I'm going to be staying in Copacabana. It looks fairly well mapped [0] ... I may be missing some pockets.
Ruben [1] has done some great satellite tracing in Barra da Tijuca [2] - there'd be some decent car work there. But what about mapping some more marginal areas like Cidade de Deus [3]? Open for more suggestions. What about doing Saturday, June 16th afternoon? /cc Daniela, Pedro, Fabricio who I talked to about OSM mapping in Rio as well. [0] http://osm.org/go/OVcxmx1xF- [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Rub21 [2] http://osm.org/go/OVcYZhZv-- [3] http://osm.org/go/OVcZ2Ebyn- On Jun 7, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Arlindo Pereira wrote: > I think that Barra da Tijuca is not as well mapped as Copacabana, so it could > be a good thing to do the mapping party there. They're 20km apart, but > they're very different in essence - Copacabana is dense, has subway, is > "foot-centric" etc., while Barra is more "car-centric", with many condos, > shopping malls etc. I've never been to US, but I'd say that Copacabana is > more like NY or San Francisco while Barra is more like Florida suburbs. > > If you want to do the mapping party in Copacabana, it'd also be great. I can > give you instructions to come from Barra to Copacabana by public bus. > > Cheers, > Arlindo "Nighto" Pereira > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Séverin MENARD <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Kate Chapman (Humanitarian OSM Team Exec Officer) was just telling me you > would like to organize a mapping party in Rio. I will be there on 19 for > "speed geeking" presentations in the Demo Alley at the US Center, but likely > be there the day before as required by the organizer for a quick meting I > think. SO I can join you if you want. > Rio+20 will occur at Barra da Tijuca. Is it not too far from Copacabana (but > yes, the urban structure is totally different) ? > > Sincerely, > > Severin > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 15:27:04 -0300 > From: Pedro Geaquinto <[email protected]> > To: OSM talk-br <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Talk-br] Mapping in Rio de Janeiro > Message-ID: > <CAAGM7P=dP_ia=apcpa6bj1qo-ytviazqaqrmajezw0ecw4x...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I'd like to help you too. > What do you think about micromapping Copacabana? It's a really... > intense neighborhood. > > > > 2012/6/7, Arlindo Pereira <[email protected]>: > > Hi Alex! I live in Rio, and I'm willing to do it. Where are you going to > > stay here? We could come up with some micromapping for the area. I could > > trace the roads before, if necessary. > > > > By the way, June 17 is sunday :P > > > > Cheers, > > Arlindo "Nighto" Pereira > > > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Alex Barth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hello friends - > >> > >> I'll be in Rio from June 17 to Jun 21 (partly for Rio+20 UN conference) - > >> anybody up for doing walking papers maybe June 17, Saturday afternoon? > >> Open > >> to suggestions as to where specifically, but there seems to be plenty of > >> work around :) > >> > >> Alex Barth > >> http://twitter.com/lxbarth > >> tel (+1) 202 250 3633 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Talk-br mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-br > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-br mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-br > > Alex Barth http://twitter.com/lxbarth tel (+1) 202 250 3633 _______________________________________________ Talk-br mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-br
