Re: Interested in being a fixmystreet co-ordinator for Vancouver?

[Luke Closs]

Hi Jen,

Twice now I've navigated to http://fixmystreet.ca/about/add_city and been interested, but scared to commit because I have no idea the scope of work involved to supply the two requirements for adding Vancouver.

Perhaps you could spruce up that page to explain more of the process.  Perhaps you've probably already communicated some of it to other city organizers in email already.  For instance, what is a "shape file", and what is the format?  How would I obtain this map?  Must it come from official sources?

I guess my thinking here is that this might inspire myself and possibly others if I have a better sense of what it takes.

Cheers,
Luke

P.S. I'm *super happy* to see http://github.com/visiblegovernment/.  I hope you realize how cool that is.  I passed this notable new project onto the github developers - perhaps it'll be mentioned on their blog. :)

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Jennifer Bell <jenn...@visiblegovernment.ca> wrote:

OK.  Thanks for the advice.

Jennifer

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Dustin Q <dus...@sillysoft.net> wrote:
> My advice would be to contact the Vancouver Public Spaces Network about it.
> They have some existing projects about mapping illegal billboards and public
> amenities in Vancouver. Seems like it might be a good fit.
> http://vancouverpublicspace.ca
> in...@vancouverpublicspace.ca
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Luke Closs wrote:
>
> Hi Jennifer,
>
> Maybe, but I'm suuuper busy in the next little while - work and vacation
> coming on strong.
>
> I've cc'd Dustin, who seems like the awesome kind of dude that may dig this
> project - perhaps he would be interested or know someone.
>
> Dustin - you seem like an ideal person to push this kind of from-the-people
> effort.  Thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
> Luke
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Jennifer Bell
> <jenn...@visiblegovernment.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Luke,
>>
>> I wanted to ask you directly: Are you interested in being a
>> fixmystreet co-ordinator for Vancouver?
>>
>> That would involve:
>>
>>  - securing ward maps for Vancouver, or finding out how much they cost
>>  - leading a promotional effort (twitter, blog, swarm, etc.) for the
>> launch of the site in Vancouver
>>
>> You would be:
>>
>>  - listed as a co-ordinator on the fixmystreet.ca site
>>  - thanked profusely
>>
>> Please let me know what you think,
>>
>> Jennifer
>>
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>
>

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[Jennifer Bell]

Hi Luke,

Good points... good points... I'm about to take off for a 2 day
conference in Ottawa, but I'll add more material on becoming a city co-
ordinator when I get back.

Thanks, too, for following the project on github. I'm not sure how
many developers the project will get, as the GIS libraries required
for geodjango are a gob-smacking install, at least on Ubuntu Hardy.
But! Once it's all in, it's a really fun framework to work with.
These projects also use geodjango:

New York Times Represent: http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2008/12/19/represent-and-geodjango/
Every Block (as of April, 2009): http://www.everyblock.com/

As a side note, EveryBlock is going to be open-sourced in June, as a
condition of its Knight grant.

Jennifer

On May 11, 3:08 am, Luke Closs <lukecl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jen,
>

> Twice now I've navigated tohttp://fixmystreet.ca/about/add_cityand been

> interested, but scared to commit because I have no idea the scope of work
> involved to supply the two requirements for adding Vancouver.
>
> Perhaps you could spruce up that page to explain more of the process.
> Perhaps you've probably already communicated some of it to other city
> organizers in email already.  For instance, what is a "shape file", and what
> is the format?  How would I obtain this map?  Must it come from official
> sources?
>
> I guess my thinking here is that this might inspire myself and possibly
> others if I have a better sense of what it takes.
>
> Cheers,
> Luke
>

> P.S. I'm *super happy* to seehttp://github.com/visiblegovernment/.  I hope

> you realize how cool that is.  I passed this notable new project onto the
> github developers - perhaps it'll be mentioned on their blog. :)
>
> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Jennifer Bell <
>

> jenni...@visiblegovernment.ca> wrote:
> > OK.  Thanks for the advice.
>
> > Jennifer
>
> > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Dustin Q <dus...@sillysoft.net> wrote:
> > > My advice would be to contact the Vancouver Public Spaces Network about
> > it.
> > > They have some existing projects about mapping illegal billboards and
> > public
> > > amenities in Vancouver. Seems like it might be a good fit.
> > >http://vancouverpublicspace.ca

> > > i...@vancouverpublicspace.ca