On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: > [ ... ] >> Potential problem with taking their own neighborhoods is that many >> students typically live in the same neighborhoods (on campus for >> example) which may cause conflicts when saving edits. > > Quite true. I don't know anything about the students the OP > describes, but if they are college / university students then they'll > have their school neighbourhoods with lots of overlap. They'll also > have their home-neighbourhoods from across the state, country or > world. That strikes me as an opportunity for new mappers in many > places with less overlap and risk of conflict. > > Anybody want to start OSM local groups at the Big Ten universities? > Can you imagine the swarms of mappers as they graduate and take jobs > around the country? >
I'm on PAC-12 duty already, plugging: http://www.meetup.com/osmslug/ Organize an OSM event on GIS day! https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Geography_awareness_week -- martijn van exel geospatial omnivore 1109 1st ave #2 salt lake city, ut 84103 801-550-5815 http://oegeo.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk