There are already some aussies contributing to OSM so reading through this page will probably be of interest to you: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australia
When reading the blogs (via http://blogs.openstreetmap.org ) it often confuses me because you have a lot of names the same as in the UK. Have fun joining the project and it will be great to know your helping add to the map. Gregory. 2009/4/21 Simone Cortesi <[email protected]> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Mohamad Ali > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would like to ask some questions, > > > > 1. How can we contribute to update your maps in Australia? > > there are serveral ways: upload to our server your GPX files > <http://www.openstreetmap.org/traces>, retrace those gpx using our > "coding standards" <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features> > > > 2. How can we use openstreetmap data and maps on our server? > > you can deploy your own version of our system (it's GPL): > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Creating_your_own_tiles > > > 3. For how long can we use those maps will stay for free? > > map data will always be free for commercial use. > > > I think we can contribute a lot for what you are doing in Australia, > > that would be nice... :) > > -- > -S > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > -- Gregory [email protected] http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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