[Party] [OSM-talk] Mapping party advice

[SteveC]

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Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As you may already know, I'm from Madrid, Spain, a place with zero mapping 
> parties so far.
> 
> Matter is, a cultural centre (a kind of digital arts museum) will host a 3-day 
> OSM workshop over april, and I'm the person behind it.
> 
> I'm being provided with GPS loggers, computers with Ubuntu and JOSM, and a 
> bunch of people interested in this. One day devoted to OSM, data editing and 
> JOSM, and two days devoted to a mapping party. Prints of the Madrid map all 
> over the place. Meetings with local cartographers. Lots of cool stuff to get 
> OSM rolling out in spain.
> 
> Problem is, I have zero experience setting up mapping parties, and I'm a bit 
> afraid of messing things up. So, I'm turning to you for advice. What kind of 
> things should I be aware of? How to split people to walk through the city? 
> How many posters to print?
> 
> 
> (Just so Steve doesn't get upset about the signal-to-noise ratio in the 
> talk at osm list, please reply to the party at osm list)
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
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