Hello Brice, > on the 17th, i'll meet the CIRB team in charge of Urbis at brussels...
Very good idea to hold such a meeting. Thank you very much to let us know about it. > i'll already a bunch of question to ask them like updates, or collaboration > or documentation... indeed. We were with many CIRB people last week at RMLL in ULB. Unfortunately, I have had no time to meet the people involved in Urbis, but I think Jo/polyglot has. I have more discussed with the people involved with the communication and the managerial level. I would have some questions like : * is the CIRB interested in working closely with the OSM community, both ways (to and from) to have all Urbis data used in OSM and vice-versa ? * how can the Urbis ortho photo be used in OSM ? * is CIRB ready to participate actively in cartoparty and support such activities, and help make specific data collections, like the ones we are discussing : ** fire hydrants and truck routing information (like real time route blocking information) to help the firefighters and rescuers, ** help with getting all the information that are available in real time (or nearly) in http://www.bruxellesmobilite.irisnet.be/ also in OSM, like *** Villo stations and villo stations states, *** public parkings locations and public parking «emptyness» *** public caméras *** events *** road works *** traffic informations * a related question : we already have the plan to organize in september or october a cartoparty at ULB Solbosch with members of the OSM community and ULB employees and students to make *sure* OSM becomes the reference and best map of ULP. Would CIRB like to participate and help ? If yes, how ? Would a financial support through an existing NGO be possible ? * There are other special data and maps I would like to see in OSM. Could / would CIRB help ? How ? eg: ** everything related to handicap to gather the info like in handimap.org and then build the related application in html5 (for example in hosting a «stagiaire» of the school I am working in) ? These info are : * Trottoirs et leur niveau d'accessibilité ** Trottoirs accessibles des 2 côtés ** Trottoirs accessibles côté pair uniquement ** Trottoirs accessibles côté impair uniquement ** Trottoirs non accessibles * Stationnements réservés aux personnes handicapées * Jardins et parcs accessibles * Carrefours à feux sonores ** Carrefours à feux sonores des 2 côtés ** Carrefours à feux sonores partiels * Organismes accessibles ** Organismes aux normes ** Organismes praticables * Lieux publics/privés accessibles ** water, electricity, gas, cable network, fiber optic network distribution (to make sure the information is uptodate and well know to everyone to prevent accidents !) (Yes, I know some people believe that making this information public would give the data to terrorists who could use them for bad purposes, but I sincerely believe that if determined terrorists want these info, they can have them already, for example with bribes) * Could the CIRB help technically (= more than provide the information, help with the actual importation and the developpement of the needed layers) ? If yes how ? * Could the CIRB help financially the OSM community (for example by hiring part time a member of the OSM community to work on the above subjects or other related to OSM and Urbis) This is a lot. Maybe other meetings with the CIRB people could follow ? Please keep us informed. Much thanks, Nicolas -- Nicolas Pettiaux - +32 496 24 55 01 - http://rmll.info - http://lepacte.be _______________________________________________ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
