Side note relevant to this conversation: I would love to hear from mappers in the US who are collecting data "on the ground" - either by themselves or by organizing mapathons and building community. I can think of quite a few examples, but I'm interested in hearing more about how and why people contribute to the map. I am awful at documenting and sharing my own work (I'm trying to get better), and I imagine there are others like me who are mapping US towns & not talking about it yet.
You can write me at [email protected]. :) Thanks! Eleanor On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Peter Dobratz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Darrell, >> >> On 04/03/2015 08:39 PM, Darrell Fuhriman wrote: >> > Ignore the haters, we’re doing fine. >> >> I don't know if that thing about "haters" is just a generic figure of >> speech but if you should indeed believe that I have expressed hate about >> anything, then you are mistaken (and I would feel a bit offended by you >> branding me a "hater" - does that then make you one too?). If I have >> expressed negative feelings in my message then they were pain or >> sadness, not hate. >> > > The word hater in modern American speak is often used to describe someone > who is simply expressing a generally cynical or pessimistic opinion. > > There are many local events in the US that don't get published to this > talk-us email list, nor do they get added to the event calendar on the OSM > wiki. All of the OSM in person meetings that I have been able to attend > have been positive experiences for me. > > I am in favor of making use of publicly available geodata to enhance the > data that we collect on the ground. > > Recently, I've been deliberately incorporating exercising into my OSM > efforts. I often go running for at least a mile, then walk around and > capture some photos and notes on my phone, and then run home. I think it's > great that if I use the RunKeeper application on my phone, then I can visit > runkeeper.com to see my route overlaid on top of a map that is generated > with OSM data. > > I recently added some trails to OSM through the woods (some of these > trails were just built in summer 2014): > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/45.49406/-122.69378 > > Multi-modal routing based on OSM data is also used at our local public > transportation agency: http://ride.trimet.org/ I've seen improvements > that I have made to the road and trail network propagate to this site. > > http://maps.me/ is a great mobile app, which utilizes OSM data to display > maps on the go without the need for an internet connection. I love seeing > improvements that I have made to OSM data show up on my phone through this > app. I appreciate not having to pay through the nose for mobile data usage > if I want to look at a map on my phone when I travel to Canada. > > I also just like mapping shopping centers and viewing the rendered results > on the OSM website: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/45.51448/-122.79099 > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/45.53583/-122.86951 > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/45.44305/-122.80189 > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/42.89235/-71.32614 > > Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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