Comments on: Mapping with the kids http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/05/19/mapping-with-the-kids/ The CloudMade Blog Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:48:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: black slouch socks http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/05/19/mapping-with-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-3873 black slouch socks Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:15:59 +0000 http://blog.cloudmade.com/?p=232#comment-3873 Great post.  Scrunch socks are awesome for every day fashion.  Great post.  Scrunch socks are awesome for every day fashion. 

]]> By: Shoaib Burq http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/05/19/mapping-with-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-2991 Shoaib Burq Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:02:28 +0000 http://blog.cloudmade.com/?p=232#comment-2991 Our last mapping party in Canberra was a combination of Mapping party, Birthday party and Geocaching - it was great fun http://bit.ly/UiebA Our last mapping party in Canberra was a combination of Mapping party, Birthday party and Geocaching – it was great fun http://bit.ly/UiebA

]]> By: Paul Johnson http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/05/19/mapping-with-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-2208 Paul Johnson Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:50:21 +0000 http://blog.cloudmade.com/?p=232#comment-2208 That's a very clever plan, and I'm glad it worked out so well for you! I'm not sure I would recommend this to everyone, though, not all kids have the patience and energy required to avoid becoming a real nuisance to their surroundings after the novelty wears off. Definitely make it fun for them if you're mapping with other people, the last thing anybody wants (especially someone who has intentionally avoided having kids) is an upset child around! That’s a very clever plan, and I’m glad it worked out so well for you!

I’m not sure I would recommend this to everyone, though, not all kids have the patience and energy required to avoid becoming a real nuisance to their surroundings after the novelty wears off.
Definitely make it fun for them if you’re mapping with other people, the last thing anybody wants (especially someone who has intentionally avoided having kids) is an upset child around!

]]> By: Living with Dragons » Around the OSM Blogsphere http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/05/19/mapping-with-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-2193 Living with Dragons » Around the OSM Blogsphere Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:24:03 +0000 http://blog.cloudmade.com/?p=232#comment-2193 [...] went along to the Milton Keynes mapping party on the 19th May. He wrote a great post on his personal tips for mapping with the young kids. I don’t have any of my own, but I might now try and borrow some for cul-de-sac estates. In [...] [...] went along to the Milton Keynes mapping party on the 19th May. He wrote a great post on his personal tips for mapping with the young kids. I don’t have any of my own, but I might now try and borrow some for cul-de-sac estates. In [...]

]]> By: Emma Lyons http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/05/19/mapping-with-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-2026 Emma Lyons Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:40:57 +0000 http://blog.cloudmade.com/?p=232#comment-2026 Hi, love the post, it is a great idea! >[Note to tools developers, the ability to overlay multiple traces would be very useful... ] So, there is a way to do this. First download all the traces, then when you click edit on one, look at the bottom of the screen. There will be an icon that is supposed to be a GPS device but looks mroe like an eraser to me. Click on that and it will show you all the other GPS traces that were publicly downloaded in that area. This should show all the other kids' traces! Good luck and have fun! Hi, love the post, it is a great idea!
>[Note to tools developers, the ability to overlay multiple traces would be very useful... ]
So, there is a way to do this. First download all the traces, then when you click edit on one, look at the bottom of the screen. There will be an icon that is supposed to be a GPS device but looks mroe like an eraser to me. Click on that and it will show you all the other GPS traces that were publicly downloaded in that area. This should show all the other kids’ traces!
Good luck and have fun!

]]> By: Harry Wood http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/05/19/mapping-with-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1877 Harry Wood Wed, 27 May 2009 11:22:31 +0000 http://blog.cloudmade.com/?p=232#comment-1877 <i>"they will happily run down that trail you want mapped and back (when your legs are too tired)"</i>. Very cunning Jim! I mapped <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.0589&lon=-0.75207&zoom=16" rel="nofollow">this residential area</a> on the Sunday. Could've done with some little nippers to go and run to the end of each cul-de-sac! Here's my <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Harry%20Wood/diary/6358" rel="nofollow">my diary entry</a>. Also check out the <a href="http://splintdev.geog.ucl.ac.uk/misc/obrien/mk_mapping_party.mpg" rel="nofollow">Milton Keynes mapping party animation</a> “they will happily run down that trail you want mapped and back (when your legs are too tired)”. Very cunning Jim!

I mapped this residential area on the Sunday. Could’ve done with some little nippers to go and run to the end of each cul-de-sac!

Here’s my my diary entry. Also check out the Milton Keynes mapping party animation

]]> By: Igor Shubovych http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/05/19/mapping-with-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1831 Igor Shubovych Tue, 26 May 2009 00:39:22 +0000 http://blog.cloudmade.com/?p=232#comment-1831 We has just discussed this at WhereCamp 2009 with Steve Coast in meeting "How to make your grandma mapping?" We has just discussed this at WhereCamp 2009 with Steve Coast in meeting “How to make your grandma mapping?”

]]> By: ikiya http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/05/19/mapping-with-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 ikiya Fri, 22 May 2009 11:20:37 +0000 http://blog.cloudmade.com/?p=232#comment-1662 Hi, >Bring a GPS for each person… I think so. It is important. Sometime,I take a mapping party with children or my family. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28698126@N02/sets/72157608765684307/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/28698126@N02/sets/72157608761341900/ JOSM is good.But my children loves Potlatch. Hi,
>Bring a GPS for each person…
I think so.
It is important.

Sometime,I take a mapping party with children or my family.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28698126@N02/sets/72157608765684307/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28698126@N02/sets/72157608761341900/
JOSM is good.But my children loves Potlatch.

]]> By: jim http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/05/19/mapping-with-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 jim Tue, 19 May 2009 21:27:38 +0000 http://blog.cloudmade.com/?p=232#comment-1607 Hi Gregory.... Yep the vests came in handy.... They loved them also :) Hi Gregory…. Yep the vests came in handy…. They loved them also :)

]]> By: Gregory Marler http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/05/19/mapping-with-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 Gregory Marler Tue, 19 May 2009 20:21:10 +0000 http://blog.cloudmade.com/?p=232#comment-1604 Very useful blog post (even though I'm far from having kids). The recent Sunderland Mapping Party had a small turn out of just dedicated mappers, but two of them brought along young kids. Happy to have them along but it was clear the parents have to think about things like saving the computer editing/upload time till they're at home and the kids in bed. JOSM is good for opening several GPS tracks on different layers. Then right click on a layer and change the colour (or toggle visibility). for just display it might be funny to put the tracks into the phyton party renderer and see each of the tracks played back on top of each other. At Sunderland we went outside on the sea front for a photo shoot with the OSM banner. Most of us had OSM high-vis jackets on including two kids (they loved them) hangiing down to their ankles. A council (collecting rubbish?) truck drove alongside and asked if we were doing training. Andy Robinson replied brilliantly with "Errr, well yes we're training these two up", before explaining what OpenStreetMap was. Very useful blog post (even though I’m far from having kids).
The recent Sunderland Mapping Party had a small turn out of just dedicated mappers, but two of them brought along young kids. Happy to have them along but it was clear the parents have to think about things like saving the computer editing/upload time till they’re at home and the kids in bed.

JOSM is good for opening several GPS tracks on different layers. Then right click on a layer and change the colour (or toggle visibility). for just display it might be funny to put the tracks into the phyton party renderer and see each of the tracks played back on top of each other.

At Sunderland we went outside on the sea front for a photo shoot with the OSM banner. Most of us had OSM high-vis jackets on including two kids (they loved them) hangiing down to their ankles. A council (collecting rubbish?) truck drove alongside and asked if we were doing training. Andy Robinson replied brilliantly with “Errr, well yes we’re training these two up”, before explaining what OpenStreetMap was.

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