Re: [Talk-GB] Visit to academics in london

2008-12-14 Thread James Stewart
Thanks for the replies, I had an interesting conversation with Muki at  
UCL on our interests in the technology studies aspects of OSM.
Sorry for including the whole digest, i wrote the mail from my small  
phone, hard to tell what was going on!

James
On 14 Dec 2008, at 6:40, Peter Miller wrote:

>
> A good point of contact would be Muki Haklay, our long term  
> supporter within UCL
>
> Here are his recent posts that are tagged 'openstreetmap'
> http://povesham.wordpress.com/tag/openstreetmap/
>
>
> Regards,



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Re: [Talk-GB] Visit to academics in london

2008-12-13 Thread Peter Miller

A good point of contact would be Muki Haklay, our long term supporter  
within UCL

Here are his recent posts that are tagged 'openstreetmap'
http://povesham.wordpress.com/tag/openstreetmap/


Regards,


Peter

On 14 Dec 2008, at 00:30, Thomas Wood wrote:

> Do we even have any academics at UCL working actively on OSM? I
> thought they just hosted our servers since the project leadership have
> good contacts?
>
> 2008/12/13 Bruce Cowan :
>> On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 14:09 +, James Stewart wrote:
>>> I am down from Edinburgh university and wondered if any academics  
>>> at ucl working on osm might have time to meet about work on  
>>> project. I do mapping, but am interested in doing research on osm.
>>> Regards
>>> James stewart
>>>
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Re: [Talk-GB] Visit to academics in london

2008-12-13 Thread Thomas Wood
Do we even have any academics at UCL working actively on OSM? I
thought they just hosted our servers since the project leadership have
good contacts?

2008/12/13 Bruce Cowan :
> On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 14:09 +, James Stewart wrote:
>> I am down from Edinburgh university and wondered if any academics at ucl 
>> working on osm might have time to meet about work on project. I do mapping, 
>> but am interested in doing research on osm.
>> Regards
>> James stewart
>>
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Re: [Talk-GB] Visit to academics in london

2008-12-13 Thread Bruce Cowan
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 14:09 +, James Stewart wrote:
> I am down from Edinburgh university and wondered if any academics at ucl 
> working on osm might have time to meet about work on project. I do mapping, 
> but am interested in doing research on osm.  
> Regards 
> James stewart
> 
> 
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[Talk-GB] Visit to academics in london

2008-12-12 Thread James Stewart
I am down from Edinburgh university and wondered if any academics at ucl 
working on osm might have time to meet about work on project. I do mapping, but 
am interested in doing research on osm.  
Regards 
James stewart


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>3. Mapping the unloved and unwashed
>   (Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists))
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>6. Re: Mapping the unloved and unwashed (Steve Hill)
>7. Re: Mapping the unloved and unwashed (Dave Stubbs)
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> From: Tom Chance 
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Reading mapping party this weekend 13/14 Dec
> To: "Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)" 
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> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:57:51 -, "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)"
>  wrote:
>> The Reading mapping party this weekend will be hosted in Meeting Room 1
> at
>> RISC (Reading International Solidarity Centre) http://www.risc.org.uk
>
> Great! I'll probably turn up on Saturday for the afternoon at least, I have
> some errands to run in the morning. I won't have a bike so I might be
> cheeky and just do some POI infill in my old mapping haunts - the town
> centre and the main University campus.
>
> Tom
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:29:15 -
> From: "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)" 
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Reading mapping party this weekend 13/14 Dec
> To: 
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> The bare bones of the wiki page is up:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Reading/Mapping_Party
>
> Will sort the cake later. Please add useful info to the wiki page though.
>
> oh, and add you name please if you can make it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Tom Chance [mailto:t...@acrewoods.net]
>> Sent: 11 December 2008 12:17 PM
>> To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
>> Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Reading mapping party this weekend 13/14 Dec
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:57:51 -, "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)"
>>  wrote:
>>> The Reading mapping party this weekend will be hosted in Meeting Room 1
>> at
>>> RISC (Reading International Solidarity Centre) http://www.risc.org.uk
>>
>> Great! I'll probably turn up on Saturday for the afternoon at least, I have
>> some errands to run in the morning. I won't have a bike so I might be
>> cheeky and just do some POI infill in my old mapping haunts - the town
>> centre and the main University campus.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:43:42 -
> From: "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)" 
> Subject: [Talk-GB] Mapping the unloved and unwashed
> To: 
> Message-ID:
>   
> 
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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> A quick scoot around our green and pleasant land reveals a number of really
> unloved places (Why are so many in Lincolnshire!). We need ideas on how to
> get these places on the map, whether it be motivating the natives or sending
> in the OSM swat teams to raise the profile. I'd like to hear your crazy as
> well as sensible ideas :-)
>
> In no particular order:
>
> Scunthorpe
> Grimsby
> Lincoln
> Doncaster
> Darlington
> Middlesbrough
> Sunderland
> Perth
> Bolton
> Northampton
> Newport
> Plymouth
> Weymouth
>
> I'm sure you can spot plenty of others too.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:40:43 +
> From: Mark Williams 
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping the unloved and unwashed
> To: "Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)" 
> Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
> Message-ID: <4941b30b.4070...@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
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> Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote:
>> A quick scoot around our green and pleasant land reveals a numb

[Talk-GB] Visit to academics in london

2008-12-12 Thread James Stewart
I am down from Edinburgh university and wondered if any academics at ucl 
working on osm might have time to meet about work on project. I do mapping, but 
am interested in doing research on osm.  
Regards 
James stewart


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>   (Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists))
>3. Mapping the unloved and unwashed
>   (Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists))
>4. Re: Mapping the unloved and unwashed (Mark Williams)
>5. Re: Mapping the unloved and unwashed (Peter Miller)
>6. Re: Mapping the unloved and unwashed (Steve Hill)
>7. Re: Mapping the unloved and unwashed (Dave Stubbs)
>8. London Olympics - Was: Mapping the unloved and unwashed
>   (Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists))
>9. Re: London Olympics (Tom Chance)
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:17:06 +
> From: Tom Chance 
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Reading mapping party this weekend 13/14 Dec
> To: "Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)" 
> Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
> Message-ID: 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
>
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:57:51 -, "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)"
>  wrote:
>> The Reading mapping party this weekend will be hosted in Meeting Room 1
> at
>> RISC (Reading International Solidarity Centre) http://www.risc.org.uk
>
> Great! I'll probably turn up on Saturday for the afternoon at least, I have
> some errands to run in the morning. I won't have a bike so I might be
> cheeky and just do some POI infill in my old mapping haunts - the town
> centre and the main University campus.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:29:15 -
> From: "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)" 
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Reading mapping party this weekend 13/14 Dec
> To: 
> Message-ID:
>   
> 
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> The bare bones of the wiki page is up:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Reading/Mapping_Party
>
> Will sort the cake later. Please add useful info to the wiki page though.
>
> oh, and add you name please if you can make it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Tom Chance [mailto:t...@acrewoods.net]
>> Sent: 11 December 2008 12:17 PM
>> To: Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
>> Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Reading mapping party this weekend 13/14 Dec
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:57:51 -, "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)"
>>  wrote:
>>> The Reading mapping party this weekend will be hosted in Meeting Room 1
>> at
>>> RISC (Reading International Solidarity Centre) http://www.risc.org.uk
>>
>> Great! I'll probably turn up on Saturday for the afternoon at least, I have
>> some errands to run in the morning. I won't have a bike so I might be
>> cheeky and just do some POI infill in my old mapping haunts - the town
>> centre and the main University campus.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:43:42 -
> From: "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)" 
> Subject: [Talk-GB] Mapping the unloved and unwashed
> To: 
> Message-ID:
>   
> 
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> A quick scoot around our green and pleasant land reveals a number of really
> unloved places (Why are so many in Lincolnshire!). We need ideas on how to
> get these places on the map, whether it be motivating the natives or sending
> in the OSM swat teams to raise the profile. I'd like to hear your crazy as
> well as sensible ideas :-)
>
> In no particular order:
>
> Scunthorpe
> Grimsby
> Lincoln
> Doncaster
> Darlington
> Middlesbrough
> Sunderland
> Perth
> Bolton
> Northampton
> Newport
> Plymouth
> Weymouth
>
> I'm sure you can spot plenty of others too.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:40:43 +
> From: Mark Williams 
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping the unloved and unwashed
> To: "Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)" 
> Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
> Message-ID: <4941b30b.4070...@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote:
>> A quick scoot around our green and pleasant land reveals a numb