Hey guys, I am also (currently) based in Cork and would love to get more involved in the community.
I am currently only a user of OSM but with some direction and guidance I would like to get more involved as a contributor. Would it be possible to set up a webinar? Perhaps this could become a more regular thing if it hasn't been tried before? I'd love to hear some discussion about the SOTM, issues, advice, gaps, how to best spend time & maybe even provide some feedback. I think addressing is something that should try and become standardised. I raised the issue before about "Galway" vs "Co. Galway" vs "County Galway" or "Cork" as a City or a County key etc. Maybe it is easier for Postgres + Postgis wizards but in my experience working with key-value pairs from OSM is not very convenient for those of us using MySQL. For example, shameless self-plug here but if anyone is looking for a quick sample of Irish (or global) OSM addresses, there are over 1103 (and counting) reverse geocoded value addresses available from Ireland for Free, at a single click and to re-use for any purpose + data on 120 litter types @ https://openlittermap.com/maps/Ireland/ - Log in and the download option will become available. Data was taken from the most recent OSM version at the created_at timestamp. If anyone thinks this is useful, or could be more useful if I also included the keys too, let me know and I can make that happen. And feel welcome to run your own spatial analysis of litter relative to OSM layers eg shops, bus stations etc. If anyone makes some maps <https://openlittermap.com/maps/Ireland/County%20Cork/Cork/map> with this data (please do) I would love to see them. And feel welcome to submit as much data as you like to reveal, communicate and open up data on plastic pollution!:-) Cheers, Seán On 14 August 2017 at 22:08, Simon Poole <si...@poole.ch> wrote: > Am 14.08.2017 um 17:48 schrieb Ciarán Staunton: > > > ... > > > > I think Martín's comment is a good concern to have. However, I believe > that > > OSMF wants local chapters formally set up, composed of responsible groups > > in each country to make accountable decisions about how the maps of each > > country evolve, > > I don't believe the OSMF has ever said, or even remotely indicated, > anything along such lines (and any implementation of such a policy is > likely to run in to strong resistance by contributors all over OSM), a > better way to is to think of local chapters as service and support > organisations for the national mapping community which fits in nicely > with the rest of your points which are completely OK. > > While I'm commenting on this thread: I suspect that any hopes of > directly increasing contributor numbers by having a formal org are going > to be disappointed (similar ideas have been aired by the UK chapter). It > would be nice if I was proved wrong, but I don't believe that active > recruitment really works (fsov of works). > > Simon > > PS: the mailing list is still refusing to accept signed mails. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > -- https://openlittermap.com @OpenLitterMap (Fb, Tw, Ig) M.Sc. Coastal & Marine Environments (NUIG, 2015) M.Sc. GIS & Remote Sensing (UCC, 2014) B.A. Geography & Economics (UCC, 2011) ie.linkedin.com/in/seanlynchgis _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
