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<font face="Trebuchet MS">Hi,<br>
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I am Oliver. I have been negotiating mulit-million dollar contracts
with the commercial map providers during my last jobs at SiemensVDO and
Navigon while dealing with companies like NT, TA, Sensis, Zenrin,
MapMyIndia and AND. I learned a lot about the quality of maps,
different formats of maps, the value of map attributes and the
different pricing models in the markets. At my current job at skobbler
we were started to make GPS based turn-by-turn navigation a commodity
and during this journey most of the commercial map providers changed
from friends to enemies. So, my motivation comes straight from the
heart: helping to make OpenStreetMap the best map in the world and
demonstrate that the crowdsourcing approach is superior to any other
approach of the commercial map providers.<br>
<br>
My personal goal for the next months is to steer the power of the
community in a direction that OpenStreetMap becomes and is perceived as
a competitive map in many different geographic areas and for many
different purposes. I also wish that OpenStreetMap builds upon its
strengths and also communicates these strengths to the outside world.<br>
<br>
Looking forward to work with you,<br>
Oliver<br>
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On 26.05.2010 07:08, Mikel Maron wrote:
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<br>
How about a round of introductions before getting our hands dirty?<br>
<br>
I'm Mikel, OSMF Board Member. One of my main motivations to volunteer
for the Board is to see OSMF prepare for its future properly. I've had
the opportunity to discuss the issues facing OSMF organizationally with
many, and fortunately received offers to help. Glad we're hear to work
on this together.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Mikel<br>
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== Mikel Maron ==<br>
+254(0)724899738 @mikel s:mikelmaron<br>
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href="http://mapkibera.org/">http://mapkibera.org/</a></span><br>
<span><a moz-do-not-send="true" target="_blank"
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Haiti">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Haiti</a></span>
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