[Talk-us] Transportation for the Nation Strategic Plan discusses OSM

2011-06-03 Thread Josh Doe
The goal of Transportation for the Nation is: Commence the development of comprehensive, publicly available, nationwide transportation data sets. Ultimately, Transportation for the Nation (TFTN) will encompass data sets covering multiple modes of transportation, however, the initial focus will be

Re: [Talk-us] Transportation for the Nation Strategic Plan discusses OSM

2011-06-03 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Josh, Myself and Thea Clay were on the strategic working group. There weren't a ton of meetings, but we did participate in a couple conference calls. There was some tenseness around using OpenStreetMap. There are issues such as federal government data being public domain and also people not

Re: [Talk-us] Transportation for the Nation Strategic Plan discusses OSM

2011-06-03 Thread Josh Doe
Kate, Thanks for letting me know, I guess I'm surprised there was no mention anywhere that the president and treasurer of the US chapter were on this group! I trawled the mailing lists, wiki, and more. After your email I finally found your names on the TFTN site, of course affiliated with your

Re: [Talk-us] Transportation for the Nation Strategic Plan discusses OSM

2011-06-03 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Josh, It is difficult sometimes wearing a couple different hats. Many organizations aren't used to that. For business travel and work time to participate in events it is often easier to have your employer's name listed. Thanks, Kate On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Josh Doe