[OSM-talk] Practical tips wanted for mapping weekend

Andy Robinson Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Aug 24 22:53:44 BST 2006


Neat idea. The more new users and new avenues to explore can only be
beneficial.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Etienne
>Sent: 24 August 2006 9:33 PM
>To: Lars Aronsson
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Practical tips wanted for mapping weekend
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>On 8/24/06, Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se> wrote:
>
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>	When you're mapping the Isle of Wight, Manchester or Bath, how do
>	you get an Internet connection, and how much do you depend on it?
>	If you can't get online (which could be hard in remote areas), do
>	you swap tracklogs between users and view them offline in JOSM
>	during the weekend?  Or do you divide the area in advance, so
>	everybody knows exactly which parts of a town to cover, and then
>	everybody goes home to upload and process their tracklogs?
>
>	Did you combine these excursions with taking photos for and
>	georeferencing Wikipedia articles about the area?  There's a
>	special WikiProject on the English Wikipedia for U.K. geography,
>	that I suppose you could collaborate with,
>	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_UK_geography
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_UK_geography>
>
>
>Hmmm... just looked at this project.  It seems pretty active at the moment
>(judging by the rate of edits of the page).  A handful of the members of
>that project seem to live in the Midlands.  Wonder if we should alert them
>to the Rutland Map party and invite them along?  Maybe we could get Rutland
>to be their collaboration of the month for October?
>
>Etienne
>
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>	I'm almost about to suggest a meeting in Växjö, southern Sweden,
>	on September 22-24.  But I'm not sure how much I need to prepare.
>	Växjö is the nearest bigger town to me that is not yet mapped.
>
>
>	--
>	  Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se )
>	  Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se
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