Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] New Scientist article on OpenStreetMap and HOT
Thanks Tom. Glad they picked up this angle. Still, I'm asking them to make a couple small corrections (OpenStreetMapS) (Map Kibera was started by GroundTruth) * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > From: Tom Taylor >To: t...@openstreetmap.org; HOT Openstreetmap >Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 11:59 PM >Subject: [OSM-talk] New Scientist article on OpenStreetMap and HOT > > >Article at > >http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23808-citizen-cartographers-fill-the-gaps-in-maps.html > > >TomT5454 > >___ >talk mailing list >t...@openstreetmap.org >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > >___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
[HOT] Fw: [Talk-us] Happy Birthday, OSM-- let's have a Birthday Sprint!
At the tech chat on Monday, we also picked up this idea of a Birthday Sprint. Thinking we can have a chat again on July 15 to start to coordinate HOT software needs for it. * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron - Forwarded Message - >From: Kathleen Danielson >To: OpenStreetMap US Talk >Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 11:31 PM >Subject: [Talk-us] Happy Birthday, OSM-- let's have a Birthday Sprint! > > > >Hi Everyone, > > >I hope you're all enjoying your Independence Day celebrations! I'm thinking >toward another upcoming anniversary-- OpenStreetMap's 9th birthday! I know >that folks are planning various celebrations in cities around the world, and I >thought that it might be a good idea to plan a Birthday Sprint to continue the >work from the SOTMUS Sprint Days. > > >So, I propose that on the weekend of August 10-11 we hold a remote Birthday >Sprint on any and all OSM projects. What this means is that whoever has a >project they are working on can rally their community to do a dedicated push >over those two days. I'm thinking MapRoulette, new osm.org features, iD >updates-- whatever. Then, we just do it! If people want to host in-person >sprint day events, that's fantastic, but even though being in the same room is >vastly beneficial, it's not always feasible on a project like this, so the >assumption is that this will be a predominantly remote event. > > >It's been great to see all of the enthusiasm and momentum coming out of >SOTMUS, so let's keep that going with the Birthday Sprint! > > >Cheers, >Kathleen > > > > >___ >Talk-us mailing list >talk...@openstreetmap.org >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > >___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] Use cases, documentation and methodology around the use of OSM and GIS in Forestry
HI Nicolas, I am putting together a paper that covers this now... it has to do with statistical (spatial) point pattern analysis and using that to uncover habitat interactions for forestry. If you are interested, I can send you a link to the paper when I get through. Lillian On Friday, June 28, 2013 6:21:31 PM UTC-4, nicolas chavent wrote: > > Hi Russ, > > Thanks for your elements, I look forward to your whitepaper or any format > you will find appropriate to wrap up your thoughts from this last and > important deployment. I think that your proposal of extensions to other > related fields of study and practices make sense and can help out pulling > out more thoughtful mapping documents around mapping rural areas in > Developed Countries (DCs) and Least Developped Countries (LDCs) which is > where my request is based. > > Excellent day. > Best, > Nicolas > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Russell Deffner > > > wrote: > >> Hello Nicolas, >> >> ** ** >> >> Once our wildfire season (in Colorado, U.S.) slows down, I will be >> writing up a ‘case-study’/whitepaper on the response to >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2013_Colorado_Wildfire_Season - I >> will make sure to forward any documents, etc. directly to you. Just FYI, >> this was my field of study in college: Forestry, concentrated in Forest >> Fire Science with a minor in Spatial Information Management Systems, so I >> have lots of ideas how OSM could be used in these fields, but I’m still >> working on locking down a user/use-case study. I have reached out to the >> U.S. Forest Service and (U.S.) National Wildfire Coordination Group >> regarding the above and have had some initial feedback that my information >> would be forwarded to the incident commander for the East Fork Fire. I >> assume that as IC, that person is probably too busy to reach out while >> firefighting; I hope as things slow-down that I will get a chance to make >> the case for OSM and/or HOT for future firefights. >> >> ** ** >> >> I also wonder if you shouldn’t expand your inquiry to all Natural >> Resource fields; i.e. rangeland, wildlife, ecosystems, watersheds, etc. >> You may get a broader response, and at least in the U.S. these things are >> typically done separately/by different organizations. >> >> ** ** >> >> Thank you for your interest, >> >> =Russ >> >> ** ** >> >> Russell Deffner >> >> russd...@gmail.com >> >> russdeffner on OSM >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* nicolas chavent [mailto:nicolas...@hotosm.org ] >> *Sent:* Friday, June 28, 2013 7:23 AM >> *To:* crisismappers; hot >> >> *Subject:* [HOT] Use cases, documentation and methodology around the use >> of OSM and GIS in Forestry >> >> ** ** >> >> Hey all- >> >> ** ** >> >> I'd be interested into hearing about uses of OSM and similar technologies >> tied to GIS in Forestry; >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks in advance for any references >> Excellent day to all, >> Best, >> >> >> Nicolas >> >> ** ** >> >> -- >> >> -- >> >> Nicolas Chavent >> >> Acting Project Director >> >> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team >> >> http://hot.openstreetmap.org/ >> >> Mobile (FRA): +33 (0)6 52 40 78 20 >> >> Email: nicolas...@hotosm.org >> >> Skype: c_nicolas >> >> Twitter: nicolas_chavent >> > > > > -- > -- > Nicolas Chavent > Acting Project Director > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team > http://hot.openstreetmap.org/ > Mobile (FRA): +33 (0)6 52 40 78 20 > Email: nicolas...@hotosm.org > Skype: c_nicolas > Twitter: nicolas_chavent > ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
[HOT] New Scientist article on OpenStreetMap and HOT
Article at http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23808-citizen-cartographers-fill-the-gaps-in-maps.html TomT5454 ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] a more extreme HOT task manager
Hi Laurent, On 2013-06-30 11:30, Laurent Savaëte wrote: Wouldn't it be possible to make that whole process more seamless, and therefore get a much wider group of online mappers to help? If the task manager auto-assigned me a very limited task, say trace roads in a square 50x50m, using iD or a simplified version of it, we'd be bordering on microtasking. I would imagine the person requesting the mapping could define their needs (e.g. roads and buildings, or water streams, or collapsed buildings), set the log message for all edits done through the UI. All edits are then done through the web/iD so that micromappers only have to login and trace. If given a job like "trace all buildings in this square", they don't even need to tag anything, because the requester already defined the tags they need. Basically, the essence of the idea is to take everything the computer can take care of off the user's plate. Since the job would take about a minute, it would become a lot easier and less technical for a wider crowd to join and help. And let's dream a bit, with a bit of social media magic, maybe maps could be drawn in a few hours! Your idea sounds very intriguing. It would require multiple passes for many current tasks, one for each object type. And after the base-map is built, it would need another pass to accumulate the more detailed attributes like road conditions. Regards, David ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
