I've also had conversations like that, and have rarely managed to
convince people that I'm not peculiar. I remember one bloke found it
more believable that I was collecting photos of power poles than that I
was contributing to a map!
OSM UK has high-viz surveyor vests
<https://osmuk.org/community-projects/surveyor-hi-vis-jackets/>, or
rather instructions for how to get a work-wear company to make such a
thing on order. I wonder if we could do something similar here?
But yeah, I agree that a 'official' OSM Oceania leaflet or lanyard or
something would be great. I mean, I realise I could just print such a
thing, but there's something better about it having some sort of
community standing.
—Sam.
On 13/7/21 11:33 am, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
Bit of an out-there idea that I've had a couple of times.
Occasionally, when doing an on-street survey in populated areas, I've
thought that the sight of some random stranger walking the street
making notes about the buildings that he's passing & checking out must
look a bit suspicious! :-)
Once, when I was writing down shop names in a shopping centre, I've
even been asked what I was doing, & explained that I was gathering
details to improve local maps.
It would be "nice" if we could walk around with a photo ID, emblazoned
OSM Oceania (or maybe Australia / NZ / Fiji etc etc?) dangling around
our necks, as it would look a lot more "professional" & "official".
At the same time, also have some brochures produced explaining what
OSM is about, what we do & how everybody can contribute, & pass them
out to anybody interested.
Worthwhile?
Thanks
Graeme
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 13:03, Brendan Barnes <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Suggestions:
Loanable equipment such as high-precision handheld GPS units for
GPS traces, and Waylens or 360 degree cameras for KartaView image
sequences. Similar to the equipment loan program in Europe
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Units_for_Loan
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Units_for_Loan>
Hardware for a loanable KartaView rig project, such as a
"trekking-style" backpack for OSM hikers, or a HD multi-camera,
high-precision GPS car rig.
Funding to help secure more OSM hardware hosting sponsors in the
region. Currently we only have two Tile Servers, and they are both
located in Melbourne, Australia.
Drone mapping infrastructure, such as a community Open Drone Map
cloud server, to process orthorectified aerial imagery.
On Sat, 10 Jul 2021 at 17:32, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
9 Jul 2021, 03:06 by [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>:
* Funding for OSM related software development
What about projects that are not
targeting specifically Oceania needs but
as useful elsewhere?
Is it going to be lower priority, with
Oceania-focused project having a clear
preference?
Or is it not useful to even propose them?
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