[OSM-talk] Create OSM mailing list talk-vi

2009-06-22 Thread Ivan Garcia
Hi, in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam we are having a OSM Mapping party next month [1] and we'd like to have a mailing list address like talk-vi, is it possible some admin create it for us? Best Regards. [1]. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/HanoiMappingParty2009

Re: [OSM-talk] Create OSM mailing list talk-vi

2009-06-22 Thread Andy Allan
If you want a new list for your country or language, send email to Michael Collinson, michael at osmfoundation dot org As it says at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mailing_lists Cheers, Andy On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Ivan Garciacapisc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, in Hanoi, capital of

Re: [OSM-talk] Create OSM mailing list talk-vi

2009-06-22 Thread Russ Nelson
Ivan, I suggest that you use the talk mailing list. When talk about Vietnam threatens to overwhelm all else, then it's time to fork off a new list. Otherwise you end up with a list that has too few participants and insufficient traffic to sustain a community. On Jun 22, 2009, at 4:56 AM,

Re: [OSM-talk] Create OSM mailing list talk-vi

2009-06-22 Thread Ivan Garcia
Hi Russ, well, I think we cannot use the general talk list because we want to talk in vietnamese, same than talk-es talk in Spanish even they have also an small community. Best Regards. Ivan. On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Russ Nelson r...@cloudmade.com wrote: Ivan, I suggest that you use

Re: [OSM-talk] Create OSM mailing list talk-vi

2009-06-22 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Lunes, 22 de Junio de 2009, Ivan Garcia escribió: [...] same than talk-es talk in Spanish even they have also an small community. Hey, I've heard you there! And our community is not small! -- -- Iván Sánchez Ortega i...@sanchezortega.es Aviso: Este e-mail

Re: [OSM-talk] Create OSM mailing list talk-vi

2009-06-22 Thread Ivan Garcia
Sorry Ivan I didn't pretend to offend the spanish community ( I even consider myself part of it). I just wanted to say that even a mailing lists with small number of traffic but in a different language than english should have right to own their own mailing list. Best Regards. Ivan. On Mon,

Re: [OSM-talk] Create OSM mailing list talk-vi

2009-06-22 Thread Aun Yngve Johnsen
I totally agree, I think that is one of the reasons the Brazilian community have become more active lately. For small communities with other languages than English, anything that helps reduce the barrier for new people are welcome. The Brazilian community works hard now on translating

Re: [OSM-talk] Create OSM mailing list talk-vi

2009-06-22 Thread Russ Nelson
On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Ivan Garcia wrote: Hi Russ, well, I think we cannot use the general talk list because we want to talk in vietnamese, same than talk-es talk in Spanish even they have also an small community. Ah! Well, of course you should talk in Vietnamese! You can plan

Re: [OSM-talk] Create OSM mailing list talk-vi

2009-06-22 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Ivan Garciacapisc...@gmail.com wrote: [...]I wonder if you could get those photos or even the maps via a FOIA request? I doubt that data taken 30 years ago cannot be high quality, maybe the roads have a 10/-10 meters unaccuracy if they have been drawn from