Sounds like a great idea. I won't be joining, but I wonder if there's more initiatives like this one in the US?
Martijn On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:43 PM, PJ Houser <stephanie.jean.hou...@gmail.com > wrote: > In case I missed any of the local mappers in my ITO World search, you're > invited to... > > TriMet, Portland's regional transportation agency, is holding a Meet & >> Greet for local OSM Mappers: >> >> Friday May 13, 2011 >> 4:00pm - 6:00pm PST >> TriMet Center Street Administration Building >> 4012 SE 17th Ave. >> Portland, OR 97202 >> >> Why? >> • Meet other local OSM Mappers and the PSU students that are working on >> OSM improvements in the 4-county regional area. >> • Observe our OSM editing process first hand and provide feedback: it is >> a manual and labor intensive process, it is not a data import. We are using >> up-to-date regional jurisdictional data and 6-inch ortho-rectified digital >> imagery flown in August 2010 as a reference with permission from the >> sources. >> • Learn why we chose to invest in OSM and the community, rather than a >> proprietary mapping solution. >> • See a sneak preview of the Open Trip Planner, TriMet's new open source >> multi-modal trip planner scheduled for release in Fall, and meet the >> developers involved in the project. >> • Explore opportunities for collaboration and on-going maintenance (ex: >> local cities and counties can make street data available to the OSM >> community). >> >> Using http://www.itoworld.com/static/osm_mapper.html, we were able to >> find some past and present active mappers for the Metro region. >> >> Let us know if this time doesn't work for you, or if you are not local but >> interested - we can schedule a webinar or make other arrangements. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Bibiana McHugh (manager), PJ Houser, Betsy Breyer, Grant Humphries, and >> Melelani Sax-Barnett >> TriMet, GIS and Location-Based Services >> > > > -- > PJ Houser > Trimet > GIS intern, 503-962-5711 (office) > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > -- Martijn van Exel http://about.me/mvexel
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