[OSM-talk-be] OSM introduction

[Ben Abelshausen]

Hi All,

The introduction on OSM with relation to HOT will take place on sunday 2 okt
at 15:00.

Address is Sint-Veerleplein 3 - 301 9000 Gent:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.056482&mlon=3.721308&zoom=18&layers=M

Reminder: The introduction is for an organisation called Africa4U using OSM.
They did some mapping in the past but never used OSM before.

If some of you would still like to join or help with the introduction,
please let me know. Maybe we can meet a bit earlier on sunday? It would be
nice to finally meet some of the mappers in Belgium! :-)

Parking should nog be a problem if you take one the many underground parking
places in the city center or even better when using public transportation,
tram line 1 stops right at sint-veerleplein and leaves at Gent Sint Pieters.

Best Regards,

Ben

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Ivo De Broeck <ivo.debroeck at gmail.com>wrote:

> I agree totally with you. Keep it simple for new people and show them
> Potlach2 for new people (we need them).
>
>
> 2011/8/20 Wouter Hamelinck <wouter.hamelinck at gmail.com>
>
>> > Do you know this person that presented to
>> > 'Trage Wegen'? Is he/she on this list?
>>
>> That would be me.
>>
>> A few thing that you should imho take care of while introducing OSM to
>> people that do not know it:
>> * Ask yourself what your public wants (kind of data, mapping uncharted
>> regions, only using the maps...) and stick to that. You can mention
>> the possibilities of OSM but don't give any details of topics they
>> don't care about. E.g. if those people care about mapping jungle roads
>> you can mention that it is possible to add bus stops and create a
>> public transport route planner, but that should be the last word about
>> that. They simply won't care about the relations and everything.
>> * Provide visual examples of the power of OSM. One of the best moments
>> of my presentation was when I showed on a map on my website a track
>> that I made in the Wicklow Mountains a few weeks prior to the
>> presentation. I started with a Google Maps background where the track
>> went through grey void. Then I switched to the OSM background that
>> showed all the paths in the region. No more explanation needed.
>> You could make a similar comparison for an African region where
>> commercial maps are worthless but OSM shows a lot of roads (or even
>> only paths, they are very important in those regions). Also the Haiti
>> project could be of interest to them.
>>
>> I will send you the simple quick-and-dirty presentation that I made.
>> You can use it as a starting point or inspiration.
>>
>> If your public is not very geeky and new to OSM, I think you should
>> stick to the Potlach editor. More information will only confuse them.
>> I think we made a mistake here in Haaltert by introducing them also to
>> JOSM.
>>
>> wouter
>>
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>>                                        - Thor Heyerdahl
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