Re: [Talk-GB] HOT in the UK

2015-05-18 Thread Wittle, Paul
Hi, I'm running an unofficial party on Wednesday 27th in Weymouth as I've managed to generate a bit of interest in Weymouth. I'm hoping to explain a bit about what OSM is as well as HOT and then if people are still interested I'd be looking to organise an official mapping party where we might

Re: [Talk-GB] HOT in the UK

2015-05-15 Thread SK53
Hi Paul, The closest to a formal organisation is the Missing Maps http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Missing_Maps_Project project which has regular evening sessions in London. Several regular OSM contributors are formal members http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Members of

[Talk-GB] HOT in the UK

2015-05-15 Thread Wittle, Paul
Hello, I've subscribed to this message list because I'm looking around to see if there is any organised UK group which deals with HOT projects. I believe this is a US based NGO setup to coordinate the use of OSM for disaster relief efforts after major events such as the recent earthquakes in

Re: [Talk-GB] HOT in the UK

2015-05-15 Thread Jo Walsh
We've also been holding regular Missing Maps mapathons in Edinburgh and Glasgow, thanks to Margaux Mesle and Duncan Bain. - Jo On May 15, 2015 10:45:55 AM GMT+01:00, SK53 sk53@gmail.com wrote: Hi Paul, The closest to a formal organisation is the Missing Maps

Re: [Talk-GB] HOT in the UK

2015-05-15 Thread Nick Allen
Hi Paul, Although it's registered in the US, we're scattered all over the world. The mailing list for HOT is at https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot Mapathons are starting to take place all over the UK, and the best place to check what is coming up soon is at