Thanks,<br>That's great to hear.<br><br>Ya, that's the great power of OpenStreetMap.org, it's not technically possible to know whats going on everywhere. Although i don't know who Peter Batty is, I'm sure he did a great job at sharing whats going on with OpenStreetMap.<br>
<br>For everyone, feel free to join in the talk-ca discussion list, as i don't want to be filling up the OSGeo mailing list, with OSM updates.<br><a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca</a><br>
<br>As we all do this on a volunteer basis, we do our best to try to answer every and all questions that people ask. I also realize that going through the archives, it might be hard to follow. So I'm happy to answer specific questions that people might have.<br>
<br>On August 11th I'll be hosting a mapping party, where we will be able to go over in detail the progress so far, and how others can help.<br>My personal goal is to get Vancouver Island mapped out as much as possible, with all the data imported that is currently available to us to use. In that process, more mistakes will be found, and the actual import process will be perfected.<br>
By actually getting together in person, we can answer questions and brainstorm ideas that haven't been thought of yet. And doing so, could change the entire process of looking at it.<br><br>The purpose of this meeting is to meet others who are also interested in making Vancouver Island the best mapped place on earth :) ... since it cant be done alone, it's a team effort :)<br>
<br>Look forward to seeing whoever can make it.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Sam Vekemans<br>Across Canada Trails<br><br clear="all">Twitter: @Acrosscanada<br>Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans">http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Kyle, Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:MartinKyle@sierrasystems.com">MartinKyle@sierrasystems.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Sam:<br>
<br>
I am sorry that we were not able to get the Telecom working for you<br>
during our OSGeo BC meeting. We also had some projector problems that<br>
day and so we had a low tech meeting.<br>
<br>
Fortunately, Peter Batty was in town and he had been to the recent<br>
OpenStreetMap event. He gave the group an overview of the program and we<br>
look forward to your updates, along with those below, in the future.<br>
<br>
We had good presentations from both Tyler Mitchell, on OSGeo in general<br>
and a good presentation by Mehdi Bokhari on the work of PromoteGIS.<br>
<br>
In all, I believe we had 26 people attend and some rousing<br>
discussions...good pizza and Andreas Matheus, of Secure Dimensions in<br>
Munich, supported the group with the Octoberfest Beer.<br>
<br>
I will update the wiki in the days to come and we can start planning<br>
ideas for a December meeting.<br>
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Martin<br>
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To: Kyle, Martin; Talk-CA OpenStreetMap<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">Well thats fine,<br>
A quick email summary then.<br>
<br>
1 -OpenStreetMap foundation is going to be 3 years old in August. With<br>
over 100,000 contributors, Happy Birthday!<br>
<br>
2 -Its made up of volunteers, with no direct financial gain, just in<br>
the pride that we, the people of the world, are making a map that is<br>
totally free for anyone to use and edit. :-)<br>
<br>
3 - Garmin maps; Cycle routing; iphone map; 3d maps; SHP files;<br>
wikiTravel maps; wikipedia maps etc. There is no limit to what<br>
creative things people can make using the OSM database. :-)<br>
<br>
4 So if you see where the map needs improvement, local mappers in the<br>
area can help. What we do is have get-to-gethers, or mapping parties.<br>
<br>
5 - join the <a href="mailto:talk-ca@openstreetmap.org">talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a> discussion list, to see how you<br>
can help.<br>
<br>
6 - on aug 11th im hosting a Vancouver island OpenStreetMap party in<br>
Victoria. All those interested are welcome to attend. I can show you<br>
all in person the answers to many of your questions. (details will be<br>
posted to the talk-ca list and on the wiki.)<br>
<br>
Thats all for now,<br>
Best,<br>
Sam Vekemans<br>
Across Canada Trails<br>
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