On 15/06/2015, Arun Ganesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Maps are a relatively new concept in Indian society and is still used only > by a small minority in urban areas in daily life. Naturally one cannot > expect strong OSM communities at this stage till maps gain wider > reach. Remote mapping in cases like this can serve to catalyze the process > by making the maps more attractive to use. I happened to talk about a few > of these points in my lightning talk at SOTMUS last week which might give > more context on mapping in India: > > https://youtu.be/4fK_cWhCQbE?t=22m1s > > Devoting more resources to make these maps and tools accessible to the > common person would be more fruitful than worrying about colonizing > countries by remote mapping.
Do you have any specific ideas on what would make OSM more compeling in India ? I'm thinking along the lines of working better with cheap phones and bad/expensive network coverage.Maybe smarter surveying/editing tools. Maybe a combined Mapillary photo + OSM note app.Maybe offline maps that are cut into smaller pieces.Maybe a smart social media campaing. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
