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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