Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa Missing Map Event In November Planning

2015-09-27 Thread Richard Burcher
Hi John, Good points. We talked abit about this at our meeting last Friday and decided that we'll have a quick introduction to OSM and a beginners "get going" walk through. Thinking max 30 minutes for this. We'll ensure we have folks wandering around or that can be flagged down for help. Many of u

Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa Missing Map Event In November Planning

2015-09-27 Thread Richard Burcher
We don't have a venue yet. One of our members is looking into several options that we we'll select from but definitely open to suggestions. At this point, free or a minimum cost would be ideal. We'd like to see grow this into a more regular occurring event. Cheers, Richard -- Please note: I

Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa Missing Map Event In November Planning

2015-09-26 Thread john whelan
IDRC as well might have some ideas perhaps? http://www.idrc.ca especially as follow up to their open data conference in Ottawa this year. Pete might well have some ideas of what the logistical requirements are. Does HOT have a mapathon planning guide that could be used? I know a lot of work has

Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa Missing Map Event In November Planning

2015-09-26 Thread Heather Leson
Good point. How about a university? I have had great luck with those. I think that someone from Norman Patterson (Carleton) has been writing about HOT and OSM. Let us know John/Richard, is there a list that folks have on tech specs setting up Missing Maps? I know that Pete has been doing them oft

Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa Missing Map Event In November Planning

2015-09-26 Thread john whelan
Do you have a confirmed venue with lots of wifi bandwidth? If its preinstalled JOSM its not too bad but going by other maperthons iD seems to be more demanding. Thanks John On 25 September 2015 at 23:40, Heather Leson wrote: > Hi Richard and OSM friends in Canada > > I just wanted to say thank

Re: [Talk-ca] Ottawa Missing Map Event In November Planning

2015-09-25 Thread Heather Leson
Hi Richard and OSM friends in Canada I just wanted to say thank you. I'll it widely. Perhaps consider posting on the HOT list too? Heather On 26 Sep 2015 3:24 am, "Richard Burcher" wrote: > Hey folks, > > OSM Ottawa is putting on a Missing Maps event [1] up here in Ottawa. Still > some details

[Talk-ca] Ottawa Missing Map Event In November Planning

2015-09-25 Thread Richard Burcher
Hey folks, OSM Ottawa is putting on a Missing Maps event [1] up here in Ottawa. Still some details to work out but we're aiming for November 14th from 9am - 3pm. So if you're interested, drop us a line and get involved:) [1] http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa/events/225620798/ Cheers,