On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 19:46 -0600, James Ewen wrote: > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:41 PM, SteveC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> We need to find and enlist GPS enabled users currently... I found out > >> about OSM from the Geocaching community, if I recall correctly. Hmm, I > > > > Disagree again - I carry around a pack of 10 GPS units to lend to > > people at mapping parties. > > Cool, where do I find those 10 packs of GPS units at no cost? I'm > still using my Garmin GPSII+. I managed to find BSGPS which will log > my travels so I don't have to stop every 1024 seconds to download my > track.
When is your party? I have some GPSes for loan to other OSMers in Canada. That goes for other Canadian mappers as well. Let me know and we'll work something out. > >>We need to spread the > >> word and build the membership base around here currently. > > > >Absolutely wrong. I'm running lots of mapping parties in the US where > >OSM is totally unknown. I contact the geography departments, hikers, > >cyclists and so on and the results are good. > > So, do you send these distant groups free GPS units? Do you attend > these mapping parties? If so, how do you get there at no cost? I like Alberta. Let me know when you are planning and perhaps I can bring the GPSes personally. Air Canada isn't going to send me for free, but if I can combine a business trip with some fun mapping; why wouldn't I? > I'm also not sure how you keep the OSM project a secret from these > people that you get to map out an area for you. It sure seems like you > would be spreading the word, and bringing more people into the OSM > community through these activities. Why would we keep it a secret? Who's doing that? It seems silly to try to keep OSM secret when you are showing people the osm site, the wiki, sample maps, the svn ... _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-ca
