[Talk-ca] using image recognition to create building foot prints.

[Matthew Darwin]

Ok, just I had to re-write more than just that one section to make it 
coherent.   Hopefully the page has a bit more logical structure now.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Canada/Building_Canada_2020

Comments and edits welcome!


On 2018-01-29 09:26 PM, Matthew Darwin wrote:
>
> I will re-write the "project management" section of the wiki page to 
> align with this discussion.
>
> On 2018-01-29 09:17 PM, john whelan wrote:
>> and I think I agree with Pierre the best approach would be to do it 
>> a step at a time using experienced local resources.
>>
>> We do need to engage with high schools and the Universities but it 
>> is difficult with the resources available.  There is some material 
>> available https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Education but it 
>> would need reviewing to see if it is relevant to what is required.
>>
>> We were exceptionally fortunate in Ottawa with the pilot and the 
>> resources we had available but even there I wasn't certain we would 
>> be able to pull it off.
>>
>> Cheerio John
>>
>>
>> 2018-01-29 21:11 GMT-05:00 Matthew Darwin <matthew at mdarwin.ca 
>> <mailto:matthew at mdarwin.ca>>:
>>
>>     +1
>>
>>     Unless someone has lots of $$$ to throw at OSM work (which
>>     could then fund full time coordinators, trainers, lawyers,
>>     etc), the only way I see to coordinate is to approach it like
>>     how OSM in Canada was build up to now... distributed model with
>>     local groups doing what makes sense for their area.   There is,
>>     of course, no way to map all buildings in Canada by 2020 this
>>     way.  Still it is good to set aspirational goals...
>>
>>     On 2018-01-29 08:57 PM, Pierre Béland wrote:
>>>
>>>     Il faut une part de réalisme. Pour bien coordonner, il ne
>>>     suffit pas de créer une tâche et d'inviter à participer. Nous
>>>     ne sommes pas une communauté structurée au niveau national. 
>>>     Je comprends que diverses universités s'intéressent au projet
>>>     OSM et aimeraient initier leurs étudiants à ce projet. La
>>>     meilleure solution je pense c'est de se mettre en contact avec
>>>     la communauté OSM locale et s'assurer de bien encadrer la
>>>     formation et les premiers jours de participation à OSM.
>>>
>>>     Les contributeurs sont davantage actifs dans leurs communautés
>>>     locales ou selon leur divers intérêts liés à leur travail ou
>>>     loisir. Personne n'est prêt à s'engager à coordonner un tel
>>>     projet au niveau national.
>>
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