> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2010/Organisation/Meetings#November_11th.2C_2009
"Barcelona because of the combination with FOSS4G: OSM will not be the centre of attention" With all due respect, I disagree on that first point. While FOSS4G 2010 will likely draw in over 1000 attendees and maybe that'll be more than SoTM will draw (which would make the point that SoTM may not be the centre of attention sort of valid), I believe the synergy effect of having the two events together would outweigh the "shadow" caused by the nearby presence of FOSS4G. My take on a joint event is that the combined attendance of the two events would rise and cross-pollination will occur because of the shared philosophical stance of the events. I'm not going to linger on too long on how interdependent both communities are : one is providing FOSS, the other free data. I'll just point you guys to Schuyler Erle's brilliant 5-minute presentation at FOSS4G 2008 : http://www.vimeo.com/1841244 Schuyler's leitmotiv : free software is useless without free data. Please SoTM board : go see that presentation. As a side note, Schuyler was one of the organizers of the Cape Town mapping party in 2008. All the best, Yves > > Emilie Laffray > _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
