[OSM-talk-be] 11 gps data loggers ready for openstreetmap Belgium; sd cards still needed

[Jo]

Chris Van Bael schreef:
> Hi,
>
> as mentioned 2 weeks ago, I would like to help OpenStreetmap Belgium
> in the region of Turnhout.
> It's still a big blind spot sadly enough although it is quite a big city.
> I don't have any logger for the moment (except my car) so that's a bit
> difficult.
>
> Btw, maybe we can throw a logging party in Turnhout this summer?
>   
Hallo Chris,

The best way to make sure a mapping party takes place is to simply 
organise it. Announce it a few weeks in advance and people will show up. 
Especially in a place like Turnhout where Toi lives relatively nearby. 
For Eimai it's a bus ride of 1 hour. For me and others from Leuven it's 
a bus ride of 1,5 hour (bus line 305, running every hour also during the 
weekend).

Simply announce it on the wiki:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WikiProject_Belgium/Activities

You can simply hijack the text for the mapping party in Diest, which 
didn't take place, mainly because I never managed to find time to go to 
Diest to find a place where we could have it. What is needed is a place 
with some internet connection and seats where we can get together around 
10 in the morning and around 13h, 13h30 to eat and enter data. If you 
also look for a place where we can camp, I might even consider coming 
over for 2 days. In that case we will also need accomodation to sit in 
the evening. If there is no wireless connection this is not a problem, 
we can bring our own wireless access point/router. We simply need an 
Ethernet connection where we can plug it in. The place should serve food 
an preferably have a small room where we can sit separately from the 
other customers. Oh and it should also not charge for anything beside 
the food and the drinks we consume.

I have already been busy in Turnhout a bit and unfortunately for Eimai I 
already took care of a few cycle nodes :-). I agree there is still a lot 
of work to do, but I was simply passing through, getting off the bus and 
on to my destination across the border in Esbeek. That's how all those 
cycle nodes started appearing north of Turnhout in the last 2,5 months.

I hope you make it happen and I'm sure Toi will lend you a hand if it's 
needed. He is relatively nearby. And you can always ask for guidance on 
this list, of course

Polyglot