Re: [Talk-GB] Maps on BBC Radio 4

2020-07-06 Thread Andy Robinson
“…Countryfile about footpath mapping might work, but having seen this happen it requires a great deal of legwork…” It does indeed ;-) From: SK53 [mailto:sk53@gmail.com] Sent: 05 July 2020 12:39 To: BD Cc: Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Maps on BBC Radio 4 Radio

Re: [Talk-GB] Maps on BBC Radio 4

2020-07-05 Thread Dan S
Hi all, Just to let you all know - I was interviewed for this programme. The producer is putting together a "part two" of sorts, since they had more material than would fit into a single 30 minutes. I think the second programme will go into OSM in a bit more depth (though, still from the

Re: [Talk-GB] Maps on BBC Radio 4

2020-07-05 Thread SK53
Radio 4 have certainly covered OSM in the past. Kat Arney attended a hack day in London back in 2013 iirc and interviewed a few participants: Robert Scott was the one who made it to the on-air programme. Something like a segment on Countryfile about footpath mapping might work, but having seen

Re: [Talk-GB] Maps on BBC Radio 4

2020-07-05 Thread Jez Nicholson
I've talked before about OSMUK having a role as an industry 'lobby group', ie being the business-accessible face of OSM in the UKmaybe we should be pushing this further with the media and with government? On Sun, 5 Jul 2020, 11:52 BD, wrote: > Hi all, > > BBC Radio 4 > Seriously…

[Talk-GB] Maps on BBC Radio 4

2020-07-05 Thread BD
Hi all, BBC Radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk Seriously… - Mapping the Future www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk I meant to come back to this last week but didnt have a chance. Now after listening I wonder, did I hear about OSM in this program? Is BBC actually aware of OSM at all?!