Thanks for posting this AZTech. I've been voting with no problems or related spam. az-geocaching-request@listserv.azgeocaching.com wrote: > Send Az-Geocaching mailing list submissions to > az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > az-geocaching-request@listserv.azgeocaching.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > az-geocaching-owner@listserv.azgeocaching.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Az-Geocaching digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Greater Outdoors Project grant - Vote for the Arizona > Trail! (AZcachemeister) > 2. OpenStreetMap, mapping party and training (Brian Cluff) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 15:04:25 -0700 > From: AZcachemeister > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Greater Outdoors Project grant - Vote for > the Arizona Trail! > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com > Message-ID: <4A035AE9.5060603@getnet.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > I would love to vote for the local project, but: > 1) Message delivery failed. > 2) I don't feel like giving up my private information to the website to > enable my voting ( I get PLENTY of spam as it is) Python SPAM skit>. > > ACM > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > AZTech wrote: > >> Since many of us have hiked along portions of the Arizona Trail at >> least once during our caching adventures, I thought the following may >> be of interest to the list: >> >> The Arizona Trail is one of five finalists to win the Greater Outdoors >> Project grant. You can help the Arizona Trail win by voting online >> (http://www.greateroutdoorsproject.com/vote >> ) or texting the word "trail" to 39668 every day until midnight ET on >> May 31, 2009. The organization that receives the greatest number of >> votes will be awarded a $50,000 grant and be featured in an upcoming >> Redwood Creek advertising campaign. >> >> Project Description: >> The Arizona Trail is a continuous, non-motorized 817-mile scenic trail >> across Arizona from Mexico to Utah. It links deserts, mountains, >> canyons, forests, communities and people. The trail was envisioned in >> the early 1980s by Dale Shewalter, a Flagstaff, Arizona, school >> teacher, who convinced others to join him in making it a reality. The >> Arizona Trail Association was formed to coordinate the planning, >> development, management, and promotion of the Arizona Trail for the >> recreational and educational >> experiences of non-motorized trail users. >> >> Today, 95 percent of the trail is complete, thanks to the efforts of >> countless volunteers, government agency partners, and small and large >> businesses. The last five percent of unconstructed miles are some of >> the most difficult with many in remote central Arizona south of >> Superior, in the aspen-clad San Francisco Peaks north of Flagstaff, >> and in the rugged Rincon Mountains east of Tucson. The grant would be >> used to build some of the most difficult remaining miles. Due to the >> remote location in a rugged wilderness area, these miles must be >> constructed by hand. Not only will the grant help complete the trail, >> it will allow access into backcountry near Tucson and protect a >> sensitive riparian area as well. >> >> For more information, visit www.aztrail.org . >> >> >> Current Vote Status: >> >> 1 - Arizona Trail Association 6,866 votes >> 2 - Friends of New Orleans City Park 4,620 votes >> 3 - WildEarth Guardians 2,912 votes >> 4 - Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey 2,870 votes >> 5 - National Forest Foundation 1,555 votes >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >> To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >> http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching >> >> Arizona's Geocaching Resource >> http://www.azgeocaching.com >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 19:05:28 -0700 > From: Brian Cluff > Subject: [Az-Geocaching] OpenStreetMap, mapping party and training > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com > Message-ID: <4A039368.5000408@snaptek.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > AzGeocaching and The Phoenix Linux Users Group (PLUG) will be teaming up > to do an OpenStreetMap training and Mapping party. > > What is OpenStreetMap you ask.... > > OpenStreetMap creates and provides free geographic data such as > street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because > most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical > restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in > creative, productive, or unexpected ways. > > Contributors to OpenStreetMap take handheld GPS devices with them > on journeys, or go out specially to record GPS tracks. They record > street names, village names and other features using notebooks, digital > cameras, and voice-recorders. > Back at the computer, contributors upload those GPS logs showing > where they travelled, and trace-out the roads on OpenStreetMap's > collaborative database. Using their notes, contributors add the street > names, information such as the type of road or path, and the connections > between roads. > That data is then processed to produce detailed street-level maps, > which can be published freely on sites such as Wikipedia, used to create > handheld or in-car navigation devices, or printed and copied without > restriction. > > This all starts out at PLUG's East side meeting which is held on the > second Thursday of every month, the 14th of this month, with an > introduction to OpenStreetMap given by a OpenStreetMap representivive > Hurrican McEwen, on what is OpenSteetMap and how to use it. > > Then on the 16th and 17th, there will be mapping parties using Boulders > On Broadway as a base camp.Ope > > For more details see: > http://azgeocaching.com/index.php/the-news/93-mapping-party.html > > Brian Cluff > AzGeocaching.com > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list > listserv@azgeocaching.com > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > > > End of Az-Geocaching Digest, Vol 143, Issue 4 > ********************************************* > >