Hi Alex, thanks for giving me such awesome tips! They are much appreciated.
I'll definitely post the pictures, perhaps even videos! Thanks for the support. On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Alex Barth <a...@mapbox.com> wrote: > Hey George - > > I've done a bunch of trainings before (one actually with Vitor who you > mentioned) and I recommend taking about 4 - 6 hours for an intro to OSM and > working with JOSM, editing, satellite tracing and explaining field papers > and GPS. I recommend being 2 people in the room, one leading the workshop, > the other helping people to follow along. Make sure you have good internet > and everyone's got a computer. You can do easily 10-30 people in a workshop > like that. > > In addition we sometimes do street surveys after the workshop in groups of > two to three people where you'll need ideally one trainer per group or a > good half our intro and solid goals (like "collect street names" or > "collect addresses"). For a first survey, usually going out for one hour, > then coming back and entering the data, coming to a total of about three > hours is good. > > Make sure you pick the right area to survey suitable for your mode of > transportation. Likely your attendees will be by foot and for instance > surveying by foot in suburbian areas with few points of interests can be > tiring very quickly. > > What has not worked very well in the past is to go out and do a street > survey with people who have never heard of OSM before. It's a much better > start to sit down and do some editing before going out into the wild. > > More than anything, I recommend you share your experience with us here on > the list or with pictures on your diary or blog. Like Fabricio Zuardi did > this here: http://onibushacker.org/2012/03/21/hackeria-mapa/ > > Have fun with the workshop! > > On Dec 21, 2012, at 8:51 AM, George Silva <georger.si...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Pessoal, bom dia! > > > > Sou de Uberlândia - MG e quero promover um mini-curso de OSM na > universidade, especificamente no curso de geografia, mas aberto aos outros > cursos, claro. > > > > Gostaria de saber se existe alguém disposto a dar um mini-curso como > este, falando das possibilidades, como editar, filosofia do projeto, etc. > > > > Havia falado como Vitor George, mas ele tá no México! > > > > Gurus do OSM, quem se habilita? A idéia é trazer vocês por um dia, com > hotel e aéreo, para um mini-evento, ou quem sabe, até uma mapping party. > > > > Deem idéias. > > > > Abraços > > > > -- > > George R. C. Silva > > > > Desenvolvimento em GIS > > http://geoprocessamento.net > > http://blog.geoprocessamento.net > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-br mailing list > > Talk-br@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-br > > Alex Barth > http://twitter.com/lxbarth > tel (+1) 202 250 3633 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-br mailing list > Talk-br@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-br > -- George R. C. Silva Desenvolvimento em GIS http://geoprocessamento.net http://blog.geoprocessamento.net
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