Hey FOSS community, I am reaching out because I wanted to work on developing OSM ( http://openstreetmap.org)[1] further for Nepal, and we have some interest from organizations who own significant GIS data to donate that to OSM.
Once everything becomes a bit clearer, I also want to reach out to the larger group, and see if there is interest to give demos of OSM, how to edit, why OSM is cool, and building FOSS map software using OSM as base layer. *But before then*, I wanted to reach out to ask if anyone has already been working on OSM-related activities in Nepal, and can assist us (I have been working with Jwalanta Shrestha and Jitendra Harlalka a bit) with the process of finalizing both the data donation process and the data import. What I am looking for is someone who either already has OSM/GIS experience, or who wants to build some of that knowledge (not hard to do), or just loves maps. Basiclaly, we will create a small team that will then continue the process of finalizing this process of data import, and make OSM a very viable and usable base layer of maps for Nepal. So, whos in? [1] - OpenStreetMap, for those who don't know is the freely editable and community maintained map of the world, the Wikipedia of maps, if you would. It is the basis of any FOSS mapping applications, because it has generic licensing terms (did you know that you can't make offline cache of google map images?) and is community maintained like FOSS projects. In fact, many FOSS groups around the world have OSM as one of their primary activities. Prabhas Pokharel http://twitter.com/prabhasp Nepal mobile: +977 98137 91044 US mobile: +1 347 948 7654 skype/facebook/whatever: prabhasp -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
