Hi, We're been trying to come up with ways to help people run mapping parties, and have come up with a very basic outline. You may find the best resource to be here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapping_Weekend_Howto
As far as focusing on people, we've have good response from GIS groups, and universities. If you can find a local Geography department, you can send them a flyer about the party. Community colleges tend to be a good source too, and a lot of places have GIS classes. The real hard part is to get the word out, and to the right people, but there are a few places you can start. -- Jim McAndrew On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Ian Dees <ian.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As I am preparing my first mapping party here in Salt Lake, I am >> wondering what works and what doesn't. I'm used to organizing events >> in The Netherlands, but geographical and cultural differences may >> require a different approach in the US so I'd like to poke your >> brains: are there formats that work particularly well or not at all? >> Particular types of venues to gather, interest groups to target, types >> of mapping to do... Any input welcome. > > > I had a decent response when I sought out GIS user groups and university > folks. They seemed to be most interested in what OSM is and how to change > it. They were also the quickest to disappear once they heard what OSM is > (back then it was "you can't use ESRI? oh..."), but a few stuck and helped > find other groups to work with. > > As far as location, I looked for places with fast wifi and decent places to > sit down. Zoos, libraries, outdoor mall/commercial districts, etc. are all > good places to start. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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