[Talk-us] WIN a Free trip to State of the Map
Love OpenStreetMap? Show us and you could win a trip to State of the Map! We're hosting a video competition for the best short film about what OSM means to you. More information can be found on the State of the Map websitehttp://stateofthemap.org/win-a-trip-to-state-of-the-map/, but here's the skinny: Create a 1-3 minute video with the following criteria to guide you: 1. The video should be fun, unique and show what OpenStreetMap means to you. 2. Explain why we should choose you to be at State of the Map 2011! 3. Normal necessities and niceties: No vulgar language No nudity No animal cruelty 4. Video must have CC, CC-BY or CC-BY-SA licensing 5. Post your video to YouTube.com with the hash symbol: #sotm11 6. Email your submission (plus link to video) to vi...@stateofthemap.orgmailto:vi...@stateofthemap.org. Hint: Promote your video on twitter, blogs, FaceBook, etc to get more views! The competition is open now until July 8th, 2011 11:59pm PST. Winner will be announced by July 15th, 2011. Winner will be chosen by a combination of video popularity and by the SotM organizing committee. Enter as many times as you like! No purchase necessary. *Free trip includes round-trip flight, hotel for three nights and one (1) Passport ticket to State of the Map 2011. Please post this to your other favorite talk lists. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [OSM-talk] Scholarship program to State of the Map 2011
Yes, The US chapter is prepared to help file for visas. All preliminary work (eg. our event is listed with the US gov't) has been done. All else is per basis. We understand it's only 3.5 months away so let's get going :) Hope this helps! Best, Hurricane On Jun 2, 2011, at 7:20 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Hurricane, Will the organizers help out in processing the US visas? 2 months is really, really short time to apply and be granted a US visa based on stories I've heard. Eugene On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Coast, Hurricane hurricane.co...@mapquest.com wrote: The State of the Map Committee is excited to announce a program to cover full travel and accommodations costs for mappers to attend State of the Map 2011 in Denver, Colorado (United States). We’re seeking nominations from the community for potential mappers. We are seeking people from places where costs would prohibit attendance, developing countries, and places that are “interesting” geopolitically. The ideal candidates for funding are from countries with a small OSM community, perhaps just a few mappers in total. They have made a significant start at mapping their city, either through imagery or with their own GPS, and are directly familiar with the process of OSM. They may have started communicating among themselves, and made plans and scoped out the process for their local district. But, the community is nowhere near critical mass, and they need the inspiration and support to take OSM to the next level. We need to act fast! State of the Map is just over 3 and a half months away, tickets and visas need to be arranged. In order to allow enough time for all the arrangements, the nomination period will be short, and ending at Sunday, June 25th. The number of scholarships rewarded will be based on the success of fund-raising. From the nominations received, we’ll review and invite scholars in late June. Please send your nominations to scholars...@stateofthemap.org. For each nomination, include the mappers name, OSM user name, email address, location, and a paragraph or two on why they’d be great to have at SOTM. Self nominations are accepted. Please forward this message to other relevant local OSM and mapping lists and social media! As for regions, here are a few regions that seem to fit the bill, but nominations are not limited to these places at all. Eastern and Southern Europe: Belarus, Kosovo, Bulgaria Arab States: Tunisia, Bahrain, Jordan Asia: Nepal, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Indonesia Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala Africa: Liberia, Ivory Coast, Swaziland Sponsor-a-Mapper In previous years there has been a scholarship program to help mappers who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend get to State of the Map. This year we are announces an “Sponsor-A-Mapper” program. There are plenty of deserving individuals from all of the world that can’t afford to attend SotM. To help them be able to come join the community in person in Denver why don’t you consider paying to cover a portion of the cost of their ticket? We are attempting to raise an average of $2,500 USD per mapper in order to be sure to cover their costs. This will vary slightly by transportation costs depending from where the select scholarships are traveling. The more money we raise the more mappers we can sponsor! To Sponsor-a-Mapper please email scholars...@stateofthemap.org Thank you! ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Scholarship program to State of the Map 2011
The State of the Map Committee is excited to announce a program to cover full travel and accommodations costs for mappers to attend State of the Map 2011 in Denver, Colorado (United States). We’re seeking nominations from the community for potential mappers. We are seeking people from places where costs would prohibit attendance, developing countries, and places that are “interesting” geopolitically. The ideal candidates for funding are from countries with a small OSM community, perhaps just a few mappers in total. They have made a significant start at mapping their city, either through imagery or with their own GPS, and are directly familiar with the process of OSM. They may have started communicating among themselves, and made plans and scoped out the process for their local district. But, the community is nowhere near critical mass, and they need the inspiration and support to take OSM to the next level. We need to act fast! State of the Map is just over 3 and a half months away, tickets and visas need to be arranged. In order to allow enough time for all the arrangements, the nomination period will be short, and ending at Sunday, June 25th. The number of scholarships rewarded will be based on the success of fund-raising. From the nominations received, we’ll review and invite scholars in late June. Please send your nominations to scholars...@stateofthemap.org. For each nomination, include the mappers name, OSM user name, email address, location, and a paragraph or two on why they’d be great to have at SOTM. Self nominations are accepted. Please forward this message to other relevant local OSM and mapping lists and social media! As for regions, here are a few regions that seem to fit the bill, but nominations are not limited to these places at all. * Eastern and Southern Europe: Belarus, Kosovo, Bulgaria * Arab States: Tunisia, Bahrain, Jordan * Asia: Nepal, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Indonesia * Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala * Africa: Liberia, Ivory Coast, Swaziland Sponsor-a-Mapper In previous years there has been a scholarship program to help mappers who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend get to State of the Map. This year we are announces an “Sponsor-A-Mapper” program. There are plenty of deserving individuals from all of the world that can’t afford to attend SotM. To help them be able to come join the community in person in Denver why don’t you consider paying to cover a portion of the cost of their ticket? We are attempting to raise an average of $2,500 USD per mapper in order to be sure to cover their costs. This will vary slightly by transportation costs depending from where the select scholarships are traveling. The more money we raise the more mappers we can sponsor! To Sponsor-a-Mapper please email scholars...@stateofthemap.org Thank you! ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[Talk-us] Cool ITO World US and Canada coverage
Thought that the US and Canada might be interested in this: http://itoworld.blogspot.com/2011/03/ito-map-extended-to-cover-usa-canada.html ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[OSM-talk] Update on travel discounts to SotM
We were able to talk with United Airlines today and clear up some items on booking travel. In order to book from an international departure city, you need to call a local United Representative, there are several numbers for different countries! For a complete list of country specific phone numbers please visit our websitehttp://stateofthemap.org. Thanks, Hurricane for the State of the Map Team ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] OSM job in Georgia
Hi, A friend of mine let me know about this job opportunity based in Tbilisi, Georgia: Open Maps Caucasus is looking for a new executive director. It sounds like a really cool job (there's a lot of momentum behind OSM in the Caucasus) and Tbilisi is a wonderful and very livable place to be. If you know of anyone in the OSM who's looking for a management or development job related to OSM, they might want to check this out. I see that the due date is past, but I only just got this, so I would still apply if interested. #5 Shevchenko St., Apt. 2, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia +995 32 142 926 www.OMC.ge About OMC: OMC was formed in Tbilisi, Georgia in October, 2009, with the purpose of creating open-source digital maps of Georgia through a network of Community Organizers and volunteers. OMC began with the funding, technical, administrative and financial management support of JumpStart International. OMC has built more than merely maps, however. It has evolved to embody the spirit of open information, improved communication, and increased citizen participation. Position title: OMC Executive Director Reports to: Board of Directors Based in: Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia Position Summary: The ideal candidate for OMC’s executive director position will lead the organization’s overall success by ensuring both mission execution and effective organizational management. Duties include fundraising, financial management, leading outreach and promotion of the organization and its services, board engagement, staff management, and strategic and annual planning. The ideal candidate will have experience living/working in the Caucasus and/or FSU countries, maintains a strong regional network and can commit at least two years to this challenging and rewarding role. Chief among the opportunities offered to the ideal candidate is the opportunity to lead OMC from its initial single-donor-grant-funded incubation phase to independent financial stability and sustainability. Key assets in meeting this challenge are the talented team assembled in Tbilisi, which, since OMC’s fall 2009 inception, has evolved into a unique, community-minded innovator in Georgia’s emerging IT sector. Responsibilities: Financial Management Ensure proper cash flow management Ensure compliance with government procedures governing organizational finances Ensure reporting on funds per donor requirements Fundraising Develop and execute strategy to cultivate diverse base of support, working towards independent financial stability #5 Shevchenko St., Apt. 2, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia +995 32 142 926 www.OMC.ge Work with staff to develop proposals for funds in both fee-for-service and grant opportunities Lead outreach and promotion of OMC as an innovative technology provider, building partnerships adding value to community partners Monitoring Evaluation Work in collaboration with staff to develop and maintain effective monitoring and evaluation procedures, reinforcing an organizational culture of constant learning and improvement Organizational Leadership Provide guidance to staff, ensuring coordination of deliverables among various stakeholders (the community, clients, donor organizations, etc.) Engage the board of directors as stewards of the organization’s success through regular meetings and reports Set the tone for the organization as a leader in technology exploration, embodying the values of open information, community engagement and technology for development Qualifications: Education Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field Skills Experience Commitment to organizational values of open information, community engagement, and technology for development Five+ years experience managing an organization/company, preferably in the IT field, ideally in a startup environment Experience living/working in the Caucasus and/or FSU countries Comfortable communicating in Georgian and English Ability to articulate technological applications to non-technical people Excellent interpersonal skills Familiar with standard office software, such as Microsoft Office Ability to cultivate strong network Proven success in fundraising and grant-writing, and/or business development experience Experience managing budgets and cash flow Experience in board development To apply for this position, email your resume and cover letter by 23 February 2011 to: j...@omc.ge Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted. Compensation is competitive and based on experience. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Difficulty using the promotional code for booking Denver flights
Hi Nick, I will call United and see what might be up. I will also mention that the online code was to be active 2 weeks after we got the contract, which would be so it could be just a matter of time. Hurricane On 2/23/11 5:18 PM, talk-requ...@openstreetmap.org talk-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Message: 4 Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:18:40 + From: Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: [OSM-talk] Difficulty with using the promotional code for bookingDenver flights Message-ID: ofb83dbea1.90234291-on80257840.007a8f5c-80257840.007a8...@solent.ac.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi, Have just tried to use the promotional code 588EJ for flights from London to Denver, out on Sep 7 back on Sep 22. If I try united.co.uk, it says that it doesn't recognise the code at all. If I try united.com (which I don't really want to do as it charges in dollars, not GBP) it says that the code is invalid for either the origin or the destination. Just to experiment, I tried New York and Frankfurt for the origin. New York was accepted, but Frankfurt, like London, was rejected. Has anyone else tried booking and encountered similar problems? Thanks, Nick -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/attachments/20110223/49b830 b8/attachment.html -- __ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[Talk-us] Imports, trails, POIs for National Parks
Hi, I noticed that there is a bit of work going on with importing Park data. I know that's a broad subject, anything from Forest Service Roads to GPSed trails from vacations, hydrology imports and as always, fixing TIGER data… There's a bunch out there. I wanted to get a feel for what, if any, work has been done for National Parks in the US. Is there anyone here (or an OSM wiki page perhaps) where folks are organizing to get Yosemite, the Grand Canyon and Rocky Mountain National Park mapped (to name a few ;))? I am also looking to build out a Project of the Week (or Month) to do some concentrated effort in this direction. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Project_of_the_week/Proposals#Date_Specific I think it would be super cool to have our National Parks so well mapped it is the go-to resource for this summers family road trips and outdoor adventures or the closer in hikes in the afternoon! Any suggestions on where to look for other users interested in this, or free and open data import sites, all information will be helpful. Thanks and happy mapping, Hurricane Coast ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[OSM-talk] Travel Discounts to SotM 2011
Hi, I have been working on a relationship with United Airlines to attain travel discounts for people flying to Denver for SotM in September. Woohoo! I have started a wiki page here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2011_SotM_Travel_Discounts Please add your name (and user name) to this page if you are interested in accessing travel discounts up to 20% with United Airlines. When this list reaches 20 people, we can open the account! Here are the basics: 1. Travel is with United Airlines or UA codeshare operated by Lufthansa for scheduled service to the United States and Canada to/from destinations in Europe. *I will post specific fare rules when we have this in effect. 2. Min 20 customers 3. Travel must be between Sept1- Sept 30. So come stay awhile :) 4. Travel can originate from anywhere, but MUST travel to Denver and leave from Denver. 5. Use the meeting code to get the discount. When the discount is available, you can book by phone or united.com Sincerely, Hurricane Hurricane Coast hurric...@stateofthemap.orgmailto:hurric...@stateofthemap.org +1 303 882 1314 stateofthemap.orghttp://stateofthemap.org/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] SOTM Denver travel discounts?
Hi Nick, You are right about the travel discounts! I am waiting on a few more details before this offer is 'live' but here is what it looks like. We will have a Meeting ID # that you will use either online or by calling United. This will get a traveller 10%-20% off regular published fares with United Airlines (and I believe the Star Alliance group). Travel will be available Sept 1st- Sept 30th, so giving OSMers plenty of time to travel around! We should be able to have the call in code ready by the end of the week. For online, they have warned me there is about a 14 day waiting period, but then you can book online. Your travel can originate from anywhere, with the destination being Denver. We need a minimum of 20 passengers to take advantage of this offer, so be sure to bring all your best mapping buddies :) More information coming soon! Best, Hurricane Hi, Am 99% certain of coming to Denver this September for SOTM. I'd like to book flights as soon as possible before the fares start creeping up nearer the time, however ISTR a mention of travel discounts when the venue was first announced. Is this still going ahead? I'm planning on coming over for 2 weeks, to combine SOTM with a holiday (7th-21st or 8th-22nd); will any discounts be valid in that case? Would be coming from London. Thanks, Nick ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Join the State of the Map Committee
We are looking for OpenStreetMappers interested in helping make this years international conference absolutely stellar. There are several ways to get involved including working with the program format, sponsorships and scholarships and volunteering during the conference to name a few! Check out www.stateofthemap.org We have dial in meetings every other Wednesday at 8pm CET / 7pm GMT / 12pm MST. Our next meeting is Feb 2nd. Please email the team at t...@stateofthemap.org for more information. Happy Mapping, Hurricane Coast ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[Talk-us] Join the State of the Map Committee
We are looking for OpenStreetMappers interested in helping make this years international conference absolutely stellar. There are several ways to get involved including working with the program format, sponsorships and scholarships and volunteering during the conference to name a few! Check out www.stateofthemap.org We have dial in meetings every other Wednesday at 8pm CET / 7pm GMT / 12pm MST. Our next meeting is Feb 2nd. Please email the team at t...@stateofthemap.org for more information. Happy Mapping, Hurricane Coast ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] why are you missing out on the this fun?
Hi Richard! You are so right about having fun with mapping and getting social! Along with posting events to the OSM calendar, talk lists, and IRC, I also use meetup.com to help outreach to new mappers. [1] It's free and you can capture people already interested in open source, GIS, mapping, spatial fun, hiking, biking, etc. This link here: http://www.meetup.com/everywhere/openstreetmap will help anyone set up a meetup anywhere in the world. So in a way, this method helps with the just pick a date and place and do it! that you mention. I've also seen other local groups use google groups. Also, the folks at MapQuest have open forums to help people create mapping parties, questions with Potlatch2 and many other subjects. Check it out: http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/open/forums Go out and have fun! :) Hurricane [1] I also like using twitter to spread the word with hash tags and links to events On 1/28/11 4:00 AM, talk-us-requ...@openstreetmap.org talk-us-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Message: 2 Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:09:52 -0500 From: Richard Weait rich...@weait.com To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Openstreetmap talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-us] Why are you missing out on this fun? Message-ID: AANLkTikS4h8Cq_XhNbcXrVznAN8Z-usDOuQkz3q3mQ_=@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Why aren't you getting more fun out of OpenStreetMap? Because you don't know the right people. That's right. You'll enjoy OSM even more than you do now, once you meet some additional local mappers. But to do that you have to actually meet them. Yes, email is nice, IRC is fine, but you have to meet them in person. And you won't know how much more fun that is until you do it. Do you have an OSM group that meets in your town? You should. There are regular OSM meetings in every town in Germany with more than two traffic signals.[1] But there are only three OpenStreetMap groups that meet regularly in the US. That means that there are only six traffic lights in the USA![2] That is wrong! You need to start a local OSM group in your town. Other mappers are waiting for you to pluck up your nerve, pick a location and a date, AND DO IT! Book it. Add your local group to the OSM calendar[3], announce it on talk-us@ and IRC. Invite the local cycling group, Open Data group and Linux user group. They are all waiting to hear from you. That's all the planning you have to do. The toughest part is just setting the first date and that doesn't sound hard at all. Now do it. You'll meet the right people. And have more fun. [1] 17% of statistics in this email are fabricated [2] Some of the logic is stretched too [3] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Current_events ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[OSM-ja] Hurricane and Steve Coast in Japan
Hi Daniel, Steve and I have our dates for our visit! We are excited to travel March 1-11, 2011. We fly to Osaka first (arriving March 2nd), staying in the area of Kyoto for the Web and Wireless GIS(W2GIS) 2011 Symposium, March 3-4. After this, we are planning on visiting Tokyo. Our dates are relatively flexible between Kyoto and Tokyo. It will be our first trip to Japan! Your recommendation of both mapping and sightseeing sounds wonderful. Let's try to set up at least one evening for a mappy hour (maps and beer! :)) and some time to get out an map, hopefully the weekend of March 5th, but as of now, we are not sure where we will be. If you have suggestions, we are open to ideas. Thank you! Happy Mapping, Hurricane Hi Hurricane, Thanks for asking on the Japanese list. I'm pretty sure there will be a couple of mappers, who will join. If it would be on a weekend, it would be probably easier for people to joina mapping party. Have you been to Kyoto already? If it's your first time a combination of mapping sightseeing might be a good idea. Let us know when you finalized your dates. Daniel 2011/1/11 Coast, Hurricane hurricane.coast at mapquest.comhttp://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ja Hi OSMers! My name is Hurricane Coast (username: hurricanecoast), and I will be in Kyoto around March 2-4 this year (dates are not finalized) attending the Web Wireless GIS 2011 conference. I would love to organize a mapping party and mappy hour to get to know the community mappers in the area! Would anyone be interested? Apologies this message is in English, I do hope to learn some Japanese while in Kyoto and Tokyo! Happy Mapping, Hurricane skype: hurricanemcewen +1 303 882 1314 ___ Talk-ja mailing list Talk-ja at openstreetmap.orghttp://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ja http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ja ___ Talk-ja mailing list Talk-ja@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ja
[OSM-ja] Visiting Japan in March
Hi OSMers! My name is Hurricane Coast (username: hurricanecoast), and I will be in Kyoto around March 2-4 this year (dates are not finalized) attending the Web Wireless GIS 2011 conference. I would love to organize a mapping party and mappy hour to get to know the community mappers in the area! Would anyone be interested? Apologies this message is in English, I do hope to learn some Japanese while in Kyoto and Tokyo! Happy Mapping, Hurricane skype: hurricanemcewen +1 303 882 1314 ___ Talk-ja mailing list Talk-ja@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ja
[Talk-us] Vermont mappers?
Hi, David McGowan ( dmcgo...@woodstockdigital.com) is looking to include OpenStreetMap in a really cool Digital Media Festival next summer. Are there any mappers close to Woodstock, Vermont interested in hosting a mapping party of sorts? Thanks, Hurricane ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] One in a million.
Message: 3 Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 16:04:21 -0500 From: Richard Weait rich...@weait.com To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Openstreetmap talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-us] One in a million. Are you that mapper? Message-ID: aanlktikcm14w2tjleaf1nc5285timnaxuezaqtszs...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The OSM German community has a ton of local meetings. They also have a wiki template http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Lokale_Gruppe that is scraped by a web site to place all of the local meetings on a map. http://openstreetmap.de/ Wouldn't it be cool to have something like that for US local groups? It sure would! Can I get one for Christmas, Santa? ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Red Cross Users of OpenStreetMap
Hi, Who would like to help Herb? Thanks, Hurricane -- Forwarded Message From: Herb Fischer fisch...@nefloridaredcross.org Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 21:07:30 + To: hurricane.co...@mapquest.com hurricane.co...@mapquest.com Subject: Red Cross Users of OpenStreetMap Hurricane, I sat in on a webinar you support with Depiction a few weeks ago, and just replayed it. I am the Disaster Assessment Manager for the Northeast Florida Chapter, Planner for the North Florida Region, and a recent member of the openstreetmap team. Looked around the web site, but could not find any one who advertised as being part of the Red Cross. Do you know of any user groups active with the Red Cross. Very interesting presentation. I am looking for ways of involving Red Cross members in the openstreetmap process, particularly in some of the rural area where the usual map products are sorely lacking. If you can connect me with someone, I would really appreciate it. Herb Fischer -- End of Forwarded Message ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[OSM-talk] SotM 2011: September 9-11, 2011
The organizing committee for State of the Map (SotM) conference selected September 9-11, 2011 as the dates for the fifth annual international gathering. More information can be found at http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2010/11/05/state-of-the-map-2011-september-9-11-2011/ See you there! ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[Talk-us] Metrics on SotM Bid
Hi all, I¹m forwarding on this request to the list: I helped a bit with the numbers, but I don't know who started the metrics? If you have the inclination to edit the Budget page, please do! Thanks, Hurricane Hurricane (or Steve, or else please forward :), Can you elaborate a bit on the budget estimation on the bid page? You say you're confident it can be done for $17.50 per person per day with 50% sponsoring but where's that based on? Is the normal price $35? And where's that price for? The University of Denver? Is there a concrete offer or did you book the same in the past? Thanks, Floris Looijesteijn ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[OSM-talk] Vote for Icons on Open MapQuest sites
You asked, we listened, and now the vote it open to you! Vote for your favorite POI icon to be shown on open.mapquest.co.uk http://open.mapquest.co.uk and all other language specific sites. By opening up the choices to the community, we aim to gain a crowd sourced answer to what the most requested icons are. Does Library beat out pubs? Do more people care to see a Wifi hotspot or Parking place rendered? The answers could prove intriguing! We’ll leave the survey open until 10/19/10 and see where we are. Thanks and happy mapping! http://mapquest.open-map-icons.sgizmo.com/s3/ http://mapquest.open-map-icons.sgizmo.com/s3/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[Talk-us] SOTM bid- Denver
Hey North American OSMers, The Bids for State of the Map must be final by October 15th. Much work has been done on the Denver Bid page, but it still can use some spit and polish :) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2011/Bid/Denver Go ahead and give it a 5 minute look over and add your special touch More pictures (venues)? More names on the ‘who’s involved’. Remember you don’t have to be in Denver to help out! Let’s have a winning bid and host the 5th Annual SOTM in our ‘home’. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] River help?
Hi, I noticed that Clear Creek isn’t on the map! This is only a small sample of where it is: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.7399lon=-105.4256zoom=13layers=M Can someone help with the hydro info for this river? It follows I-70 and highway 40. It’s a pretty major creek, for Colorado anyhow. Thanks! Hurricane ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] River help?
Katie~ Thanks that’s exactly what I was searching for :) On 10/6/10 4:08 PM, Katie Filbert filbe...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Coast, Hurricane hurricane.co...@mapquest.com wrote: Hi, I noticed that Clear Creek isn’t on the map! This is only a small sample of where it is: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.7399lon=-105.4256zoom=13layers=M Can someone help with the hydro info for this river? It follows I-70 and highway 40. It’s a pretty major creek, for Colorado anyhow. Have you looked at the NHD datasets: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/National_Hydrography_Dataset People can signup to work on basins and sub-basins: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NHD/Basins_West If I do any, they will be ones on the east coast. Ian's shp-to-osm tool has sample rulesets for NHD data, making it fairly easy to deal with importing NHD data. -Katie Thanks! Hurricane ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[OSM-talk] OSM and MapQuest [was Hurricane hits MapQuest]
Message: 1 Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:46:48 + (UTC) From: Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com To: talk@openstreetmap.org mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Hurricane hits MapQuest Message-ID: loom.20100929t10450...@post.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii It's great to see the new Mapquest sites up and running. Is there anything that we the OSM mappers can do to improve them? You bet! As Ivan Sanchez Ortega famously says, Map. Map. Mappes! MapQuest is very dedicated to helping improve the US community and on a larger scale: map detail and quality. With that said, the most important concept to remember is what helps OSM as a whole, helps the US! In other words are there any particular wishes from the Mapquest people about how the data can be improved? We do have a wish list that I'm sure is quite similar to many OSMers. But let me turn around the question to the community: how do you think the data can be improved? Where should we, collaboratively, start? -- Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] talk Digest, Vol 73, Issue 65
On 9/30/10 4:39 PM, talk-requ...@openstreetmap.org talk-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Message: 2 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:07:42 -0600 From: Peter Batty pe...@ebatty.com To: SteveC st...@asklater.com Cc: OSM-talk Openstreetmap talk@openstreetmap.org, talk...@openstreetmap.orgopenstreetmap Openstreetmap talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] OSM User Testing Message-ID: aanlkti=dsd5i8xtmdm3wgmfqdpjrlvi-9okrfpf2d...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Will see what I can do, though not quite sure if I'll be able to make it to SF or not. But would be happy to find some volunteers and do a few usability tests in Denver before then, I would like to offer the MapQuest offices to do usability testing. We could get the PA office in on it too, for more responses. Not necessarily volunteering MQers (though that's a possibility) but it could be a nice central location. and record them so others can see them (in SF or wherever). Obviously would be good to have some scenarios worked out on the wiki before doing that. Incidentally, I summarized what I think are some of the key points from the Don't make me think book (and my general experience) on usability, with some geo-examples, in a recent 5 minute talk at Ignite NoCo (Northern Colorado), in case anyone is interested: http://vimeo.com/15015261 This is awesome Peter! :) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[Talk-us] Mapping event in Colorado October 9th
Howdy OSMers! The Colorado OSM group ( http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/) would like to announce a mapping event in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Details are here: http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/calendar/14785687/?from=listoffset=0 and to sign up! We chose Idaho Springs because of it’s locality and size. During the ski season, Idaho Springs is a major stop off to let the bumper to bumper traffic subside. It also has one of the best pizza joints in the US. And we can map it in a day! If you’re in the area, please join us! We will have GPSs to loan out as well as smart-phone savvy folks to help you learn to map with iPhones or Androids. Happy mapping, Hurricane P.s. Feel free to contact me directly with any questions ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Polishing up the SOTM 2011 Denver bid
Hey everyone, Please help us polish up the SOTM 2011 bid for Denver! Bids are due in just under 20 days and we should bowl the selecting committee over with an offer they can’t refuse. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2011/Bid/Denver http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2011/Bid/Denver Best, Hurricane Coast ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Hurricane hits MapQuest
Message: 1 Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:46:48 + (UTC) From: Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com To: t...@openstreetmap.org mailto:t...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Hurricane hits MapQuest Message-ID: loom.20100929t10450...@post.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii It's great to see the new Mapquest sites up and running. Is there anything that we the OSM mappers can do to improve them? You bet! As Ivan Sanchez Ortega famously says, Map. Map. Mappes! MapQuest is very dedicated to helping improve the US community and on a larger scale: map detail and quality. With that said, the most important concept to remember is what helps OSM as a whole, helps the US! In other words are there any particular wishes from the Mapquest people about how the data can be improved? We do have a wish list that I'm sure is quite similar to many OSMers. But let me turn around the question to the community: how do you think the data can be improved? Where should we, collaboratively, start? -- Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [OSM-talk] Hurricane hits MapQuest
Message: 1 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:43:36 -0400 From: Richard Weait rich...@weait.com To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Hurricane hits MapQuest Message-ID: aanlktin=qvmnnd6ub3akkdbw6rmbemnszfkwvmg9w...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Hurricane hurric...@hurricanemcewen.com wrote: Howdy! [ ... ] [A full press release (where I got this info) is?here. http://company.mapquest.com/2010/9/23/mapquest-continues-to-open-up/ Wait, wait, wait a second Hurricane. You seem to have promoted everything in the press release except one item. You've been hired at MapQuest. Congratulations! Hey OSMers! Yes, I am happy to announce that I will manage the wonderful $1 million dollar donation that MQ announced at SOTM this year! Look for more exciting announcements in the near future... But more than that, I am also a communication portal between MapQuest (MQ) and our OSM community. As you've seen already, MapQuest is creating some pretty cool things with our maps! And MQ dedicated to work with and for OSM. Feel free to contact me directly (hurricane.co...@mapquest.com) with any questions or just to say hi! Happy Mapping, Hurricane Coast ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
