[kwlug disc.] openstreet map

[Insurance Squared Inc.]

Well, I'm interested.  We should do something as a community.

Richard Weait wrote:
> 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 
>
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