Some ways to proceed: * check meetup.com for local groups in the area - not even necessarily OSM specific, but perhaps geocaching, outdoor enthusiasts, etc. and drop them a line * check for the nearest OSM group (meetup, or the local group map[1]) in a larger town / city and ask them.
[1] http://usergroups.openstreetmap.de/?zoom=4&lat=38.34166&lon=-96.76758&layers=B0T - very sparse, but it depends on local groups using http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:User_group on their OSM wiki page - and not everyone has that. Please add if you run a local group! On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Russell Deffner <russdeff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wolfgang, > > Lots of rural United States, as well as many places do not currently have a > local mapping community. We are working on it, and a good chance to > 'recruit' help is at the State of the Map - US (stateofthemap.us) coming up > in a couple of weeks. I am also co-organizer for OSM-Colorado ('unofficial' > meetup.com group) and have been slowly spreading the message into Wyoming > (which I believe is the least populous state); so I appreciate any > suggestions, contacts, etc. > > Thank you, > =Russ > > russdeff...@gmail.com > http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wolfgang Zenker [mailto:wolfg...@lyxys.ka.sub.org] > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 2:20 PM > To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org > Subject: [Talk-us] Rural Montana - can we find local mappers? > > Hi, > > for the last two years I have been cleaning up TIGER data and adding > named waterways in Lincoln County, Montana. This work is now finished. > This doesn't mean our map there is now in any way complete, just that > the data that we DO have is no longer obviously horribly wrong. > > While there are still a few things that could be done by an armchair > mapper, having local mappers would be a lot easier. Only the fact > that the county has an average population "density" of 5 people per > square mile might make it a bit unlikely that a lot of locals find > OSM accidently. So some outreach to local groups and institutions > like hiking clubs, tourist associations, boy and girl scouts, > chambers of commerce etc. could be helpful. > My problem here is that I'm living on a different continent, in > a different cultural environment with a different native language > and 8 time zones away, so I'm probably not the best choice to try > connecting with local people in that area. > Any US mappers that want to help? Please speak out. > > Wolfgang > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us -- Martijn van Exel President, US Chapter OpenStreetMap http://openstreetmap.us/ http://osm.org/ _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
