[Talk-us] [OPC2012] Operation Cowboy - Mission statement

2012-11-06 Thread Matthias Meißer
Hi, as I don't read any discussions about where and what to map, I would like to bring up this essential question again. Just a few possible ideas (that can be also mixed): - adding new details (as buildings, landuse, ...) - fixing TIGER (alignment, classification, ...) - focus on the coast

Re: [Talk-us] [OPC2012] Operation Cowboy - Mission statement

2012-11-06 Thread Alex Barth
Tiger cleanup is huge in my mind, road alignment is something that can be nicely fixed w/ Satellite imagery. I'm sure you've seen Martijn's writeup: http://oegeo.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/binders-full-of-tiger-deserts/ And some links that have been thrown out in the comment thread to that

[Talk-us] SOTM-US 2013

2012-11-06 Thread Alex Barth
OpenStreetMap US is kicking off planning for State of the Map 2013. With an international conference likely taking place in the fall of 2013 (no confirmation from official places, this is an educated guess at this point), we are shooting for a first half of the year date - thinking around

Re: [Talk-us] SOTM-US 2013

2012-11-06 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Alex, Is there going to be a bid process as with previous years? Thanks! -Kate On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: OpenStreetMap US is kicking off planning for State of the Map 2013. With an international conference likely taking place in the fall of 2013

Re: [Talk-us] SOTM-US 2013

2012-11-06 Thread Alex Barth
Hey Kate - Good question. Given the fact that we're shooting for an early SOTM next year, we're really strapped of time for a formal bid process. I know this is not ideal but I think the ability to move SOTM-US to a better date in regards to the international conference is worth it. If you

Re: [Talk-us] SOTM-US 2013

2012-11-06 Thread Paul Johnson
I'm going to go ahead and get it started by nominating beautiful Tulsa, Oklahoma for SOTM 2013. On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com wrote: Hey Kate - Good question. Given the fact that we're shooting for an early SOTM next year, we're really strapped of time for a