Re: [Talk-GB] Use of Drones

2017-09-18 Thread Malcolm Herring
On 18/09/2017 11:03, Brian Prangle wrote: Does anyone have any experience of using drones? I once used a drone to map an inaccessible island in the Humber. The drone's camera can be pointed directly downwards, so I flew it around the island, keeping the high water mark in the centre of the

Re: [Talk-GB] Open survey on participation biases in OSM

2017-09-18 Thread SK53
That was the work of Yuwei Lin and Manuela Schmidt: https://www.slideshare.net/linyuwei/sot-m-femalemapperslinschmidt On 18 September 2017 at 12:50, Philip Barnes wrote: > I have memories of this being in a talk at SOTM 2013 in Birmingham. > > Phil (trigpoint) > > On 18

Re: [Talk-GB] Use of Drones

2017-09-18 Thread Dan S
2017-09-18 11:03 GMT+01:00 Brian Prangle : > The regulations on the use of drones in the UK are already quite restrictive > (if, of course, you're a responsible memeber of society) and are imminently > to become even more restrictive with licensing and proof of competence >

Re: [Talk-GB] Use of Drones

2017-09-18 Thread Philip Barnes
There was a talk by 'the only licensed drone pilot in Scotland' at SOTM Scotland a couple of years ago. I missed the outdoor demo as I went to the NLS map library. Phil (trigpoint) On 18 September 2017 12:14:01 BST, Marc Gemis wrote: >Oleksiy Muzalyev seems to be

Re: [Talk-GB] Open survey on participation biases in OSM

2017-09-18 Thread Philip Barnes
I have memories of this being in a talk at SOTM 2013 in Birmingham. Phil (trigpoint) On 18 September 2017 12:04:01 BST, Harry Wood wrote: >So I guess you're looking for : https://vimeo.com/44870758 >SheepCamp 2012, Monica Stephens > > >There's a pretty big list of

Re: [Talk-GB] Use of Drones

2017-09-18 Thread Marc Gemis
Oleksiy Muzalyev seems to be pretty knowledgable on drones. He has posted about it a couple of times on the talk mailing list. e.g. https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2016-September/076758.html But he's not living in the UK. regards m. On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Brian

Re: [Talk-GB] Open survey on participation biases in OSM

2017-09-18 Thread Harry Wood
So I guess you're looking for : https://vimeo.com/44870758 SheepCamp 2012, Monica Stephens There's a pretty big list of articles and talks on the Diversity wiki page https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Diversity Harry From: Zoe Gardner

Re: [Talk-GB] Open survey on participation biases in OSM

2017-09-18 Thread Zoe Gardner
Hi Dave Here is a link to the article you are talking about. The author is Monica Stephens. It may be tricky to access if you're not affiliated to an institution that subscribes to the journal. However, you should be able access the abstract. I haven't seen her presenting this work but with the

[Talk-GB] Use of Drones

2017-09-18 Thread Brian Prangle
The regulations on the use of drones in the UK are already quite restrictive (if, of course, you're a responsible memeber of society) and are imminently to become even more restrictive with licensing and proof of competence becoming requirements. I'm pessimistic about being able to make use of