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State of the Map Scotland 2013 (unconference)

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  1. chdot
    Admin

    Friday 11th and Saturday 12th October 2013 10am-4pm

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    We are having a rare conference in Edinburgh. The conference is free. On Friday we invite outside groups to meet us, On Saturday we show what has been going on with our community and on Sunday we have a hack day.

    The details are here

    http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Scotland_2013

    I hope that you can attend

    Openstreetmap.org is a project similar to Wikipedia except we are making maps of the world. We do this by tracing satellite imagery and getting people to identify places. Anyone can edit the map. You can see our map here

    http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/55.94890/-3.19043

    Since it is made from free data we can render it in different ways, like this cycle map

    http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/55.94890/-3.19043&layers=C

    Or a transport map

    http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/55.94890/-3.19043&layers=T

    We have been around for about 8 years and have about 1.4 million people signed up. We have been recognised by various aid agencies including the UN

    We have been used to help with planning for transition towns and sustainable communities

    "

    Posted 10 years ago #

  2. chdot
    Admin

    Today - Sun.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  3. chdot
    Admin

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    Shaun McDonald (@smsm1)
    11/10/2013 10:22
    I'm recording the State of the Map Scotland talks for you to view afterwards if you can't come. #OpenStreetMap

    "

    Posted 10 years ago #

  4. chrisfl
    Member

    Video's are going up... I'll try and highlight a few of the cycling ones, overall there was a lot of cycling chat and some good information beyond just mapping of routes and route finding.

    The is a short talk by Martin Lings, talking about mapping and some of the new cycle routes in Edinburgh.

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    Posted 10 years ago #

  5. chrisfl
    Member

    This talk was by Robert Weetman who is currently working for SUSTRANS signposting the John Muir Way that will run from Dunbar to Helensburgh, as well as some good general stuff on SUSTRANS and especially their relationship to the OpenStreetMap community.

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    Posted 10 years ago #

  6. cb
    Member

    Thanks for posting.

    Can't see the videos from here but I watched the Martin Lings one last night (assuming it was the one tweeted by @OSMScotland).

    I was a bit amused that 90% of his talk was backed by a massive OS map.

    Also his confusion as to why the Mayfield Road bit of route 6 had been left off (although I see that it's on now).

    Posted 10 years ago #

  7. DaveC
    Member

    Thanks for posting, I love maps!! :D

    Posted 10 years ago #

  8. chrisfl
    Member

    cb no problem on posting, I'm one of the people on the OSMScotland account so have been posting the cycling relevant video's up here at the same time.

    Yes one of the other guys at SotM fixed up the missing part of route 6 earlier in the week, so it all appears well now.

    Yes, the OS map is amusing; but that's what they use for planning... hopefully that will change in the future. A long way until we can match the Mastermap level of street detail.

    I will also link to the cyclesteets talk once it's up.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  9. chrisfl
    Member

    and the video is ready, Here is Martin talking about cyclestreets:

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    http://youtu.be/V0LJYL8TpNY

    Posted 10 years ago #

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