Just as a note of interest, on my way to SOTMUS this year in San Francisco, I'm pretty sure we flew over Black Rock City. I took some pictures out of the plane window: https://www.dropbox.com/sc/kfjpmgydqcser3v/tqkMPNPrCw(link to pictures).
-Elliott On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Kathleen Danielson < kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I only know a little about Burning Man (seriously, just what I read in > Cory Doctorow's Homeland), but mapping BRC makes sense to me. > > Is it on the exact same location every year? In that case it seems like it > would make sense to update the map annually. If they are on different parts > of the dessert each year, it would probably make sense to map each one, but > once the city is torn down, modify the tags to indicate a past structure. > The Historical OSM folks would probably have better guidance on the best > way to do this. > > Either way, it seems like this could be a really neat way to preserve > Black Rock City. > > Are any OSM folks going to be at Burning Man this year? > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Clay Smalley <claysmal...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> So Black Rock City is mapped on OpenStreetMap... twice. And both are old >> versions (the city as it was in 2008 and 2009). Anyone know why this is? >> Should the two old cities be deleted and replaced with the 2013 city? >> >> I have a feeling that this could be a fun publicity opportunity for OSM, >> if we're the first ones to map out Black Rock City during Burning Man. Not >> to mention that the kind of people who go to Burning Man would probably >> rather support OSM over Google Maps, given someone tells them about OSM. It >> brings in people from everywhere, so ideally they could go back to their >> respective communities and possibly get more involved in local OSM mapping. >> >> Just ranting a pipe dream. Does this sound realistic? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > -- Elliott Plack http://about.me/elliottp
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