Contact some local existing contributors before hand. If you let them know what they're doing, they can be understanding when they suddenly see lots of new users adding to the area. They may even be able to come in and help with the demo if you invite them. Almost all mappers are friendly, and will happily message new users if they see something odd, and perhaps fix it themselves.
What has caused upset in the past is when local users are not informed of a class. It's confusing to see more than 5 users spring up at once making beginner edits that need to fix. I know someone who was quite upset with the fixing time they spent, but would have been more than happy to do it if they knew to expect it that week. Get the students to write down their username once they've created an account. You could then send the list to the local mappers you have been communicating with, or check the edits yourself. Students don't need to give their real name next to their OSM username. They can be contacted through the OSM message system if there is something they didn't understand. It could even be fun to say user X was the best in the class, and then wait and see who admits to being user X! Please share your experiences. Any lessons you learnt would be good to share at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Education On 1 November 2011 23:08, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: > 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 > -- Gregory o...@livingwithdragons.com http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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