Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:15 PM, James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone in the Edmonton area interested in getting together to share ideas? Dear James, I wish you all the best for your Edmonton OSM gathering. I think that it is wonderful that you are doing this. I've had a great time at

Re: [Talk-ca] Toronto event, date corrected

2012-07-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Oops. Had the date wrong earlier. It is correct below. By the way, the next Toronto event is Monday 09 July 2012. http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Toronto/events/64341292/ I encourage mappers in other places to

Re: [Talk-ca] [talk-ca] Merging ways

2012-07-05 Thread Richard Fairhurst
James Ewen wrote: So, do dig up an old thread again... is there a way to merge adjoining areas in Potlatch yet? I got a great answer from Adam Dunn on using the JOSM join ways feature. I'd like to be able to do this in Potlatch as it is annoying to have to switch to another editor just to be

Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-05 Thread James Ewen
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: May I suggest that you just do it, and go ahead and set it up and that you reach out through other channels for attendees? If you set up the event on an event-service, like upcoming.com or meetup.com, your event will be

Re: [Talk-ca] [talk-ca] Merging ways

2012-07-05 Thread James Ewen
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: As David said, there isn't, but I'd be happy to look at adding one. That's like a promise of a Christmas present... now I'm all excited! Assuming that (as ever with Potlatch) we go for a 90% solution rather than

Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-05 Thread Dan Charrois
While spreading the word as much as possible certainly can't hurt, I'd suggest that at the very least possible events are posted here as well. I've been mapping and using/programming computers for years (long before OpenStreetMap), but have never used (or heard of) upcoming.com or meetup.com.

Re: [Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

2012-07-05 Thread James Ewen
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Dan Charrois d...@syz.com wrote: While spreading the word as much as possible certainly can't hurt, I'd suggest that at the very least possible events are posted here as well. And BTW - I'm in the Edmonton area, and depending on the date/time/etc. may be