Revision as of 15:29, 3 November 2009

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. It can be thought of as the Wikipedia of maps.

Mapping Events

On November 7th, 2009, the LUUG in cohorts with FC@VT, will be hosting a mapping day.

11:00am: Introduction to OpenStreetMap for beginners.

11:30am-1:30pm: Mapping time (walking/biking/driving)

1:30pm-4:00pm: Uploading and Editing Map Data and discussion.

After 4:00pm: Celebration and socializing.

If you own a GPS or laptop computer, please bring it along. If not, we will have GPS units to loan.
Please bring a digital camera, audio recorder or notepad to take notes about areas you are mapping (see Mapping techniques)
- Syncing photos with GPS tracks will be used to edit the map (see - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoded_photo)
Mode of transportation can be by foot, bike or car. We'll likely assigned groups areas based on what mode they are using.
Weather: This event is rain or shine.

We encourage you to record map information that you think would be useful. Some core features that could be useful to a lot of people are:

All campus footpaths, including where stairs are
University Mall
Parking: on campus, downtown, at apartment complexes, including time restrictions, cost, number of spaces, etc. See the OSM Parking article. (Note that on-street parking is a newish frontier for OSM, so we may have to work out a good system for it.)

Cycling points of interested (although many campus bicycle racks are already on the map)
Recycling centers and containers
Outdoor benches, tables, grills
Businesses