[Talk-us] Who is mapping on the ground in US?

[Ian Dees]

And this was meant for talk-us...

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:

> From my perspective there are a couple hurdles:
>
> 0) There aren't very many people aware of or interested in OSM in the US
> yet.
> 1) People interested in OSM who might be able to evangelize OSM already
> spend their time mapping or (in my case) just don't have any extra time
> outside of existing obligations, work, family life, etc.
>
> That being said, perhaps there's something that could be done to grease the
> wheels and make it as easy as possible to get a mappy hour/mapping party
> going. Can those that have run successful ones recently talk about what they
> did, who they contacted, what time they held it? I'm thinking something like
> Harry Wood's diary posts for the London OSM meetups, but for the meetups in
> the US.
>
> Maybe seeing/reading how others do it in the US (not that it needs to be
> different) would provide inspiration for the rest of us?
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Steve Coast <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>
>> Agreed. Our mapping parties and meetups in Seattle have been awesome.
>>
>> On 6/2/2011 8:59 AM, Richard Weait wrote:
>>
>>> I see that a mapping party is planned for Boston this month.  This is
>>> awesome, and if you are nearby, you should attend.
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Boston/June_2011_mapping_party
>>>
>>> There is also a mapping party on that date in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
>>>
>>> But why aren't there ten times as many mapping parties in the US as
>>> there are in Canada?  The US has ten times the population.  Y'all
>>> should have more mapping parties.  And Mappy Hours, to meet up with
>>> other mappers and talk about mapping over your beverage of choice.
>>>
>>> It's fun.  Really.  You should set one up.  Today.
>>
>>
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