On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:18 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > The Software Freedom Day Mapping Fiesta was last weekend and here is a > summary of the results. > > Elmira, Ontario (pop. 11988) - one new OSMer had to put his own town on > the map. He started the map of Elmira on his own, then headed to KW to > join the team there for socializing. He even went out and mapped more on > Sunday. Excellent start, Bob! > > Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario (pop. 560,000 combined) - Five teams and > individuals, including some first-timers, joined in mapping various parts > of K-W. There is talk of another party before the snow flies. > > Hamilton, Ontario (pop. 504,000) - The Friday night introduction to OSM > attracted five new folks. Four went mapping Saturday around Hamilton. > Recent activity near Niagara suggests that the entire Golden Horseshoe is > getting some OSM support. Folks in Hamilton are talking about another > party in the Spring. > > Montreal, Quebec (pop. 3.6M) - Four teams went out mapping afoot, on bikes > and with a car for a diverse selection of tracks. They met at an ice > cream parlour which is a tactic that I may have to adopt! They used both > photo-napping and audio-mapping for their event. > > Sherbrooke, Quebec (pop. 147,000) - Yves organized his first mapping party > on short notice and had a tremendous success. Four teams, including some > students from the Geography department came out to map Sherbrooke and > environs. They think that Sherbrooke can be completed with two more > similar-sized mapping parties. Three cheers for Yves! > > Congratulations, Canadian mappers. Eighteen teams went mapping in four > cities (and a town) in two provinces. Perhaps next year we will have both > coasts and the north represented as well! >
Nice work everybody. Victoria almost got it off the ground, but all the regular crew (who had been meeting during the summer) ended up having conflicts with work/previously booked stuff/etc. Next year. Corey _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
