<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Consolas;
panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Consolas;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.PlainTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Plain Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text";
font-family:Consolas;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoPlainText>2009/7/9 John Smith <<a
href="mailto:delta_foxtrot@yahoo.com">delta_foxtrot@yahoo.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> Tracing rivers and such on OSM gave me an idea for a
possible way to promote OSM, geography students.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> I mean what better way to teach kids about geography
than doing a little cartography :)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>By coincidence, I gave a short invited presentation about
OSM last evening to a geography GPS class. The professor will require some sort
of project from each student, and I’m hoping that some of them will use
OSM as part of their work. The professor is aware of open-source GIS software
but has not been familiar with OSM beyond a general awareness of it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We are encouraging students NOT to do the obvious things of
mapping certain features on campus, because we plan to work with a GIS class
this fall to upload files of campus features, local bus stops/routes, and the
like. But I encouraged the off-road cyclists to map local trails, and a golfer
to map the university golf course. An older student is interested in mapping services
of interest to senior citizens in his home town some 40 miles from campus.
One student was involved a few years ago in creating something like the GNIS
file that someone has uploaded, and he may do some work to correct the location
errors in it in the local area. I also encouraged those with access to any of
the many gated communities in this area to map those, because the Yahoo imagery
indicates a lot of construction but no final streets and structures. I am
interested to see what comes of all of this. The students seemed to be
intrigued that students have been big contributors to the OSM endeavor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>By the way, whom in the OSM network should I contact about
getting help with the uploads this fall? A couple of months ago there was some
discussion here about developing some sort of support team for uploading files,
and I don’t remember seeing what came of that.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Ed Hillsman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=NL-BE style='color:green'>Edward L. Hillsman,
Ph.D.</span></b><b><span lang=NL-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'>Senior Research Associate</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'>Center for Urban Transportation Research</span><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'>University of South Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'>4202 Fowler Ave., CUT100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'>Tampa, FL 33620-5375<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'>813-974-2977 (tel)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'>813-974-5168 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'><a href="mailto:polzin@cutr.usf.edu"><span style='color:blue'>hillsman@cutr.usf.edu</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:green'><a href="blocked::http://www.cutr.usf.edu/"
title="http://www.cutr.usf.edu/"><span style='color:green'>http://www.cutr.usf.edu</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>