OSM: putting LUGs and hackerspaces on *the map*--literally (was: Nashua's NHLUG meeting has been bumped 1 day to Wednesday)

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

Peter Dobratz <peter at dobratz.us> writes:
>
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
> <rozzin at geekspace.com>wrote:
>
> > chris gagnon <chris.gagnon at makeitlabs.com> writes:
> > >
> > > Topic: Joshua Rosen will be talking about taking over an maintaining
> > > an open source project <http://www.foxtrotgps.org/> and GPS
[...]
> > > http://makeitlabs.com/about/map/

[antiquated manually-crafted driving-directions elided...]
[explanations about how confusing it can be to find the place elided...]

> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=42.75491&lon=-71.45286&zoom=17&layers=M
> I think I should add a mention of the OpenStreetMap project to this
> thread.  It seems particularly relevant since FoxtrotGPS uses data from
> OpenStreetMap and the above descriptions of how to get to MakeIt Labs seem
> like they are really wanting for a very detailed map.  OpenStreetMap is
> only as detailed and accurate as the volunteer contributors want to make
> it.  I've been adding a lot of details to the map in southern NH, though I
> have not yet made it to this part of Nashua.  I'd love to have more people
> using their local knowledge to make the map of NH better, and I would be
> happy to answer any questions about contributing to or using the
> OpenStreetMap data.

Good point! FoxtrotGPS's new user manual also encourages users to
contribute to OpenStreetMap, and includes some notes on how to make
tracks to that end.

I just added a node for MakeIt Labs to OpenStreetMap:

        http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/2131081947

The main (Mapnik) render is already updated to include the label (if you
zoom in far enough), and the Nominatim service can find it by name
<http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=MakeIt+Labs> (so typing
"MakeIt Labs" into the search-box on the main openstreetmap.org works);
the OSM map *of hackerspaces* <http://www.technomancy.org/osm-hackerspaces/>
should update in the next day or so.

Maybe someone else can take a trip over there and make/upload a track of the
driveway (per <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:service=driveway>)
before the meeting? I guess if nobody does it until then, we can fire up
JOSM on-site and upload the driveway during the meeting....

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