On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 at 03:23, Edoardo Neerhut <[email protected]> wrote:
> OpenStreetMap merch could be a good thing to fund yeah. Would business > cards be helpful for people? Personally I have never had much trouble, > although contributing to Mapillary has prompted the odd question here or > there. > Haven't had a problem as such, but once, when standing in a small shopping centre, taking photos of the shops on the other side of the car park, I did have a girl come out to ask what I was doing? Apparently because I had a clipboard in my hand, she thought I was booking her car! :-) Explained that I was only working on updating local maps & she was happy. Have felt a bit funny on occasion when doing a street survey, once again, walking along with a clipboard, looking at & making notes about the buildings I was passing, & sometimes taking photos of them. It must look (more than!) a bit sus to anybody watching, although nobody has ever said anything to me. As I said way back when we started the conversation, at those times, something "official" to show people that says we're legit would be nice to have. Maybe we could set up a store with useful swag/equipment that would be > subsidised by OSGeo Oceania. The minimal fees would cover shipping and stop > random people ordering things. > Or possibly you get free shipping if you've made more than xxx edits? Thanks Graeme
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