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12pt;font-family: Verdana;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://teachosm.org/en/">http://teachosm.org/en/</a><br><br>Might be of
some use.<br><br>Cheerio John<br><br><span>Jonathan Brown wrote on
2018-11-22 7:45 PM:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Alessandro had
some engineering profs from the University of Rome working with a local
high school for testing the mobile app used for BC2020. </p><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here’s a<span
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program for </span><a
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of the </span><a href="http://europa.eu/index_en.htm"
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3366BB">European
Union</span></a><span
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EU. The official title of the project is: "To boost local and
international tourism with OpenStreetMap". The project's acronym is:
"BoostOSM" </span><a
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jonathan</p><p
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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 7:08 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: BC2020 and School Mappers</p></div><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">I
hadn't thought about the programming side but C# certainly can be
useful.<br><br><a
href="https://www.jatws.org/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">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>Jonathan Brown wrote on 2018-11-22 6:33 PM:<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote
style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="color:black">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><span
class="MsoHyperlink"><a
href="https://www.gislounge.com/learning-programming-for-gis/"
moz-do-not-send="true">GIS and programming</a></span><span
style="color:black"> for computer science courses.<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%;color:black">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> </span><span
style="color:black"><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%;color:black">Jonathan </span><span
style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div
style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in
0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span
style="color:black"><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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:black">So what do we need?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">A hook of some type to
build on?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">An introduction to basic
stats?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I'm not a teacher but I'm
sure we can sort something out.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We do have a tasking
manager that covers Canada so tiles can be set up for a local area.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I suggest an import first
then something after that.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks John<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:40.8pt"><span
style="color:black">“Should we try to tailor the information on
Building 2020 towards inexperienced mappers to make it easier for
schools etc to get involved?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:40.8pt"><span
style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:40.8pt"><span
style="color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p
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style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:40.8pt"><span
style="color:black">Jonathan <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:40.8pt"><span
style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p
class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40.8pt"><span style="color:black">_______________________________________________<br>Talk-ca
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