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Thanks, Ben, for the explanation, your report and work. It was very
interesting reading it !<br>
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I may help on some subject, occasionnaly (I reckon time is missing
for me for osm-stuff those days). Ask if you need/think about
something.<br>
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Julien<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 09/10/14 17:50, Marc Gemis a écrit :<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Thanks a lot for the update. I have to
admit that I prefer mapping above any of those items you are
talking about. So I'm not a candidate, except for working on
the "Mapper of the Month" stuff.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Ben
Abelshausen <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I
still believe that we are way too small and the only and
sustainable way to keep improving the map is to get more
people involved. Strangely enough we almost never work
to improve our numbers.</div>
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Maybe because we never go "outside". IMHO we have to go to
clubs that are interested in maps. We have to invite ourselves
and give presentations to walking, cycling, geogaching etc.
clubs. They might have a natural interest for good maps. This
happened recently in the UK (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.mappa-mercia.org/2014/10/october-joint-social-meeting-with-beacon-roads-cycling-club.html">http://www.mappa-mercia.org/2014/10/october-joint-social-meeting-with-beacon-roads-cycling-club.html</a>) </div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Another group are retired people. There
seems to be an organization that organizes all kind of courses
for them.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Yet another group are companies. Maybe
through Unizo ?</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">But of course this takes time and
requires talents (giving presentations) that perhaps many
mappers (including myself) do not have.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Meetups are nice, but require that
people know somehow about the project. It expects that they
come to us. By "forcing" a presentation upon them, they learn
about the project. </div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Several of my co-workers are now finaly
starting to use OSM for their cycling GPSes, because I kept
talking about it. Perhaps, one day, they start mapping
themselves.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Just my .5 cents</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">regards</div>
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