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12pt;font-family: Verdana;">I hadn't thought about the programming side
but C# certainly can be useful.<br><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.jatws.org/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.html">https://www.jatws.org/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.html</a><br><br>It
needs visual studio 2017 but it has a sample program from which other
programs looking for other things could be written.<br><br>I think that
would be high school level though.<br><br>There has been some work in
creating activities for schools in OSM but they would need chasing down.<br><br>Cheerio
John<br><br><span>Jonathan Brown wrote on 2018-11-22 6:33 PM:</span><br><blockquote
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style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">Climate change planning
would be good. That topic could be linked to the UN sustainable
development goals. Also, in Ontario there is a big need to incorporate
math skills into learning by doing (e.g., <a
href="http://www.barbareeduke.com/ccmath/mathactivities.htm"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.barbareeduke.com/ccmath/mathactivities.htm</a>
(adapted for OSM), or for postsecondary <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a
href="https://www.gislounge.com/learning-programming-for-gis/"
moz-do-not-send="true">GIS and programming</a></span> for computer
science courses.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">At CivicTech Toronto Meetup
last Tuesday someone pointed out David MacKay’s book Sustainable Energy:
Without Hot Air <a href="https://withouthotair.com/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://withouthotair.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Jonathan <o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div
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style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a
href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">john whelan</a><br><b>Sent:
</b>Thursday, November 22, 2018 5:46 PM<br><b>To: </b><a
href="mailto:jonabrow@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">Jonathan Brown</a><br><b>Cc:
</b><a href="mailto:talk-ca@openstreetmap.org" moz-do-not-send="true">Talk-CA
OpenStreetMap</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Talk-ca] BC2020 and School
Mappers</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p
class="MsoNormal">So what do we need?</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal">A hook of some type to build on?</p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">An
inventory of buildings for climate change planning? I understand in
many cities some 80% of apartment buildings are forty years old now and
identifying them and upgrading them would help with climate change
emissions. Unfortunately they tend to be privately owned and coaxing
landlords to invest money is not easy.</p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">An
introduction to basic stats?</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal">I'm not a teacher but I'm sure we can sort something
out.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal">We do have a tasking manager that covers Canada so
tiles can be set up for a local area.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <br></o:p></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal">I suggest an import first then something after that.</p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thoughts</p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks
John</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p
class="MsoNormal">On Thu, 22 Nov 2018, 5:22 pm Jonathan Brown <<a
href="mailto:jonabrow@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">jonabrow@gmail.com</a>
wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid
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6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">“Should we
try to tailor the information on Building 2020 towards inexperienced
mappers to make it easier for schools etc to get involved?”</p><p
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Good idea,
John. We need a process similar to HOT for local beginners and maybe a
way of connecting the mapping to a sustainable development challenge in
the community.</p><p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Jonathan </p><p
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p></div></div></blockquote></div><p
class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.8pt">_______________________________________________<br>Talk-ca
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