James you sound super sarcastic and skeptical, do you really want to run something like this?
On 8 Jul 2008, at 20:44, James Ewen wrote: > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Richard Weait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> 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. > > I haven't planned any yet, but it sounds like all I need to do is > create a web page template and then simply change the name of the > city/town/village/highway/road network, and post that to the wiki... > > On the how-to page though, there are a few things that seem to be a > bit of a problem that I might need help figuring out... > > * When Once you have a rough venue ('London' or 'Berlin') and a > couple of people, then put up a wiki page with all the details and > confirming the date. The rest is easy. On the day, unless you get a > lot of newbies, it will all just happen. > > I have lots of venues, but where do I come up with the couple people? > > * Where The simplest venue is a pub, preferably with free WIFI. > You may find though that you can get a local company, arts centre, > library or hall to provide free space for the weekend. > > I don't know all the local "pubs"... Most small locales in Alberta > don't have internet access let alone free wifi... > > * Who The next thing is to get some people signed up. It's a good > idea to contact two or three local mappers in advance and find out > what dates would suit them. If possible, get them committed before you > make a general announcement. > > When there are no local mappers, who do you contact? > > > The problem is that these mapping parties are designed for areas with > OSM mappers in the area. We might be able to swing a mapping party in > Edmonton. There are 10 OSM members within 20 km of my location, which > covers all the users in Edmonton (a metro area of 1 million people). > We could possibly garner enough interest to map out a neighborhood. > > This leaves the other 95% of the province as an empty page. > > Again I will ask, is there a provision for finding OSM users in a > specific geographical area? > >> 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? > > Yup, having someone else foot the bill is certainly a good way to > defer the costs involved. I make use of my work trips around the > province as an opportunity to gather GPS tracks. You can tell where I > go to work by looking for GPS tracks uploaded by VE6SRV... > >>> 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 ... > > Read this thread... I'm trying to say that we need more OSM members to > be able to make local interest mapping happen, let alone mapping > parties. > > James > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-ca > Best Steve _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-ca