The book will never be finished. :-) As I mentioned earlier we are happy to see further changes or suggestions for more topics. It's very easy to publish another version for printing. On Oct 23, 2011 1:05 PM, "Besfort Guri" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Book is finished ? or need more for the end version ? > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Ian Dees <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the kind words, Martijn. >> >> One of the questions we have yet to answer is how we should distribute the >> books that Google bought for us. I would prefer to give them to people that >> are a) likely to talk/blog about them (and thus OSM), b) not completely >> aware of OSM, c) have limited internet connectivity, and/or d) are unable to >> afford the cost of the book. >> >> I'd be happy to hear about other ideas, though. There are only 9 books >> available from Google, by the way. It is my opinion that if we want to give >> them out to new OSM US members we should spend OSM US money to buy some for >> existing and new members. >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Martijn van Exel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Great, absolutely great. I just ordered a hard copy but I see you have >>> a stash right there?! It would make an awesome welcome gift for new >>> OSM (-US) members. Welcome package: the book, an OSM surveying vest >>> and a list of 10 1-hour cleanup projects in your own area. >>> >>> Martijn >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Ian Dees <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Hi all, >>> > Over the last week, Kate Chapman, Shaun McDonald and I worked together >>> with >>> > some professional documentation people to write an open source >>> OpenStreetMap >>> > getting started book. >>> > Please read my diary post to get an idea of what we >>> > did: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/iandees/diary/15152 >>> > We're looking for feedback and help keeping it up to date. In the >>> > medium-term we'd like to expand this book so that it can replace the >>> Getting >>> > Started pages on the wiki and create a second book to cover the more >>> > technical use cases (pulling the technical bits out of this current >>> doc). >>> > -Ian >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Talk-us mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> martijn van exel >>> geospatial omnivore >>> 1109 1st ave #2 >>> salt lake city, ut 84103 >>> 801-550-5815 >>> http://oegeo.wordpress.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> > > > -- > Regards > Besfort Guri > +377 44 49 88 91 > www.besiguri.wordpress.com > http://besfortp.posterous.com/ > > >
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