[mdlug] President's mail bag:

[Jeff Hanson]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Raymond McLaughlin
<driveray at ameritech.net> wrote:
> Have any of you guys ever hear of this project? I'd like to hear about
> it. It's a new one on me.

I have.  They're competing against Google Maps.

> richard_AT_weait_DOT_com wrote:
>> Dear MDLUG,
>>
>> I'm coming to Detroit shortly to host a mapping party for OpenStreetMap,
>> the wiki-map of everything.  I see that my mapping event coincides with
>> your Saturday 11 October meeting.

And Ohio LinuxFest which I'm going to.

>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Detroit
>>
>> I'd love to have MDLUG-ers join us for some mapping fun on Saturday
>> and / or Sunday.  I can give an Intro to OpenStreetMap presentation for
>> those unfamiliar with this cool intersection of Open Source, Open Data
>> and GPS.

It's interesting but I don't have a GPS.