When we have a date and place, is it OK if I try sending some sponsor request to people? What specific things do we need for the mapping party (food, fuel, venue)?
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:31 AM, maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> so I think it's time we >>> do another one and I suggest that this time we do it in Metro Manila to get >>> more participants. (And try to better the event management skills of the >>> Davao pips when they did their Davao Mapping Party. ;-) > Some things that worked for Davao: > 1. Enough time and announcement before the event. > 2. A separate tutorial session on how to map, before the event. > 3. Sponsors, banners, etc. > > >>> While Metro Manila is covered by Yahoo! imagery, there are plenty of places >>> where a "virgin" GPS survey is possible. Here are some places I can think >>> of: >>> >>> 1. Ortigas Home Depot and Metro Walk. The Yahoo! imagery here is outdated so >>> this is a good spot to survey. The problem is that this spot is too small. >>> But we could fill in the time with presentations if we were to target >>> newbies. >>> >>> 2. McKinley Hills in Taguig (near Bonifacio Global City). Yahoo! imagery is >>> outdated too. Same concerns as above. >>> >>> 3. Mandaluyong around Shaw Blvd. This area is covered by clouds in Yahoo! so >>> GPS surveying is definitely needed. >>> >>> 4. Combine all of the above as separate slices if the number of participants >>> is high. >>> >>> Any other suggestions? >>> >>> >>> Eugene / seav >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> talk-ph mailing list >>> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> cheers, >> maning >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden >> wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ >> blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> > > > > -- > cheers, > maning > ------------------------------------------------------ > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------ > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
