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<P><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi all,</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am new to OpenStreetMap. I am happy to hear about the announcement about the inclusion of GeoBase data in OSM. I am currently writing an internal newsletter for my organization, with an article featuring OSM. My question is this - in light of GeoBase data being included, should I be encouraging people to get out there to do mapping parties? Or should I instead tell them how to get involved in uploading areas from Geobase? If people go out to do mapping parties and then the GeoBase data is uploaded to the same area, what happens to their mapping party data?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks,</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Debbie</FONT></SPAN>
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