I'm told by my employer that Trimet is the first transit agency in the United States to choose OpenStreetMap as a data source, and invest in updating the area's data. Does anyone else know of others?<br clear="all">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Martijn van Exel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:m@rtijn.org">m@rtijn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Sounds like a great idea. I won't be joining, but I wonder if there's more initiatives like this one in the US?<div><br></div><div>Martijn</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:43 PM, PJ Houser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephanie.jean.houser@gmail.com" target="_blank">stephanie.jean.houser@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">In case I missed any of the local mappers in my ITO World search, you're invited to...<br>
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TriMet, Portland's regional transportation agency, is holding a Meet & Greet for local OSM Mappers: <br><br> Friday May 13, 2011 <br> 4:00pm - 6:00pm PST<br> TriMet Center Street Administration Building<br>
4012 SE 17th Ave.<br> Portland, OR 97202 <br><br>Why?<br> Meet other local OSM Mappers and the PSU students that are working on OSM improvements in the 4-county regional area.<br> Observe our OSM editing process first hand and provide feedback: it is a manual and labor intensive process, it is not a data import. We are using up-to-date regional jurisdictional data and 6-inch ortho-rectified digital imagery flown in August 2010 as a reference with permission from the sources. <br>
Learn why we chose to invest in OSM and the community, rather than a proprietary mapping solution.<br> See a sneak preview of the Open Trip Planner, TriMet's new open source multi-modal trip planner scheduled for release in Fall, and meet the developers involved in the project. <br>
Explore opportunities for collaboration and on-going maintenance (ex: local cities and counties can make street data available to the OSM community). <br><br>Using <a href="http://www.itoworld.com/static/osm_mapper.html" target="_blank">http://www.itoworld.com/static/osm_mapper.html</a>, we were able to find some past and present active mappers for the Metro region. <br>
<br>Let us know if this time doesn't work for you, or if you are not local but interested - we can schedule a webinar or make other arrangements. <br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Bibiana McHugh (manager), PJ Houser, Betsy Breyer, Grant Humphries, and Melelani Sax-Barnett<br>
TriMet, GIS and Location-Based Services<br clear="all"></blockquote><font color="#888888"><br><br>--<br>PJ Houser<br>Trimet<br>
GIS intern, <a href="tel:503-962-5711" value="+15039625711" target="_blank">503-962-5711</a> (office)<br><br>
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