[kwlug disc.] openstreet map

[Richard Weait]

On 1/23/07, Insurance Squared Inc. <gcooke at insurancesquared.com> wrote:
> This is very interesting (particularly from the perspective of an online
> marketer).  It seems like we could do something like have get togethers
> where we band together with GPS's and then drive around a city to get it
> mapped out?  Seems like a few hours with a few dozen volunteers could
> get a good part of kw mapped out.  If I had a GPS I could map out new
> hamburg in an hour or so.

Yes.  Mapping parties are common in UK where OSM started.  One is
coming soon to Southern Ontario.  I have no idea who is behind this.
*cough*

Ayr[1], Ontario was about six hours of mapping, Breslau[2], Ontario
was about two hours.  The UK county Isle of Wight was about a weeks
work by a few dozen volunteers.  All of UK will be complete in 2008.

Walkers, cyclists and horseback riders can also contribute.  Sometimes
a car gets in the way of collecting data.  Here is a great
special-purpose map (showing recycling facilities) of a University
campus in UK[3]

[1] http://labs.metacarta.com/osm/?lat=5326164.80157&lon=-8955842.09813&zoom=12&layers=B00

[2] http://labs.metacarta.com/osm/?lat=5355640.82421&lon=-8950892.80162&zoom=12&layers=B00

[3] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Reading_uni_whiteknights_campus.png