[Talk-us] labels for roads with or without sidewalks

Dear All, I am new to OSM and wanted to ask a question about sidewalks. From my understanding we do no record sideways because it is assumed that all roads have them. In my experience, this is not true. So would we want to create labels that differentiate roads with sidewalks from roads wi

[Talk-us] Mapping Party in Oakland this weekend!

Dear All, I will be hosting my first mapping party this weekend in Oakland. If you live in the Bay Area, stop by! It will be held from 1pm - 6pm Mama Buzz 2318 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA 94612 BART: 19th St Oakland see details on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Oakland and

Re: [Talk-us] Mapping Party in Oakland this weekend!

Its actually on both days On Nov 4, 2008, at 4:28 PM, David Muir Sharnoff wrote: > Saturday or Sunday? > -Dave > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Sarah Manley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Dear All, >> I will be hosting my first mapping party this weekend i

[Talk-us] OSM mapper from ITO World

Dear All, I thought this would interest most of you http://www.itoworld.com/static/osmmapper Cheers, Sarah PS>> If you are in the Bay Area, stop by the Oakland mapping party this weekend! ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://

[Talk-us] Mapping Party next weekend (Nov 22&23) in Palo Alto

Dear All, We had a great weekend in Oakland, and hope to have another in Palo Alto. Stop by if you are in the Bay Area! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/South_bay Cheers, Sarah ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.o

[Talk-us] Reminder: Mapping Party this weekend in Palo Alto

Just a quite reminder that we are hosting a mapping party in palo alto this weekend! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/South_bay When: Saturday November 22nd and Sunday November 23rd Where: Coupa Cafe, 538 Ramona St. in Palo Alto, California 94301 Where: http://www.coupacafe.com/ourstore

[Talk-us] Bay Area Mailing List created

) I am working to build the OSM community in the Bay Area, so please feel free to contact me with ideas for events/speaking engagements/ collaborations. Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade

Re: [Talk-us] Bay Area Mailing List created

-323-1241 | Fewer laws, more > freedom. > Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog | (Not a GOP > supporter). > > _______ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us Sarah

[Talk-us] Upcoming Mapping Parties in the Bay Area

ll Valley wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Marin Per usual, feel free to contact me with questions/comments. Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap

[Talk-us] Marin Mapping Party this weekend!

the word! Also, send me suggestions for people/places to contact as well as locations in Marin to map. Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-us] Upcoming mapping parties in the Bay Area and Central Texas!

Mark your calendars, we are hosting more mapping parties in the near future! San Francisco: Jan 17th: wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/San_Francisco San Antonio: Jan 24th: wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/San_Antonio Austin: Jan 25th: wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Austin Cheers! Sarah Sarah Manley

[Talk-us] Reminder: SF mapping party this weekend!

(the weather forecast is calling for blue skies and a high of 68F) Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http

[Talk-us] Reminder: Austin & San Antonio Mapping Parties this weekend!

San Antonio, TX 78212 http://community.cloudmade.com/events/San_Antonio/jan24/map Austin: Sunday, January 25th from 11am - 3pm Austin Java, 1608 Barton Springs Rd Austin, TX 78704 http://community.cloudmade.com/events/Austin/jan25/map Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-

[Talk-us] Upcoming Bay Area Mapping Parties

sa...@cloudmade.com cell number: 631-338-3815 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mountain_View_Mapping_Party_-_February_2009 Please spread the word, as well as send me recommendations for other groups/individuals who may be interested in attending. Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631

[Talk-us] OSM American User Group Page

Dear All, I started an American User group page. It is very basic. Please contribute to it! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States Feel free to send me questions and comments. Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter

[Talk-us] Reminder: Mountain View Mapping Party this weekend

Berkeley party for Feb 21 and 22nd. The venue I choose may not work out, so please send suggestions if you have them. Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us

[Talk-us] Upcoming Bay Area mapping events

Antonio, Chicago, and New Orleans mapping parties all in the near future!) Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http

[Talk-us] Fwd: [Talk-us-bayarea] Backcountry weekend

g/listinfo/talk-us-bayarea Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] Bay Area Mapping Events

Dear All, Here is a list of mapping events in the upcoming weeks. This weekend: Feb 28th and Mar 1, 11am - 4pm, Berkeley Mapping Party! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Berkeley_Mapping_Party_Feb2009 Next Wednesday: Mappy Hour, social geo-focused event 5:45pm: short intro presentations at UMI

[Talk-us] Portland Car-free happy hour tonight-- potential networking for mappers interested in transit maps

Dear All, I was asked to pass this along to OSM folks. Sounds like an interesting event that holds potential for networking around OSM Portland car-free happy hour is tonight at Roots in SE (http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-carfree/browse_frm/thread/f01529f84095f162 ). I hope you can ma

[Talk-us] Reminder: SF mapping party this weekend!

://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Mapping_Party_Mar2009 Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[Talk-us] Concord (CA) Mapping Party next weekend: March 28th & 29th

://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Concord_Mapping_Party_Mar2009 Feel free to spread the word and to send me questions. I am in the process of planning events for the spring, so feel free to send me suggestions as well. Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter

[Talk-us] Reminder: San Jose Mapping Party and Mappy Hour

at the Thirsty Bear. Details here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappy_Hour_Bay_Area Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-us] Americans going to the state of the map

. Thoughts? Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

[Talk-us] OSM on whitehouse.gov

Dear All, Not sure if many of you have seen this, but the OSM is the base map being used here by the US gov: http://www.whitehouse.gov/change/ It's a great day to be an American Mapper! Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Tw

[Talk-us] Reminder: Mapping Party in Santa Cruz this weekend!

(this is a good excuse to get out and map the Mystery Spot!) Cheers, Sarah Sarah Manley sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http

[Talk-us] Where Camp

All, I have started a wiki page for OSM @ wherecamp. Hope some of you can make it. Sarah http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WhereCamp/2009 Sarah Manley Community Ambassdor sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley

[Talk-us] OSM at where2.0

://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20090603_16475.mp3 Sarah Sarah Manley Community Ambassdor sa...@cloudmade.com Cell: 415-254-3050 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade Twitter: SarahManley ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-us] National Park Mapping Party?

That'd be awesome if you would. The NPS has a lot of data available > in .e00 format. I'd like to at least get the park boundaries > imported. > > -- > Jeff Ollie > > ___ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] US mapping parties this weekend (NYC, Santa Clara)

y this weekend. Consult the list below: > > Thea Clay: > http://community.cloudmade.com/event/custom/generic/show/218 > < Dallas TX > > Chris McNally: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/New_York%2C_New_York< NYC > > Sarah Manley: > http://com

[Talk-us] Native American Reservations

Hello All, Has anyone done any work (or know of areas/examples), of mapping on Native American reservations? I know some people who work with Native American groups, and are intersted in OSM. I haven't seen much in the wiki, or on the map. I have seen some ares defined by nodes imported with the G

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters

All, I was planning to send a similar email this week, so Kate, thanks for beating me to it. I agree that it is important to get the US chapter up and running, and that local groups can then use the national non-profit status for their efforts. One place we may want to look to as an example is the

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters

As listed by Kate in her second email (and being built out on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States) A local chapter will do more advocacy within their own nation. In the US, if incorporated as a non-profit, the chapter would be able to accept donatio

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters

PM, Sarah Manley wrote: > As listed by Kate in her second email (and being built out on the wiki: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States) > A local chapter will do more advocacy within their own nation. > > In the US, if incorporated as a non-p

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters

their contacts (per Kate's suggestion). On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:36 PM, SteveC wrote: > On 16 Sep 2009, at 13:56, Sarah Manley wrote: > >> As listed by Kate in her second email (and being built out on the wiki: >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapte

Re: [Talk-us] [Local-chapters] Statement of purpose for local chapters

John, I hope you don't mind, I am going to share this with talk-us. I think we would all love your input. On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 2:15 AM, John Smith wrote: > I borrowed and extended the Australian Wikimedia chapter's statement > of purpose, I thought others might find it useful as well. > > Sta

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. Local Chapters

Yes, that was helpful, thanks Bill. So, as mentioned before, we should probably set a time to plan a conference call so we can start to make some decisions. Does anyone have access to a conference call service? I do not. I would say a tentative agenda is: 1. decide where we plan to incorporate (

Re: [Talk-us] Atlanta Mapathon reported by BBC

Nice press! Thea at Cloudmade has been one of the main organizers, good job! On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Stellan Lagerstrom < lagerst...@blindsight.com> wrote: > The upcoming Atlanta Mapathon > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Atlanta_Citywide_Mapathon > just got some nice press coverage

[Talk-us] OSM Atlanta new video

Hey All, This was passed on to me, and thought it would interest all of you. http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/good_day_atl/Open_Street_Map_Project_101909 Sounds like a good time to get the US chapter off the ground, esp. since they are referring to OSM as an non-profit. Best, Sarah PS.. good jo

Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter Call?

Agreed that call a call during business hours will be difficult for a lot of people to attend. To be fair then, should we try for a saturday? On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Bill Ricker wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Kate Chapman wrote: > > unless there is a major push that we shou

Re: [Talk-us] proposal for deletion: talk-us-ga and talk-us-bayarea

First, you should probably include these lists on your mail if you plan to delete them. Its important to not take away something from the community without informing them. Some folks may not be on the general talk lists, and only these area specific ones. I agree that for the bay area, it is super

Re: [Talk-us] proposal for deletion: talk-us-ga and

What is the status of the forum: http://forum.openstreetmap.org? Would building this out more maybe solve some of our problems? In my current role, we tend us to use forums on our wikis more than mailing lists, and I know that wikipedia moved away from mailing lists as they grew. I am not positive

Re: [Talk-us] US Chapter Call?

Do we have an agenda? What about someone who will act as a moderator? I would volunteer to be it, but I can only be on the call for 15 minutes due to a prior commitment. On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Bill Ricker wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Sarah Manley > wrote: >

[Talk-us] deletion of talk-us-bayarea?

TP id 11mr409128wfi.101.1258073102381; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:45:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:45:02 -0800 Message-ID: <2437b81b0911121645v5a0a968cte7ee9d3a9d69b...@mail.gmail.com> Subject: gilroy hike & mapping party From: Sarah Manley To: talk-us-baya...@openstreetmap.org Content-

Re: [Talk-us] San Francisco / Bay area projects

Paul, Your in luck: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gilroy_Mapping_Party ; http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/ Now that the bay area list was deleted the meetup is really the best place to fine events (although I do make sure its on the wiki as well). This is in conjunction with

[Talk-us] draft of mission statement on wiki?

Hello, Has anyone added the draft of the mission statement so far to the wiki? I don't seem to see it anywhere here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States It would be helpful to have a re-read through it in full, rather than over many emails, before the call t

Re: [Talk-us] draft of mission statement on wiki?

Thanks Chris and Nakor for getting this up on the wiki. I have added the remaining emails to the wiki discussion page. It is still a bit of a jumble and I will try and organize it better over the week (others feel free to help with organization as well). On the call we agreed that comments will be

[Talk-us] Reminder: Bay Area mapping party this Saturday

Hi All, Reminder there will be a hike/mapping party this weekend in Gilroy. Details here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gilroy_Mapping_Party Best place to rsvp is on the meetup group if you are a part of it: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/calendar/11833799/ I can not atten

Re: [Talk-us] San Francisco / Bay area projects

Agreed that at this point in time, having everything centralized here is the best way forward. I would like to make a request for the future though, that if a list is marked for deletion that a message is sent out on that list informing them. (maybe a week ahead of time). I was the admin for the

Re: [Talk-us] San Francisco / Bay area projects

No just talk-us, not the actually lists were contacted. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:43 PM, SteveC wrote: > I thought I mailed all the talk-us-* lists when I asked for input? > > On Dec 3, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Sarah Manley wrote: > > > Agreed that at this point in time, having ever

[Talk-us] US OMSF proposal mission statement v2

All, Mission statement v2 is now open for discussion: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Mission_statement Please comment here on talk-us or on the wiki. This draft will be open for a 2 week comment period (ending Dec 29). Cheers, Sarah ___

[Talk-us] CA: Fwd: Mercury News story about mapping

story about mapping To: Sarah Manley ok, osm-talk-us. Yes, the more knowledgeable people present the better. - Shawn On Jan 6, 2010, at 9:59 PM, Sarah Manley wrote: can i share your email with talk-us? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Shawn Britton wrote: > It seems Mike Swift the Mercury N

[Talk-us] CA: San Francisco Mapping Party- Sunday Feb 7

Join us before the super bowl! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Mapping_Party_Feb2010 ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] OSM presentations

Richard, Here is a presentation I did to a class back in my CM days: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Education_SFSU I have a couple renditions of that, as well as intros for mapping parties. Let me know if you want me to email them to you direc

[Talk-us] CA: Mapping Party this weekend & suggestion for draft foundation comments

Hey All, Just a reminder (esp to anyone who may be coming in early for where 2.0), there is a mapping party this weekend: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/calendar/12726887/ Can I request that comments to the foundation draft rules also be placed on that wiki's talk page. Anyone

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

Would it be best to collect these ideas on a wiki page? I started this: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_website_ideas (feel free to redirect to a better name) I do feel like it might be best for the whole community if we try to re-vamp the current global wiki rather than create our own, but

[Talk-us] OSM applications used to help in disaster situations

I recently received the following messages and was curious if anyone knew of any applications out there that used OSM (still waiting to get OSM's mediawiki extension on Wikia). Suggestions? "I work for the a local County Civil Defense Agency. We have an interest in establishing a "Disaster Wiki" t

Re: [Talk-us] Community Involvement

I second Richard's request for better how-to's (although I think an open wiki format can work), and would add reviewing/improving communication. I have this list on digest, and find even that difficult to keep up with. I can't image not having it on digest, being a newbie, and understanding what wa

Re: [Talk-us] How to get college students involved?

Hi Stefan, I did some work with students back when I was with cloudmade. There are a few details here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Education I can pass along the power points I made if you like (although they are about a year out of date now). Just let me know. If anyone else wants them, I

Re: [Talk-us] Meetups around the US

In the bay area we have a great partnership with a local sierra club group. Most of the events that are now posted on the meetup group are co-organized with them. This might be a good alternative for more "rural groups". For bay area folks, if anyone is interested in being added as an organizer to

[Talk-us] Fwd: [opensource-105] Mapping party in the news

OSM in a local bay area paper - not all details correct, but good to see it in there! -- Forwarded message -- From: Shawn Britton Date: Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:06 PM Subject: [opensource-105] Mapping party in the news To: opensource-...@meetup.com http://www.hmbreview.com/articl

[Talk-us] Bay Area: mapping party video and upcoming meetup

Hey all, Thought I would share this video from Shawn Britton from a recent mapping party: half moon bay mapping party video, courtesy Kevin Wacknov http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDyXtjKTCMY Also, upcoming mapping party in gilroy on Oct 23: http://www.

Re: [Talk-us] Why are you missing out on this fun?

Reminder: The Bay Area OSM meetup group is still alive and has monthly events: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/ Most of them are run in the South Bay/Peninsula and organized by Shawn Britton. If you want to host events via meetup, just get in touch with me and I can make you can a