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

Katie Filbert filbertk at gmail.com
Sat Jun 4 00:16:22 BST 2011


On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Steve Coast <steve at asklater.com> wrote:

>  Hm
>
> How about we have a coordinated mapping party weekend across the US in
> something like September? Aim to get a party in every state?
>

We'll be doing a NYC mapping party sometime in (probably) late August, in
conjunction with Wiki-Conference NYC.  I don't have exact dates yet, but
keep an eye out for it.

Cheers,
Katie



>
> That gives us a nice goal, a long time to organize plus we could coordinate
> for national press if we're clever.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 6/2/2011 11:00 AM, Steven Johnson wrote:
>
> We're overdue to host a mapping party in the DC area. We'll organize one at
> a meetup to be held sometime in the next two weeks (likely coinciding with
> WhereCampDC, 10-11 June). So look for an event in WashDC before end of
> June...
>
> I helped organize and conduct a very successful mapping party at North
> Carolina State University back in Feb. (Blogged here:
> http://www.openstreetmap.us/2011/03/openstreetmap-goes-to-school-ncsu-mapping-party/)
> but the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area still lacks an organized focus for
> OSM activities (which I find astonishing).
>
> -- SEJ
> -- twitter: @geomantic
> -- skype: sejohnson8
>
> "A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely
> of jokes." -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 13:43, Jim McAndrew <jim at loc8.us> wrote:
>
>> I've been to a successful mapping party in NYC, which was run by
>> CloudMade.  The meetup.com group still exists, and someone is funding
>> it.  I don't know anyone specific who is still working with it though.
>>
>> I believe Lancaster, PA is still trying to have monthly meetups as well.
>>
>> --
>> Jim McAndrew
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net>wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/2/11 1:19 PM, Steve Coast wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well.. it's chicken and egg. There wasn't anyone interested in the UK
>>>> when I ran the first mapping parties there either.
>>>>
>>>> If you set up a group on meetup.com you'd be surprised how many people
>>>> join and start to get interested once you have a group meeting monthly.
>>>>
>>>> We should really be aiming for one meetup per state. I think we have MA,
>>>> WA, CA, CO now all have monthly meetups. How does NY, TX and the captiol
>>>> look?
>>>>
>>>>  i'm trying to get a group going in the Capitol District of NY; i think
>>> that NYC needs its own group, but i don't know of anything going
>>> on down there.
>>>
>>> richard
>>>
>>>
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Katie Filbert
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http://wikidc.org
filbertk at gmail.com
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