Wolfgang, you might also try looking at contributors with activity in this
area, via the Who's Around Me? map. (
http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/oooc?zoom=7&lat=47.8062&lon=-113.57002&layers=B00FTFFFFT)
I don't see anyone active in the exact county you mention, but there are a
few fairly regular OSM users in Montana/Idaho who you might contact.
Brad
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:16 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
>
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