[Wylug-announce] Next Meeting: OpenStreetMap (Monday 11 Feb 2008)

[Dave Fisher]

Dear All,

Our next meeting will be on Monday 11 Feb 2008 in Leeds University's
Stoner Building.

The meeting room is sign-posted from the main Stoner Building entrance.

The meeting officially starts at 7.00 pm, but the room will be open for
coffee, tea, biscuits and chat from 6.30 pm.

Dave Fisher and Geoff Richards will be delivering the following talk:

  OpenStreetMap (OSM)
  -------------------

  Geoff and I will be trying to explain (with demos):

  * What the OpenStreetMap project is trying accompish
  * How to survey an area
  * How to add details to a map
  * How to edit details on the map, using JOSM and Potlatch
  * How to label map features
  * How you can help to map West Yorkshire
  * Why you should bother

If you would like to do some 'homework' preparation, see:


  The maps: http://www.openstreetmap.org/

  and

  The project homepage:
  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page
  

Dave Fisher