Hi All, Mikel and I did the original mapping, and its now a few years out of date. I have access to the data for this year, but its always a sensitive topic about when it can be released. Let me do a little bit of research and report back in a few days.
Jeff On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Elliott Plack <elliott.pl...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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