Thanks to everyone who joined! The stream went on for about 2 hours, and hereβs the stuff I added -
Train 64534 Panipat Ghaziabad MEMU - add partial train route
In a few minutes Iβll start mapping some stuff. Feel free to observe, chat, or map along. https://meet.fsci.in/contramaps
RE: https://fe.disroot.org/notice/B3OSxXA8B5dzSg4UW8
Came back to Delhi to find that all my posters had been taken down. I didnβt even get any calls from themβ¦
How do I get them to stick around? Or do I just keep putting them back up? π€
Put up a few posters yesterday, in what little time I hadβ¦#contraMaps #OpenStreetMap #OSM #Delhi #India
Was talking to someone the other day about theatre. βI think of hosting mapping parties to be similar to doing a theatre production,β I said. But - rather thoughtlessly - I added, βOrganizing mapping parties is easier. It doesnβt matter if one or two members of your team donβt turn up. In theatre, a single unavailable actor can jeopardize the whole show.β
On second thoughts, thatβs not true at all. Organizing mapping parties is identical to doing theatre. Iβve been in parties where everyone was new and I was the only mentor, and Iβve been in parties where I had plenty of mentors to rely on. I get run ragged in the former - itβs a bit like doing a solo act, you never have a momentβs rest.
Wish I could afford a trackball. I refuse to buy a unrepairable landfill fodder mouseβ¦but mapping with a laptop trackpad is a special kind of hell.* (Also, mice arenβt as ergonomic, need a flat and even surface to work, and need more desk space.)
*Thatβs partly why I map with Vespucci so muchβ¦but there are times when JOSM is simply better. Like drawing rectangles, or drawing terraced buildings, or adding public transport routes.
There was so much to map in Madurai that I eventually gave up on my usual standards of granular changesets and detailed changeset comments. π
Thank glob for @vespucci_editor βs autogenerated changeset tags, though!
Madurai - add POIs, railway station details, addresses, drive-by features
RE: https://en.osm.town/@OSMIndia/116121472367451859
Each mapping party results in more tweaks to the teaching process. π
Attached: 1 image A big thanks to all 17 participants of the 7th #OpenStreetMap #Mumbai Mapping Party! π A total of 398 features were added, including... 139 shops 74 streets 48 buildings 28 landuse 17 public transport facilities 12 amenities 6 healthcare facilities 6 utilities 4 tourism facilities 3 leisure facilities 1 office And thanks to #TomTom for sponsoring the food! #OsmMumbai #India #OSM
Put up a few posters yesterday, in what little time I hadβ¦
I was planning to crowdfund the poster designs separately, but since someone sent that $52 (βΉ4711) donationβ¦here they are π
After the May 1 incident last year, I designed some posters to involve the local community in mapping, and to raise awareness about OpenStreetMap. As a side-effect, I also hoped that people would trust local participants more than me, making it safer for me to map.
Today I finally got around to printing them. Now to put them up at nearby shops and apartments. (Thanks to @niya / @[email protected] for footing the bill of βΉ600 π)
Traveling OSM Salesgirl Problem βπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈπΊπ¦
