I hadn't thought about the programming side but C# certainly can be useful.
https://www.jatws.org/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.html
It needs visual studio 2017 but it has a sample program from which other
programs looking for other things could be written.
I think that would be high school level though.
There has been some work in creating activities for schools in OSM but
they would need chasing down.
Cheerio John
Jonathan Brown wrote on 2018-11-22 6:33 PM:
Climate change planning would be good. That topic could be linked to
the UN sustainable development goals. Also, in Ontario there is a big
need to incorporate math skills into learning by doing (e.g.,
http://www.barbareeduke.com/ccmath/mathactivities.htm (adapted for
OSM), or for postsecondary GIS and programming
<https://www.gislounge.com/learning-programming-for-gis/> for computer
science courses.
At CivicTech Toronto Meetup last Tuesday someone pointed out David
MacKay’s book Sustainable Energy: Without Hot Air
https://withouthotair.com/
Jonathan
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So what do we need?
A hook of some type to build on?
An inventory of buildings for climate change planning? I understand
in many cities some 80% of apartment buildings are forty years old now
and identifying them and upgrading them would help with climate change
emissions. Unfortunately they tend to be privately owned and coaxing
landlords to invest money is not easy.
An introduction to basic stats?
I'm not a teacher but I'm sure we can sort something out.
We do have a tasking manager that covers Canada so tiles can be set up
for a local area.
I suggest an import first then something after that.
Thoughts
Thanks John
On Thu, 22 Nov 2018, 5:22 pm Jonathan Brown <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
“Should we try to tailor the information on Building 2020 towards
inexperienced mappers to make it easier for schools etc to get
involved?”
Good idea, John. We need a process similar to HOT for local
beginners and maybe a way of connecting the mapping to a
sustainable development challenge in the community.
Jonathan
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