Hi all,
what I meant with my proposal is not any sort of an agreesive email to the
mapmaker users or anything like that. It's just a message telling them the
existence of OSM, their advantages over Google Maps (availability of the
nodes, open source license, good for tourism, good for local
gmap people, 'cause Google already knows our map is
better.
Maybe in your area, but speaking from experience Australia is very poorly
mapped out except for metro areas. There is large areas that look empty but
really aren't, there is back roads all over the place, they just haven't been
--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap#History
I'm looking forward to seeing New Zealand fully
complete. (It looks like it will be done faster than
Canada though :( ... with the LINZ data, and other other
stuff.
I'd
I think you guys can do the same, let's try to let know the google
mapmakers
that there is a project similar of what they are doing named OpenStreetMap
where their efforts will not be closed later by any company or similar.
I think that there is a certain problem with 'cold calling' anybody
Hi,
Ivan Garcia wrote:
what I meant with my proposal is not any sort of an agreesive email to the
mapmaker users or anything like that. It's just a message telling them the
existence of OSM, their advantages over Google Maps (availability of the
nodes, open source license, good for tourism,
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote:
Would there not be a considerable outcry if Map Maker activists were to
mass e-mail OSM contributors telling them about the existence of Map Maker
and its advantages over OSM?
Suggested reading:
Ivan Garcia wrote:
those that
didn't want to participated instead they gave their opinions why they
don't like OSM which is a good feedback to learn and improve.
Do share...
David
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On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Ivan Garciacapisc...@gmail.com wrote:
I woudn't call it spamming cause we are not selling frigerators or viagra to
google map makers,
IMHO mass or semi-mass mailing people that didn't subscribe to your
mailing list is borderline spam, even if you're asking for
Hi all,
as an OSM evangelizer I realize that convincing people that has not too much
interest on GIS to join the OSM army is a bit difficult, that's why I had
the idea of going to the http://www.google.com/mapmaker site and contact by
mail the contributors and try to convince them to join the OSM
By scrolling the map you'll realize that in the bottom-right side of the
screen will appear the top contributors and if you are lucky they will have
a google profile where you can send them a email, or contact them trough
their blog, google picassa, etc
How good the intent, I'm not convinced
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Chris Browetc...@semperpax.com wrote:
How good the intent, I'm not convinced by the means...
Agreed, it is a bit of hardsell.
What we need to do is show them what we can do with the data. In the
Philippines, the best case would be how to load them in their
On 06/07/2009, at 21:04, Chris Browet wrote:
By scrolling the map you'll realize that in the bottom-right side of
the screen will appear the top contributors and if you are lucky
they will have a google profile where you can send them a email, or
contact them trough their blog, google
Oh this is a good one. :) -i had to add my 2 sence.
OSM is already better than gmaps :) anyway, our aim is not to convince
gmap people, 'cause Google already knows our map is better.
What we can do is be printing out the map and giving it out to
bikeshops, hotels, tourist offices for free.
My
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