Re: [OSM-talk-be] OSM introduction

2011-09-21 Thread Ben Abelshausen
This event is not in the international events list because it is just an introduction for the Africa4U people. But anyone that can help with the introduction is welcome! :-) I did add the event to the Belgium WikiProject activities page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Belgium/Acti

Re: [OSM-talk-be] OSM introduction

2011-09-21 Thread Sander Deryckere
I'm willing to help (I want to meet some Belgian mappers too), but what should we do? Do we need to teach people to work with Potlatch and OSM in general? Or will there be a speach explaining what OSM is? I only recently subscribed to the BE mailing list, so I might have missed some things, but I

Re: [OSM-talk-be] OSM introduction

2011-09-21 Thread Ben Abelshausen
Hi All, The introduction on OSM with relation to HOT will take place on sunday 2 okt at 15:00. Address is Sint-Veerleplein 3 - 301 9000 Gent: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.056482&mlon=3.721308&zoom=18&layers=M Reminder: The introduction is for an organisation called Africa4U using OSM.

Re: [OSM-talk-be] OSM introduction

2011-08-20 Thread Ivo De Broeck
I agree totally with you. Keep it simple for new people and show them Potlach2 for new people (we need them). 2011/8/20 Wouter Hamelinck > > Do you know this person that presented to > > 'Trage Wegen'? Is he/she on this list? > > That would be me. > > A few thing that you should imho take care o

Re: [OSM-talk-be] OSM introduction

2011-08-20 Thread Wouter Hamelinck
> Do you know this person that presented to > 'Trage Wegen'? Is he/she on this list? That would be me. A few thing that you should imho take care of while introducing OSM to people that do not know it: * Ask yourself what your public wants (kind of data, mapping uncharted regions, only using the

Re: [OSM-talk-be] OSM introduction

2011-08-19 Thread Ben Abelshausen
Jo, Thanks for the quick reply and your expertise on JOSM will be welcome!! Probably this will take place in Gent! I don't know if there is anyone involved with HOT. I hope to hear the answer here on the list! :-) The meeting will be informative for them, but also for me, getting to know them an

Re: [OSM-talk-be] OSM introduction

2011-08-19 Thread Jo
Hi Ben, I can certainly help you out with JOSM. Is this meeting to take place somewhere in Belgium? I can do a presentation in English, Dutch or French. Are there people involved with HOT here in Belgium? Will they work all over Africa, or in specific regions? The Openstreetmap project has been p

[OSM-talk-be] OSM introduction

2011-08-19 Thread Ben Abelshausen
Hello, I contacted an organisation doing mapping in some parts of africa (Africa4U http://www.africa4u.eu/ website a bit out of date) and introduced the president of the organisation to OSM. There appears to be a lot of interest now from several participating members to get an introduction session