[kwlug-disc] Local OpenStreetMap interest

[Adam Glauser]

David asked me to share his email address for those who are interested in
helping out. He can be reached at dwtrueman at gmail.com.

On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 9:26 AM Joan Currie <jecurrie8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,  I am interested in this project and the OSM data.  Cheers, Joan
> Currie.
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:25 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>> Today at the CivicTechWR meetup, a local resident named David Trueman
>> proposed a project to revitalize local mapping resources in the
>> region. He is most interested in active transportation and climate
>> mitigation stuff.
>>
>> This is based upon a similar effort from a bicycling group at the City
>> of Ottawa: https://maps.bikeottawa.ca . They have done things like map
>> collisions, classify bike infrastructure, and added OpenStreetMap
>> (OSM) data for things like bike parking and benches. They have also
>> taken photographs of trails and streets in Ottawa, creating something
>> akin to Google's StreetView.
>>
>> David wants to do similar things in Waterloo Region, with a broader
>> focus than cycling. It sounds as if this StreetView-type project is
>> one of his early goals, but I think there is lots of other data that
>> could be entered into OSM locally.
>>
>> There used to be a fair amount of interest in OSM stuff here, so I
>> thought I would put a call out for people interested in helping out. I
>> am guessing that if David could find 3-5 additional people who are
>> dedicated to improving OpenStreetMap, and then another handful of
>> people who help out occasionally, a lot of good data could be
>> produced.
>>
>> I do not think I have David's email address, but I can contact him via
>> the CivicTechWR slack channel. If you are interested then let me know
>> on or offlist and I will get you in touch.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
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