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Mapping the Zoo!

On September 12th MappingDC is going to join the OpenStreetMap meme of mapping zoos in great detail.  A good example of this is the Dresden Zoo.
Other well mapped zoos I found were in Hannover, Berlin, Leipzig and Frankfurt.
We plan to start by digitizing from the imagery available ahead of time and then utilizie GPS and Walking Papers [...]

September 5, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: GPS, OSM  4 Comments

D.C. OpenStreetMap Mapping Party

One of the projects I contribute to is the OpenStreetMap project.  OSM is similar to Wikipedia but is for geographic data, it is editable by anyone and can be used with attribution by anyone.  One of the ways that people are introduced to OpenStreetMap is through mapping parties and I am helping organize one on [...]

June 6, 2009   Posted in: GPS, OSM, entrepreneurism, unconferences  No Comments

Using a Columbus v900 as a tethered GPS with OSX

At the Baltimore OpenStreetMap Mapping party Russ from CloudMade showed us a small GPS the Columbus v900. Here is a link to his review of the device.   I had been using my iPhone to contribute to OSM, but found it problematic if I need to do something else with my phone while I [...]

May 16, 2009   Posted in: GPS, OSM  3 Comments

Baltimore OSM Party

 Today I attended an OpenStreetMap party organized by CloudMade. I had previously contributed to OSM some, but I had never attended a mapping party. It was great to meet other people who were interested as well as learn a little bit better how to use JOSM to edit. Previously I had primarily [...]

April 4, 2009   Posted in: GPS, OSM  Comments Closed