[Talk-in] Planning work for OpenStreetMaps in Delhi

[निशांत / Nishant]

Hi,

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Gora Mohanty <gora at sarai.net> wrote:
>  on OpenStreetMaps already. I would like to ensure a coherent
>  approach to doing this, and thus would propose a meeting to
>  coordinate work. If people bring data with them, we can also
>  upload it directly.

I second your opinion. We may need to rope in people from other parts of
Delhi also, as most of the mappers I can see on map belong to South or
South West
part of Delhi.

The main issue that I see is the availability of GPS recievers. I do not own one
and still looking around as for me it should work for me on Debian. We can
place bulk order once we have say 10-12 people interested.

Also, someone told me that in India one needs to register the GPS receivers
and renew the registration every year. Is it true? It used to happen at a
central research institute where this person was a research scholar a couple
of years back. They used Garmin receivers there.

We can keep mapping whenever we drive or go out anywhere or area
surrounding our habitat.
This will need just a little extra effort for noting down the waypoints.

And once in a while (bi-monthly) we should host mapping parties where
we choose an area
and all of us go out in different directions, the way we did for JNU campus.

>   I would propose that the first meeting coincide with a meeting
>  of the Indian Linux Users' Group, Delhi, with the hopes of
>  attracting a larger audience. Thus, a meeting date of Sun., March
>  16th seems suitable. The venue can either be JNU, or Sarai, in North
>  Delhi. Please follow up with your views, and I will formally
>  announce the meeting.

Although ILUG-D provided us with the opportunity to be a part of the workshop
and provided the much needed activation energy, IMHO we should strive to
work independently of ILUG-D in the future so that both the
organisations can focus on
their respective goals.

regards,
Nishant
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