I am working on updating the wiki for our data sources (RLIS and CCGIS - search wiki for each of those acronyms). Perhaps I can make a page with a summary from the meet & greet. -- PJ Houser Trimet GIS intern, 503-962-5711 (office)
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Josh Doe <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd be very interested, though I'm all the way over in Virginia. A > webinar or at least providing a summary and your presentations online > would be valuable. > > Thanks, > -Josh > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:43 PM, PJ Houser > <[email protected]> wrote: > > In case I missed any of the local mappers in my ITO World search, you're > > invited to... > > > >> TriMet, Portland's regional transportation agency, is holding a Meet & > >> Greet for local OSM Mappers: > >> > >> Friday May 13, 2011 > >> 4:00pm - 6:00pm PST > >> TriMet Center Street Administration Building > >> 4012 SE 17th Ave. > >> Portland, OR 97202 > >> > >> Why? > >> • Meet other local OSM Mappers and the PSU students that are working on > >> OSM improvements in the 4-county regional area. > >> • Observe our OSM editing process first hand and provide feedback: it > is > >> a manual and labor intensive process, it is not a data import. We are > using > >> up-to-date regional jurisdictional data and 6-inch ortho-rectified > digital > >> imagery flown in August 2010 as a reference with permission from the > >> sources. > >> • Learn why we chose to invest in OSM and the community, rather than a > >> proprietary mapping solution. > >> • See a sneak preview of the Open Trip Planner, TriMet's new open source > >> multi-modal trip planner scheduled for release in Fall, and meet the > >> developers involved in the project. > >> • Explore opportunities for collaboration and on-going maintenance (ex: > >> local cities and counties can make street data available to the OSM > >> community). > >> > >> Using http://www.itoworld.com/static/osm_mapper.html, we were able to > find > >> some past and present active mappers for the Metro region. > >> > >> Let us know if this time doesn't work for you, or if you are not local > but > >> interested - we can schedule a webinar or make other arrangements. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Bibiana McHugh (manager), PJ Houser, Betsy Breyer, Grant Humphries, and > >> Melelani Sax-Barnett > >> TriMet, GIS and Location-Based Services > > > > > > -- > > PJ Houser > > Trimet > > GIS intern, 503-962-5711 (office) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-us mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > > > >
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