<div dir="ltr"><div>I've had the opposite experience before in South Brisbane which was funny. I had a clipboard with printed maps writing notes the day of our Riverfire festival and I had people keep coming up to me asking me where they should put or deliver stuff, QPS didn't even ask what I was doing. Had to keep telling them I wasn't part of the festival. I definitely have felt a bit dodgy though when surveying in populated areas.</div><div><br></div><div>A lanyard would be nice. The credit card sized ones with the slot in the top so you can keep it in your wallet, and either attach it to a lanyard or a pin clip (most people would already have a bunch from previous events), means postage is just the cost of a letter. Make sure both sides have the logo or domain name as it'll spin around. Don't think I'd wear hi-viz, it'll make you stand out even more.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 2:07 PM Sam Wilson <<a href="mailto:sam@samwilson.id.au">sam@samwilson.id.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>I've also had conversations like that, and have rarely managed to
convince people that I'm not peculiar. I remember one bloke found
it more believable that I was collecting photos of power poles
than that I was contributing to a map!<br>
</p>
<p>OSM UK has <a href="https://osmuk.org/community-projects/surveyor-hi-vis-jackets/" target="_blank">high-viz
surveyor vests</a>, or rather instructions for how to get a
work-wear company to make such a thing on order. I wonder if we
could do something similar here?<br>
</p>
<p>But yeah, I agree that a 'official' OSM Oceania leaflet or
lanyard or something would be great. I mean, I realise I could
just print such a thing, but there's something better about it
having some sort of community standing.</p>
<p>—Sam.</p>
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<div>On 13/7/21 11:33 am, Graeme Fitzpatrick
wrote:<br>
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<div>Bit of an out-there idea that I've had a couple of times.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Occasionally, when doing an on-street survey in populated
areas, I've thought that the sight of some random stranger
walking the street making notes about the buildings that he's
passing & checking out must look a bit suspicious! :-)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Once, when I was writing down shop names in a shopping
centre, I've even been asked what I was doing, & explained
that I was gathering details to improve local maps.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>It would be "nice" if we could walk around with a photo ID,
emblazoned OSM Oceania (or maybe Australia / NZ / Fiji etc
etc?) dangling around our necks, as it would look a lot more
"professional" & "official".</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>At the same time, also have some brochures produced
explaining what OSM is about, what we do & how everybody
can contribute, & pass them out to anybody interested.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Worthwhile?</div>
<div><br>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks
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<div>Graeme</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 13:03,
Brendan Barnes <<a href="mailto:brenbarnes@gmail.com" target="_blank">brenbarnes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Suggestions:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Loanable equipment such as high-precision handheld GPS
units for GPS traces, and Waylens or 360 degree cameras
for KartaView image sequences. Similar to the equipment
loan program in Europe <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Units_for_Loan" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Units_for_Loan</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Hardware for a loanable KartaView rig project, such as
a "trekking-style" backpack for OSM hikers, or a HD
multi-camera, high-precision GPS car rig.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Funding to help secure more OSM hardware hosting
sponsors in the region. Currently we only have two Tile
Servers, and they are both located in Melbourne,
Australia.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Drone mapping infrastructure, such as a community Open
Drone Map cloud server, to process orthorectified aerial
imagery.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 10 Jul 2021 at
17:32, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-au <<a href="mailto:talk-au@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk-au@openstreetmap.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div>9 Jul 2021, 03:06 by <a href="mailto:eneerhut@gmail.com" target="_blank">eneerhut@gmail.com</a>:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Funding for OSM related software development<br>
</li>
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</blockquote>
<div dir="auto">What about projects that are not <br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">targeting specifically Oceania needs but</div>
<div dir="auto">as useful elsewhere?<br>
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<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">Is it going to be lower priority, with <br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Oceania-focused project having a clear</div>
<div dir="auto">preference?<br>
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<div dir="auto">Or is it not useful to even propose
them?</div>
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