On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Katie Filbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Serge Wroclawski <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Martijn van Exel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > On a related note, I was thinking about a traveling mapping party kit: > >> > a bunch of GPSes, swag, some vests, instruction leaflets. A neat idea > >> > in itself, but I feel the US is just too big to make that practical. > >> > >> To sell, I fear the GPSes make it cost prohibitive. > >> > >> To lend, I suspect the GPSes make it hard to seed. > >> > >> But hey I'd love to be proven wrong. > > > > If we were to have regular mapping parties in the DC region (or NY), I'm > > sure that Wikimedia DC (or NYC) could fund a kit for the Mapping DC > folks. > > > > I'm not sure about sending them across the country to lend out. We could > > lend out within our region and maybe somewhat beyond. > > What is preventing us from having more DC or NY mapping parties? Well, I am in Germany now, so that's preventing me from organizing more. (we did a mapping party a couple weeks ago in DC) > Is > it the lack of a mapping kit? It's not an obstacle but DC folks (and I think Serge in NY) are trying to reactivate. If a mapping kit would be helpful, it can be provided I think. All that's needed to organize a mapping party is for someone to be bold and pick a time/date & place and announce it. > I don't recall many people saying that > they would organize and host a mapping party, if only they had a > MPKit. > > I suggest, rather, that it is a lack of "round tuits". The lack of a > kit makes it easier to say, "Well, if we had a kit, NewPerson in > SomeTown could host a Mapping Party." Having a MPKit makes the > mapping party "somebody else's problem". When the alternative might be > to say, "Now _I'm_ going to host a Mapping Party in MyTown." > > Most everybody in this thread has hosted or attended a mapping party, > so I don't intend to criticize. And, if I'm pointing, I'm definitely > pointing at myself as much as at anybody else. I just don't think > that a MPKit is the blocker here. :-( > > There are alternatives. Mappy Hours and talks are two alternatives. > > Those are also great. :) Interestingly, folks in Berlin really don't do mapping parties. They do monthly meetups. But it's been fun to get together with folks on the weekend for a mapping party. I haven't been as motivated to do solo mapping in Berlin even though (surprisingly) there is plenty here yet to be mapped. I don't know the language and culture well enough in Germany to be bold and organize anything yet. Cheers, Katie > I'm down on Mapping Parties. Part of this is because of my > phenomenally bad relationship with the weather during my Mapping > Parties. :-) That doesn't mean that you have to be down on Mapping > Parties, of course. I like having a goal of "acquire new mappers who > continue to contribute", rather than, "map this area, today." I find > that I feel more successful at that goal by hosting Mappy Hours and > doing "Intro to OSM" talks for groups. And I find those events less > of a burden to organize, and much less weather dependent. It means > that I do have to drop the goal of, "map this area, today." You may > find that goal too attractive to abandon. > > We've dragged this thread a long way from flyers. Sorry. I think > flyers are cool. And thanks, tons, to Serge for providing me with > some from his trip to London. I'm still handing them out. :-) > > Best regards, > Richard, who realizes that he hasn't hosted a MP in 2012. :-( > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > -- Katie Filbert Board member, Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org [email protected] @filbertkm / @wikimediadc
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