Happy 10th Birthday #OpenStreetMap http://youtu.be/7sC83j6vzjo
Tell us how did you start with OSM. I'll start. I discovered OSM around Jan 2006 (user# 1417) while trying to look for PH vector data I need for a research. Free geographic data in the PH back then is very limited. The idea of building it from scratch got me interested. However, I wasn't able to edit right away because I can't get the then java-based web editor to run. ~10 months later I stumbled upon JOSM in the wiki and created my first node. The oldest rendering I was able to save was this [0]. As far as I remember, it was Mike Collinson who made those edits. Many borrowed, hacked, broken, lost GPS since [1], Marikina is still not complete [2]. So, I'm still here mapping. [0] http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1050/3170253158_21336b1da2.jpg [1] http://www.slideshare.net/esambale/my-gps-stories [2] https://www.facebook.com/mapmarikina/photos/pb.661458867266431.-2207520000.1407528496./665472483531736/?type=1&theater -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
