Hi all, As Kenny announced some time ago, Trage Wegen vzw (http://www.tragewegen.be) will organise an OSM workshop. Since he can't be there, he asked on the list for others to take care of it, which has become me. Practically, the workshop will take place on June 18th in Haaltert. Details to follow. Anyone whishing to come is of course more than welcome.
A few questions and remarks: * First of all, please try to avoid mapping in the Haaltert region the until that day. Now there remains a lot to be done (it is just out of the old good quality Google image area). For newcomers it is more fun if their work shows clearly on the map. * Since most of them will not know OSM I would like to start with a short presentation of OSM. Mainly the comparison with wikipedia and some images showing possibilities and growth of OSM. With some nice maps of course. Does such an introductory presentation exist and if yes can someone send it to me? * Since this is for Trage Wegen vzw, I would like a convention on how to map the numbers of buurtwegen/chemins vicinaux. Reasons why it should be mapped: - the numbers are an official reference, still used today (certainly for paths, not really for regular roads) - the data (especially the numbers) are available from an out of copyright source (Atlas der Buurtwegen/Atlas des Chemins Vicinaux dating from the 1840's), so a source that can be used. I do not express myself if the digitisations that are nowadays available on the websites of most provinces can be used, but the original atlas certainly can be used. There have been a few discussions a while ago, but as far as I remember inconclusive. I remember that someone proposed vicinal_ref. According to me a good suggestion for since it shows clearly what the origin of the reference is. It is of course not internationally recognised, which according to me is no problem since the whole buurtwegen/chemins vicinaux concept is national. Any problems if I would present this as the way to add those numbers? * If I remember well OSM-be has some loggers available for mapping parties and the like. I could not find a page on the wiki about it. Anyone has information? If they are available and could be used for the workshop, how can I get them. I am commuting between Ghent and Brussels so I can easily pick them up in any those two cities. * Any other suggestions? wouter -- "Wie niet in zichzelf gelooft, komt nergens." - Thor Heyerdahl _______________________________________________ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
