Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-06 Thread James Ewen
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Adam Dunn wrote: > If you are willing to sign up for a free account at itoworld.com, you > can use their tool to analyze which users are making edits to osm in > certain parts of the world. Looks like I already had an account there... so many tools, it's hard to k

Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-06 Thread Adam Dunn
If you are willing to sign up for a free account at itoworld.com, you can use their tool to analyze which users are making edits to osm in certain parts of the world. Sign up for the OSM Mapper service, then create an area for Edmonton, then run your analysis. You can view all the users who have ma

Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-06 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 07/05/2012 08:03 PM, James Ewen wrote: > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Richard Weait wrote: > >> May I suggest that you "just do it", and go ahead and set it up and >> that you reach out through other channels for attendees? >> >> If you set up the event on an event-service, like upcoming.com

Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-06 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:03 PM, James Ewen wrote: > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Richard Weait wrote: > >> May I suggest that you "just do it", and go ahead and set it up and >> that you reach out through other channels for attendees? >> [ ... ] >> The drawback to advertising your event _only_

Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-05 Thread James Ewen
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Dan Charrois wrote: > While spreading the word as much as possible certainly can't hurt, I'd > suggest that at the very least possible events are posted here as well. > And BTW - I'm in the Edmonton area, and depending on the date/time/etc. > may be interested in

Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-05 Thread Dan Charrois
While spreading the word as much as possible certainly can't hurt, I'd suggest that at the very least possible events are posted here as well. I've been mapping and using/programming computers for years (long before OpenStreetMap), but have never used (or heard of) upcoming.com or meetup.com.

Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-05 Thread James Ewen
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Richard Weait wrote: > May I suggest that you "just do it", and go ahead and set it up and > that you reach out through other channels for attendees? > > If you set up the event on an event-service, like upcoming.com or > meetup.com, your event will be seen by _peo

Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:15 PM, James Ewen wrote: > Anyone in the Edmonton area interested in getting together to share ideas? Dear James, I wish you all the best for your Edmonton OSM gathering. I think that it is wonderful that you are doing this. I've had a great time at the OSM local gath

[Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-04 Thread James Ewen
Anyone in the Edmonton area interested in getting together to share ideas? I'm no expert at editing, and maybe you aren't either, but we might be able to share some ideas and together figure a few things out. This need not be any big event, simply a few people with a common interest getting toget