Number of people attending: 8 at various points in time<\/p>\n
Topics Discussed:<\/p>\n
* Copyright issues related to using Google Maps to geocode locations.
\n Alternative solutions to this type of behavior, such as openstreetmap
\n and openlayers. Quality of free map data.
\n * Museum project. Goals and aspirations for said project.
\n * Open Guide to Boston. Goals for project.
\n * Location-based services. Gumspotting. Cell tower based locations. Wifi
\n based locations.
\n * Demonstration of really nifty art-exhibit type interactive display from
\n Craig F., of Emerson College.<\/p>\n
Establishment of next meeting time:<\/p>\n
Meeting at Muddy Charles, from 5pm-7pm (or whenever), for drinks and
\nmore socializing. This will probably become a regular meeting time,
\nbarring extreme protest from members who are unable to participate.<\/p>\n
Administrative: I will be posting a link to this message to the Links discussed: * http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/index.php\/Image:Sutton_Coldfield_ver0.2.1.png * Open Guide to Boston: http:\/\/boston.openguides.org\/ * Skyhook\/Loki: http:\/\/www.loki.com\/ * Geocoder.us: http:\/\/geocoder.us\/ * Castle Square Wireless Project: http:\/\/www.cstoboston.org\/wireless.htm * CMP Presentation: http:\/\/museum.mit.edu\/files\/presentations\/2006-03-15-mwow\/ * Platial: http:\/\/www.platial.com\/ * Where 2.0: http:\/\/conferences.oreillynet.com\/where2006\/ * Cell Locative Services: http:\/\/iconocla.st\/~sderle\/cell\/gallery\/ Number of people attending: 8 at various points in time Topics Discussed: * Copyright issues related to using Google Maps to geocode locations. Alternative solutions to this type of behavior, such as openstreetmap and openlayers. Quality of free map data. * Museum project. Goals and aspirations for said project. * Open Guide to Boston. Goals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crschmidt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crschmidt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crschmidt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crschmidt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crschmidt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crschmidt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crschmidt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crschmidt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crschmidt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ngeomancers-announce list. This message will inform readers that the next
\nsuch meeting will be next Friday, from 5pm-7pm, and that all discussion
\nshould head to the
\n * OpenStreetMap: http:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org
\n OpenStreetMap is a ‘grassroots’ remapping project, using people with
\n GPSes who go out and trace roads, tagging them, and mosat recently,
\n working to generate pretty maps from the content.<\/p>\n
\n * http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/index.php\/Image:Dunfermline-2006-04-08.png
\n * http:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/index.html?lat=51.50000023501376&lon=-0.116667&zoom=11<\/p>\n
\n The Open Guide to Boston is a wiki-based approach to local location
\n based information storage, using (mostly) free data as a boostrap and
\n offering integration with Google Maps for displaying and editing of
\n nodes. Also offers ‘nearby’ searches, and structured metadata
\n exported as RDF\/XML.<\/p>\n
\n Windows-only system (at the moment) — determines location based on
\n nearby wireless access points<\/p>\n
\n Public domain data from the US Government put to use providing
\n geocoding services.<\/p>\n
\n Castle Square is using the MIT roofnet software to provide wifi to
\n residents over a SpeakEasy DSL line rebroadcast in a mesh network.<\/p>\n
\n The Collaborative Mapping Project is an effort to build a device
\n which allows the MIT museum to take to the streets of MIT and
\n Cambridge, and explore the history and richness of media of the world
\n around you.<\/p>\n
\n Using Google Maps to create your own personal atlas.<\/p>\n
\n Where 2.0 O’Reilly conference, Jun 13-14th, San Jose, CA.<\/p>\n
\n Visual attempts at mapping cell phone towers to locations based on
\n latitude and longitude collected via a bluetooth GPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"