[Talk-us] Burning Man old data, publicity opportunity

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Hi All,

Mikel and I did the original mapping, and its now a few years out of
date. I have access to the data for this year, but its always a
sensitive topic about when it can be released. Let me do a little bit
of research and report back in a few days.

Jeff

On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Elliott Plack <elliott.plack at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just as a note of interest, on my way to SOTMUS this year in San Francisco,
> I'm pretty sure we flew over Black Rock City. I took some pictures out of
> the plane window: https://www.dropbox.com/sc/kfjpmgydqcser3v/tqkMPNPrCw
> (link to pictures).
>
> -Elliott
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Kathleen Danielson
> <kathleen.danielson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I only know a little about Burning Man (seriously, just what I read in
>> Cory Doctorow's Homeland), but mapping BRC makes sense to me.
>>
>> Is it on the exact same location every year? In that case it seems like it
>> would make sense to update the map annually. If they are on different parts
>> of the dessert each year, it would probably make sense to map each one, but
>> once the city is torn down, modify the tags to indicate a past structure.
>> The Historical OSM folks would probably have better guidance on the best way
>> to do this.
>>
>> Either way, it seems like this could be a really neat way to preserve
>> Black Rock City.
>>
>> Are any OSM folks going to be at Burning Man this year?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Clay Smalley <claysmalley at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> So Black Rock City is mapped on OpenStreetMap... twice. And both are old
>>> versions (the city as it was in 2008 and 2009). Anyone know why this is?
>>> Should the two old cities be deleted and replaced with the 2013 city?
>>>
>>> I have a feeling that this could be a fun publicity opportunity for OSM,
>>> if we're the first ones to map out Black Rock City during Burning Man. Not
>>> to mention that the kind of people who go to Burning Man would probably
>>> rather support OSM over Google Maps, given someone tells them about OSM. It
>>> brings in people from everywhere, so ideally they could go back to their
>>> respective communities and possibly get more involved in local OSM mapping.
>>>
>>> Just ranting a pipe dream. Does this sound realistic?
>>>
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