This is kind of the idea I had, but I don't think anyone really has the ability to be on task force. Often my only barrier would be travel(public transport) and accommodation costs. For others there are work and family commitments.
I think I might do some Workington OS tracing around the bridges/river yet clearly leave most of the town untouched. I have a friend who lives locally that I want to brag about the bridges too and it might get her interested. I'll document anything I do on the Cumbria wiki page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cumbria On 21 April 2010 05:35, John Robert Peterson <jrp....@gmail.com> wrote: > This may be tantamount to hijacking a perfectly good forum post, and > for that I apologise, but how's this for an idea: > > Form a mapping taskforce -- a group of dedicated seasoned mapping > party attendants. When an area is put forward for requiring imediate > attention (workington being a suitable example) the area is imediatly > updated to the best level of information avilaable from any available > source, then the task force arainges a mapping party in the area a > short period (months or weeks) later to perfect it, spreading into > neighboring areas where time allows. > > Locals would be pulled in to the effort through local media advertising. > > JR > > > > > On 21 April 2010 11:51, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) > <ajrli...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Gregory wrote: > >>Sent: 21 April 2010 11:38 AM > >>To: Tim François > >>Cc: OSM Talk-GB > >>Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Workington Bridges > >> > >>The bridges look good, but the town is clearly lacking. > >>Now we have OS Street View, we could quickly respond to natural disasters > >>by improving the mappedness of the area. > >> > >>Of course the argument still remains that it can mean the area never gets > >>well mapped. But think, if people see their local bridges in a news story > >>about the fastest responding map, and then just out of town their street > is > >>missing or they go for walks in the Cumbria countryside, they could be > >>encouraged to get adding to the amazing OSM. > >>Even better would be if 1-2 months later a mapping party, or just a > >>talk/workshop was held locally, but I don't know that anyone is around or > >>able to travel there to do so. > >> > > > > We had a discussion about this point during the Kidderminster mapping > party > > on Saturday. Our decision (relating to the Black Country in our case) was > > that we would use OS OpenData StreetView, especially in partly mapped > areas, > > but we would record some info on the wiki for each area covered so that > we > > know which locations (slices of the cake) need still to have a ground > > survey. It also permits a local mapper to bag a spot for ground surveying > if > > they would prefer to work with a blank canvas. I'd encourage mappers who > are > > tempted to map "off-piste" to document what they are doing on an > appropriate > > wiki page for the area in question. That at least informs others that > come > > along later. > > > > As for Workington, I'm up in the area in a couple of weeks and if I have > > time I'll drop by and do a check of the bridges if someone hasn't got > there > > before me. > > > > Cheers > > > > Andy > > > > > >> > >>On 21 April 2010 02:39, Tim François <sk1pp...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >> > >>I think that was the one they 'officially opened' on the One Show > yesterday > >>(BBC 1, on the iPlayer now) with a load of RiverDance girls - I kid you > >>not.... > >> > >>Tim > >> > >>--- On Wed, 21/4/10, Russ Phillips <r...@phillipsuk.org> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Russ Phillips <r...@phillipsuk.org> > >> Subject: [Talk-GB] Workington Bridges > >> To: "OSM Talk-GB" <Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org> > >> Date: Wednesday, 21 April, 2010, 10:34 > >> > >> > >> After the November floods, the map of Workington [1] in Cumbria > was > >> updated very quickly to show the state of the bridges, and the > >> location of the temporary road bridge that was to be built. I've > > just > >> read on the BBC news site [2] that the temporary bridge is to open > >> today, at 10:30. Can a local please update the map? I'm wary of > >> changing it remotely. > >> > >> I'm giving a presentation/demonstration on OSM to my local LUG > soon, > >> and I'd really like to use this as an example of how OSM can be > >>better > >> than commercial maps, especially since TomTom's VP of ecommerce > told > >> PC Pro "There are services like OpenStreetMap, and it's good, but > >> sometimes there's not a bridge when it told you there would be." > > [3], > >> and their map of Workington still routes people over the damaged > >> bridges :) > >> > >> Russ > >> > >> > >> [1] > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=54.64893&lon=-3.54955&zoom=16 > >> [2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8627276.stm > >> [3] > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/356008/tomtom-shrugs-off-free-apps- > >>threat-with-new-iphone-app > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Talk-GB mailing list > >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org <http://mc/compose?to=Talk- > >>g...@openstreetmap.org> > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Talk-GB mailing list > >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Gregory > >>o...@livingwithdragons.com > >>http://www.livingwithdragons.com > >> > >> > >>No virus found in this incoming message. > >>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >>Version: 9.0.801 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2824 - Release Date: 04/20/10 > >>21:14:00 > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-GB mailing list > > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > -- Gregory o...@livingwithdragons.com http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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