Any mappers local to NYC/LI? - Wikimedia-US-NYC-Discuss

17 Dec 2011


      (forwarded from Katie)
FYI - are there any NYC wikimedians and other folks interested in OpenStreetMap?
It would be awesome to organize another NYC mapping party (I'd come to
NYC for that) and wonder what the interest is?
Also, there is talk about importing some of the NYC GIS data (see
below) though there are license compatibility issues and it's best
that imports don't happen without an active mapping community.
Cheers,
Katie
Begin forwarded message:
&gt; From: Katie Filbert &lt;filbertk@gmail.com&gt;
&gt; Date: November 16, 2011 1:07:52 PM EST
&gt; To: Skye Book &lt;skye.book@gmail.com&gt;
&gt; Cc: &quot;talk-us@openstreetmap.org&quot; &lt;talk-us@openstreetmap.org&gt;
&gt; Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Any mappers local to NYC/LI?
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Skye Book &lt;skye.book@gmail.com&gt; wrote:
&gt;
&gt;&gt; I'm doing a ton of work with the data made available from the city
&gt;&gt; as of late and a gripe from some people employed by the local
&gt;&gt; government about OSM is that it isn't making full use of the data
&gt;&gt; that the city is putting out there for consumption.
&gt;
&gt; The terms of use are not quite right I think.
&gt;
&gt; Data like building footprints would sure be nice though I'd be
&gt; cautious about dumping data in that the community could do a good
&gt; job of collecting and maintaining.
&gt;
&gt; The community-- that's the other issue and think it would be
&gt; important to get the local mappers group going more with mapping
&gt; parties. I did one with Wikimedia NYC folks and maybe we/they could
&gt; do another but it will take more than that. There also is an OSM
NYC meetup.com
&gt;  group which could be reactivated
&gt;
&gt; Cheers,
&gt; Katie
&gt;
&gt;
&gt;&gt; Indeed, there is a ton of information that we can bringing into the
&gt;&gt; dataset (streetlights, building outlines for the five boroughs, etc).
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt; Anyone is interested in ganging up on this, or discussing the NYC
&gt;&gt; data situation with researchers as well as GIS analysts would be
&gt;&gt; most welcome.  Any takers?
&gt;&gt; _______________________________________________
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&lt;html&gt;&lt;body bgcolor=3D&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;FYI -
are there any NYC wikimedians =
and other folks interested in
OpenStreetMap?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It
=
would be awesome to organize another NYC mapping party (I'd come to NYC =
for that) and wonder what the interest =
is?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Also, there
is talk about importing some of =
the NYC GIS data (see below) though there are license compatibility =
issues and it's best that imports don't happen without an active mapping =
community.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cheers,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Katie&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div=
&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;Begin forwarded
message:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote =
type=3D&quot;cite&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;From:&lt;/b&gt; Katie
Filbert &amp;lt;&lt;a =
href=3D&quot;mailto:filbertk@gmail.com&quot;&gt;filbertk@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;=
/b&gt; November 16, 2011 1:07:52 PM
EST&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;To:&lt;/b&gt; Skye Book &amp;lt;&lt;a =
href=3D&quot;mailto:skye.book@gmail.com&quot;&gt;skye.book@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cc:&lt;=
/b&gt; &quot;&lt;a =
href=3D&quot;mailto:talk-us@openstreetmap.org&quot;&gt;talk-us@openstreetmap.org&lt;/a&gt;&quot;
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&amp;lt;&lt;a =
href=3D&quot;mailto:talk-us@openstreetmap.org&quot;&gt;talk-us@openstreetmap.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt=
;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Re: [Talk-us] Any
mappers local to =
NYC/LI?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote
=
type=3D&quot;cite&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;On
Nov 16, 2011, at 12:18 PM, =
Skye Book &amp;lt;&lt;a =
href=3D&quot;mailto:skye.book@gmail.com&quot;&gt;skye.book@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;
=
wrote:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote
type=3D&quot;cite&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;I'm =
doing a ton of work with the data made available from the city as of =
late and a gripe from some people employed by the local government about =
OSM is that it isn't making full use of the data that the city is =
putting out there for =
consumption.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;The
terms of =
use are not quite right I
think.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;Data
=
like building footprints would sure be nice though I'd be cautious about =
dumping data in that the community could do a good job of collecting and =
maintaining.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;The
commun