[OSM-talk] OSMHQ (Open Street Map High Quality): Viable AlternativeFor The National Map Corps

[Sunburned Surveyor]

There might be a mailing list. I can't remember. Let me do some poking
around and I will report back to the mailing list.

The Sunburned Surveyor

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
<ajrlists at googlemail.com> wrote:
> It would be very handy indeed to be able to get access to the contact list
> for the existing Corp members. Clearly they must be twiddling thumbs now and
> might well be very interested in contributing to OSM. SO far my emails to
> the USGS/National Map Corps folks have been met with silence.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
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>>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Sunburned Surveyor
>>Sent: 19 August 2008 8:22 PM
>>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>>Subject: [OSM-talk] OSMHQ (Open Street Map High Quality): Viable
>>AlternativeFor The National Map Corps
>>
>>Note: This message will probably be of the most interset to OSM
>>mappers in the United States.
>>
>>I was very disappointed in the recent shut down of the National Map
>>Corps. This shutdown prompted me to consider if OSM could be a viable
>>alternative to the former federally sponsored base mapping of the
>>United States. I started to put down some of my thoughts on paper. I
>>realized that it wouldn't take a great deal of changes to have OSM
>>fill this much needed role. I started to put together some "suggested"
>>procedures and other ideas that would increase the quality of OSM data
>>and allow it to provide "base map" layers for a traditional GIS. I'll
>>be trying out some of these ideas and procedures on a OSM mapping
>>project near my home in Stockton, California.
>>
>>At any rate, you can read trough some of my ideas for high-quality OSM
>>data here:
>>
>>http://sites.google.com/site/osmhighquality/Home
>>
>>You can read about my pilot project here:
>>
>>http://sites.google.com/site/ljcopenstreetmap/
>>
>>I know I am very new to the OSM community, so I would be interested to
>>know what other OSM mappers think of this effort, and if there are
>>similar efforts going on in the United States or other countries. I
>>would welcome any help implementing the ideas for OSMHQ from other
>>interested mappers.
>>
>>The Sunburned Surveyor
>>
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