On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:57 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can understand your frustration, from what I have seen you have > contributed a hell of a lot of data and it's obvious from your comments > that you wish other to help out.
I'm not frustrated, just trying to get people to realize that step one is getting people interested and participating. I added a bunch of information for my local County, you're adding a whack of information for your local area, Xellos is slowly mapping out southwestern Edmonton. Now, if there were 60 more people doing this, the work would progress 20 times faster. > However I am still optimistic for OSM. This data will never disappear, it > can only get more complete.... we will 'win' in the end. I agree... just with more people, the end will be here sooner. > My local MD (Crowsnest Pass) have some funding to do some signage on local > footpaths/hikes. I am trying to get them interested in the mapping/GPS > maps side of thing as well. If this happens we get a few more people > involved. Agreed, bring more people onboard. > Also the local ATV/Snowmobile crowd have produced maps in the past. If I > can get a couple of these people interested we will get a whole load of > trails. Trails, and possibly more people tracking roads in their area and beyond. > My target for next summer is to be able to drop a local trails map at the > staging posts for ATV/Snowmobiles, with a map on one side and OSM blub on > the other. Many people travel quite some distance to go off roading, it's > quite possible that they'll get hooked on the idea and go off and map > their own town.... possibly even Fort McMurray. Again, bringing more people onboard. > Just remember, real achievements take time.... I realize that, and with only a handful of people doing the work, it takes a long time. Promotion is the key in my mind. James _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-ca
