Like Steve said: awesome you ran an event. In case you're looking for an excuse, April 20 / 21 is a great opportunity to run one again, maybe this time with ASPRS folks invited ;-)
http://www.openstreetmap.us/2013/03/april-spring-editathon/ On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Steve Coast <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome that you ran an event :-) > > > On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Rick Marshall <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > We held our initial OSM St Louis meeting on January 31. We had 7 > > people attend and we had a great time discussing OSM. As we were > > getting ready to start the meeting I ran across an old friend that has > > been a Board Member for many years in the St Louis Region American > > Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Group. Today I > > received an E-Mail from the group's Board of Directors asking for a > > presentation on OSM and its capabilities. This will be a very > > interesting mix of open source software/crowdsourced information meets > > the rigid standards of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing > > professionals. It could be an exciting opportunity to get some very > > technically capable professional mappers involved in OSM St Louis, or > > it could be a total disaster. > > > > Do any of you working with/in other OSM local groups or at OSM US have > > any experience with the ASPRS? I have been a member of ASPRS for > > years and I am not sure how well they will receive the > > opensource/crowdsourced flavor of my presentation. Randy Hale I know > > you are also a member of ASPRS. Have you had any success in > > integrating both groups? > > > > Take care and I look forward to your input. > > > > Rick Marshall > > > > -- > > Rick Marshall, PhD, GISP > > President > > Vertical GeoSolutions, Inc (VerticalGeo) > > 130 Sawgrass Ln > > O'Fallon, IL 62269 > > (618) 670-4259 > > [email protected] > > http://www.verticalgeo.com > > http://www.culturescapes.net > > Vertically Thinking Blog: http://verticalgeo.wordpress.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-us mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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