Hi John, Good points. We talked abit about this at our meeting last Friday and decided that we'll have a quick introduction to OSM and a beginners "get going" walk through. Thinking max 30 minutes for this. We'll ensure we have folks wandering around or that can be flagged down for help. Many of us, including myself are still learning (lots of detail with OSM) but we want to pass on what we can:) We'll primarily focus on using iD to keep it simple plus use a tasking manager (assuming the HOT one). We're thinking of printing a few large maps that we can use as discussion points for teaching.
Cheers, Richard ------ Please note: I only check email a few times during business hours. Richard Burcher Twitter: @richardburcher Blog: www.richardburcher.com LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 8:50 AM, john whelan <[email protected]> wrote: > IDRC as well might have some ideas perhaps? http://www.idrc.ca > especially as follow up to their open data conference in Ottawa this year. > Pete might well have some ideas of what the logistical requirements are. > > Does HOT have a mapathon planning guide that could be used? I know a lot > of work has gone into training guides recently, trying to make them simpler > and more relevant. > > Note to Richard if you have a lot of newcomers the difficulty is they want > to get started right away, and experienced OSM mappers don't always read > the project instructions to see what the HOT conventions are. Highways for > example tend to use a subset of the OSM possibilities. Also iD is fairly > new so many experienced OSM mappers such as myself don't know their way > round it to assist newcomers. > > Thanks > > Cheerio John > > On 26 September 2015 at 08:30, Heather Leson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Good point. >> >> How about a university? I have had great luck with those. I think that >> someone from Norman Patterson (Carleton) has been writing about HOT and >> OSM. Let us know >> >> John/Richard, is there a list that folks have on tech specs setting up >> Missing Maps? I know that Pete has been doing them often in London UK and >> could help if needed. >> >> Heather >> >> Heather Leson >> [email protected] >> Twitter: HeatherLeson >> Blog: textontechs.com >> >> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:23 PM, john whelan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Do you have a confirmed venue with lots of wifi bandwidth? If its >>> preinstalled JOSM its not too bad but going by other maperthons iD seems to >>> be more demanding. >>> >>> Thanks John >>> >>> On 25 September 2015 at 23:40, Heather Leson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Richard and OSM friends in Canada >>>> >>>> I just wanted to say thank you. I'll it widely. Perhaps consider >>>> posting on the HOT list too? >>>> >>>> Heather >>>> On 26 Sep 2015 3:24 am, "Richard Burcher" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey folks, >>>>> >>>>> OSM Ottawa is putting on a Missing Maps event [1] up here in Ottawa. >>>>> Still some details to work out but we're aiming for November 14th from 9am >>>>> - 3pm. >>>>> >>>>> So if you're interested, drop us a line and get involved:) >>>>> >>>>> [1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/events/225620798/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Richard >>>>> >>>>> ------ >>>>> Please note: >>>>> I only check email a few times during business hours. >>>>> >>>>> Richard Burcher >>>>> >>>>> Twitter: @richardburcher >>>>> Blog: www.richardburcher.com >>>>> LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/richardburcher >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Talk-ca mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Talk-ca mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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