[Talk-ca] This months Ottawa mapping party

[Richard Burcher]

Find the details here [1] and [2].

Let me know if these dates work. I just put them out there to start the
discussion.

Look forward to seeing you all!


Cheers,

Richard

[1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/events/192567982/
[2] www.osmottawa.ca

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[Talk-ca] 25th July #MapLesotho International Mapathon

[Dave Corley]

First off, apologies for cross posting, trying to spread the word to as
large an audience as possible.

tl;dr, a group of Irish OpenStreetMap members are organising a mapathon on
25th July to map large sections of Lesotho and we are looking for
individuals or groups to participate from around the world. Presently we
have 3 groups participating from Lesotho, Ireland, & Germany.

We will be using the HOT tasking manager to coordinate 2 large tasks
- Rural - identify and map the outline of settlements, the major routes to
and from these settlements and any major features (rivers, lakes etc)
- Urban - Trace building outlines and complete road networks

A bit of background

In conjunction with Action Ireland Trust [1], a number of Irish OSM members
from Fingal County Council [2] traveled to Lesotho for a number of weeks in
2013 and then again early in 2014 to assist and train district planners in
utilising OSM data. This was done in agreement with the Ministry for Local
Government and Chieftainship and the Chief Physical Planner of Lesotho. The
trip culminated in an historic memorandum of understanding between Lesotho
and Fingal County Council [3]

Another group are planning to travel in early 2015 with the following
objectives as part of their visit:
- Create an OSM community in Lesotho by engaging with local communities and
providing training and guidance on surveying and updating OSM
- Create a basemap of the country for use by all
- Create an evidence base for decision makers
- Create an awakeness of Urban Design

Further details can be found on the wiki page [4]

Thanks,
Dave (DaCor)

[1] - http://actionirelandtrust.ie/
[2] - http://www.fingalcoco.ie/
[3] -
http://www.corr.ie/blog/4567078398/Fingal-County-Council-sign-historic-agreement-with-Lesotho-Government/7628289

[4] - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lesotho_Mapathon
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[Talk-ca] Updating Street Centerlines in County of Grey, Ontario, Canada

[Shah,Soham]

Hello,

The GIS department at the County of Grey, Ontario was interested in updating 
the street centerline data with our Grey County Road Data, which we believe is 
more precise, both in terms of centerline placement and road labelling.

I was thinking of using the JOSM Editor utility to bulk import the data. I read 
on the 'Import process guidelines' wiki that street centerlines can be very 
difficult to import. So, I am looking for some guidance and opinions of the OSM 
community to know if this is a viable import project.

Thanks.

Soham Shah
GIS Specialist
Grey County
595 9th Avenue East
Owen Sound, ON N4K 3E3
Phone: +1 519-372-0219 ext. 1535
Fax: +1 519-376-5640
soham.s...@grey.ca
http://www.grey.ca/it
http://www.visitgrey.ca
http://www.greyroots.com

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[Talk-ca] Ottawa Community Mapping Website Is Up

[Richard Burcher]

Hi folks,

Just wanted to let local mappers know we've got a new local webpage [1]
setup. My intention with this is to make easier for folks to find the
mapping parties being run here as well as an easy tool for folks to get
involved etc.

Let me know what you think:)


Cheers,

Richard

[1] http://www.osmottawa.ca/

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[Talk-ca] Celebrating OSM's Birthday in the Captial

[Richard Burcher]

Who's up for helping me organize the Ottawa bday party?

Let me know what you think!

Cheers,

Richard

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