 7:00 AM, talk-ca-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Send Talk-ca mailing list submissions to talk-ca@openstreetmap.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to talk-ca-requ...@openstreetmap.org You can reach the person managing the list at talk-ca-ow...@openstreetmap.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Talk-ca digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Adding Buildings + Leisure + Corrections To Ottawa Map Over Holiday Season (Stewart C. Russell) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:41:38 -0600 From: Stewart C. Russell scr...@gmail.com To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Adding Buildings + Leisure + Corrections To Ottawa Map Over Holiday Season Message-ID: 5499e192.3000...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 On 2014-12-23 12:27 PM, Richard Burcher wrote: - I've removed the mention of postcode collection. I'm not sure of the legal aspect of collection as raised in an earlier thread. I've found that if you add an address without a postal code, then query Nominatim later, it returns the postal code. I suspect geocoder.ca data is involved somewhere along the way. cheers Stewart -- Subject: Digest Footer ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca -- End of Talk-ca Digest, Vol 82, Issue 13 *** ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Adding Buildings + Leisure + Corrections To Ottawa Map Over Holiday Season
Hi Folks, I've created a new mapping task for the Ottawa area [1]. I really want to make our local map super awesome:) I see adding buildings as one of the biggest projects we can undertake, so that local mappers like myself could start adding address data from local surveys. The task focuses on buildings and leisure areas but also asks those mapping to correct any obvious issues encountered. I understand it's a large area to map but I see this as a long term project. It's also something I'd like to use to encourage new local mappers to get involved with through our monthly meetups. Let me know what you think and if I'm missing anything in the instructions to make this easier to work with! Join me over the holidays:) Cheers, Richard [1] http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/9 -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] Adding Buildings + Leisure + Corrections To Ottawa Map Over Holiday Season
Hi Folks, Thanks so much for the great feedback! Update: - I've removed the mention of postcode collection. I'm not sure of the legal aspect of collection as raised in an earlier thread. - Add several priority areas to help focus the mapping. - The generated tiles are the smallest the task manager will provide through the interface. There is an option to further split the tiles when a task is selected for editing. When you click Start Mapping, underneath the drop down for editor of choice is Task to big? Split. Click this to subdivide the tile further. Really excited for this:) Again, thanks for your feedback and help! Have a great afternoon! Cheers, Richard -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher 613-799-4240 Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 11:50 AM, john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: You might like to add in a few footpaths from Bing and compare the city's cycling map to ensure that paths in parks are correctly tagged for cycling. Cheerio John Cheerio John On 23 December 2014 at 10:37, Richard Burcher richardburc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, I've created a new mapping task for the Ottawa area [1]. I really want to make our local map super awesome:) I see adding buildings as one of the biggest projects we can undertake, so that local mappers like myself could start adding address data from local surveys. The task focuses on buildings and leisure areas but also asks those mapping to correct any obvious issues encountered. I understand it's a large area to map but I see this as a long term project. It's also something I'd like to use to encourage new local mappers to get involved with through our monthly meetups. Let me know what you think and if I'm missing anything in the instructions to make this easier to work with! Join me over the holidays:) Cheers, Richard [1] http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/project/9 -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Ottawa OSM Meeting Notes From September 26th
Hi Folks, I've summarized the Ottawa OSM's latest meetup [1] notes. Plenty of great talks, ideas and demo's:) Anyone can view the Google Document [2] and comment on. [1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/ [2] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FRwDmrfIGzxpkWx0r_Tq5BIqvPNZEtBwcVYSQ4S3ukM/edit?usp=sharing Cheers, Richard -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Ottawa Openstreetmap Meetup This Month
Hi Folks, If you're in Ottawa or don't mind driving a bit, we're having our next meetup September 26th at 7pm. Details here [1]. Look forward to catching up with everyone:) Cheers, Richard [1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/events/204478052/ -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Updating the Wiki Page for Ottawa and Ontario
Hi Folks, I've started to clean up the Ottawa wiki page [1]. I'd really like to use this space for the local community to learn, share and work together to improve our map. The page hasn't been touched since late 2013 (before I found it). My initial approach is one of keeping the older information; when I have more time or others want to jump in and review the older material we can figure out how best to work/reorganize it. For the moment I've been adding links and information that has come up at the monthly Ottawa meetups. I've also pointed the domain www.osmottawa.ca to point to the Ottawa wiki page. Was pointing the address to the GitHub hosted page we had set up initially to make it easier for folks to find us. If nothing else at this point, the shorter domain is so much easier to remember:) Longer term, I would love to figure out how we in Ontario could make better use of the Ontario wiki page [2]. These town/city focused sub pages are great and I'd love to really make use of them to improve our map! At this point I would love to start the discussion of how we can revamp the wiki pages, what's the best approach; how do we get more folks involved etc. Really looking forward to hearing back from you:) Cheers, Richard [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada:Ontario:Ottawa [2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada:Ontario -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher 613-799-4240 Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Ottawa Mapping Party Friday August 22 @ 1900hr
Hi Folks, Come join us if you're nearby or don't mind driving. Our next mapping party is Friday August 22 @ 1900hr in Westboro. Please see [1] for more details. We'll be doing some local mapping and a quick demo/intro of a web map app using MapBox + TileMill. May even throw in some overpass turbo stuff. We had 10 mappers at the last one (absolute blast), lets break that number! Look forward to seeing you all there. Cheers, Richard [1] www.osmottawa.ca -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Friday night mapping party to help map Lesotho
Hi Folks, If you're in the Ottawa area, come on out this Friday night to help us with the world wide mapping party [1] to help map Lesotho [2] in Africa. We've scheduled another mapping party because we had some issues with iD crashing at our weekend mapping party for Lesotho. Hope to see you all there! Cheers, Richard [1] osmottawa.ca [2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lesotho_Mapathon -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] This months Ottawa mapping party
Find the details here [1] and [2]. Let me know if these dates work. I just put them out there to start the discussion. Look forward to seeing you all! Cheers, Richard [1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/events/192567982/ [2] www.osmottawa.ca -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Ottawa Community Mapping Website Is Up
Hi folks, Just wanted to let local mappers know we've got a new local webpage [1] setup. My intention with this is to make easier for folks to find the mapping parties being run here as well as an easy tool for folks to get involved etc. Let me know what you think:) Cheers, Richard [1] http://www.osmottawa.ca/ -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Celebrating OSM's Birthday in the Captial
Who's up for helping me organize the Ottawa bday party? Let me know what you think! Cheers, Richard -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Ottawa Mapping Party
Hi Folks, We're throwing a mapping party at the end of the month (May 31 @ 9am). We'll carpool over to Quebec to map the Mackenzie King estate [1]. Visitors information [2]. Drop me a line or the meetup group to sort out carpooling. Cheers, Richard [1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/events/178064882/ [2] http://www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca/places-to-visit/mackenzie-king-estate/visitor-information -- Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Ottawa Mapping Party Feb 22
Hi Folks, Come join us on Saturday Feb 22 at 9am to improve the Ottawa map. Details here [1] Cheers, Richard [1] http://www.meetup.com/GeoOttawa/events/164197712/ ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
