Hi Harald, It's great to see more events like this popping up all over. Is it due to the spring thaw? Or greater community interest?
Generally, your plan sounds good. A few points that may help: * I'm a vocal proponent of using local libraries from start to finish for these events as they provide a central point from which to operate. It makes the field work much easier if you don't have to lug all your stuff. Most libraries now allow patrons to bring their own coffee and snacks. * The ratio of surveying-to-editing sounds about right (1 hr of surveying = roughly 2 hrs of editing in OSM). * Consider using Mapillary during your survey. Here's a case study[2] of how we're using Mapillary to conduct street surveys here in WashDC. See also how Elliot Plack did it in Baltimore[3]. * Other tools: clipboards & pens (for recording data on Field Papers), a power strip (older libraries sometimes lack enough electrical outlets) Hope the weather cooperates. Have fun, SEJ [1] http://mapillary.com [2] http://teachosm.org/en/cases/DCGreatStreets_survey_casestudy/ [3] https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ElliottPlack/diary/26065 -- SEJ -- twitter: @geomantic -- skype: sejohnson8 There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate from incomplete data. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Harald Kliems <kli...@gmail.com> wrote: > With help from the wonderful folks at Maptime Madison, we're planning on > hosting the first Madison (Wisc.) mapping party on the Spring Mapathon > weekend. Nobody involved has ever organized or even attended a mapping > party, so we wouldn't mind some advice. From reading on the wiki and > various user diaries, I've come up with the following rough plan: > > - Meet at coffee shop, distribute Field Papers maps of the area to be > surveyed, GPSrs , cameras, calibrate camera clocks. Mention non-obvious > things that can be mapped, e.g. diet, payment method, collection times, > opening hours, backrests on benches. > - Depending on the number of participants, start surveying all together or > in groups of three to four people. Plan on about one hour of surveying. > - Group works it way toward the final meeting point at the local public > library. Have a least two hours to process data and get it into OSM. > Laptops are available at the library. > > Does this sound reasonable? Anything else I should be thinking of? > > Harald. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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