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Hi everyone,<br>
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It's seems that our municipality is asking for some public mapping
aid of some sort. Please check this page, I would love to bring
OpenStreetMaps to their attention, I have a feeling that they aren't
even aware of it's existence looking at the sort of help they ask
for.<br>
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<a
href="http://zemst.be/nl/press/319/inventarisatie-trage-wegen.html">http://zemst.be/nl/press/319/inventarisatie-trage-wegen.html</a><br>
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references are made to check this site although no hyperlinks in the
statement, here it is :
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<a href="http://www.tragewegen.be/">http://www.tragewegen.be/</a><br>
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The latter site is extremely slow at the moment. I've noticed some
screenshots of OSM maps are being used there. Do you think we
can/should/want to be a part of this as a community? <br>
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If so, I believe we should join efforts then and send some well
written inviting mail to bring OSM to their attention? It would
probably save a lot of work for lots of people involved. Does
anyone have some 'canned' response to these types of initiatives?<br>
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What always bothers me about most of these initiatives is that they
usually 'give up' the data to Google for free so they in turn can
start charging for it (commercially). All the while OSM would be
such a perfect fit as a tool by itself.<br>
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Please share your ideas,<br>
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Glenn<br>
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