[Talk-us] Take another look at notes!

2013-05-30 Thread Toby Murray
As I'm sure a lot of you are aware, osm.org has a new "notes" [1] feature (new as of a month ago) that allows anonymous users to submit random comments about our maps. Some of them will of course be unhelpful or silly but there have been many useful ones submitted since the feature went live. We a

[Talk-us] deleting misleading CDPs

2013-05-30 Thread Richard Welty
i'm planning to delete a misleading CDP in the near future, i'm pondering the fact that from time to time we talk about deleting all the CDPs, an idea which i sometimes think is the right idea. in this case, the CDP is for Niskayuna NY http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=42.8152&lon=-73.8988&zoom=

Re: [Talk-us] Chicago meetup during National Day of Civic Hacking

2013-05-30 Thread Clifford Snow
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > (For those of you not in Chicago, I encourage you to check out the website > for the national event [0] as there's probably at least one event near you.) Seattle mappers are taking part in the National Day of Civic Hacking also. If you are in S

[Talk-us] Chicago meetup during National Day of Civic Hacking

2013-05-30 Thread Ian Dees
Hi list! I'm hosting a map-a-thon meetup here in Chicago as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking. There will be food and drink along with several other events in Chicago centered on civic hacking. You can RSVP and get more details here: http://www.meetup.com/Openstreetmap/Chicago-IL/945942/

[Talk-us] OSM St Louis Mid America Mappers

2013-05-30 Thread Rick Marshall
We held our second meeting of the OSM St Louis Mid America Mappers last night. We had 6 members show up and we mapped portions of the O'Fallon Family Sports Park located here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=38.59656&lon=-89.93116&zoom=16&layers=M We had a great time and we all learned a lot a

[Talk-us] State of the Map US about to sell out

2013-05-30 Thread Bonnie Bogle
Hi all, A heads up that State of the Map US - in San Francisco next weekend June 8 & 9 - is close to selling out! If you've been putting off registering, do it now to make sure you can attend: http://stateofthemap.us/. The hands on workshops on Friday June 7 are also filling up fast. There are