OpenStreetMap has been nominated for a Technolgy Innovation Fund award from NetSquared.<br><br>There are about 150 nominations and 20 of those will win awards. The awards are based on votes by the community, so please help by registering with NetSquared and voting for the OpenStreetMap.
<br><br>Voting opens later today and will only be open for a week, so don't put it off. The instructions for how to vote are here:<br><br><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/projects/vote">http://www.netsquared.org/projects/vote
</a><br><br>Details of our proposal are here: <a href="http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/openstreetmap">http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/openstreetmap</a> <br><br>The OpenStreetMap proposal is based around jump-starting OSM in North America, firstly by solving the problem of getting TIGER/Line data imported, and then by reinforcing the growth of an OSM community there.
<br><br>One of the NetSquared advocates has included OpenStreetMap as number 2 in his list of top proposals (<a href="http://www.netsquared.org/tags/slate">http://www.netsquared.org/tags/slate</a>) which is a promising sign, but we do need everyone to vote, as competition will be fierce.
<br><br>Please vote.<br><br>80n<br><br>BTW I'd like to thank Andy Robinson and Andrew Turner for their help in preparing the nomination.<br>