[OSM-talk] MapRoulette down

2016-12-01 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi all, MapRoulette is down for a bit while we work through a technical issue. I will update when it's resolved. My apologies! Martijn van Exel http://mvexel.github.io/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinf

[OSM-talk] weeklyOSM #332 11/22/2016-11/28/2016

2016-12-01 Thread weeklyteam
The weekly round-up of OSM news, issue # 332, is now available online in English, giving as always a summary of all things happening in the openstreetmap world: http://www.weeklyosm.eu/en/archives/8390/ Enjoy! weeklyOSM? who?: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WeeklyOSM#Available_Languages wh

[OSM-talk] RPAS school

2016-12-01 Thread Oleksiy Muzalyev
Dear Fellow Mappers, I would like to share information about one of the first RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) schools in Europe, Fly & Film SA . The school is situated in the town of Sierre in the canton of Valais.

Re: [OSM-talk] MapRoulette down

2016-12-01 Thread Martijn van Exel
MapRoulette is back up! Why not try a challenge... Like adding missing crosswalks in Switzerland (http://maproulette.org/map/1413), fixing split buildings in Los Angeles (http://maproulette.org/map/419) or fixing unleavable or unreachable nodes (http://maproulette.org/map/983)? Or try to make your

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Help HOT give 10 communities the resources to map!

2016-12-01 Thread john whelan
One of the problems with giving aid is only about a tenth of the money given is used in the way one would hope. Probably the most pressing problem in Africa at the moment is corruption and in many ways aid doesn't help this particular problem. Mapping in OSM is way to assist without fear that the

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Help HOT give 10 communities the resources to map!

2016-12-01 Thread Greg Morgan
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:47 PM, john whelan wrote: Context please? I have no idea what you are talking about. One of the problems with giving aid is only about a tenth of the money > given is used in the way one would hope. > > Probably the most pressing problem in Africa at the moment is corru

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Help HOT give 10 communities the resources to map!

2016-12-01 Thread Mikel Maron
Hey all, please dampen down the conspiracy theories, personal bitterness and politics. There are ways to ask questions with out being damning, and to share perspectives without lowering ourselves to populist rhetoric and smearing. Let’s try better. The etiquette page on the wiki is a good read t

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Help HOT give 10 communities the resources to map!

2016-12-01 Thread Simon Poole
The background is likely https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2016-December/012788.html Simon On 02.12.2016 05:56, Greg Morgan wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:47 PM, john whelan > wrote: > > Context please? I have no idea what you are talking about