Thanks, Ben, for the explanation, your report and work. It was very interesting reading it !
I may help on some subject, occasionnaly (I reckon time is missing for me for osm-stuff those days). Ask if you need/think about something. Julien Le 09/10/14 17:50, Marc Gemis a écrit : > Thanks a lot for the update. I have to admit that I prefer mapping > above any of those items you are talking about. So I'm not a > candidate, except for working on the "Mapper of the Month" stuff. > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Ben Abelshausen > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I still believe that we are way too small and the only and > sustainable way to keep improving the map is to get more people > involved. Strangely enough we almost never work to improve our > numbers. > > > Maybe because we never go "outside". IMHO we have to go to clubs that > are interested in maps. We have to invite ourselves and give > presentations to walking, cycling, geogaching etc. clubs. They might > have a natural interest for good maps. This happened recently in the > UK > (http://www.mappa-mercia.org/2014/10/october-joint-social-meeting-with-beacon-roads-cycling-club.html) > > > Another group are retired people. There seems to be an organization > that organizes all kind of courses for them. > > Yet another group are companies. Maybe through Unizo ? > > But of course this takes time and requires talents (giving > presentations) that perhaps many mappers (including myself) do not have. > > Meetups are nice, but require that people know somehow about the > project. It expects that they come to us. By "forcing" a presentation > upon them, they learn about the project. > > Several of my co-workers are now finaly starting to use OSM for their > cycling GPSes, because I kept talking about it. Perhaps, one day, they > start mapping themselves. > > Just my .5 cents > > regards > > m > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
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