On 11 Mar 2009, at 12:07, Nick Black wrote:
What I'd ask is that the OSM community, particularly community
leaders, look beyond slip-ups like the quotes in this article, and
look at the enormous benefits that the involvement of organizations
like CloudMade, GeoFabrik, ITO, AND and many of the other for-profit
companies who are using OSM data can bring to the project. Hold
these contributions up with the contributions of the other OSM
leaders - the super mappers, coders and OSM-F members how pour
unknown hours into creating OSM.
I was considering doing a post highlighting the positive benefits that
CM is bringing to the project, in particular with the huge investment
in building community in the USA. Compare the USA now with last
October on this image and the one linked to it to see what is
happening in the states. Not all of this is of course due to CM's
input but their work must be part of it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterito/3087316306/
There are of course still things that need to be sharpened up and I am
sure they will be.
Regards,
Peter
Happy mapping,
Nick
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On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Richard Fairhurst <[email protected]
> wrote:
Stephen Hope wrote:
> And you can't always blame the journalists, either. Once they
> send their copy in, the editors can have a go at it as well.
If I may speak up for editors, a lot of journalists could avoid this
unfortunate necessity by Actually Learning To Write.
cheers
Richard
(Incidentally, Tim is absolutely right: good, clear 'Notes to
Editors' at
the end of releases are the way to go.)
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