As an aside: Dan S. may be interested in the list of (ground mounted) solar farms that I am building up at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_Kingdom#List_of_under_construction_and_operational_UK_Ground_Mounted_Solar_Farms and also talking to the OpenInfraMap team https://openinframap.org/about.html
- Jez On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:12 PM Rob Nickerson <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds good. Although it is worth noting that OSM UK is us - i.e. the > OpenStreetMap community in the UK. Yes it does happen to be a registered > company which helps in some conversations (some companies like to speak > with other companies) but to get things moving fastest we welcome help from > fellow OSMers. If not then it will fall to the OSM UK board, of which there > are 5 people (I am one) with limited volunteer time. > > To get things started I have written to OSMF's advisory board to see if > any of the local groups or organisations that form part of that have > experience with getmapping imagery. If you can pass contact details from > getmapping then we can start enquiries. > > P.S. If anyone reading this wants to jump in and help, please let me know. > > With best regards, > *Rob* > > > On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 21:14, chilton steve <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Rob, >> >> Thanks for the response. >> >> In fact I would prefer to hand over to OSMUK or some more formal part of >> the project, particularly if they have experience of such >> discussions/negotiations. >> >> I don't know what the level of content is. They market themselves as >> leading provider in UK so I don't think global. >> >> I will email OSMUK first before going to the company, just to see how the >> land lies (pun intended!). >> >> Cheers >> >> Steve >> >> On 06 March 2019 at 19:54 Rob Nickerson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Steve, >> >> >Would OSM benefit from another imagery source? Getmapping have >> tentatively offered theirs. See: >> https://itsahill.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/edina-geoforum-2019/ and get >> back to me via any of the normal methods. >> > >> >Cheers >> >Steve Chilton (@steev8) >> >> It's certainly worth exploring and I think this is something that OSM UK >> company can assist with if they prefer to discuss with a registered company >> rather than an individual (could still be you, just on behalf of, and with >> the support of OSM UK if that helps with discussions). >> >> What are the next steps? I guess confirming it is unique content is a >> good step - rather than a copy of Digital Globe imagery already available >> to us for example. Do you want to start an email discussion with them >> cc'ing [email protected] in and we can arrange a call / meeting with them >> if that helps. >> >> P.S. Are we speaking UK or global? >> >> Best regards, >> *Rob* >> >>
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