Hi, Yup, i'll be there via Skype 'samvekemans'. I'll be able to provide background details and help out where needed.
Thanks for setting it up. Cheers, Sam On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Frank Steggink <stegg...@steggink.org>wrote: > Hi all, > > Hereby I would like to announce the Canvec Import Party, which will be > held in Sherbrooke, Québec, on December 5th. It has been referred to as > the "couch mapping party", but at the intended location there are no > couches available ;) The location is a computer lab at the University of > Sherbrooke, so it is not strictly necessary to bring your own gear. > > We'll mostly talk about the import of Canvec data into OSM, in which > we'll put the discussed approach(es) to practice. Attention will be > given to things like the process, tools, etc. Furthermore we'll spend > some time on the remainder of the NRN import, as well as maintenance > aspects. It would also be good to evaluate the topic of attribution. > > We'll try to make a connection via Skype available, so people who are > not able to attend, can still follow the proceedings over the Internet. > > Details: > > Agenda OSM meeting Sherbrooke - Couch(less?) Mapping Party / Canvec > Import Party > > When: Saturday December 5th, 2009, 10:00-16:00 > Where: Université de Sherbrooke (exact location to be confirmed) > Location: http://osm.org/go/ck...@hy > > Topics: > - Geobase NRN import > - Using JOSM + Validator plugin > - Lunch > - Canvec import > - Process > - Tools > - Conversion script > - Challenges > - Import > - Finetuning of import process > - Further imports > - Geobase NHN > - 5-à-7 ? > > So, if you happen to be in the neighborhood and want to say hi, or you > definitely want to be present at the hot zone of the Canvec import, > please let Michel, Yves and/or me know that you're coming. > > Cheers, > > Frank > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >
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