User:SK53/Mapping Meeting Checklist
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Having organised a couple of footpath mapping meetings, and gone on several with nickw, I gradully realise which things I failed to do very well.
Six Weeks before
- Choose a location and Date
- Set-up Doodle Poll if either is a variable
- Research places for lunch (pubs) in the area
- Update OSM w.r.t key amenities (parking, pubs, restaurants, bus stops etc)
- Announce on talk-gb
- Add to OSM Calendar
- Update Wiki page
Two weeks before
- Prepare a umap instance to indicate mapping targets
- - for footpaths etc this will usually be an extract from rowmaps
- Reminder email to list
- Message local mappers not known to be on talk-gb
- Prepare base map using OS Open Mapping (this will be main handout)
- Prepare extract from OS mapping (experience shows that using generalised OS Open Data Meridian might not be enough) & saves wrestling with unweildy OS maps in the field
One week before
- Reminder email to list
Day before
- Ensure an up-to-date extract of area is available
- Generate missing PRoW Garmin overlay
- Update umap instance
- Extract notes/fixmes for area as GPX (as per User:SomeoneElse)
- Possibly generate print out for notes /fixmes
- Print out umap of area
- Reminder email to talk-gb list
- Reminder tweet
- Ensure have phone numbers for pubs etc
- Possibly put together other info about area
On the Day
- Final reminder tweet
- Pack OSM materials (laminated sign, umap/base map etc)
- Pack spare set of warm clothes
- Pencil & paper
- Standard walking kit