<div dir="ltr"><div>Wolfgang, you might also try looking at contributors with activity in this area, via the Who's Around Me? map. (<a href="http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/oooc?zoom=7&lat=47.8062&lon=-113.57002&layers=B00FTFFFFT">http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/oooc?zoom=7&lat=47.8062&lon=-113.57002&layers=B00FTFFFFT</a>) I don't see anyone active in the exact county you mention, but there are a few fairly regular OSM users in Montana/Idaho who you might contact.<br>
<br></div>Brad<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Russell Deffner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:russdeffner@gmail.com" target="_blank">russdeffner@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Wolfgang,<br>
<br>
Lots of rural United States, as well as many places do not currently have a<br>
local mapping community. We are working on it, and a good chance to<br>
'recruit' help is at the State of the Map - US (<a href="http://stateofthemap.us" target="_blank">stateofthemap.us</a>) coming up<br>
in a couple of weeks. I am also co-organizer for OSM-Colorado ('unofficial'<br>
<a href="http://meetup.com" target="_blank">meetup.com</a> group) and have been slowly spreading the message into Wyoming<br>
(which I believe is the least populous state); so I appreciate any<br>
suggestions, contacts, etc.<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
=Russ<br>
<br>
<a href="mailto:russdeffner@gmail.com">russdeffner@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/</a><br>
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From: Wolfgang Zenker [mailto:<a href="mailto:wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org">wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org</a>]<br>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 2:20 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:talk-us@openstreetmap.org">talk-us@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
Subject: [Talk-us] Rural Montana - can we find local mappers?<br>
<br>
Hi,<br>
<br>
for the last two years I have been cleaning up TIGER data and adding<br>
named waterways in Lincoln County, Montana. This work is now finished.<br>
This doesn't mean our map there is now in any way complete, just that<br>
the data that we DO have is no longer obviously horribly wrong.<br>
<br>
While there are still a few things that could be done by an armchair<br>
mapper, having local mappers would be a lot easier. Only the fact<br>
that the county has an average population "density" of 5 people per<br>
square mile might make it a bit unlikely that a lot of locals find<br>
OSM accidently. So some outreach to local groups and institutions<br>
like hiking clubs, tourist associations, boy and girl scouts,<br>
chambers of commerce etc. could be helpful.<br>
My problem here is that I'm living on a different continent, in<br>
a different cultural environment with a different native language<br>
and 8 time zones away, so I'm probably not the best choice to try<br>
connecting with local people in that area.<br>
Any US mappers that want to help? Please speak out.<br>
<br>
Wolfgang<br>
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