Hi, Roy Wallace wrote: > "Google and the Indigenous Mapping Network are teaming up to put on a > two day workshop on the Google campus to teach people from native > communities how to use Google's mapping technologies." > > I wonder if the "Indigenous Mapping Network" have heard of OSM?
Maybe not. But then I view all this Google activity not with the same skepticism that others seem to have. I think someone who is mapping for Google is still better than someone who is not mapping at all! It takes enormous resources to (where reqired) - explain to people what maps are ;-) - make them understand that maps are not god-given or a government thing but you can (help) make them yourself - train people to look out for the things that are important for map making A population that has these skills and this knowledge is a much more fertile environment for OSM to flourish in - even if that initial awareness has come from Google. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [email protected] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
