[OSM-talk-ie] Talk-ie Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1

[John Kennedy]

Just want to say these paper maps are a fantastic resource so please
consider if you can support for your (possibly adopted) county!

I now have a chunk of the Kildare ones including out of copyright and I
will start going through those in the coming weeks. Some are very high
resolution and quick to manually find any new data, and move on. I have
discovered some typos, missing burial grounds etc that will be useful to
add. Also "tanks" near the back garden - oh well could be worse.

My local Councillor suggested local area 21 heritage funding if there are
some expenses that that could support. E.g. running a workshop, scanning,
maybe even hardware. There may need to be a local angle to it - not sure if
we could fund a national effort this route. I have submitted such funding
applications in the past - if you want me to consider something with a
Kildare angle - e.g. hosting a national meetup/workshop in a local hotel or
something let me know.

I will meet county local history services folks / Heritage Officer in the
coming weeks and let you know if anything to share. Some Heritage Officers
get interns from time to time - also there are community employment
schemes. Food for thought: it would not take much training to scan OOC
paper maps and at least least add notes to OSM for any features not yet
added.

Thanks Brian for driving this.
 - John.

On 10 January 2016 at 18:05, moltonel <moltonel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Brian, sorry I didn't answer even to your private message until now.
>
> I'm very much for the scan and donate option. I'd be happy to help with
> the labor-intensive scan/upload/rectify tasks but I have no  clue where to
> get the hardware for the first step ?
> --
> Vincent Dp
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