Open Street Map - September 20th...

[Colin McGregor]

On 9/7/08, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> In the mean time, even if it is just 2-3 people, I would like to see
> something happen, so if nobody else steps forward to push things along
> here is what I would like to see happen:
>
> - Get together at Linuxcaffe on the 20th @ 9 AM (with back-up location
> in case of weirdness, the Starbucks inside Indigo @ Yonge & Eglinton).
> - Have a coffee, discuss gameplans, equipment, etc.
> - Head out and map.
> - Return and meet at Linuxcaffe on the 20th @ 5 PM (with back-up
> location in case of weirdness, the Starbucks inside Indigo @ Yonge &
> Eglinton).
> - Coffee, sum up and enter data until done or shop closing

So, is anyone else interested? I would be happy enough to be at
Linuxcaffe at 9 AM, but I don't want to be the only Open Street Map
person there...

I did just get back from a trip to eastern Ontario, and I did collect
some street tracks and am looking forward to getting those uploaded...

> Now, my answers to the questions I sent out earlier are:
>
>   - How can you get around the city (foot? car? bicycle?).
>
>   Foot and/or TTC (I have a Metropass)
>
>   - Do you have a laptop computer, if so, what sort? (there is Open
> Street Map software for Windows, Mac and Linux, but not all the same
> programs are available for all platforms).
>
>    I have a Debian running laptop.
>
>   - Do you have a GPS receiver, if so, what sort (some GPSs must be
> connected to laptop to work, limiting their value for tracing hiking
> paths)?
>
>   Yes, but. The GPS I have requires being connected to a running PC.
> In other words this is great for when I have access to a car/truck,
> but this is not normal...
>
>   - What part(s) of the city would you like to focus on?
>
>   Depends. If I can get access to a car/truck I would love to map the
> currently unmapped streets in Etobicoke. Otherwise I would love to go
> after streets that while mapped do not have names near my home (near
> Yonge & Eglinton)...
>
>   Over the last two weeks I have printed out areas near my place where
> the streets were mapped but not named, and noting street names off
> sign posts. Saturday afternoon that meant walking between Mount
> Pleasant and Bayview / Blythwood Road and Lawrence Ave. E.. Got almost
> all the streets done, but I am new enough at this that I am not sure
> how to fix some map errors I saw on the ground. The current Open
> Street Map shows you can drive drive down Dawlish Ave. from Mount
> Pleasant to Bayview, truth is, unless you drive a tank, you can't
> (there is small ravine part way down the street that appears to have
> never been bridged... barriers to cars are on either side of the
> ravine... In other words I don't yet know how to break a street that
> is listed on the map into two parts...). I also saw and added a tiny
> street, Lauren Crt. based on what I saw plus the Yahoo photos, but
> that could no doubt be improved...
>
> Thoughts / ideas?
>
>
> Colin McGregor
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