Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

2009-05-13 Thread Rory McCann
On 01/05/09 15:32, Ken Guest wrote: A few days ago I drove into a new housing estate to add it to the map of the locality. After explaining to a concerned resident what I was at (free-as-in-freedom maps, no trap roads, accuracy etc) , I was asked a rather Life-of-Brian-esque question:

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

2009-05-13 Thread SteveC
On 2 May 2009, at 14:10, Johnny Rose Carlsen wrote: Nic Roets nro...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Dermot McNally derm...@gmail.com wrote: drove into a new housing estate ... yes but, what's in it for you? Why does a painter paint? Why play football? Why give

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

2009-05-03 Thread Mike Collinson
At 11:10 PM 2/05/2009, Johnny Rose Carlsen wrote: Nic Roets nro...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Dermot McNally derm...@gmail.com wrote: drove into a new housing estate ... yes but, what's in it for you? Why does a painter paint? Why play football? Why

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

2009-05-03 Thread Mike Ryan
My wife tells me it's the latent socialist in me 2009/5/3 Mike Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz: At 11:10 PM 2/05/2009, Johnny Rose Carlsen wrote: Nic Roets nro...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Dermot McNally derm...@gmail.com wrote: drove into a new housing estate ... yes

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

2009-05-02 Thread Johnny Rose Carlsen
Nic Roets nro...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Dermot McNally derm...@gmail.com wrote: drove into a new housing estate ... yes but, what's in it for you? Why does a painter paint? Why play football? Why give money to charity? Why volunteer to work

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

2009-05-01 Thread Dermot McNally
2009/5/1 Ken Guest k...@linux.ie: Has anyone else been asked similar questions, and what was your response? Why does a painter paint? Why play football? Why give money to charity? Why volunteer to work with stroppy youths? (actually yeah, why?) Why walk up a mountain? Dermot --

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

2009-05-01 Thread Ken Guest
My own answer was a little less vague ;-) Considering the estate is nowhere to be seen on google|yahoo maps I answered that personally, in the first instance, I can email friends a link to a map that not only has that estate on it - but literally has an X marking the spot of which house is ours.

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

2009-05-01 Thread Someoneelse
Ken Guest wrote: My own answer was a little less vague ;-) and mine: My original reason was that there's a footpath bridge between two villages near me that I could never remember where it was, and that you can't see until you're on it, and no-one, (including the online mapping portals and

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

2009-05-01 Thread Donald Allwright
From: Someoneelse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk To: Ken Guest k...@linux.ie Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Sent: Friday, 1 May, 2009 16:40:35 Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you? Ken Guest wrote: My own answer was a little less vague ;-) and mine: My

Re: [OSM-talk] [OSM-talk-ie] open street map - what's in it for you?

2009-05-01 Thread Nic Roets
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Dermot McNally derm...@gmail.com wrote: drove into a new housing estate ... yes but, what's in it for you? Why does a painter paint? Why play football? Why give money to charity? Why volunteer to work with stroppy youths? (actually yeah, why?) Why