[mdlug] President's mail bag:

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Jeff Hanson wrote:
> 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.

I kind of got that impression. Competition is a good thing, but I have 
enough projects as it is, right now.

> 
>> 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.

After months of wanting to go it's pretty certain that I won't cause I 
still haven't made any arrangements.

>>> 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.