[Talk-us] Be Counted! (as an OSMF Member)

[alyssa wright]

Hi all!

Now that we have last week’s election behind us (sort of) we have another
one just around the corner. 

If you haven’t heard already, the international OpenStreetMap Foundation
elections are happening December 15 and you *need* to be a member by
 ... TOMORROW to vote.

Did you know that ~100M people voted last Tuesday? That’s the bar I’m
setting for our turnout. I mean, there will be no long lines or broken
machines on our election day.

Don’t prove us wrong.

Membership has its priveleges. Beyond having a voice in the future of
OpenStreetMap, you help keep the project going. Literally. Servers don’t
survive on  alone. (At least that’s what they tell me.)

So register now! Be a proud American (mapper)!

https://join.osmfoundation.org/normal-membership/

This message is supported by,
Alyssa and the OSMUS Board

PS This is tapped on a phone so ignore any spelling mistakes or bad jokes.
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Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

[alyssa wright]

Thanks Clifford. We'll make sure to discuss this at a our future board
meeting.

Best,
Alyssa.

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 6:06 PM Clifford Snow 
wrote:

> I'm curious to see the results of Zoe's survey and more importantly how we
> might use the knowledge to improve our tools and communications.
>
> It has been a long time since I worked with survey. But one of the key
> points I remember learning was that we needed a plan to work on the
> results. Getting the data is nice, but doing something about it is what
> counts.
>
> Let me propose the following two actions for the OSM-US Board to undertake
>
> 1. The Board commits to analyze and recommend changes based on the results
> of the survey.
>
> 2. The Board fund a program to increase the diversity number of the US
> mapping community. It could be anything from funding articles in targeted
> websites to funding speakers at events.
>
>
> Clifford
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Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

[alyssa wright]

Thank you Spencer for your thoughts!

Speaking from my own experience, I come to OSM with many blind spots and I
rely on others to help me understand what those blind spots are.

Perhaps that is one best ways academic research can contribute to OSM -- to
let us see  something new that we were not able to see before.

And thanks to Spencer for being brave enough to share your recessive eye
color [1][2].

 ;)
Alyssa


[1] Did you know that green is recessive to brown but dominant over blue?
Hope you weren't mapping during bio classes.

[2] I think it's super creative that Spencer combined the "mapping blind
spots" and "eye color" in the same thread! Yay! OSMers are so creative!

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 9:36 PM Spencer Gardner <spencergard...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> My thoughts are:
>
>1. The negative reactions to the study seem to be putting the cart
>before the horse. If our goal is to make OSM the most accurate and complete
>map on the planet, it makes sense to me that we would want to understand
>where our blind spots might be, whether they're due to differences in
>participation by gender, ideology, etc. I would expect a vigorous debate
>and passionate disagreement about what (if anything) to do about a blind
>spot if one is found, but that's not really the question at hand. Let's
>cross that bridge when we come to it. Of course, I'm willing to entertain
>arguments for why someone shouldn't pursue this line of inquiry but I don't
>see a compelling reason.
>2. Thanks to the OSM community (esp. Ian, Alyssa, and the rest of the
>board) for encouraging open, respectful conversation. I find my own
>feelings on topics like this to be more complicated than either of the
>screaming sides so I believe it's critical to ensure many voices are heard,
>even from those whose perspective we find difficult.
>
> Regards,
> Spencer
> (green eyes)
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:47 PM, alyssa wright <alyssapwri...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Re your question about 
>>
>> If you are doing an academic study on eye color and OSM/VGI contribution
>> -- I'd be happy to moderate a townhall as well.
>>
>> For what it's worth, I have blue eyes (and glasses).
>>
>> Alyssa.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Joel Holdsworth <j...@airwebreathe.org.uk
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Could we have one eye colour, also? ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/09/17 17:03, Ian Dees wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Let's continue the conversation on this new thread, keeping in mind
>>>> that we all need to keep our mind open and have productive and positive
>>>> conversation.
>>>>
>>>> I reserve the right to add a moderated cooling off period if we get too
>>>> hostile towards each other again.
>>>>
>>>> -Ian
>>>>
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Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

[alyssa wright]

Re your question about 

If you are doing an academic study on eye color and OSM/VGI contribution --
I'd be happy to moderate a townhall as well.

For what it's worth, I have blue eyes (and glasses).

Alyssa.



On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Joel Holdsworth 
wrote:

> Could we have one eye colour, also? ;-)
>
>
>
> On 05/09/17 17:03, Ian Dees wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Let's continue the conversation on this new thread, keeping in mind that
>> we all need to keep our mind open and have productive and positive
>> conversation.
>>
>> I reserve the right to add a moderated cooling off period if we get too
>> hostile towards each other again.
>>
>> -Ian
>>
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Re: [Talk-us] Gender in OpenStreetMap

[alyssa wright]

Thanks Ian et al. I'd also like to weigh in with two more points:

   1. It's great Zoe's academic inquiry inspired so much discussion. As
   long as it is respectful and productive, we welcome all community input.
   2. If people are interested in taking this off email and speaking more
   directly, I'd be happy to organize a townhall. Please ping me or anyone
   else on the US board and we can help make it an opportunity for us to learn
   more and be involved with this research.

Thanks,
Alyssa.

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 7:03 PM, Ian Dees  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Let's continue the conversation on this new thread, keeping in mind that
> we all need to keep our mind open and have productive and positive
> conversation.
>
> I reserve the right to add a moderated cooling off period if we get too
> hostile towards each other again.
>
> -Ian
>
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Re: [Talk-us] Legal Research

[alyssa wright]

There definitely has to be an emoji process!
On Feb 24, 2016 4:08 PM, "Greg Morgan" <dr.kludge...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 5:12 AM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 4:58 PM, alyssa wright <alyssapwri...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We're also accepting nominations for next year's OSM US pet mascot.
>>
>>
>> I nominate me <http://i.imgur.com/PlMnctd.jpg>!
>>
>
> Paul, I can see that.  However, you'd need to replace the logo with some
> sort of mappy thing and then run the image through an emoji process.  You
> get plus point because the base image is not a cat or dog!
>
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Re: [Talk-us] Legal Research

[alyssa wright]

Also, I believe I linked to the document you're referring to in the wiki 
announcement? I could be confusing documents here... apologies if I am. 

> On Feb 21, 2016, at 6:55 PM, Steve Coast <st...@asklater.com> wrote:
> 
> Ian
> 
> I was just emailed privately to say there's hesitation to release the 
> original briefing since they’ve moved beyond that. But I’m not sure that’s 
> better, since it sounds like there is no documentation and it’s still the 
> same agenda.
> 
> Also, I’m on the LWG and I saw the emails to the OSMF so I’ve seen all that 
> too. If anything, it makes it more worrying. All of this has been brought up 
> privately, it’s not new. You’re kind of skipping over why this isn’t a LWG or 
> OSMF project. Can we not pretend that there was no feedback from them that 
> was ignored?
> 
> This project would be great if some combination of the following happened:
> 
> a) the LWG ran it
> b) the process to design the work we need was open (instead of sharing the 
> results in the spring)
> c) other companies and the community were involved, actively
> d) we could also attract independent lawyers, since in the end we need real 
> opinion anyway
> 
> I don’t think any of that is happening, which is a shame.
> 
> I think what’s happening, and I’m happy to be wrong, is that this is off and 
> secret to make sure it doesn’t get overrun by crazy people on the mailing 
> list. And that’s a legitimate concern. But the way it’s happening is to 
> exclude everyone else too.
> 
> If the original briefing document is to be kept secret then whatever the new 
> briefing is should be documented and open. This is fairly basic stuff, and 
> it’s why, as far as I can tell, the OSMF and LWG didn’t get involved.
> 
> This really has the potential to be a great project of obvious benefit, but 
> only if it’s open.
> 
> Best
> 
> Steve
> 
>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 4:38 PM, Ian Dees <ian.d...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Steve,
>> 
>> I assure you that there is nothing secret about this process, its 
>> intentions, or the result. If you read the blog post (0) and the wiki page 
>> (1) that Alyssa posted you will find as much information as we have right 
>> now. Heck, you can even come talk to us face to face at the town hall and 
>> ask us questions there. We will continue to post about our progress and I'm 
>> sure we'll have at least one more town hall in the future.
>> 
>> As has been mentioned before, the LWG and OSMF were and are involved in this 
>> process.
>> 
>> (0) https://openstreetmap.us/2016/02/law-clinic/
>> (1) 
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/2016_Law_Clinic
>> 
>>> On Feb 21, 2016 18:16, "Steve Coast" <st...@asklater.com> wrote:
>>> It should be pointed out again that this research, based on a - still 
>>> secret - brief by a company, didn’t happen via the LWG.
>>> 
>>> Hopefully one day we’ll be able to build an open process using real 
>>> lawyers, instead of secret agendas pushed via students.
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 3:58 PM, alyssa wright <alyssapwri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> Exciting news here! The OSM US board has partnered with the cyber law 
>>>> clinic at Harvard University Law School for some cyber law research. 
>>>> 
>>>> We are working with two talented young women who bring legal learning and 
>>>> perspective to OpenStreetMap questions. This is smart research that we 
>>>> hope is just the beginning of engaging university students outside of 
>>>> geography and computer majors (which IS most of us anyway).
>>>> 
>>>> We'll be sharing the semester research in the Spring but if you want to 
>>>> learn more posthaste join us for a Town Hall next Wednesday. To whet the 
>>>> legal scholars out there you can also check out the blog announcement 
>>>> starring our newly elected OSM US pet representative.
>>>> 
>>>> We're also accepting nominations for next year's OSM US pet mascot. 
>>>> 
>>>> Let us know if you have any questions!
>>>> Best, 
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Re: [Talk-us] Legal Research

[alyssa wright]

Thanks Steve. Come join us for the town hall on Wednesday!

And if you have time to write a community brief as we define the student work 
that would be great. 

This was never meant to be a secret and your help in making this success is 
appreciated. 

Now have to hop on a plane. Excuse the brevity. 

> On Feb 21, 2016, at 6:55 PM, Steve Coast <st...@asklater.com> wrote:
> 
> Ian
> 
> I was just emailed privately to say there's hesitation to release the 
> original briefing since they’ve moved beyond that. But I’m not sure that’s 
> better, since it sounds like there is no documentation and it’s still the 
> same agenda.
> 
> Also, I’m on the LWG and I saw the emails to the OSMF so I’ve seen all that 
> too. If anything, it makes it more worrying. All of this has been brought up 
> privately, it’s not new. You’re kind of skipping over why this isn’t a LWG or 
> OSMF project. Can we not pretend that there was no feedback from them that 
> was ignored?
> 
> This project would be great if some combination of the following happened:
> 
> a) the LWG ran it
> b) the process to design the work we need was open (instead of sharing the 
> results in the spring)
> c) other companies and the community were involved, actively
> d) we could also attract independent lawyers, since in the end we need real 
> opinion anyway
> 
> I don’t think any of that is happening, which is a shame.
> 
> I think what’s happening, and I’m happy to be wrong, is that this is off and 
> secret to make sure it doesn’t get overrun by crazy people on the mailing 
> list. And that’s a legitimate concern. But the way it’s happening is to 
> exclude everyone else too.
> 
> If the original briefing document is to be kept secret then whatever the new 
> briefing is should be documented and open. This is fairly basic stuff, and 
> it’s why, as far as I can tell, the OSMF and LWG didn’t get involved.
> 
> This really has the potential to be a great project of obvious benefit, but 
> only if it’s open.
> 
> Best
> 
> Steve
> 
>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 4:38 PM, Ian Dees <ian.d...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Steve,
>> 
>> I assure you that there is nothing secret about this process, its 
>> intentions, or the result. If you read the blog post (0) and the wiki page 
>> (1) that Alyssa posted you will find as much information as we have right 
>> now. Heck, you can even come talk to us face to face at the town hall and 
>> ask us questions there. We will continue to post about our progress and I'm 
>> sure we'll have at least one more town hall in the future.
>> 
>> As has been mentioned before, the LWG and OSMF were and are involved in this 
>> process.
>> 
>> (0) https://openstreetmap.us/2016/02/law-clinic/
>> (1) 
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/2016_Law_Clinic
>> 
>>> On Feb 21, 2016 18:16, "Steve Coast" <st...@asklater.com> wrote:
>>> It should be pointed out again that this research, based on a - still 
>>> secret - brief by a company, didn’t happen via the LWG.
>>> 
>>> Hopefully one day we’ll be able to build an open process using real 
>>> lawyers, instead of secret agendas pushed via students.
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 3:58 PM, alyssa wright <alyssapwri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> Exciting news here! The OSM US board has partnered with the cyber law 
>>>> clinic at Harvard University Law School for some cyber law research. 
>>>> 
>>>> We are working with two talented young women who bring legal learning and 
>>>> perspective to OpenStreetMap questions. This is smart research that we 
>>>> hope is just the beginning of engaging university students outside of 
>>>> geography and computer majors (which IS most of us anyway).
>>>> 
>>>> We'll be sharing the semester research in the Spring but if you want to 
>>>> learn more posthaste join us for a Town Hall next Wednesday. To whet the 
>>>> legal scholars out there you can also check out the blog announcement 
>>>> starring our newly elected OSM US pet representative.
>>>> 
>>>> We're also accepting nominations for next year's OSM US pet mascot. 
>>>> 
>>>> Let us know if you have any questions!
>>>> Best, 
>>>> Alyssa. 
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Re: [Talk-us] Legal Research

[alyssa wright]

Thanks Clifford. We will definitely include those questions and will make sure 
to publish the group's responses. Also, I think Alex had the latest update on 
public minutes and financials. As with all our efforts with transparency this 
was not are attempt to hide anything but probably lack of time!

As for your comments Steve - the legal student work is not based on any company 
brief. This is an effort to bring legal students into our community. This isn't 
a corporate agenda. Personally I think it's about diversifying our community 
with a range of learning and expertise. Which I know is something we all 
believe in.

Please feel free to send any further questions our way. And hope to see you at 
the town hall!
Alyssa.

> On Feb 21, 2016, at 6:48 PM, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote:
> 
> Alyssa,
> I will be out of the country with iffy internet service on Wed but would 
> otherwise like to join the call. Would you mind if we solicit questions ahead 
> of time that we could have discuss? I have two question or maybe they are 
> really concerns.
> 
> One of my concern is that the legal opinions I see regarding ODbL all focus 
> on third party uses of the data. None of the opinions ask the question, what 
> happens to OSM if we were to relax the terms of the license. It is as if 
> business intelligence from a for-profit business Trumped (pun intended) OSM's 
> contributors. 
> 
> The second concern is how to give back to government agencies that publish 
> their data with no constraints. I would love it if the agencies could use our 
> data. How can that be facilitated and still protect OSM?
> 
> At the last townhall, for SOTM-US, we discussed publishing the US Chapter's 
> minutes and financials. I strongly recommend you included the Board's 
> commitment to publishing minutes and financials in the conversation with firm 
> deadlines.
> 
> Respectfully,
> Clifford
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 2:58 PM, alyssa wright <alyssapwri...@gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Exciting news here! The OSM US board has partnered with the cyber law clinic 
>> at Harvard University Law School for some cyber law research. 
>> 
>> We are working with two talented young women who bring legal learning and 
>> perspective to OpenStreetMap questions. This is smart research that we hope 
>> is just the beginning of engaging university students outside of geography 
>> and computer majors (which IS most of us anyway).
>> 
>> We'll be sharing the semester research in the Spring but if you want to 
>> learn more posthaste join us for a Town Hall next Wednesday. To whet the 
>> legal scholars out there you can also check out the blog announcement 
>> starring our newly elected OSM US pet representative.
>> 
>> We're also accepting nominations for next year's OSM US pet mascot. 
>> 
>> Let us know if you have any questions!
>> Best, 
>> Alyssa. 
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[Talk-us] Legal Research

[alyssa wright]

Hi all,

Exciting news here! The OSM US board has partnered with the cyber law
clinic at Harvard University Law School for some cyber
 law research. 

We are working with two talented young women who bring legal learning and
perspective to OpenStreetMap questions. This is smart research that we hope
is just the beginning of engaging university students outside of geography
and computer majors (which IS most of us anyway).

We'll be sharing the semester research in the Spring but if you want to
learn more posthaste join us for a Town Hall
 next
Wednesday. To whet the legal scholars out there you can also check out the blog
announcement  starring our
newly elected OSM US pet representative.

We're also accepting nominations for next year's OSM US pet mascot. 

Let us know if you have any questions!
Best,
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[Talk-us] SOTMUS Townhall Results!

[alyssa wright]

Hi all,

We had a State of the Map US Townhall the other night! Hopefully it helped
bidding teams. It also helped us (the board) clarify some of the things we
hope to emphasize at this year's State of the Map US. So we wrote a blog
post:

https://openstreetmap.us/2016/01/sotmus-towhnall-2016/

The long and short: community, progress, team, and accessibility. We hope
this continues to inform the teams and the community.

Deadline for proposals is Monday February 15th and we are here to help and
answer any further questions in the interim.

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

[alyssa wright]

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 powerful 
topic especially considering the diverse audience it touched and was just 
representative of one of the many angles on how they approach the value of 
community and contribution. It might be good for us to follow up for more 
regional penetration. And I hope to attend some of the NYC all day event. 





> On Oct 14, 2015, at 6:23 PM, Mike Dupont  
> wrote:
> 
> 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 in a year?" has an interesting proposition, rather than one big
>> annual Meetup, we hold smaller regional meetups. The problem is that the big
>> meetup doesn't produce more mappers. I've attended three SOTM-US
>> conferences. Common to the three I've attended is the small number of active
>> mappers. I wonder what percentage of attendees are active mappers? My sense
>> is that it is small. I don't doubt that a great number of attendees have
>> made an edit or two. But most are either users of the data or supporters of
>> OSM, not contributors. Certainly most don't go back home figure out how to
>> build a OSM community.
>> 
>> Before we can tackle mapper growth, let's collect data to help quantify the
>> problem. Let's survey mappers to find out what got them here and why they
>> stay. Further, let's attempt to contact mappers that have be absent to find
>> out why. We should also reach out to Meetup organizers to find what works,
>> what doesn't and what additional tools they need. For example, we have an
>> active Meetup group in Seattle. But we need more help contacting new
>> mappers. Currently the only why is to manually look for new mappers. We need
>> better tools. When we conduct mapping parties, it would be nice to have
>> handouts to give businesses.
>> 
>> Some other crazy suggestions:
>> Partner with incident response teams and create a tool to people to map
>> their neighborhood. [2]
>> Fund people to travel and give talks at events
>> Reduce the cost of admission to SOTM-US. Substantially increase the number
>> of scholarships and lower the bar to getting a scholarship.
>> 
>> Martijn has given us an excellent goal. I hope the Board decides to adopt
>> this is one of its priorities.
>> 
>> We have a chance to influence future of the US Chapter by voting for
>> candidates that will focus on increasing the number of active mappers in the
>> US. Remember, we are voting for a position of leadership, not who is the
>> best mapper. Please ignore the silly suggestions coming from across the pond
>> and vote for the best people to Lead OSM in the US.
>> 
>> 
>> [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexel/diary/36087
>> [2]
>> http://mil.wa.gov/emergency-management-division/preparedness/map-your-neighborhood
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Re: [Talk-us] our numbers

[alyssa wright]

Hmmm... the internet explained what a fursuiter is (which google spell
check doesn't like) but what is a dumpling in context?

I'm going to say 0 on the fursuiters but I didn't see how beer in Queens
ended up. ;)

Alyssa.

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote:


 On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:25 PM, alyssa wright alyssapwri...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 how many dumplings did we really eat!!?? how many tweets went silly with
 emojis!?


 Yeah, but the *important* question is...how many fursuiters showed up?

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[Talk-us] our numbers

[alyssa wright]

how many dumplings did we really eat!!?? how many tweets went silly with
emojis!?

NOW YOU CAN KNOW!

the numbers are in, the tallies have been made. (re)live SOTMUS in all its
numerical glory. because we're all about open data.

http://openstreetmap.us/2015/06/sotmus-by-the-numbers/

see you next year. and at the next mapathon!

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Re: [Talk-us] SOTM US venue

[alyssa wright]

There will be volunteers leading attendees to the conference area. There
will also be a map in the program. We will be in conference room 1, 2 and 3
on the first floor, some additional caucus rooms for the BoFs and the
North Lawn building for lunch.

Hope that helps!
Alyssa.

On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net
wrote:

 so the UN complex is pretty big; from 42nd street
 north to 48th street. where within this complex
 will we find SOTM US?

 richard

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Re: [Talk-us] SOTM US venue

[alyssa wright]

We'll be sending out an email with instructions to all who have registered
for the conference. Stay tuned.

Best,
Alyssa.

On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net
wrote:

  On 5/24/15 6:04 PM, alyssa wright wrote:

 There will be volunteers leading attendees to the conference area. There
 will also be a map in the program. We will be in conference room 1, 2 and 3
 on the first floor, some additional caucus rooms for the BoFs and the
 North Lawn building for lunch.

  Hope that helps!

  it will help once we find the volunteers, but it'd be nice to know
 which street to expect to find them at. as i said, it's a big place.

 what should we expect for security? regular visitors have to go
 through some processes, i see. should we allow for time from
 arrival to getting to the actual conference registration site?

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Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

[alyssa wright]

Hi all,

I'd be interested to hear if there has been a problem in the past with
board members' editing portfolio? If so, perhaps an appointment of
editor-at-large is actually something the next board should consider?
Regardless, I do agree that editing is one of the core aspects of the
OpenStreetMap community and mission and its important such perspective is
represented on the board. But just as diversity of people and experiences
is at the heart of what makes OSM great, I would imagine a diversity of
expertise rests at the heart of a great OSM board.

I also recognize that statistics can help put contributions to OSM in
perspective. Towards that goal, I've compiled some metrics that reflect my
commitment to the success of the OpenStreetMap community. I ask you to
consider these when voting for the next board.

Over the past year I have done the following:

   - Hosted 26 events on open data and mapping with a total attendance of
   1575 people
   - Started the MaptimeNYC chapter and currently sit on its advisory board
   - Advocated extensively to 3 federal agencies and 5 city ones (DoITT,
   Capital, DOT, Criminal Justice, OEM) about OpenStreetMap.
   - Attended at least 27 open mapping and data conferences across the
   country, often with local state and government GIS departments
   - Currently submitting a proposal to host the next SOTM US

My *entire* professional career has been in advocation for the adoption of
open geospatial technologies and data, first at OpenGeo/Boundless and most
currently at Mapzen. My *entire* graduate education at NYU and MIT centered
on maps as a tool of empathy. I have a passion (and talent) for bringing
people together to find their own voice and contributions to mapping and I
will continue to bring such extensive experience to the OSM community,
regardless of role.

Best,
Alyssa.

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:07 AM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us
wrote:


 On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote:

 While a candidate may have other skills, I'd want to hear from them in
 their manifesto why those skills make up for their complete lack of
 OpenStreetMap experience, and why they would be more able to apply those
 skills as a board member, rather than volunteering them without being a
 board member.


 Paul,
 I would hope we are selecting candidates with the skills needed to serve
 on the US Chapter's Board. It seems the two biggest functions are finance
 and the running of the SOTM-US conference. We are not selecting
 editor-in-chief. My experience in selecting board members for non profits
 is to find the best individual to fill the needs of the organization. These
 usually include the ability to raise monies, organize, communicate and
 plan. Additionally, in some positions, leadership skills are necessary.

 We all know great mappers, but not many would do well on the Board. On the
 other hand, we know of people that have no mapping experience but would do
 great on our board.

 Let elect individuals that can help us grow OSM. Ask yourself which of the
 candidates will best serve the needs of the community? If you do, I think
 you'll see that the number of edits has little to do with serving on the
 Board.

 Clifford

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Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

[alyssa wright]

i'm ready to co-chair that movement. ;)

thanks all! this has been a very informative thread.

alyssa.

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net
wrote:

  On 10/6/14 10:04 AM, David Fawcett wrote:

  To respectfully turn your statement around.  I would like to hear from
 all candidates what skills and resources that they would bring to the
 board.  By being an active mapper, a candidate has demonstrated that they
 know the project, and that they are putting resources into it to improve
 the map.  But, what will they bring to the board that they couldn't just as
 easily bring to the project as a volunteer?

  ok. mapper since 2009.
 served as a founding board member for OSM US.
 as a board member served as Secretary and later President before stepping
 down 2 years ago.

 i think i bring an understanding of how OSM US works and what the
 important things are on the board agenda, and i intend to apply
 energy towards helping move those things forward. for what i think
 are the important things, see my earlier post on one of the election
 threads.

 i also plan to start a movement to elect Martijn president for life.

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Re: [Talk-us] Outreach Program for Women

[alyssa wright]

By we I mean Mapzen! We are happy to be able to support this internship and 
follow the examples of many organizations in the open source geo space doing 
awesome work to increase diversity and respectful dialogue. 

Thanks,
Alyssa.

 On Oct 4, 2014, at 7:49 AM, alyssa wright alyssapwri...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi all!
 
 I am pleased to announce that we are providing funding for an internship with 
 HOT through the GNOME Outreach Program for Women. This is an incredible 
 organizations with proven success in bringing more women into open source 
 communities. 
 
 If you know of any great women (of any age!) that might be interested please 
 forward along details here:
 
 https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2014/
 
 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/OPM_Project_Ideas
 
 We hope this is the first internship of many, and that next round multiple 
 organizations come together to offer scholarships. I encourage you to mentor 
 and welcome these women into the community as you always do! 
 
 Kate and I are here to answer any questions.
 
 Best,
 Alyssa.
 
 PS This by the way is an example of a contribution to OSM not measured in 
 edits. :) 
 
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Re: [Talk-us] Outreach Program for Women

[alyssa wright]

Yes. Thanks! 

 On Oct 5, 2014, at 3:47 PM, Eric Brelsford ebrelsf...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 This is awesome! I believe the first link should be:
 
 https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2014/DecemberMarch
 
 Right?
 
 eric
 
 On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 3:31 PM, alyssa wright alyssapwri...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 By we I mean Mapzen! We are happy to be able to support this internship 
 and follow the examples of many organizations in the open source geo space 
 doing awesome work to increase diversity and respectful dialogue. 
 
 Thanks,
 Alyssa.
 
 On Oct 4, 2014, at 7:49 AM, alyssa wright alyssapwri...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi all!
 
 I am pleased to announce that we are providing funding for an internship 
 with HOT through the GNOME Outreach Program for Women. This is an 
 incredible organizations with proven success in bringing more women into 
 open source communities. 
 
 If you know of any great women (of any age!) that might be interested 
 please forward along details here:
 
 https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2014/
 
 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/OPM_Project_Ideas
 
 We hope this is the first internship of many, and that next round multiple 
 organizations come together to offer scholarships. I encourage you to 
 mentor and welcome these women into the community as you always do! 
 
 Kate and I are here to answer any questions.
 
 Best,
 Alyssa.
 
 PS This by the way is an example of a contribution to OSM not measured in 
 edits. :) 
 
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[Talk-us] Outreach Program for Women

[alyssa wright]

Hi all!

I am pleased to announce that we are providing funding for an internship with 
HOT through the GNOME Outreach Program for Women. This is an incredible 
organizations with proven success in bringing more women into open source 
communities. 

If you know of any great women (of any age!) that might be interested please 
forward along details here:

https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2014/

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/OPM_Project_Ideas

We hope this is the first internship of many, and that next round multiple 
organizations come together to offer scholarships. I encourage you to mentor 
and welcome these women into the community as you always do! 

Kate and I are here to answer any questions.

Best,
Alyssa.

PS This by the way is an example of a contribution to OSM not measured in 
edits. :) 

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Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014

[alyssa wright]

Happy to help as well! Jeff can keep my todo list active, I'm sure.


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.com wrote:

 Im willing to help Brett. Def +1 on St Louis. I have a colleague that
 lives there as well that may be able to offer some support. Let me know how
 we get started.


 On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Brett Lord-Castillo 
 blordcasti...@gmail.com wrote:

  We're just getting our feet wet with an organized group here in St
 Louis. We do have several venues of just the right size:
 Ballrooms at the Amercia's Center complex (on Washington Ave and includes
 Edward Jones Dome where Ram's play)
 Union Station Hotel
 Millennium Hotel next to the Arch
 Renaissance Grand on Washington Ave (main nightlife area and several tech
 businesses)
 Hilton at the Ballpark (adjacent to Busch Stadium)
 Those are just the major ones, probably a half dozen more venues in the
 downtown area (e.g.
 http://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Downtown-Convention-Package-Map-3-14-13.pdf
 )
 WUSTL is outside the downtown area, but only a metrolink ride away. Their
 biggest meeting space only hosts 375 though.
 The Busch Student Center at St Louis University can handle up to 1600
 too. It has access to the arts district, but is a bit pricey for external
 events.

 Even with the number of venues, it can still be very difficult to find an
 open venue in spring. If people are interested in this idea, I think I can
 get some help putting together a proposal but would need others to work on
 it.
 --Brett Lord-Castillo
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 Message: 3
 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:03:02 -0800
 From: Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.org
 To: Eric Theise ericthe...@gmail.com
 Cc: Open Street Map Talk-US talk-us@openstreetmap.org
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 Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great
 location. Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming,
 walkable neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that might
 have inexpensive facilities.

 I would prefer that to expensive cities like Chicago and especially DC.
 And since I think a lot of people, like me, pay to attend out of their own
 pocket, cheap lodging is a big plus. (SF was a great conference, but brutal
 on the pocketbook).

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Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014

[alyssa wright]

Thanks for the information. Excited to help with any NYC event as well.

Best,
Alyssa.


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote:

 Jeff, Alyssa, Kathleen -

  According to the CfP, the decision should have been made by the end of
 last month.

 That's right and we're very close to nailing down NYC or Chicago. We're
 about to hear back final numbers from a series of venues we've researched
 and reached out to. This will allow us to come up with a final budget and a
 decision on where to do SOTM-US in 2014. I'd love to keep focused on
 closing this down for 2014 in one of those two cities.

 Alex



 On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:16 PM, alyssa wright alyssapwri...@gmail.comwrote:

 Happy to help as well! Jeff can keep my todo list active, I'm sure.


 On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Jeffrey Johnson ortel...@gmail.comwrote:

 Im willing to help Brett. Def +1 on St Louis. I have a colleague that
 lives there as well that may be able to offer some support. Let me know how
 we get started.


 On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Brett Lord-Castillo 
 blordcasti...@gmail.com wrote:

  We're just getting our feet wet with an organized group here in St
 Louis. We do have several venues of just the right size:
 Ballrooms at the Amercia's Center complex (on Washington Ave and
 includes Edward Jones Dome where Ram's play)
 Union Station Hotel
 Millennium Hotel next to the Arch
 Renaissance Grand on Washington Ave (main nightlife area and several
 tech businesses)
 Hilton at the Ballpark (adjacent to Busch Stadium)
 Those are just the major ones, probably a half dozen more venues in the
 downtown area (e.g.
 http://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Downtown-Convention-Package-Map-3-14-13.pdf
 )
 WUSTL is outside the downtown area, but only a metrolink ride away.
 Their biggest meeting space only hosts 375 though.
 The Busch Student Center at St Louis University can handle up to 1600
 too. It has access to the arts district, but is a bit pricey for external
 events.

 Even with the number of venues, it can still be very difficult to find
 an open venue in spring. If people are interested in this idea, I think I
 can get some help putting together a proposal but would need others to work
 on it.
 --Brett Lord-Castillo
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 Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great
 location. Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming,
 walkable neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that 
 might
 have inexpensive facilities.

 I would prefer that to expensive cities like Chicago and especially
 DC. And since I think a lot of people, like me, pay to attend out of 
 their
 own pocket, cheap lodging is a big plus. (SF was a great conference, but
 brutal on the pocketbook).

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Re: [Talk-us] 2013-2014 OSM US Election Results

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agreed! congrats to a wonderful board and all who participated. it promises to 
be a great year! 

 On Oct 15, 2013, at 2:22 PM, Steven Johnson sejohns...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Awesome. Congratulations to all. AFAIC, everyone is a winner in this 
 election. Thanks to our election observers for helping out.
 
 SEJ
 
 -- SEJ
 -- twitter: @geomantic
 -- skype: sejohnson8
 
 There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate from 
 incomplete data.
 
 
 On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net 
 wrote:
 The election for 2013-2014 is complete and the new board consists of:
 
 Mele Sax-Barnett
 Kathleen Danielson
 Ian Dees
 Martijn van Exel
 Alex Barth
 
 The formal roles (President, VP, etc.) will be determined by the new
 board during their first meeting, and will be announced shortly after
 that meeting.
 
 I served as the election manager and checked the vote. Our independent
 election observers were Henk Hoff and Michael Collinson, and they have
 confirmed that the vote was fair and correctly counted.
 
 Thanks to all who participated
 Richard Welty
 
 Elections for OpenStreetMap US Board of Directors 2013/2014
 
 Results
 
 Alex Barth  60
 Martijn van Exel54
 Ian Dees43
 Kathleen Danielson  41
 Mele Sax-Barnett34
 --
 Steve Coast 31
 Alyssa Wright   31
 Steven Johnson  29
 Jessica Breen   25
 Randy Meech 22
 
 
 This post may also be found on the OSM US blog:
 http://openstreetmap.us/2013/10/election-results/
 
 
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[Talk-us] games

[alyssa wright]

Can people point me to any mapping events organized as a competitive game?
Could be online or in-person.

Thanks,
Alyssa.
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[Talk-us] on the horizon

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Hi all,

At our monthly geoNYC meetup, we have a section where we announce upcoming
events im the geo space.  If there are any conferences, hangouts,
trainings, milestones, etc that you would like us to share with this
audience, please let me know in the next couple of days.

Thanks!
Alyssa.
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Re: [Talk-us] Removing US Bicycle Route tags

[alyssa wright]

Don't knock the unicorn viewing sites. They are everywhere.  

On Jun 14, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.org wrote:

 Please for the love of god, I see no one here in favor of it but you. They 
 are imaginary, let's delete them and move on. 
 
 They have no more place in OSM than unicorn viewing locations and alien 
 landing sites. 
 
 d. 
 
 On Jun 14, 2013, at 14:43, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote:
 
 Again, I'm still not hearing a suggestion that would keep this valuable 
 information in OSM, or a compelling reason not to keep it.  We do map 
 proposed routes, we don't map for the renderer.  It still sounds like the  
 core issue is some proposals are mapped more specifically than they are on 
 paper.  I don't think this is an insurmountable problem to fix within the 
 boundaries of not tagging for the renderer.  With that in mind, I would love 
 to hear ideas how to tackle the proposed corridor issue so that they may be 
 more properly mapped, not outright excluded over cyclemap rendering issues.
 
 On Jun 9, 2013 7:25 AM, KerryIrons irons54vor...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
 Paul,
 
  
 
 You explicitly said that putting 50 mile wide corridors on OSM “would be an 
 important advocacy tool.”
 
  
 
 That does not sound at all like “mapping reality.”
 
  
 
 I spend hundreds of hours a year on the phone, corresponding, and attending 
 meetings to make the USBR a reality.  I’ve personally been involved in 
 getting over 2,000 miles of USBRs approved.  Don’t give me stuff about 
 being obtuse and saying the USBRS is a pipe dream.  Personal insults are 
 not the path forward.
 
  
 
 Kerry Irons
 
  
 
  
 
 From: Paul Johnson [mailto:ba...@ursamundi.org] 
 Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 11:24 PM
 To: OpenStreetMap talk-us list
 Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Removing US Bicycle Route tags
 
  
 
  
 
 On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 3:18 PM, KerryIrons irons54vor...@sbcglobal.net 
 wrote:
 
 So Paul, what you really want is advocacy mapping.  Not mapping reality but 
 mapping what you want to have.  It comes as a great surprise to me that 
 this is what OSM is all about.  Do you think this is the consensus of the 
 OSM community?  I thought OSM’s goal was to “accurately describe the world” 
 but you are saying it is also advocacy.
 
 
 No, that's not what I'm advocating, and honestly, the way you're 
 approaching this now, I really have to be wondering if you're being 
 deliberately obtuse.  Because if that's actually where you're coming from, 
 you're essentially saying that the USBR system is a pipe dream.  I'm not 
 ready to buy that argument because the premise is fundamentally flawed on a 
 level amounting to argumentum ad absurdum.
 
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Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap outreach opportunity

[alyssa wright]

I'd love to participate as well. Bonnie, if you reach out let us know what sort 
of next steps are needed. I'll also mention this at Monday's GeoNYC. Thanks for 
bringing this up as an idea!

Best,
Alyssa.

On Jun 11, 2013, at 10:23 PM, Bonnie Bogle bon...@mapbox.com wrote:

 I imagine we can just hit them up with an email to get on their radar. Any DC 
 folks want to get involved in it? 
 
 I can reach out to GeoDC channels to see if anyone else is attending or has a 
 connection. 
 
 
 
 On Jun 11, 2013, at 6:13 PM, Mikel Maron mikel_ma...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 Organized by National 4-H? It's in DC area, so any of us in DC could help 
 out. But how to connect to them? Wonder if this is an ESRI related thing? 
 I'd expect to see their name on it if so.
  
 * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
 From: Steven Johnson sejohns...@gmail.com
 To: diversity-t...@openstreetmap.org; Open Street Map Talk-US 
 talk-us@openstreetmap.org 
 Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:25 PM
 Subject: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap outreach opportunity
 
 Hi all,
 
 (Cross-posting to talk-us  the *brand-spanking new* diversity-talk list... 
 Yay.)
 
 I'm following up on our great discussion at #sotmus about diversity and, in 
 this specific case, outreach/education to broaden the community base. I want 
 to point out this upcoming National Youth Summit on Geospatial 
 Technologies[1]. It looks like a fantastic opportunity to expose young 
 mappers to the awesomeness that is OpenStreetMap...if we can get on the 
 program. (I have no idea if the program is set, nor how tightly scripted it 
 is.) Even if we can't participate, I'd like to draw attention to it as an 
 example of the kinds of events we should look to for outreach and community 
 development. 
 
 Thoughts on next steps? Please discuss...
 
  [1] http://www.nationalyouthsummit.org/
 
 
 -- SEJ
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[Talk-us] meta question

[alyssa wright]

Hi,

I am doing some research and analysis on the talk-us mailing list (will
share when not a complete mess) and was wondering who I can ask about
access to some general stats.  Specifically, people registered and
usernames. I'll be aggregating data so nothing would be personally
identifiable.

Thanks,
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Re: [Talk-us] meta question

[alyssa wright]

Thanks Ian!  Is there any way to get a breakdown of that by year, month or
just generally since talk-us started in 2007.  As for usernames...I'm
mostly wondering about any information regarding gender distribution, if
that's at all possible.

Thanks,
Alyssa.


On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote:

 I won't give you usernames (e-mails in this case), but there are 331
 people signed up for the talk-us mailing list.


 On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:29 PM, alyssa wright alyssapwri...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hi,

 I am doing some research and analysis on the talk-us mailing list (will
 share when not a complete mess) and was wondering who I can ask about
 access to some general stats.  Specifically, people registered and
 usernames. I'll be aggregating data so nothing would be personally
 identifiable.

 Thanks,
 Alyssa.

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Re: [Talk-us] NYC neighborhood data

[alyssa wright]

Hi Kushal,

There's a group of us in NYC that will be participating in the OSM
editathonhttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_Spring_Editathon_2013April
20-21st.  This could be something to address then.  There should be
an announcement on the OSM NYC / meetup board or you can contact me
directly for details (that we're still working out).

Best,
Alyssa.


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer
dieterdre...@gmail.comwrote:


 2013/4/5 Kushal Khan kus...@foodinhood.com

 I know neighborhood distinctions can be a very subjective issue, but the
 current info on openstreetmaps is materially inaccurate. I love the concept
 of your site and want to contribute.



 get yourself an account and correct the data, its a wiki map ;-)

 cheers,
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Re: [Talk-us] Examples Gov using OSM

[alyssa wright]

mentioned this to alex earlier, but i believe trimet was also editing bike path 
data though not sure what came of that. the state dept uses OSM but i don't 
have a specific example in production by way of example. 

i think this is a good question. i'm continuing to research. 

best,
alyssa.

ps. i've come out of lurking 



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 I think Alex' inquiry was meant the other way round. That is, governments 
 using OSM data for whatever purpose. The example I'm most familiar with is 
 TriMet in Portland, OR, which uses OSM as a basemap for their TripPlanner. 
 [1] Are there other examples?
 
 [1]  http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/plantrip.cgi
 
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 wrote:
 I can think of many examples of governments importing data into OSM, but none
 where they are using it actively. Is that what you are looking for examples
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Re: [Talk-us] Examples Gov using OSM

[alyssa wright]

I like this example - Natural Resources Canada are OSM to identify areas in
their own data in need of updates.  They contribute loads of data, and then
watch where that data got changed and use that to identify where they need
to re-survey. (As reported by a colleague.)



On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:30 AM, alyssa wright alyssapwri...@gmail.comwrote:

 mentioned this to alex earlier, but i believe trimet was also editing bike
 path data though not sure what came of that. the state dept uses OSM but i
 don't have a specific example in production by way of example.

 i think this is a good question. i'm continuing to research.

 best,
 alyssa.

 ps. i've come out of lurking



 On Mar 26, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Steven Johnson sejohns...@gmail.com wrote:


 I think Alex' inquiry was meant the other way round. That is, governments
 using OSM data for whatever purpose. The example I'm most familiar with is
 TriMet in Portland, OR, which uses OSM as a basemap for their TripPlanner.
 [1] Are there other examples?

 [1]  http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/plantrip.cgi

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 I can think of many examples of governments importing data into OSM, but
 none
 where they are using it actively. Is that what you are looking for
 examples
 of?



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