This is really useful and would love this simple service to be implemented. I prefer though that the data shouldn't be directly added to the database especially for well-mapped areas. Some POIs do not appear in the map (mapnik or osmarender). A volunteer mapper can subscribe to a boundingbox and edit them before upload. I always prefer a human rather than some yellowpages.bot.script.
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:05 AM, OJ W<[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for breaking the thread, but I did a mockup of a website that > people could use to enter their own businesses into OSM: > > http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~ojw/SmallAds/ > > so any user of this website can* create up to 5 OSM nodes, label them > as amenity=whatever, and enter a description, a phone number, and a > website. > > the idea would be: this is pitched at small business owners who've > never heard of OSM, and only buy advertising on yellow pages because > someone knocked at their door and sold it to them. It should take > less than 10 minutes to setup, for someone who only once per month > uses the computer their grandson bought them, and should be simple > enough that you can guide someone though it over the phone. > > Additionally, it should be easy for self-employed salesmen to go > around their home towns selling this service to every business, taking > some fixed price to enter the shop's details into OSM, print a map for > them, and give them an <img> for their website. We can't reach > everybody to help in OSM, but if someone sees a business in creating > free data then maybe they can help us. > > * I've done an basic webapp mockup, but could someone help with coding > the creation of OSM objects? It's neanderthal PHP at the moment, but > you can port it to rails or cake or J2EEmanagementEdition if you > prefer. > > Ideas welcome > > regards, > > OJW > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
