It appears he is willing to wait. But Paul, if you want to organize something before, feel free to post the meetup group: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shawn Britton <smbrit...@comcast.net> Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:21 PM Subject: Re: Mercury News story about mapping To: Sarah Manley <sarah.m.man...@gmail.com> ok, osm-talk-us. Yes, the more knowledgeable people present the better. - Shawn On Jan 6, 2010, at 9:59 PM, Sarah Manley wrote: can i share your email with talk-us? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Shawn Britton <smbrit...@comcast.net> wrote: > It seems Mike Swift the Mercury News will be at the next mapping party to > do an article. > This is a publicity opportunity. > > - Shawn > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *"Swift, Mike" <msw...@mercurynews.com> > *Date: *January 6, 2010 4:58:39 PM PST > *To: *"Shawn Britton" <smbrit...@comcast.net> > *Subject: **RE: Mercury News story about mapping* > > Hi Shawn, > It's Mike Swift at the Mercury News. Sorry, I think I dropped the ball on > our conversation. I'd like to do the story sometime in the next month, but I > think it would be much better if I can see first-hand what you guys do. So > I'm willing to wait until your next big mapping meet-up, even if its in > February. > > Cheers, > > Mike Swift > San Jose Mercury News > Ph: (408) 271-3648 > Cell: (650) 388-8210 > Email: msw...@mercurynews.com > Follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/swiftstories > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Shawn Britton [mailto:smbrit...@comcast.net<smbrit...@comcast.net> > ] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 24, 2009 10:17 PM > *To:* Swift, Mike > *Subject:* Re: Mercury News story about mapping > > What kind of time frame are you thinking of? > Thanks. > > - Shawn > > On Dec 21, 2009, at 7:10 PM, Swift, Mike wrote: > > Hi Shawn, > That would be great. Even if you knew of one person going out by him or > herself, who might be willing to have a reporter and a photographer tag > along, that would work fine for me. Thanks!! > > > Mike Swift > San Jose Mercury News > Ph: (408) 271-3648 > Cell: (650) 388-8210 > Email: msw...@mercurynews.com > Follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/swiftstories > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Shawn Britton [mailto:smbrit...@comcast.net<smbrit...@comcast.net> > ] > *Sent:* Monday, December 21, 2009 4:50 PM > *To:* Swift, Mike > *Subject:* Re: Mercury News story about mapping > > > Would there by anything sooner than Feb. 20? > > Not by me. > > Do people ever go out in smaller groups to do mapping? > > Probably, though they don't seem to be announcing using the meetup group. > > http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/ > > I'll do some asking around and get back to you. > > - Shawn > > > > > On Dec 20, 2009, at 9:07 PM, Swift, Mike wrote: > > Hey Shawn, > Thanks for putting together that great note. Would there by anything sooner > than Feb. 20? Do people ever go out in smaller groups to do mapping? Thanks! > > > Mike Swift > San Jose Mercury News > Ph: (408) 271-3648 > Cell: (650) 388-8210 > Email: msw...@mercurynews.com > Follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/swiftstories > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Shawn Britton [mailto:smbrit...@comcast.net<smbrit...@comcast.net> > ] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:37 PM > *To:* Swift, Mike > *Subject:* Re: Mercury News story about mapping > > Mike- > Thanks for your interest. > Yes there is another mapping party / hike coming up. > http://www.lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/calendar.asp?eventid=1403 > > I don't have this listed with the Bay Area Mappers yet. > http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/ > I'll get to that this weekend. > > Tentatively, how about 7:00 PM Tuesday for a call? I can handle the event > and hiking part. For in depth information about open source mapping, I may > recommend someone else to talk to, or make it a conference call > with someone more knowledgeable than I. But I can do it in a pinch. > > - Shawn > > here is some background: > > The GIS committee was started about 4 years ago on a suggestion by the > Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Executive Committee. > I got startup information from Dean Wallraff of the Sierra Club Angeles > chapter. Our efforts were focused then around use ESRI's ArcGIS mapping > software. > http://www.esri.com/ > ESRI provided demo copies of their mapping software product. > A chapter map (by Steve Sears) and a high speed rail map (by Darla Sadler) > were produced. These can be viewed at > http://lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/geoinfosys/ > > We have been working with Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch > http://www.ebbettspassforestwatch.org/ > > To produce timber harvesting maps to aid their anti-clear-cutting efforts. > > On our website, you will find an example map for EPFW by Paul Pribor. > > Recently, some chapter demographic maps were produced for the ExCom, > however these were done by Alex Steinberger of the Angeles chapter. The > local volunteer had > to drop out. > > Now the mapping parties / hikes: > Another effort is a collaboration with CloudMade > http://cloudmade.com/ > and Open Street Map > http://www.openstreetmap.org/ > which presents a wiki open source map of the world. > > CloudMade makes mapping tools for the Open Street Map effort. > > I have been leading new member hikes for the Guadalupe Regional Group (a > regional group of the Loma Prieta Chapter), and have made these "mapping > parties" as well. > http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/ > CloudMade kindly loans me GPS units that hikers, if they choose to, can use > to collect way points and tracks, to help improve the mapping of the park > where we hike. > We then meet at a coffee shop after the hike to download the data from the > GPS units to laptop computers then upload it to OpenStreetMap for editing > and inclusion in the Wiki map. > The wiki map is not copyrighted, and is constantly maintained by > volunteers. The mapping parties have increased hike attendance as well. > > > > > > > I'll do the > On Dec 9, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Swift, Mike wrote: > > Hi Shawn, > It's Mike Swift with the Mercury News. Thanks for returning my phone call > the other about the mapping party you guys had done in Gilroy this past > weekend. I was hoping to at least get a photographer down there, but our > photo desk was short staffed that day and it just didn't work out. Are you > guys planning any other mapping trips in the near future that we might be > able to tag along on? And would you have a moment to talk on the phone in > the next few days about the group and about open source mapping in general? > > Thanks! > > Mike Swift > San Jose Mercury News > Ph: (408) 271-3648 > Cell: (650) 388-8210 > Email: msw...@mercurynews.com > Follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/swiftstories > > > > > >
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