<div dir="ltr"><div>Mike,</div><div><br></div><div>That is a very compelling story. Thanks to you and the other OSM folks involved for making it happen and to you for writing the diary entry. I have often thought that OSM would be a great resource emergency responders because in some areas it contains data that no one else has, but generally the reaction that I have gotten when I have suggested this to such officials was "we have our own data", "we have already invested in xyz system" (sunk cost fallacy), or "how can we trust OSM?". The exception was a search and rescue group that used OSM to help locate missing people in the back country because OSM contains trails that no other source has. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Is this being publicised outside of the OSM community? There are probably associations for fire fighters and other emergency response professionals and perhaps someone from the FD involved could speak about this project at one of their conferences to get agencies in other parts of the country (or world) interested.</div><div><br></div><div>Mike<br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 12:47 PM Mike N <<a href="mailto:niceman@att.net">niceman@att.net</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">Not an emergency, but still interesting when someone can use OSM data:<br>
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