<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Sans Serif'; font-size:10pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, b.schulz.10@scu.edu.au wrote:<br>
> Personally I think that marketing to the masses would yield better results.<br>
> Ie: organise more mapping parties where newbies are encouraged to attend<br>
> and are introduced to a friendly, supportive atmosphere. Or get a few small<br>
> regions "finished" and get some printed maps into tourist information<br>
> centers and youth hostels. I dare say that small regions such as the Sydney<br>
> CBD and Canberra would be excellent pilot projects which could be started<br>
> right away.<br>
><br>
> By getting lots of free maps out to the people it broadens our readership.<br>
> Eventually I think it would be really awesome to get an OSM street<br>
> directory onto bookshop shelves, starting with capital cities (or regional<br>
> centers, as they're smaller goals) and eventually (in 5-10 years)<br>
> publishing an "OSM touring guide", complete with a Wikipedia-like database<br>
> of town descriptions, free camping sites etc, kind of like a compeditor to<br>
> Explore Australia.<br>
><br>
> Anyway, I've seriously rambled on here. I think that both general populace<br>
> marketing and MP petitioning are needed, but if somebody has some spare<br>
> time and a choice, what does Talk-Au think they should concentrate on?<br>
.<br>
I have half written a letter to Virgin Blue.<br>
I wrote it watching the abysmal GPS service on the plane, with the badly spelled place names eg Tumat for Tumut.<br>
Already our map is far far better than the one they are using.<br>
What is holding me up is the licence - I can't realistically write and say "well it might be this licence, but it might not, either."<br>
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