Re: [HOT] HOT tutorship program for supporting OSM communities in the developing countries

2012-08-22 Thread Kate Chapman
Severin, I really like this idea. One thing I'd be interested in seeing is how we would make sure there would still be really good information available publicly. It is easy sometimes to answer a question in an email or IM, but not have it make it out to others. Meaning that then someone else wo

Re: [HOT] HOT tutorship program for supporting OSM communities in the developing countries

2012-08-22 Thread Alex Barth
Severin - this sounds very interesting. How do you see an engagement between a tutor and a community work? Would a tutor travel in country (partly), how long would he/she engage with a community? Are you seeing opportunities to sponsor tutors by development programmes, governments or companie

Re: [HOT] HOT tutorship program for supporting OSM communities in the developing countries

2012-08-22 Thread Pierre Béland
I love this idea! ++1   Pierre > > De : Séverin MENARD >À : hot@openstreetmap.org >Envoyé le : Mercredi 22 août 2012 17h16 >Objet : [HOT] HOT tutorship program for supporting OSM communities in the >developing countries > > >Hi, > >Nicolas and I would like

Re: [HOT] HOT tutorship program for supporting OSM communities in the developing countries

2012-08-22 Thread Mike Dupont
HI there, I also see that HOT has to do with developing countries to help prevent problems as well. I can tell you about my experience in community building in kosovo, where I am right now organizing the fourth edition of the sfk conference. I have some slides online on this topic, that I presented

Re: [HOT] HOT tutorship program for supporting OSM communities in the developing countries

2012-08-22 Thread Robert Soden
I think this is a great idea. +1 On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Séverin MENARD wrote: > Hi, > > > Nicolas and I would like to find ways to facilitate connections between > global mappers and new communities in the developing countries. We thought > about starting a HOT tutorship program in whi

[HOT] HOT tutorship program for supporting OSM communities in the developing countries

2012-08-22 Thread Séverin MENARD
* Hi, Nicolas and I would like to find ways to facilitate connections between global mappers and new communities in the developing countries. We thought about starting a HOT tutorship program in which active members from the community would make contact with the emergent communities we helped or

[HOT] Update on Lira Task

2012-08-22 Thread Banick, Robert
Hi All, After some experimentation and consultation with the HIU, we've determined that the second Lira image is a much better go-to source of imagery for tracing, as the satellite used returned much higher resolution imagery. This despite the real problem of cloud cover in the image. We've swi

Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] Bulk Uploading GPX files on the OSM website

2012-08-22 Thread Reinier Battenberg
Hi, We just launched a new site www.geobucket.org that can handle .gpx Geobucket turns your gpx files into a WMS layer that you can use in JOSM for tracing. There is one hidden feature we havent advertised yet, which is that you can upload .gpx files by emailing them (1 by 1) to buc...@geobuck