Re: [Talk-us] Fall Editathon Seattle Edition

[Clifford Snow]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Lars Ahlzen  wrote:

>
> By the way, I've helped hosting a few mapping parties/editathons in the
> past, and one of the things I noticed this time was how much easier iD is
> for beginners to pick up than Potlatch. Kudos to the iD team for making a
> great editor!!


I concur. We started the meeting by asking new mappers to get and id and
open up iD. On their own they completed the intro and then just started
editing.


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Re: [Talk-us] Fall Editathon Seattle Edition

[Lars Ahlzen]

We had no less than two successful Editathon events here in the greater 
Boston area: One by Mike Foster at MIT (Cambridge), and the other one at 
Telenav's offices.


With the recent MA building imports, missing roads at new residental 
developments now stand out very visibly on the map, and - with 
up-to-date Bing imagery and Tiger2012 - mapping those turned out to be a 
good task for participants.


By the way, I've helped hosting a few mapping parties/editathons in the 
past, and one of the things I noticed this time was how much easier iD 
is for beginners to pick up than Potlatch. Kudos to the iD team for 
making a great editor!!


Also, Mele, thanks for posting those great resources! We're hoping to 
start having more regular OSM meetups around here and that will 
definitely come in handy then.


- Lars

On 10/19/2013 09:23 PM, Melelani Sax-Barnett wrote:
Things went well in PDX too-- we had about 14 people who came and went 
throughout the day. Lots of newbies too! I did forget to take pictures 
though-- oops.


Feel free to use/fork our resources page and slides here: 
http://pdxmele.com/editathon

Repo: https://github.com/pdxmele/editathon

Good luck to the other meetups this weekend!

My best,
Mele


On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Martijn van Exel > wrote:


Good to hear you've been having a good time! Re: battlegrid: you're
most welcome! I've shown it to the folks present at the SLC Editathon
today, and everyone found it useful. Please don't hesitate to send any
feedback or suggestions this way.

We had a really good time here in Salt Lake. The turnout was good by
our standards (5 people, 2 new). We did not accomplish a lot of
mapping but we did discuss a potential Utah address points import
extensively. Also, because we all agreed this is a pleasant way to
spend a Saturday afternoon, we are introducing a new monthly event,
the Saturday Mapternoon! If you're in the area, check us out:
http://www.meetup.com/osmutah/



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Re: [Talk-us] Fall Editathon Seattle Edition

[Steven Johnson]

Yes, another ringing endorsement for Battlegrid. I used it quite a bit at
yesterday's DC #editathon. It's very helpful in finding alignment needles
in haystacks of TIGER/OSM data.

Also, thanks to Mele for pulling together a great #editathon how-to. Lots
of good stuff there.
SEJ

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incomplete data.


On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Jeff Meyer  wrote:

> Battlegrid rules.
>
> Looking forward to seeing a clean area in the Seattle-Tacoma corridor!
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Kathleen Danielson <
> kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Mele,
>>
>> That resource page is awesome! We should definitely put that into our
>> toolkit to help future editathon organizers!
>>
>> DC's Editathon is happening later today!
>>
>> KD
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Melelani Sax-Barnett 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Things went well in PDX too-- we had about 14 people who came and went
>>> throughout the day. Lots of newbies too! I did forget to take pictures
>>> though-- oops.
>>>
>>> Feel free to use/fork our resources page and slides here:
>>> http://pdxmele.com/editathon
>>> Repo: https://github.com/pdxmele/editathon
>>>
>>> Good luck to the other meetups this weekend!
>>>
>>> My best,
>>> Mele
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Martijn van Exel  wrote:
>>>
 Good to hear you've been having a good time! Re: battlegrid: you're
 most welcome! I've shown it to the folks present at the SLC Editathon
 today, and everyone found it useful. Please don't hesitate to send any
 feedback or suggestions this way.

 We had a really good time here in Salt Lake. The turnout was good by
 our standards (5 people, 2 new). We did not accomplish a lot of
 mapping but we did discuss a potential Utah address points import
 extensively. Also, because we all agreed this is a pleasant way to
 spend a Saturday afternoon, we are introducing a new monthly event,
 the Saturday Mapternoon! If you're in the area, check us out:
 http://www.meetup.com/osmutah/

 On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Clifford Snow 
 wrote:
 > We had a great first day of map hacking in Seattle. I'd like to
 especially
 > thank Martijn van Exel for creating maproulette.org/battlegrid. Our
 group is
 > attacking the misaligned roads in Washington State using Battlegrid.
 For
 > those that haven't used battlegrid, it is a visual tool to find
 difference
 > between OSM roads and current Tiger data. We are finding that the
 Tiger data
 > is better than OSM, especially in rural/outstate locations. But Tiger
 data
 > isn't perfect either. Hopefully down the road, the US Census Bureau
 can use
 > our data to improve their data.
 >
 > I would also like to thank Tableau Software for hosting this weekend.
 >
 > --
 > Clifford
 >
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Re: [Talk-us] Fall Editathon Seattle Edition

[Jeff Meyer]

Battlegrid rules.

Looking forward to seeing a clean area in the Seattle-Tacoma corridor!


On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Kathleen Danielson <
kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mele,
>
> That resource page is awesome! We should definitely put that into our
> toolkit to help future editathon organizers!
>
> DC's Editathon is happening later today!
>
> KD
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Melelani Sax-Barnett 
> wrote:
>
>> Things went well in PDX too-- we had about 14 people who came and went
>> throughout the day. Lots of newbies too! I did forget to take pictures
>> though-- oops.
>>
>> Feel free to use/fork our resources page and slides here:
>> http://pdxmele.com/editathon
>> Repo: https://github.com/pdxmele/editathon
>>
>> Good luck to the other meetups this weekend!
>>
>> My best,
>> Mele
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Martijn van Exel  wrote:
>>
>>> Good to hear you've been having a good time! Re: battlegrid: you're
>>> most welcome! I've shown it to the folks present at the SLC Editathon
>>> today, and everyone found it useful. Please don't hesitate to send any
>>> feedback or suggestions this way.
>>>
>>> We had a really good time here in Salt Lake. The turnout was good by
>>> our standards (5 people, 2 new). We did not accomplish a lot of
>>> mapping but we did discuss a potential Utah address points import
>>> extensively. Also, because we all agreed this is a pleasant way to
>>> spend a Saturday afternoon, we are introducing a new monthly event,
>>> the Saturday Mapternoon! If you're in the area, check us out:
>>> http://www.meetup.com/osmutah/
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Clifford Snow 
>>> wrote:
>>> > We had a great first day of map hacking in Seattle. I'd like to
>>> especially
>>> > thank Martijn van Exel for creating maproulette.org/battlegrid. Our
>>> group is
>>> > attacking the misaligned roads in Washington State using Battlegrid.
>>> For
>>> > those that haven't used battlegrid, it is a visual tool to find
>>> difference
>>> > between OSM roads and current Tiger data. We are finding that the
>>> Tiger data
>>> > is better than OSM, especially in rural/outstate locations. But Tiger
>>> data
>>> > isn't perfect either. Hopefully down the road, the US Census Bureau
>>> can use
>>> > our data to improve their data.
>>> >
>>> > I would also like to thank Tableau Software for hosting this weekend.
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Clifford
>>> >
>>> > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
>>> >
>>> > ___
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> http://openstreetmap.us/
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Re: [Talk-us] Fall Editathon Seattle Edition

[Kathleen Danielson]

Mele,

That resource page is awesome! We should definitely put that into our
toolkit to help future editathon organizers!

DC's Editathon is happening later today!

KD


On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Melelani Sax-Barnett wrote:

> Things went well in PDX too-- we had about 14 people who came and went
> throughout the day. Lots of newbies too! I did forget to take pictures
> though-- oops.
>
> Feel free to use/fork our resources page and slides here:
> http://pdxmele.com/editathon
> Repo: https://github.com/pdxmele/editathon
>
> Good luck to the other meetups this weekend!
>
> My best,
> Mele
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Martijn van Exel  wrote:
>
>> Good to hear you've been having a good time! Re: battlegrid: you're
>> most welcome! I've shown it to the folks present at the SLC Editathon
>> today, and everyone found it useful. Please don't hesitate to send any
>> feedback or suggestions this way.
>>
>> We had a really good time here in Salt Lake. The turnout was good by
>> our standards (5 people, 2 new). We did not accomplish a lot of
>> mapping but we did discuss a potential Utah address points import
>> extensively. Also, because we all agreed this is a pleasant way to
>> spend a Saturday afternoon, we are introducing a new monthly event,
>> the Saturday Mapternoon! If you're in the area, check us out:
>> http://www.meetup.com/osmutah/
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Clifford Snow 
>> wrote:
>> > We had a great first day of map hacking in Seattle. I'd like to
>> especially
>> > thank Martijn van Exel for creating maproulette.org/battlegrid. Our
>> group is
>> > attacking the misaligned roads in Washington State using Battlegrid. For
>> > those that haven't used battlegrid, it is a visual tool to find
>> difference
>> > between OSM roads and current Tiger data. We are finding that the Tiger
>> data
>> > is better than OSM, especially in rural/outstate locations. But Tiger
>> data
>> > isn't perfect either. Hopefully down the road, the US Census Bureau can
>> use
>> > our data to improve their data.
>> >
>> > I would also like to thank Tableau Software for hosting this weekend.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Clifford
>> >
>> > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
>> >
>> > ___
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>> > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org
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>> >
>>
>>
>>
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>> http://openstreetmap.us/
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Re: [Talk-us] Fall Editathon Seattle Edition

[Melelani Sax-Barnett]

Things went well in PDX too-- we had about 14 people who came and went
throughout the day. Lots of newbies too! I did forget to take pictures
though-- oops.

Feel free to use/fork our resources page and slides here:
http://pdxmele.com/editathon
Repo: https://github.com/pdxmele/editathon

Good luck to the other meetups this weekend!

My best,
Mele


On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Martijn van Exel  wrote:

> Good to hear you've been having a good time! Re: battlegrid: you're
> most welcome! I've shown it to the folks present at the SLC Editathon
> today, and everyone found it useful. Please don't hesitate to send any
> feedback or suggestions this way.
>
> We had a really good time here in Salt Lake. The turnout was good by
> our standards (5 people, 2 new). We did not accomplish a lot of
> mapping but we did discuss a potential Utah address points import
> extensively. Also, because we all agreed this is a pleasant way to
> spend a Saturday afternoon, we are introducing a new monthly event,
> the Saturday Mapternoon! If you're in the area, check us out:
> http://www.meetup.com/osmutah/
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Clifford Snow 
> wrote:
> > We had a great first day of map hacking in Seattle. I'd like to
> especially
> > thank Martijn van Exel for creating maproulette.org/battlegrid. Our
> group is
> > attacking the misaligned roads in Washington State using Battlegrid. For
> > those that haven't used battlegrid, it is a visual tool to find
> difference
> > between OSM roads and current Tiger data. We are finding that the Tiger
> data
> > is better than OSM, especially in rural/outstate locations. But Tiger
> data
> > isn't perfect either. Hopefully down the road, the US Census Bureau can
> use
> > our data to improve their data.
> >
> > I would also like to thank Tableau Software for hosting this weekend.
> >
> > --
> > Clifford
> >
> > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
> >
> > ___
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> >
>
>
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Re: [Talk-us] Fall Editathon Seattle Edition

[Martijn van Exel]

Good to hear you've been having a good time! Re: battlegrid: you're
most welcome! I've shown it to the folks present at the SLC Editathon
today, and everyone found it useful. Please don't hesitate to send any
feedback or suggestions this way.

We had a really good time here in Salt Lake. The turnout was good by
our standards (5 people, 2 new). We did not accomplish a lot of
mapping but we did discuss a potential Utah address points import
extensively. Also, because we all agreed this is a pleasant way to
spend a Saturday afternoon, we are introducing a new monthly event,
the Saturday Mapternoon! If you're in the area, check us out:
http://www.meetup.com/osmutah/

On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Clifford Snow  wrote:
> We had a great first day of map hacking in Seattle. I'd like to especially
> thank Martijn van Exel for creating maproulette.org/battlegrid. Our group is
> attacking the misaligned roads in Washington State using Battlegrid. For
> those that haven't used battlegrid, it is a visual tool to find difference
> between OSM roads and current Tiger data. We are finding that the Tiger data
> is better than OSM, especially in rural/outstate locations. But Tiger data
> isn't perfect either. Hopefully down the road, the US Census Bureau can use
> our data to improve their data.
>
> I would also like to thank Tableau Software for hosting this weekend.
>
> --
> Clifford
>
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[Talk-us] Fall Editathon Seattle Edition

[Clifford Snow]

We had a great first day of map hacking in Seattle. I'd like to especially
thank Martijn van Exel for creating maproulette.org/battlegrid. Our group
is attacking the misaligned roads in Washington State using Battlegrid. For
those that haven't used battlegrid, it is a visual tool to find difference
between OSM roads and current Tiger data. We are finding that the Tiger
data is better than OSM, especially in rural/outstate locations. But Tiger
data isn't perfect either. Hopefully down the road, the US Census Bureau
can use our data to improve their data.

I would also like to thank Tableau Software for hosting this weekend.

-- 
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