On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Michal Migurski <m...@teczno.com> wrote: > Black Rock City moves slightly each year, to minimize impact on any > particular spot in the playa. The streets are also given new names, and the > city expands to accommodate additional population growth. It's effectively a > totally new geography each time. > > Mikel has been involved in the project in the past, and been given advance > private access to survey shapefiles.
Yup, we have them for this year already, but are not always allowed to release them without permission. Will report back ASAP. > -mike. > > On Aug 5, 2013, at 11:36 AM, Kathleen Danielson 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: > sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
