Clifford, I have organized a www.meetup.com group on another topic previously and can happily handle the operation of an osm meetup group here. Let me think about this for a couple days and form the group. I will let this email list know.
I will take a look at Osmtracker. Thanks for the tip. Best, Sachin Dole On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Sachin Dole <sd...@genvega.com> wrote: > >> Thank you Richard and Clifford. Yes, I will try to get the boundary >> correct wrt the cemetery using my android device GPS. You recommend the >> android app vespucci for this or is there another better app? >> > > I recommend GoMap!! which is only available for iOS. I haven't used > vespucci, although it seems to have plenty of features. GoMap!! is easy to > use on mapping parties. My wife lets me borrow her iPad when needed. I use > OSMTracker for Android as well. Very handy when out hiking. Not great for > mapping businesses. > >> My intro: I am working on a startup that leans heavily on OSM, so I am >> familiar with the data, nominatim, XAPI etc. I never did much mapping and >> hence not very good with how the data relate to the intent for the >> consumer. Total newbie to that part. >> > I find it useful for developers to have a good understanding of how people > tag. So actually getting involved with adding data to OSM may help you > better understand our tagging methods. > >> I would love to host a mapping party in my area. In fact, I subscribed >> to the party list just this morning. >> > I'm surprised to find that Chicago doesn't have a Meetup Group. Perhaps > you could start one. You might join talk-us and invite people to start a > mapping group in your area. > > Clifford > > > > > -- > @osm_seattle > osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > newbies@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > > -- President | Genvega Inc. | www.genvega.com | tel: 630.290.2561
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