On Sun, 2 Aug 2009, John Smith wrote: > --- On Sun, 2/8/09, Liz <ed...@billiau.net> wrote: > > My local council has just published a > > street directory, advertised as "more > > local than your GPS" > > I've found the first mistake already > > I really wish I could come up with a suitable proposal to local governments > to remove the need to keep their own base layers and use OSM data instead, > they could save a ton of money over the long term by making use of crowd > sourcing and not needing their own map server to render map tiles, just > have a java script layer stuff over the top of the base maps.
I see this as more of a possibility with a smaller council where we have actually been and mapped. Say Cobar, where I think we missed one or two streets in a new subdivision. I should have checked the real estate sites before going there for those last hints on "where else do i need to look for streets". Cobar Shire (last year) had a Google link on its website for a town map. but this year has a pdf of an A1 map. Quicker advocacy could have got us on their website, but we still could feature there if someone would talk to the council. -- You have the power to influence all with whom you come in contact. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au