Hi Steve, Thanks for your insight, I knew Australia was one of the hardest hit when the licensed changed over, but glad to see that there are people out there willing to continue mapping! Licensing is a big issue, and will be definitely one of the top things I will need to consider when I get back to Aus! Cheers
On 05/05/2013, at 7:05 PM, Steve Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:29 PM, kristy van putten > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On a personal note I would be interested in hearing more about the OSM >> Australia activities, and people current goals with OSM. >> I have read about the Bicentennial National Trail team, has anyone thought >> of 4WD trails in OSM? I would also be keen to find out if there are any >> Ozzy teaching OSM to schools or scout groups etc? > > Hi Kristy, > For my part, I've done a lot of mapping in and around Melbourne, but > am now shifting attention to rural areas, particularly since Bing > imagery has improved a lot. I do a lot of cycle touring, and a bit of > hiking, and have quite an interest in having good data in OSM to > support those activities. There's also a big crossover between the > needs of 4WD-ers and the kind of cycle touring I like to do, so I'm > interested in the issues David Bannon raised. Right at the moment, > though, I'm remapping some areas along the Goulburn (southwest of > Shepparton) that got lost in the licence change. > > My take on where the Australian OSM community is at is that we're > still a bit scarred from the hugely disruptive licence changeover, and > the leaving of some of the rather abrasive individuals in the process. > I'd love to see more discussion about goals for the community, > individual projects etc. > > Steve _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
