Re: [OSM-talk] OSM for Software Freedom Day
I guess you need to talk to Bas de Lange from the Dutch SFD chapter. There was exactly such an application using OpenLayers and OSM tiles developed by the Dutch OSM community for the SFD event in 2008. Robert Schumann wrote: Hi all, I'm writing on behalf of Software Freedom International, the organisation that runs Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ (SFD). We currently have a registration system for teams taking part in SFD that puts a pin in the map for teams, and we'd like to migrate that system onto OSM. The 2009 teams can be seen at http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/2009/map.shtml, and uses Google Maps. What we're looking for is a volunteer (or volunteers!) to work alongside our technical team to make a slick, easy to use registration system - integrated with the rest of our site - and a great-looking map to raise the profile of software freedom. Apart from taking on responsibility for developing the registration system and map, you'll be expected to attend regular IRC meetings and coordinate your work with that of other SFI officers and board members. The opportunity also exists to join the board and be involved in developing our strategy. If you think you're the right person, please send a CV or summary of relevant experience to i...@softwarefreedomday.org mailto:i...@softwarefreedomday.org (not this mailing list!), with the words Application: OSM mapping for SFD in the email subject line. The deadline for applications is 6 November 2009. Any questions regarding this position should be directed to i...@softwarefreedomday.org mailto:i...@softwarefreedomday.org (not this mailing list!). SFI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit company registered in New Hampshire, USA; all SFI's members and officers are volunteers who do not receive any financial remuneration for their contribution to SFI apart from approved expenses. We have been organising SFD since 2004 and have supported events in over 90 countries since then, with help from sponsors and partners including Canonical/Ubuntu, Sun, Google, IBM, Red Hat/Fedora, Linux Magazine and the Free Software Foundation. Robert Schumann President, Software Freedom International ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] OSM for Software Freedom Day
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Robert Schumann rob...@softwarefreedomday.org wrote: I'm writing on behalf of Software Freedom International, the organisation that runs Software Freedom Day (SFD). We currently have a registration system for teams taking part in SFD that puts a pin in the map for teams, and we'd like to migrate that system onto OSM. The 2009 teams can be seen at http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/2009/map.shtml, and uses Google Maps. What we're looking for is a volunteer (or volunteers!) to work alongside our technical team to make a slick, easy to use registration system - integrated with the rest of our site - and a great-looking map to raise the profile of software freedom. Apart from taking on responsibility for developing the registration system and map, you'll be expected to attend regular IRC meetings and coordinate your work with that of other SFI officers and board members. The opportunity also exists to join the board and be involved in developing our strategy. Good to hear that you're willing to switch from Google Maps and are planning on improving your registration system. But are you aware that in the interim you could very easily (probably with a 10 line code change) just use the OpenStreetMap tiles instead of Google's with your Google Maps API-based application? See the previous thread on this mailing list[1] about SFD. There's even a bookmarklet to switch any GM-based map to OSM-tiles and some documentation on the wiki[2] about using OSM with the Google Maps API. 1. http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2009-September/041592.html 2. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Maps_Example ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] OSM for Software Freedom Day
Hi all, I'm writing on behalf of Software Freedom International, the organisation that runs Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ (SFD). We currently have a registration system for teams taking part in SFD that puts a pin in the map for teams, and we'd like to migrate that system onto OSM. The 2009 teams can be seen at http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/2009/map.shtml, and uses Google Maps. What we're looking for is a volunteer (or volunteers!) to work alongside our technical team to make a slick, easy to use registration system - integrated with the rest of our site - and a great-looking map to raise the profile of software freedom. Apart from taking on responsibility for developing the registration system and map, you'll be expected to attend regular IRC meetings and coordinate your work with that of other SFI officers and board members. The opportunity also exists to join the board and be involved in developing our strategy. If you think you're the right person, please send a CV or summary of relevant experience to i...@softwarefreedomday.org (not this mailing list!), with the words Application: OSM mapping for SFD in the email subject line. The deadline for applications is 6 November 2009. Any questions regarding this position should be directed to i...@softwarefreedomday.org (not this mailing list!). SFI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit company registered in New Hampshire, USA; all SFI's members and officers are volunteers who do not receive any financial remuneration for their contribution to SFI apart from approved expenses. We have been organising SFD since 2004 and have supported events in over 90 countries since then, with help from sponsors and partners including Canonical/Ubuntu, Sun, Google, IBM, Red Hat/Fedora, Linux Magazine and the Free Software Foundation. Robert Schumann President, Software Freedom International ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
