[OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] OSM Uganda Local Chapter application

I wasn't initially going to comment on this except to say that there are brilliant Ugandan mappers (317 contributed yesterday!). This community has been super active for several years now, and those folks deserve to have a chapter to strengthen their organisational efforts. Nevertheless, chapters

[OSM-talk-ie] Bing satellite image replaced

Evolving, so not definitive: However, it looks like the Bing imagery is gone, what is in its place in much of Ireland is just a repackaged ESRI globe, of course rectified differently to what was there before. I assume we will put more updates here as we see what has been done around Ireland. I

[OSM-talk-ie] OpenStreetMap Ireland Annual General Meeting

Date for your diary: 27th June 2020 will be the osmIRL annual general meeting. The meeting will be virtual, since the Covid-19 threat will still prevent gatherings of more than 6 people on that date. Subscribers will get a formal invitation shortly, but other community members are welcome to

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Estimate of number of building=* in Ireland

I don’t understand at all how a community project like osmIRL buildings could be utterly frustrating, and I wonder about the flipancy of a comment that the effect is anything like a Tiger import – simply on the basis of accuracy. The aim of the task is to have a straightforward activity for

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] OSM at LoveDataWeek 2020 - Maynooth University

This is good news Peter, and good luck with your talk. Some big scale statutory or state funded re-users are the National Transport Authority, the IPA, Met Eireann, Irish Seismic Network, and The Marine Institute. Some big scale commercial re-users are Snapchat, Ancestry.com. For a list of more

[OSM-talk-ie] New Bing aerial imagery

Ok, it looks like the new Bing satellite has image tiles ranging from 16th August 2018 to 19th September 2019. I can see it in ID and JOSM. The rectifications seems close to what was there before, happy days.. ___ Talk-ie mailing list

[OSM-talk-ie] Mapping at the border

Hi I was on the road between Omeath Co. Louth and Newry Co. Down on Saturday and I crossed the United Kingdom border at [19/54.11201/-6.29200] where the R173 becomes the B79. The road narrows to bridge under which a culverted or piped stream flows out into Carlingford Lough. I have added images of

[OSM-talk] Local Chapter application - Ireland

Hi Everyone, It really is heartening to see the overwhelming positive reaction to OSM Ireland's chapter application. I am party to this application, but since there was a discussion I am permitting myself to just be a mapper and community member in a couple of comments. On the island of Ireland

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Meetup in Maynooth

Hi Just reminding you all that there is a meetup in *Maynooth this Saturday* morning. Sign up here using the eventbrite link: https://bit.ly/2GPVNKM ___ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie

[OSM-talk-ie] Yesterday's and the next meetup

Hi Everyone I really enjoyed the discussion about street imagery and mapillary today (Saturday) at Tog.Thanks to everyone who made the day happen. The next meetup will be in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Library - a.k.a. The Lexicon on the 12th of January. Times and content to follow.

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] OpenStreetMap Ireland CLG launch yesterday

Greetings All On behalf of the board I want to thank you for attending the launch and the open mic event yesterday. For the benefit of those that missed it we saw a fantastic look back at the history of the community from mackerski. dónál went through the legalities of the company set up, how we

[OSM-talk-ie] OpenStreetMap Ireland CLG launch

As most of you know we are creating an OpenStreetMap Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee in order to have the necessary legal entity to go forward as a OpenStreetMap chapter. The company comprises of Directors who are legally "subscribers" of the company and are responsible for its adherence to

[OSM-talk-ie] Ireland's border

I don't recall seeing a mention of this here before, apologies if it was and I missed it. I have found a book titled "The Rule of the Land" authored by Garret Carr. He basically thought it would be a good idea to walk (and canoe) all 299km of the Irish border. Along the way he found the 208

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] OSM IRL Annual General Meeting

Good to get proper legal details. Good job.  > > On 28/02/18 22:18, Ciarán Staunton wrote: > >> The DAC structure is limiting in the scope of things the company may want >> to do which is why CLG is not recommended. >> > > Did you word this the right way?  > >

[OSM-talk-ie] OSM IRL Annual General Meeting

Hi All I am sorry if this is a longer than usual message and I will try to be brief as there is a lot of ground to cover. And 3 questions at the end. I have secured (free of charge) the services of Robert Tallent of Synergy Group. He is a sound person, he has a lot of experience of non-profit and

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] DIT study of Balbriggan

tions answered, get help, etc. > > It would be great to spruce up data in some places, and (hopefully) > spawn more mappers! > > Hope that helps, > > Rory > > > ¹ http://neis-one.org/2017/09/review-requests-osm/ > ² https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Organized_E

[OSM-talk-ie] Portmarnock Community School and OpenStreetMap

Just a quick shout to the list about Portmarnock Community School who are Sage Global Entrepreneurship World Champions 2017. The champions are decided after a World Cup competition. This involved 32 teams explaining their projects, and making competitive pitches. The whole thing was based on

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Talk-ie Digest, Vol 99, Issue 7

Greetings To answer Dave's last question first, *I'm in to help in whatever way possible*. I can attend any of the dates suggested, and I can arrange an appropriate venue for them to take place if that is needed. I've been around the process of setting up companies etc. and served as a company

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Talk-ie Digest, Vol 99, Issue 4

1. Go Map app on Apple iPad I had a shot of it on my son's iPad (I don't personally use Apple things). It seems to me that the tagging dialogues are easier to use that the fiddly equivalent on maps.me. I could also see and resolve notes in my area which I thought was handy. The working offline

[OSM-talk-ie] Mark the 13th Birthday of openstreetmap at the Lesotho embassy

Hello List By the kind invitation of the Charge' d' Affaires at of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho in Dublin , Friends of Lesotho will join the rest of the world at the Embassy to #MapLesotho next Sunday the 13th August. The plan is