Re: [Talk-us] Why are you missing out on this fun?
Reminder: The Bay Area OSM meetup group is still alive and has monthly events: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/ Most of them are run in the South Bay/Peninsula and organized by Shawn Britton. If you want to host events via meetup, just get in touch with me and I can make you can admin on the group (there are about 150 people in the group currently). It would be great to see more events in SF, the east bay and Marin. (I don't have much time to organize anymore). Cheers, Sarah Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:09:52 -0500 From: Richard Weait rich...@weait.com To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Openstreetmap talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-us] Why are you missing out on this fun? Message-ID: AANLkTikS4h8Cq_XhNbcXrVznAN8Z-usDOuQkz3q3mQ_=@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Why aren't you getting more fun out of OpenStreetMap? Because you don't know the right people. That's right. You'll enjoy OSM even more than you do now, once you meet some additional local mappers. But to do that you have to actually meet them. Yes, email is nice, IRC is fine, but you have to meet them in person. And you won't know how much more fun that is until you do it. Do you have an OSM group that meets in your town? You should. There are regular OSM meetings in every town in Germany with more than two traffic signals.[1] But there are only three OpenStreetMap groups that meet regularly in the US. That means that there are only six traffic lights in the USA![2] That is wrong! You need to start a local OSM group in your town. Other mappers are waiting for you to pluck up your nerve, pick a location and a date, AND DO IT! Book it. Add your local group to the OSM calendar[3], announce it on talk-us@ and IRC. Invite the local cycling group, Open Data group and Linux user group. They are all waiting to hear from you. That's all the planning you have to do. The toughest part is just setting the first date and that doesn't sound hard at all. Now do it. You'll meet the right people. And have more fun. [1] 17% of statistics in this email are fabricated [2] Some of the logic is stretched too [3] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Current_events ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Bay Area: mapping party video and upcoming meetup
Hey all, Thought I would share this video from Shawn Britton from a recent mapping party: half moon bay mapping party video, courtesy Kevin Wacknov http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDyXtjKTCMY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDyXtjKTCMYAlso, upcoming mapping party in gilroy on Oct 23: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/calendar/15004841/ http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/calendar/15004841/Cheers, Sarah ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Fwd: [opensource-105] Mapping party in the news
OSM in a local bay area paper - not all details correct, but good to see it in there! -- Forwarded message -- From: Shawn Britton smbrit...@comcast.net Date: Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:06 PM Subject: [opensource-105] Mapping party in the news To: opensource-...@meetup.com http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2010/08/18/news/doc4c6c1cd3c6324172087846.txt --talk Please Note: If you hit REPLY, your message will be sent to everyone on this mailing list (opensource-...@meetup.com) http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/ This message was sent by Shawn Britton (smbrit...@comcast.net) from Bay Area OpenStreetMappers. To learn more about Shawn Britton, visit his/her member profile: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/members/10081480/ To unsubscribe or to update your mailing list settings, click here: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/settings/ Meetup, PO Box 4668 #37895 New York, New York 10163-4668 | supp...@meetup.com ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] How to get college students involved?
Hi Stefan, I did some work with students back when I was with cloudmade. There are a few details here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Education I can pass along the power points I made if you like (although they are about a year out of date now). Just let me know. If anyone else wants them, I can also try and get them up on the wiki, or am happy for someone else to host them. Cheers, Sarah Message: 3 Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:00:48 -0400 From: Stefan Brandle sbran...@cse.taylor.edu To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-us] How to get college students involved? Message-ID: 4c5c3fc0.1040...@cse.taylor.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi. The following may be outside your time and interest scope, but I am interested in hearing from anybody who is willing to nibble on my requests. I have never actually done any mapping work, but joined this list and lurked with the hope of starting to learn about the tools and issues. I teach computer science at a university about half way between Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne. I would love to have someone show us how to get involved mapping precise data locally and submitting it to various online data sets, or working on software that is helpful to OSM and others. We have students who need senior projects, and also run the occasional special topics class. If anybody is interested, I would like to start a dialog, or at least get some pointers to the right direction. -- sb Stefan Brandle, Taylor University Computer Science and Engineering sbran...@cse.taylor.edu, Telephone: 765-998-4685 FAX: 765-998-4940 http://www.cse.taylor.edu/~sbrandle, http://www.facebook.com/TaylorCSE -- ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] OSM applications used to help in disaster situations
I recently received the following messages and was curious if anyone knew of any applications out there that used OSM (still waiting to get OSM's mediawiki extension on Wikia). Suggestions? I work for the a local County Civil Defense Agency. We have an interest in establishing a Disaster Wiki that would allow us to take in information from the community when a disaster strikes. Our interest stems from an article in Emergency Management magazine, which describes how a wiki could be used to gather information. The basic thought is that after a disaster, people could go to a pre-established wiki and fill out a simple online form, geo-code the location of the damage, add a picture and have that information populate a map. We could display the map on our monitors in the Emergency Operations Center and help identify which areas of the island were hardest hit by the event. I was initially steered toward a site called ushahidi.com, but we would have to load the software on a County Server and we currently do not have the server capacity to handle the additional traffic. Our desired solution would be to have the wiki hosted offsite. I was wondering if you might have any suggestions. Thanks for any help you can offer. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?
Would it be best to collect these ideas on a wiki page? I started this: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_website_ideas (feel free to redirect to a better name) I do feel like it might be best for the whole community if we try to re-vamp the current global wiki rather than create our own, but that might be a much bigger/slower process. Maybe this is already happening ? ( I know this exists: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Cleanup) There are plenty of wiki hosting companies out there that provide wiki hosting for free (mostly with ads) or for a fee (maybe covered by OSM - US foundation?), that include tools such as WYSIWYG editor, calendars, templates, unique domain and social tools like friending etc. Mediawiki also has some options for the WYSIWYG: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WYSIWYG_editor Pages that shouldn't be editable could be protected. Might be good to investigate some of those options. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] CA: Mapping Party this weekend suggestion for draft foundation comments
Hey All, Just a reminder (esp to anyone who may be coming in early for where 2.0), there is a mapping party this weekend: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/calendar/12726887/ Can I request that comments to the foundation draft rules also be placed on that wiki's talk page. Anyone who is not on this list (or who can not read the frequent emails), misses out on the discussion. Best, Sarah ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] CA: San Francisco Mapping Party- Sunday Feb 7
Join us before the super bowl! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Mapping_Party_Feb2010 ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] US OMSF proposal mission statement v2
All, Mission statement v2 is now open for discussion: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Mission_statement Please comment here on talk-us or on the wiki. This draft will be open for a 2 week comment period (ending Dec 29). Cheers, Sarah ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] San Francisco / Bay area projects
Agreed that at this point in time, having everything centralized here is the best way forward. I would like to make a request for the future though, that if a list is marked for deletion that a message is sent out on that list informing them. (maybe a week ahead of time). I was the admin for the bay area list and didn't know if was deleted until my email to it bounced. It would have been helpful to let folks know, and encourage them to enlist here if they weren't already (or to join the meetup group which is now being used at the local event list as well). At this point in the project, we can use as many mappers as possible, and don't want to lose folks who may only be involved on a localized level. Thanks, Sarah -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:03:22 -0800 From: Dave Hansen d...@sr71.net Subject: Re: [Talk-us] San Francisco / Bay area projects To: Dale Puch dale.p...@gmail.com Cc: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Message-ID: 1259769802.24696.2521.ca...@nimitz Content-Type: text/plain On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 03:55 -0500, Dale Puch wrote: I think the idea was that there wasn't that much traffic that it would bother the talk-us group, and what was there the rest of us could possible benefit from. Yeah, that's what I took from it too. It will be a wonderful day when we have so much activity on this list that there's a desperate need to break it up somehow. As talk-us list dictator, I hereby declare that any local discussions about anywhere in the country are more than welcome here. :) -- Dave -- Message: 4 Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:18:57 -0800 From: SteveC st...@asklater.com Subject: Re: [Talk-us] San Francisco / Bay area projects To: Dave Hansen d...@sr71.net Cc: Dale Puch dale.p...@gmail.com, talk-us@openstreetmap.org Message-ID: eb9f7ae1-b080-4092-86aa-a65229fdd...@asklater.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii agreed multiple empty lists are sub-optimal, and what we saw in Europe was that local events, published on a national scale encouraged people to travel long distances to them, and prodded competition to start other events where people couldn't make it. Yours c. Steve ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us This may very well already be the defacto standard, but if not, might I suggest that we establish a best practice of prefixing subjects which are regionally directed with a 2-4 character region prefix followed by a colon? NY: has already been used. other states also would be by postal code abbreviation If you need a broader or narrower region, such as New England (NwEn?) or SF/Bay area (SFB?), etc. then as long as you don't step on a state, if you get there first, it's yours. This would allow those who are interested in a particular region to be pricked by the prefix, and would also make it easy to search the list for regionally specific entries. Anything without a prefix would be of general US interest. -- Randy ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Reminder: Bay Area mapping party this Saturday
Hi All, Reminder there will be a hike/mapping party this weekend in Gilroy. Details here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gilroy_Mapping_Party Best place to rsvp is on the meetup group if you are a part of it: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/calendar/11833799/ I can not attend, so if you plan to go, please contact Shawn Britton day of for any last minute details. Hist contact information is on the wiki. Cheers, Sarah ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] San Francisco / Bay area projects
Paul, Your in luck: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gilroy_Mapping_Party ; http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/ Now that the bay area list was deleted the meetup is really the best place to fine events (although I do make sure its on the wiki as well). This is in conjunction with a local sierra club group. Best, Sarah -- Message: 7 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:59:16 +0100 From: Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org Subject: Re: [Talk-us] [josm-dev] Poor JOSM Yahoo imagery solution? To: andrzej zaborowski balr...@gmail.com Cc: Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.netalan_mintz%2b...@earthlink.net, josm-dev josm-...@openstreetmap.org, talk-us@openstreetmap.org Message-ID: 4b0bae74.3040...@remote.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Hi, andrzej zaborowski wrote: I have heard on IRC that Potlatch bends the API slightly to get these images. Ooh, evil... guess we'll have to ban it! However, the only area Yahoo has better resolution than z=1 is the US where the imager comes from another source (calles USGS I think) that can be used as a WMS directly so there's little gain from being able to get it through Yahoo. I am not familiar with the gory details but the original poster wrote: Unfortunately, the particular area I'm working on does not have Terraserver/USGS urban imagery available. Whereas he had splendid Yahoo imagery in Potlatch. Bye Frederik -- Message: 8 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:10:46 + From: Paul Jarratt pej...@gmail.com Subject: [Talk-us] San Francisco / Bay area projects To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org talk-us@openstreetmap.org Message-ID: bad98792-23fa-4035-9d33-1b25833a9...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Hi All I have a journalist from the San Jose Mercury News writing an article about OpenStreetMap who is keen to connect with mapping parties in the bay area that are carrying out specific projects. Is anyone organizing anything in the next few week or know about something that has been completed recently that might be considered newsworthy? Thanks for your help. Paul Jarratt +1 650 644 8449 ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] deletion of talk-us-bayarea?
Hello All, Did someone delete the talk-us-bayarea list? From the last email discussion on talk-us there was never a full or agreed upon decision. I just tried to announce an upcoming event and got the following error message. I understand it's not an active mailing list, but it is used for announcements and should not be deleted with out consensus from those who are on the list. If you scroll to the bottom you can see the announcement I was trying to make for an upcoming mapping party. Best, Sarah -- Forwarded message -- From: Mail Delivery Subsystem mailer-dae...@googlemail.com Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:45 PM Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) To: sarah.m.man...@gmail.com Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: talk-us-baya...@openstreetmap.org Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 Unrouteable address (state 14). - Original message - MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.9.11 with SMTP id 11mr409128wfi.101.1258073102381; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:45:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:45:02 -0800 Message-ID: 2437b81b0911121645v5a0a968cte7ee9d3a9d69b...@mail.gmail.com Subject: gilroy hike mapping party From: Sarah Manley sarah.m.man...@gmail.com To: talk-us-baya...@openstreetmap.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00504502b00d5e7445047835f8fd Hello, We are partnering again with the sierra club in the south bay to host a mapping party hike (thanks shawn!) Details:http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gilroy_Mapping_Party Also, we have been chatting weekly about forming the US OSM chapter. It would be great to have more bay area folks on the call. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States If anyone is interested in a SF (or closer to SF) meetup, let me know. Its been a while. Cheers, Sarah ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us-bayarea] [Talk-us] US Chapter Call?
Do we have an agenda? What about someone who will act as a moderator? I would volunteer to be it, but I can only be on the call for 15 minutes due to a prior commitment. On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Sarah Manley sarah.m.man...@gmail.com wrote: Agreed that call a call during business hours will be difficult for a lot of people to attend. To be fair then, should we try for a saturday? Thanks Sara, Kate -- that should help people *feel* included, even if they *choose* not to call in. (as i will choose not to -- big weather conference here saturday, one of my favorite uses for maps) -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com ___ Talk-us-bayarea mailing list Talk-us-bayarea@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us-bayarea
[Talk-us-bayarea] Reminder: Hike mapping event this weekend
Reminder all, this sunday there is a group hike in gilroy area: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gilroy_Mapping_Party I can not attend, so please contact Shawn Britton (details on wiki) Cheers, Sarah ___ Talk-us-bayarea mailing list Talk-us-bayarea@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us-bayarea
Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter Call?
Do we have an agenda? What about someone who will act as a moderator? I would volunteer to be it, but I can only be on the call for 15 minutes due to a prior commitment. On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Sarah Manley sarah.m.man...@gmail.com wrote: Agreed that call a call during business hours will be difficult for a lot of people to attend. To be fair then, should we try for a saturday? Thanks Sara, Kate -- that should help people *feel* included, even if they *choose* not to call in. (as i will choose not to -- big weather conference here saturday, one of my favorite uses for maps) -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us-bayarea] [Talk-us] proposal for deletion: talk-us-ga and talk-us-bayarea
First, you should probably include these lists on your mail if you plan to delete them. Its important to not take away something from the community without informing them. Some folks may not be on the general talk lists, and only these area specific ones. I agree that for the bay area, it is super quiet now, and as list admin, I can see it is 99% spam that attempts to get through. I would really encourage folks though to post their local events then to talk-us. They are fewer now, and need to get as much attention as then can get. On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Apollinaris Schoell ascho...@gmail.comwrote: me too also bay area On 20 Oct 2009, at 21:00 , Dan Homerick wrote: On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:23 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Neither list has any real traffic, and what they do tend to just be reposts of talk-us. Splitting the community at this stage is retarded, we should wait for talk-us to grow to a sizable level and then begin spinning off as required, like we did with the other lists. Yours c. Steve I'm in favor of deletion. Bay Area resident, - Dan ___ Talk-us mailing list talk...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list talk...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us-bayarea mailing list Talk-us-bayarea@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us-bayarea
Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter Call?
Agreed that call a call during business hours will be difficult for a lot of people to attend. To be fair then, should we try for a saturday? On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: unless there is a major push that we should do things outside of working hours that rubs my fur the wrong way. holding meetings during working hours will bias attendance in favor of those sponsored by an interested corporate entity and the retired/unemployed/student, and against those with a day job. Most voluntary organizations don't start discriminating against average members' access to meetings until the professional management and decorative board members have begun wrenching control from the actual volunteers. if this Chapter is to be an obvious sham front for CM, by all means, hold meetings at 1pm PDT/PST workdays, that will tell other GIS vendors to buy seats on the board fast or be shut out. if that is NOT our intention, don't make it look like it is. obviously, most meetings with lawyers will require a *subcommittee* that can speak with lawyers in business hours. Geography - Hawaii, Alaska, and some US administered territories would also be in scope for this chapter, so there's far more than 3 time zones spanning the potentially interested parties (plus Indiana). Speaking of parties, the Ubuntu semi-annual release parties will be rolling through timezones on Oct 29th. eg 7pm EDT Boston. -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] proposal for deletion: talk-us-ga and
What is the status of the forum: http://forum.openstreetmap.org? Would building this out more maybe solve some of our problems? In my current role, we tend us to use forums on our wikis more than mailing lists, and I know that wikipedia moved away from mailing lists as they grew. I am not positive this is the best solution, but it is an option. On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Christian Petersen c...@cloudmade.comwrote: I think using local lists is up to the local OSM groups, but I agree with the principle that one list is enough for the US as long as it is not used quite a bit more than it is now. But I can certainly imagine that local OSM groups may have a lot of local things to discuss that they may want their own list for like we have seen it in Europe. - Christian -Original Message- From: talk-us-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto: talk-us-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of talk-us-requ...@openstreetmap.org Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:00 AM To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: Talk-us Digest, Vol 23, Issue 22 Send Talk-us mailing list submissions to talk-us@openstreetmap.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to talk-us-requ...@openstreetmap.org You can reach the person managing the list at talk-us-ow...@openstreetmap.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Talk-us digest... Today's Topics: 1. proposal for deletion: talk-us-ga and talk-us-bayarea (SteveC) 2. US Chapter Call? (Kate Chapman) 3. Re: US Chapter Call? (Ian Dees) 4. Re: proposal for deletion: talk-us-ga and talk-us-bayarea (Dan Homerick) 5. Re: proposal for deletion: talk-us-ga and talk-us-bayarea (Apollinaris Schoell) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:23:31 -0400 From: SteveC st...@asklater.com Subject: [Talk-us] proposal for deletion: talk-us-ga and talk-us-bayarea To: Talk Openstreetmap t...@openstreetmap.org,Talk-us talk-us@openstreetmap.org Message-ID: e51bc7d8-fe2a-4cbc-9fbd-cb8808780...@asklater.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Neither list has any real traffic, and what they do tend to just be reposts of talk-us. Splitting the community at this stage is retarded, we should wait for talk-us to grow to a sizable level and then begin spinning off as required, like we did with the other lists. Yours c. Steve -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:41:47 -0400 From: Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com Subject: [Talk-us] US Chapter Call? To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Message-ID: 43040f8d0910202041me8083e5i1e09825d7399a...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 So we had discussed earlier having a call regarding forming a US Chapter. I suggest we set-up a call for sometime next week. Since we don't have that many time zones involved I'm going to suggest next Thursday (October 29th) at 4 PM EST unless there is a major push that we should do things outside of working hours. I don't have any experience using free conference call software if anyone has a specific recommendation I would be open to that. I'm not sure what OSM working groups normally use. Thanks, Kate Chapman -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/attachments/20091020/3e8d3482/attachment.html -- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:51:53 -0500 From: Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter Call? To: Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com Cc: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Message-ID: 3baad6b80910202051g632f2b9awb1eb4c24b703a...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Drop.io provides free conference calling features. Last time I used it was over a year ago, but it worked pretty well. I created a drop here for OSM: http://drop.io/openstreetmap Conference number is listed on the page. On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: So we had discussed earlier having a call regarding forming a US Chapter. I suggest we set-up a call for sometime next week. Since we don't have that many time zones involved I'm going to suggest next Thursday (October 29th) at 4 PM EST unless there is a major push that we should do things outside of working hours. I don't have any experience using free conference call software if anyone has a specific recommendation I would be open to that. I'm not sure what OSM working groups normally use. Thanks, Kate Chapman ___ Talk-us mailing list
[Talk-us] OSM Atlanta new video
Hey All, This was passed on to me, and thought it would interest all of you. http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/good_day_atl/Open_Street_Map_Project_101909 Sounds like a good time to get the US chapter off the ground, esp. since they are referring to OSM as an non-profit. Best, Sarah PS.. good job Thea! ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Atlanta Mapathon reported by BBC
Nice press! Thea at Cloudmade has been one of the main organizers, good job! On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Stellan Lagerstrom lagerst...@blindsight.com wrote: The upcoming Atlanta Mapathon http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Atlanta_Citywide_Mapathon just got some nice press coverage on BBC; it is one of the top Tech stories. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8305924.stm ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us-bayarea] Gilroy Hike and Mapping Party
All, Shawn Britton will be hosting a Hike Mapping Party on Sunday Oct 25th in Gilroy. More details here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gilroy_Mapping_Party Cheers, Sarah ___ Talk-us-bayarea mailing list Talk-us-bayarea@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us-bayarea
Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters
Yes, that was helpful, thanks Bill. So, as mentioned before, we should probably set a time to plan a conference call so we can start to make some decisions. Does anyone have access to a conference call service? I do not. I would say a tentative agenda is: 1. decide where we plan to incorporate (I think we can request proposals to be listed on the wiki prior and establish a way to vote on it). 2. allocating legal assistance 3. est. a timeline for ratifying draft rules 4. closer look at OSMF local chapter agreement 5. finances-- begin discussing membership types/fees/accounting 6. board selection - begin discussing process for electing board members, and early nominations 7. and Also, if anyone has connections at wikimedia ( I have some I can try to work on), it would probably be helpful to have someone from there who has already gone through a similar process to be on our call or for one of us to report back to the group with their suggestions/advice. Best, Sarah On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:48 AM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Really interesting post, thanks On 29 Sep 2009, at 20:10, Bill Ricker wrote: If your are going to incorporate at a national level, please look at examples of good and bad examples in the FOSS community. GrokLaw linked to this discussion, which has relevance outside its own niche. http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20090914102959510 Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com Yours c. Steve ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us-bayarea] [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters
Agreed. Steve-- can you set up a conference call? Also, would be good if more folks sign up on committees. I think going forward calls may work best on a committee level, with notes sent out here. I am now volunteering at the wikimedia foundation, so I can probably ask for a help from one of their contacts (per Kate's suggestion). On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:36 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On 16 Sep 2009, at 13:56, Sarah Manley wrote: As listed by Kate in her second email (and being built out on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States) A local chapter will do more advocacy within their own nation. OK That's a lot more filled out, added my name. Suggest moving to a weekly phone call to get it moving. Yours c. Steve ___ Talk-us-bayarea mailing list Talk-us-bayarea@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us-bayarea
Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters
Agreed. Steve-- can you set up a conference call? Also, would be good if more folks sign up on committees. I think going forward calls may work best on a committee level, with notes sent out here. I am now volunteering at the wikimedia foundation, so I can probably ask for a help from one of their contacts (per Kate's suggestion). On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:36 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: On 16 Sep 2009, at 13:56, Sarah Manley wrote: As listed by Kate in her second email (and being built out on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States) A local chapter will do more advocacy within their own nation. OK That's a lot more filled out, added my name. Suggest moving to a weekly phone call to get it moving. Yours c. Steve ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters
Hello All, Looks like we are getting off to a good start. We have 15 folks on the wiki, and need 20 to start our the chapter. So please spread the word. I think it might be helpful for us to break into committees, so to handle different aspects of forming, managing and advocating for the chapter. Thoughts? It may be best for us to self identify on the wiki with what committee we would like to be on, as well as if we have services that could be of help (ie lawyer, accountant, experience in forming a non-profit etc). If we plan to have an advisory board, we may also want to create a section where people can make proposals. From there we can work on drafting and adopting the draft rules, as well as decide on when and where to incorporate. If its helpful, we may want to set a time for a conference call to iron out some of the details. Best, Sarah On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Sarah Manley sarah.m.man...@gmail.comwrote: As listed by Kate in her second email (and being built out on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States) A local chapter will do more advocacy within their own nation. In the US, if incorporated as a non-profit, the chapter would be able to accept donations without having to pay taxes on them (and provide a tax write off to those who donate to us), be eligible for public and private grants, act as a separate legal entity that owns all data/material donated (which often makes government bodies more willing to share). I know that the OSMF can to that in the UK now, but I have the feeling the US companies/governments would be more comfortable in supporting the project if it had US legal status. (esp if its map data collected with US tax payer money). I think if we want to the US mapper community to grow, this is a way to help as well as formalize the presence here. The cons- more paperwork, money and time. On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:03 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Playing devils advocate a bit - what will the chapter do that we can't or aren't already? Does the aura of having an incorporated body somehow change everything? It certainly didn't with the OSMF, it was more that we needed a body to hold independent control of things like the domain names. On 15 Sep 2009, at 19:32, Kate Chapman wrote: Hi all, I've heard various talk going on about local chapters in various places. I did a quick archive search but didn't find that much information regarding U.S. chapters. There seems to be people interested, but perhaps working separately. Let me preface the rest of my email with the statement that I'm not a lawyer, but a geonerd. I have helped establish a non-profit in the U.S. that obtained tax-exempt status and I can speak with regards to that experience though. For the group I worked with we already were operating as an L.L.C. at the time and moved to incorporate in D.C. In order to incorporate we had to pay a small fee (roughly 100 dollars), have a registered agent in the District and have articles of incorporation. The tax-exempt status was far more work and involved proof of events we had (in this particular case it was flyers), tax records as well as filling out a 27 page IRS form. If I understand things correctly a U.S. Local Chapter could do the same thing, but we might need to file paperwork with each state we are active in (not totally sure about this, does anyone else have a better idea?). What are people's thoughts about local chapters or having 1 large U.S. chapter? I can see benefits to both sides. Advantages: - I think easily enough possible members - Pooling of resources, one set of paper work Disadvantages: -Spread out, most work would be remote (maybe not a disadvantage) -Where would we be incorporated? Thoughts? I've seen in various places such as the wiki a well as talking to people that there is interest in some sort of U.S. based chapter, but exactly how has to be worked out. Thanks, Kate Chapman ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us Yours c. Steve ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters
All, I was planning to send a similar email this week, so Kate, thanks for beating me to it. I agree that it is important to get the US chapter up and running, and that local groups can then use the national non-profit status for their efforts. One place we may want to look to as an example is the Wiki Media Foundations Chapter agreement and processes ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Step-by-step_chapter_creation_guide ). I know that folks at OSMF are working on the agreement with the foundation, and I think we can start a team to look into gaining non-profit status. The best bet is probably to form into committees to carry out the needed steps. So far, some folks who want to be involved have signed up here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/Proposed_Chapters I can create a new page that is Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States where we can form into the committees and start to delegate tasks. We will most definitely need a lawyer, accountant and some start up funds.There may also be organizations that exist that can help us in the process ( If anyone is in NYC, i know the foundation center helps with this: http://www.foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/starting_nonprofit.html). Since there is a strong DC team and its the capital, it may be good to incorporate there. I can also volunteer to be a lead contact in California. I know the state of CA is already using OSM, and is interested in becoming more involved( http://recovery.ca.gov/HTML/RecoveryImpact/map.shtml). I also have a contacts at WikiMedia Foundation if we would like to ask them any advice. Best, Sarah On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Peter Batty pe...@ebatty.com wrote: Based on some of the other discussion I've seen about local chapters, it seems as though it may well be useful for us to have an OSM legal entity in the US for various reasons. So if it's not too much hassle to set up I think it's probably worth doing. I would vote for doing just one at the US level though, I think that more local groups (state level etc) can just be informal organizations as they are now, and can use the US local chapter if and when they need a legal entity. So I'd be supportive of setting something up, and happy to help out. Cheers, Peter. On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: I currently do work with my local group that organizes around a wiki page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MappingDC I think there potentially can be some cash flow. We have been approaching local governments to get permissions to import their data. In the case of the District of Columbia we can just download it off their website. Some our municipalities there is a fee for them to make a DVD of their data. There are individuals willing to pay in order to obtain the data, but it does amount to cash-flow. There may be other situations where organizations would like to donate equipment such as GPS units as well. Also when dealing with NGOs and governments having legal standing can also potentially give us more weight as well. Also since OSMF is U.K. based they can't necessarily handle legal issues within the United States depending on the scope of them. I'm not saying it is necessary to form a legal entity, but I don't think it is totally black and white either. -Kate Chapman On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.comwrote: At least some US local cadre organize around the state and city wiki.osm.org pages, with just an event announcement on the list. eg http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Boston I've been around 501(c)(3) and related state incorporation and charitable regs more often than I'd like. I'd rather spend my mapping time mapping and leave any corporate governance to the OSMF and CloudMade. Incorporation is useful if there are assets or liabilities. I don't see a cash flow in a OSM chapter. If there isn't enough cash flow to pay for Directors' Liability Insurance, incorporating just focuses Liability on the Officers and Directors. The asset is the Map date, rights for which are held by OSMF. CloudMade and the OSMF should handle the legal issues. Let's map. -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us -- Peter Batty - President, Spatial Networking W: +1 303 339 0957 M: +1 720 346 3954 Blog: http://geothought.blogspot.com ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters
As listed by Kate in her second email (and being built out on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States) A local chapter will do more advocacy within their own nation. In the US, if incorporated as a non-profit, the chapter would be able to accept donations without having to pay taxes on them (and provide a tax write off to those who donate to us), be eligible for public and private grants, act as a separate legal entity that owns all data/material donated (which often makes government bodies more willing to share). I know that the OSMF can to that in the UK now, but I have the feeling the US companies/governments would be more comfortable in supporting the project if it had US legal status. (esp if its map data collected with US tax payer money). I think if we want to the US mapper community to grow, this is a way to help as well as formalize the presence here. The cons- more paperwork, money and time. On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:03 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Playing devils advocate a bit - what will the chapter do that we can't or aren't already? Does the aura of having an incorporated body somehow change everything? It certainly didn't with the OSMF, it was more that we needed a body to hold independent control of things like the domain names. On 15 Sep 2009, at 19:32, Kate Chapman wrote: Hi all, I've heard various talk going on about local chapters in various places. I did a quick archive search but didn't find that much information regarding U.S. chapters. There seems to be people interested, but perhaps working separately. Let me preface the rest of my email with the statement that I'm not a lawyer, but a geonerd. I have helped establish a non-profit in the U.S. that obtained tax-exempt status and I can speak with regards to that experience though. For the group I worked with we already were operating as an L.L.C. at the time and moved to incorporate in D.C. In order to incorporate we had to pay a small fee (roughly 100 dollars), have a registered agent in the District and have articles of incorporation. The tax-exempt status was far more work and involved proof of events we had (in this particular case it was flyers), tax records as well as filling out a 27 page IRS form. If I understand things correctly a U.S. Local Chapter could do the same thing, but we might need to file paperwork with each state we are active in (not totally sure about this, does anyone else have a better idea?). What are people's thoughts about local chapters or having 1 large U.S. chapter? I can see benefits to both sides. Advantages: - I think easily enough possible members - Pooling of resources, one set of paper work Disadvantages: -Spread out, most work would be remote (maybe not a disadvantage) -Where would we be incorporated? Thoughts? I've seen in various places such as the wiki a well as talking to people that there is interest in some sort of U.S. based chapter, but exactly how has to be worked out. Thanks, Kate Chapman ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us Yours c. Steve ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Native American Reservations
Hello All, Has anyone done any work (or know of areas/examples), of mapping on Native American reservations? I know some people who work with Native American groups, and are intersted in OSM. I haven't seen much in the wiki, or on the map. I have seen some ares defined by nodes imported with the GNIS, but doesn't seem to be too much. Thanks, Sarah ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] US mapping parties this weekend (NYC, Santa Clara)
So this is clear where these events are being held see inline notes On Jul 21, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Russ Nelson wrote: If you've been thinking about going to a mapping party, and learning more about OpenStreetMap, and how we edit the map, consider attending a mapping party this weekend. Consult the list below: Thea Clay: http://community.cloudmade.com/event/custom/generic/show/218 Dallas TX Chris McNally: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/New_York%2C_New_York NYC Sarah Manley: http://community.cloudmade.com/event/custom/generic/show/158 Santa Clara, CA (and the following day a cycle ride in Sunnyvale, CA: http://community.cloudmade.com/event/custom/cycling/show/224) And don't forget that Dirk Munson is riding RAGBRAI this week: --- Across the state of Iowa http://ragbrai.com/index.php/expo-2/ Russ is also hosting a BoF discussion at OSCON : http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/10195 -- Russ Nelson - http://community.cloudmade.com/blog - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:RussNelson r...@cloudmade.com - Twitter: Russ_OSM - http://openstreetmap.org/user/RussNelson ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us Sarah Manley Community Ambassdor sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 415-254-3050 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] National Park Mapping Party?
All, I would be really interested in organizing a National Parks Mapping Party event. It would be great to have them going on throughout the US during the summer months. Does anyone have contacts with NPS staff? It would be ideal to get on their programs,. Maybe have group hikes that are mapping? I live in the Bay Area, and would volunteer to organize a Yosemite Trip for last August/early September. OSM at Yosemite could use some work (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.85lon=-119.568zoom=10layers=B000FTF ) I have never been out there, so send advice if you are interested and want to help me in planning. If Yosemite is a bit too far for bay area folks, we could start with a focus on Point Reyes (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.997lon=-122.705zoom=11layers=B000FTF ). Cheers, Sarah On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Jeffrey Ollie wrote: On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Ian Deesian.d...@gmail.com wrote: If there is significant interest in it, I can quite easily adapt my shp-to-osm to read .e00 files. I believe the GIS file reader library I'm using has a plugin for .e00 files. That'd be awesome if you would. The NPS has a lot of data available in .e00 format. I'd like to at least get the park boundaries imported. -- Jeff Ollie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us Sarah Manley Community Ambassdor sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 415-254-3050 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Where Camp
All, I have started a wiki page for OSM @ wherecamp. Hope some of you can make it. Sarah http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WhereCamp/2009 Sarah Manley Community Ambassdor sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] OSM on whitehouse.gov
Dear All, Not sure if many of you have seen this, but the OSM is the base map being used here by the US gov: http://www.whitehouse.gov/change/ It's a great day to be an American Mapper! Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Portland Car-free happy hour tonight-- potential networking for mappers interested in transit maps
Dear All, I was asked to pass this along to OSM folks. Sounds like an interesting event that holds potential for networking around OSM Portland car-free happy hour is tonight at Roots in SE (http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-carfree/browse_frm/thread/f01529f84095f162 ). I hope you can make this event. It will be a great opportunity to get people excited about OSM's possibilities for pedestrian, bike, and transit infrastructure and recruit new OSM volunteers. Contact: -- Aaron Antrim Trillium Solutions 707.633.4464 www.trilliumtransit.com ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Bay Area Mapping Events
Dear All, Here is a list of mapping events in the upcoming weeks. This weekend: Feb 28th and Mar 1, 11am - 4pm, Berkeley Mapping Party! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Berkeley_Mapping_Party_Feb2009 Next Wednesday: Mappy Hour, social geo-focused event 5:45pm: short intro presentations at UMI 6:30pm: Drinks and discussion at 21st Amendment http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappy_Hour_Bay_Area Mar 14 15, San Francisco Mapping Party http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Mapping_Party_Mar2009 Cheers, Sarah ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Upcoming Bay Area Mapping Parties
Dear All, Our next Bay Area mapping party will be Feb 7th 8th in Mountain View. Details can be found here: Saturday February 7th and Sunday February 8th, 11am-4pm Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041 http://www.redrockcoffee.org (650) 967-4473 Contact sa...@cloudmade.com cell number: 631-338-3815 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mountain_View_Mapping_Party_-_February_2009 Please spread the word, as well as send me recommendations for other groups/individuals who may be interested in attending. Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Marin Mapping Party this weekend!
Hello All, We are hosting another mapping party this weekend in Marin. Last weekend we had a wonderful mapping party in SF at Urban mapping, and I hope to continue to build the OSM community here in the Bay Area. Here are some basic details: When: Saturday December 13th and Sunday December 14th Where: Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto Mill Valley CA 94941, Where: Tamalpais Room, 2nd Floor Contact User:Sarah M Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell number: 631-338-3815 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Marin As always, feel free to bring family/friends and to spread the word! Also, send me suggestions for people/places to contact as well as locations in Marin to map. Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Bay Area Mailing List created
Dear All, I recently created a Bay Area Talk list. Please join if you are interested in OpenStreetMap events in the Bay Area ( or if you are fond of mapping here) http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us-bayarea (you can find other lists here: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo) I am working to build the OSM community in the Bay Area, so please feel free to contact me with ideas for events/speaking engagements/ collaborations. Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Bay Area Mailing List created
I am glad to hear this feedback. I started the Bay Area mailing list because I am working to increase participation in the Bay Area by coordinating mapping parties/speaking engagements, and encouraging others here to do the same. I thought it would be helpful to have a separate list for people based here so mapping party attendees could reconnect post event to plan new events, suggest other groups to contact, as well as discuss areas to focus on. I agree that it is helpful to have questions sent out to the entire US list and we should encourage anyone who has questions non-specific to the Bay Area to share them with Talk-us. But I thought it would be helpful to have a localized list that doesn't crowd talk-us with city specific details. On Nov 25, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Russ Nelson wrote: Scott Atwood writes: Actually, I've been hesitant to speak up on Talk-us about strictly local issues, because I didn't want to fill others mailboxes with noise that they don't particularly care about. I rather like the idea of having a separate list, so we can talk about local issues without bothering other folks. Disagree. Oh, sure, there are undoubtedly some strictly local issues that are irrelevant outside the locality to which they apply. But, y'know, I can't think of any, so I'd say go ahead and email. As Dave said, if you get too boring, we'll kick you off into a local list. -- --my blog is athttp://blog.russnelson.com | Delegislation is a slippery Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | slope to prosperity. 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-323-1241 | Fewer laws, more freedom. Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog | (Not a GOP supporter). ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us Sarah Manley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Mapping Party next weekend (Nov 2223) in Palo Alto
Dear All, We had a great weekend in Oakland, and hope to have another in Palo Alto. Stop by if you are in the Bay Area! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/South_bay Cheers, Sarah ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] OSM mapper from ITO World
Dear All, I thought this would interest most of you http://www.itoworld.com/static/osmmapper Cheers, Sarah PS If you are in the Bay Area, stop by the Oakland mapping party this weekend! ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Mapping Party in Oakland this weekend!
Dear All, I will be hosting my first mapping party this weekend in Oakland. If you live in the Bay Area, stop by! It will be held from 1pm - 6pm Mama Buzz 2318 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA 94612 BART: 19th St Oakland see details on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Oakland and please RSVP http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1320644/?ps=6 Feel free to invite and bring others. You can contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope to see you there! Best, Sarah___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Mapping Party in Oakland this weekend!
Its actually on both days On Nov 4, 2008, at 4:28 PM, David Muir Sharnoff wrote: Saturday or Sunday? -Dave On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Sarah Manley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, I will be hosting my first mapping party this weekend in Oakland. If you live in the Bay Area, stop by! It will be held from 1pm - 6pm Mama Buzz 2318 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA 94612 BART: 19th St Oakland see details on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Oakland and please RSVP http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1320644/?ps=6 Feel free to invite and bring others. You can contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope to see you there! Best, Sarah ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] labels for roads with or without sidewalks
Dear All, I am new to OSM and wanted to ask a question about sidewalks. From my understanding we do no record sideways because it is assumed that all roads have them. In my experience, this is not true. So would we want to create labels that differentiate roads with sidewalks from roads without sidewalks? Sarah ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
