Hi Wouter,<br><br>I will probably try to come for the meeting. Is it going to be like a mapping party? I can coach a group and I have two GPS units, so one can be for another group. I have no idea where those lend out GPS units are. There should be a list of them on the wiki, mentioning their whereabouts. Maybe people can be asked to bring their PDAs along, if they include a GPS. Something like NoniGpsPlot can be installed fairly quickly.<br>
<br>The convention I see for mapping buurt- and voetwegen is as follows:<br><br>name=Voetweg xx<br><br>or <br><br>name=Buurtweg yy<br><br><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.88679&lon=4.58564&zoom=16&layers=M">http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.88679&lon=4.58564&zoom=16&layers=M</a><br>
<br>As they are found on their name tags. Unless they got a 'proper' name. I have been looking at those atlases of buurtwegen and around here many of those buurtwegen from around 1830 now have become actual streets.<br>
<br>Polyglot<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/6/9 Wouter Hamelinck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wouter.hamelinck@gmail.com">wouter.hamelinck@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
<br>
As Kenny announced some time ago, Trage Wegen vzw<br>
(<a href="http://www.tragewegen.be" target="_blank">http://www.tragewegen.be</a>) will organise an OSM workshop. Since he<br>
can't be there, he asked on the list for others to take care of it,<br>
which has become me.<br>
Practically, the workshop will take place on June 18th in Haaltert.<br>
Details to follow.<br>
Anyone whishing to come is of course more than welcome.<br>
<br>
A few questions and remarks:<br>
<br>
* First of all, please try to avoid mapping in the Haaltert region the<br>
until that day. Now there remains a lot to be done (it is just out of<br>
the old good quality Google image area). For newcomers it is more fun<br>
if their work shows clearly on the map.<br>
<br>
* Since most of them will not know OSM I would like to start with a<br>
short presentation of OSM. Mainly the comparison with wikipedia and<br>
some images showing possibilities and growth of OSM. With some nice<br>
maps of course. Does such an introductory presentation exist and if<br>
yes can someone send it to me?<br>
<br>
* Since this is for Trage Wegen vzw, I would like a convention on how<br>
to map the numbers of buurtwegen/chemins vicinaux.<br>
Reasons why it should be mapped:<br>
- the numbers are an official reference, still used today (certainly<br>
for paths, not really for regular roads)<br>
- the data (especially the numbers) are available from an out of<br>
copyright source (Atlas der Buurtwegen/Atlas des Chemins Vicinaux<br>
dating from the 1840's), so a source that can be used. I do not<br>
express myself if the digitisations that are nowadays available on the<br>
websites of most provinces can be used, but the original atlas<br>
certainly can be used.<br>
There have been a few discussions a while ago, but as far as I<br>
remember inconclusive. I remember that someone proposed vicinal_ref.<br>
According to me a good suggestion for since it shows clearly what the<br>
origin of the reference is. It is of course not internationally<br>
recognised, which according to me is no problem since the whole<br>
buurtwegen/chemins vicinaux concept is national. Any problems if I<br>
would present this as the way to add those numbers?<br>
<br>
* If I remember well OSM-be has some loggers available for mapping<br>
parties and the like. I could not find a page on the wiki about it.<br>
Anyone has information? If they are available and could be used for<br>
the workshop, how can I get them. I am commuting between Ghent and<br>
Brussels so I can easily pick them up in any those two cities.<br>
<br>
* Any other suggestions?<br>
<br>
wouter<br>
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