Sarajevo, maybe all of Bosnia?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/mar/28/openstreetmap-google-maps-technologies

On Dec 11, 2012, at 4:24 AM, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>   most of you will know www.bestofosm.org - essentially a simple OpenLayers 
> page with a couple KML layers with markers (and preview images) for locations 
> that are "special" in OSM.
> 
> The location list hasn't been updated since the license change and we're 
> planning to do a major update, together with a new poster print (latest one 
> proudly boasts "2010 version" http://bestofosm.org/poster/).
> 
> Do you know any places that should be featured on bestofosm.org?
> 
> We're looking for things that
> 
> * are mapped to an exceptional standard (where "exceptional" is relative to 
> the surroundings - something that is normal for OSM in Europe might be 
> exceptional for OSM in China).
> 
> and/or
> 
> * have a nice story (e.g. a village might only look 'average' on the map but 
> have been mapped completely in one day by the local primary school)
> 
> and/or
> 
> * have relevance for OSM as a project (e.g. we'll add all locations of past 
> SOTMs but things like "the first mapping party in Africa" or so would be 
> great too)
> 
> and/or
> 
> * are exceptional in some other respect
> 
> The site isn't intended to be a catalogue, but more of a showcase. That's why 
> we absolutely need a "story paragraph" for each item that should ideally go 
> beyound "this place also looks nice" - these story paragraphs will also go on 
> the poster.
> 
> We're also after a good planet coverage - currently, the non-coastal US, 
> Australia, and Canada are completely devoid of entries.
> 
> Entries must be visible on one of the publicly accessible OSM tile maps - can 
> be standard map, cyclemap, piste map, seamap, etc. but we can't support maps 
> with interactive features or vector overlays.
> 
> Your input is greatly appreciated, and will be edited and compiled into KML 
> files/PNG files that are freely reusable under CC-BY-SA just as bestofosm.org 
> is today.
> 
> Bye
> Frederik
> 
> -- 
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