Re: [Talk-us] [OPC2012] Operation Cowboy - Mission statement

2012-11-08 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 4:59 AM, Matthias Meißer wrote: > Hi, > as I don't read any discussions about where and what to map, I would like to > bring up this essential question again. > > Just a few possible ideas (that can be also mixed): > - adding new details (as buildings, landuse, ...) > - fixi

Re: [Talk-us] Virtual Mappy Hour

2012-11-08 Thread Martijn van Exel
Linking to Google+ pages can be a major PITA. The above link seems to work only for me / only if you are logged in to Google. The public link seems to be https://plus.google.com/113331273824393211883/posts - let me know that works for you. Martijn On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Martijn van Exel

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: [OPC2012] Operation Cowboy - Mission statement

2012-11-08 Thread Brian May
I agree, but I would suggest we start with larger metro areas that still require a lot of tiger cleanup. Not many people are going to notice tiger cleanup in rural West Virginia. In Florida, examples of populous counties that started out with horrible tiger with major work still required: Sem

[Talk-us] Fwd: [OPC2012] Operation Cowboy - Mission statement

2012-11-08 Thread Charlotte Wolter
Hello all, I think that mapping a "desert" area could be a good way to get people involved, because 1. It's an area that has an urgent need for mapping and 2. Much of it is virgin territory, so even beginning mappers could contribute a lot just by correcting TIGER st

[Talk-us] Virtual Mappy Hour

2012-11-08 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi all, (I posted most of this on OpenStreetMap.us as well) The board has been using Google+ Hangouts for meetings and it has been a good experience overall. Google also offers a thing called Hangouts On Air, which are basically Hangouts anyone can tune in to via YouTube. Up to 9 folks at a time