Hi Guys, Wondered if there had been any update on these numbers from the latest planet?
-- Nick On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:42 AM, andrzej zaborowski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > 2009/12/5 Nick Black <[email protected]>: >> Interesting data Matt. Getting more users through the one month zone >> would have a big impact on OSM. >> >> If anyone's interested, Mapzen POI Collecter has had 1,108 downloads >> since it launched, which accounts for roughly 0.6% of the OSM user >> base. I would guess that 10% - 20% of the OSM user base have iPhones. >> >> For editor developers, it would be really useful to know what >> proportion of the OSM user base have what kind of mobile devices and >> more importantly what their intentions are for their next device. The >> Mapzen tools are aimed at mappers who are not well served by current >> tools. If I knew that, for example, 10%-20% of OSMers who weren't >> already using Vespucci were intended to buy Android devices in the >> next few months, we would definitely release an Android version of >> Mapzen POI Collector. On the other hand, if the single biggest base >> of OSM users have iPhones, a Mapzen address adding tool is more >> likely. > > My guess is Android and webOS (the Palm's latest thing) are going to > be getting a lot of traction in near future so it's always good to > make sure your program works there. webOS especially because it's new > and there aren't so many apps for it yet. > > My personal opinion is that it's a great pity that the fourth editor > in number of users is a closed-source one, just shows that people care > little about their freedom even in a project like this. Maybe they're > tricked into assuming that every piece of software that has to do with > OSM is free as in freedom, although the "Download ... for free" button > on Mapzen's website gives it away immediately. > > Cheers > -- -- Nick Black twitter.com/nick_b _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
