For the press it's simple: everybody knows Google, Google is 'hot'. Openstreetmap is relatively unknown. So writing about Openstreetmap won't attract a lot of viewers for an article. And I wonder whether the community really wants to see Openstreetmap turn into a big player which attracts a lot of press coverage. That is, I don't read it in OSMF's mission statement:
- To make OSM data available for anyone (for editing and in whole). - The data being current. - The data to approach geographic truth (or “ground truth”). - That humans add and curate data. - That the data and responsibility for it belong to all contributors. - To facilitate decision-making in the community where necessary. - To be the ultimate “court” of conflict resolution. Cheers, Johan 2013/5/25 Paul Norman <[email protected]> > How can we get more effective press coverage from events? Part of it is > probably more people volunteering for the communications working group, but > is there more?**** > > ** ** > > Note: If you want to help with the CWG, email > [email protected].**** > > ** ** > > *From:* James Mast [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, May 24, 2013 10:10 PM > *To:* [email protected]; [email protected] > *Subject:* [Talk-us] Google Maps being "praised" for removing I-5 > colasped bridge quickly**** > > ** ** > > > http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/collapsed-i-5-bridge-gone-google-maps-almost-quickly-it-6C10067906 > > If I remember correctly, we had it marked as "access=no" and the segment > removed about an hour faster than on Google. Somebody needs to get ahold > of Rosa from NBC (who did the "article") and let them know about OSM > pawning Google here. > > -James**** > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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