2009/7/9 John Smith <delta_foxt...@yahoo.com>: >
> Tracing rivers and such on OSM gave me an idea for a possible way to promote OSM, geography students. > > I mean what better way to teach kids about geography than doing a little cartography :) > > > By coincidence, I gave a short invited presentation about OSM last evening to a geography GPS class. The professor will require some sort of project from each student, and I'm hoping that some of them will use OSM as part of their work. The professor is aware of open-source GIS software but has not been familiar with OSM beyond a general awareness of it. We are encouraging students NOT to do the obvious things of mapping certain features on campus, because we plan to work with a GIS class this fall to upload files of campus features, local bus stops/routes, and the like. But I encouraged the off-road cyclists to map local trails, and a golfer to map the university golf course. An older student is interested in mapping services of interest to senior citizens in his home town some 40 miles from campus. One student was involved a few years ago in creating something like the GNIS file that someone has uploaded, and he may do some work to correct the location errors in it in the local area. I also encouraged those with access to any of the many gated communities in this area to map those, because the Yahoo imagery indicates a lot of construction but no final streets and structures. I am interested to see what comes of all of this. The students seemed to be intrigued that students have been big contributors to the OSM endeavor. By the way, whom in the OSM network should I contact about getting help with the uploads this fall? A couple of months ago there was some discussion here about developing some sort of support team for uploading files, and I don't remember seeing what came of that. Ed Hillsman Edward L. Hillsman, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate Center for Urban Transportation Research University of South Florida 4202 Fowler Ave., CUT100 Tampa, FL 33620-5375 813-974-2977 (tel) 813-974-5168 (fax) hills...@cutr.usf.edu <mailto:pol...@cutr.usf.edu> http://www.cutr.usf.edu <blocked::http://www.cutr.usf.edu/>
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