[OSM-talk] Garmin Hack Weekend (1.-03.02.2013)

2013-01-12 Thread Gehling Marc
Hello, in three weeks, the first Garmin Hack Weekend will be held in Essen, Germany (1.-03.02.2013). For creators a good opportunity to discuss with other garminmap developers and to work on his own or a common project. The Linuxhotel offers a great working environment and has enough space. Mor

Re: [OSM-talk] RFC - OSM contributor mark

2013-01-12 Thread Alex Barth
Thanks for taking the time to review and respond everyone so far. It's great to see that there is general support for this idea (there are certainly a couple of issues to work through). I'd like to give people more time to weigh in before responding to the threads that are emerging in this discu

Re: [OSM-talk] Placenames in Iceland - upcoming bill

2013-01-12 Thread Svavar Kjarrval
I think I wasn't very clear on one issue: we're talking about a bill, not a policy statement or action. This could become law enacted by the parliament. - Svavar Kjarrval On 12/01/13 01:21, Svavar Kjarrval wrote: > Hi. > > I got a tip that the Ministry of Education in Iceland is drafting a > bill

Re: [OSM-talk] Placenames in Iceland - upcoming bill

2013-01-12 Thread Martin Koppenhöfer
Am 12.01.2013 um 02:21 schrieb Svavar Kjarrval : > What do you think? Great news if they'd release the data for all these geographic place names. >From a practical point of view if they'd do so tomorrow we would probably not >be ready to import it. There is no established tagging scheme for t

Re: [OSM-talk] RFC - OSM contributor mark

2013-01-12 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 01/12/2013 12:45 AM, Johan C wrote: The message in my opinion should invite people more to act themselves instead of relying on others to create a map. That's a very good point. We've occasionally used the phrase "made by people like you and me" or so, to make it clear that we strive t