Re: [HOT] next HOT tech chat

2013-07-16 Thread Nama Budhathoki
Hi Pierre, Vivian, and others, We frequently experience the same problem here in Nepal due to low Internet bandwidth. We have developed a guide to use offline imagery in JOSM. Here is the link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wwpgorjubmp0nc/Using%20offline%20Bing%20Imagery%20in%20JOSM.pdf Nama On

[HOT] totally seeking 'other'

2013-07-16 Thread alyssa wright
MapBox needs a Biz Dev Lead in San Francisco and is actively looking for a diverse applicant pool. A diverse pool would be great for MapBox and great for open source geo. But they need help building that pool. D-I-V-E-R-I-S-I-T-Y !!! Hmm. That was supposed to be a rallying call however I've ju

Re: [HOT] next HOT tech chat

2013-07-16 Thread Mikel Maron
Hi Thanks, another good meeting. Logs are posted to:  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Technical/meeting_2013-07-15 Lots of details, but the summary * Keep documenting what we have (including the specific hosting arrangements for services)  http://wiki.ope

Re: [HOT] next HOT tech chat

2013-07-16 Thread Vivien Deparday
Hi Pierre, if you are doing your workshop with JOSM, a short term and low-tech solution is to use the caching feature of JOSM. As Paul mentioned, you have to check the terms of use of the imagery you are using to make sure you are allowed to cache it. You can find the feature in JOSM in Edit->Prefe

Re: [HOT] next HOT tech chat

2013-07-16 Thread Pierre Béland
HOT is presently deploying four field teams in Burkina Faso, Chad, Togo and Senegal. As it is often the case in these countries, internet bandwith is a significant problem. We are already experimenting problems in Togo. What type of  "not too techy" solution could be implemented immediately to

[HOT] Desktop Publishing help

2013-07-16 Thread Heather Leson
HI Folks, Does anyone have desktop publishing skills and been involved with HOT for awhile? If so, would you consider volunteering your time to help the Board and I on a mini-project? We are creating a brief 4page fundraising strategy doc. It will need to be ready for OSCON. Ping me on IRC or off

Re: [HOT] next HOT tech chat

2013-07-16 Thread Heather Leson
I'd be keen to introduce you to team brck on this once the idea is flushed out more. Heather On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Harry Wood wrote: > > > > So, there's a few different things you could cache. > > > > One is imagery/tiles. For tiles it's a well-solved problem, tile.osm.org > > uses

Re: [HOT] next HOT tech chat

2013-07-16 Thread Harry Wood
> So, there's a few different things you could cache. >  > One is imagery/tiles. For tiles it's a well-solved problem, tile.osm.org > uses a bunch of squid caches and the configuration is all at > http://git.osm.org/chef.git/tree/HEAD:/cookbooks/tilecache >  It would be neat if a BRCK type devic

Re: [HOT] UAVs

2013-07-16 Thread Jonathan
Have you seen this? http://www.openrelief.org/home/ Jonathan (bigfatfrog67) On 15/07/2013 20:47, Lukasz Kruk wrote: Dear Joseph, Dear HOTties, Thanks for your UAVs post (I hope my messages goes into the right thread...). It got me really quite interested in joining the discussion. We're look

Re: [HOT] UAVs

2013-07-16 Thread Rod Bera
Hi all, To keep the prices low there is a DIY option based on open source tech: http://ardupilot.com/. It is based on the arduino chip, can be done as part as a community project or in a fab lab. The result is DIY plane or helicopter which can support manual as well as automatic flight. Hope