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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>I was pondering last week the fact that OSM now has almost
exactly 15,000 registered users and that the Ordnance Survey has a total of 1,500
staff. Ok so the OS guys turn up for work every day and are all focused on the
UK and have all the best gear and most of our registered users don’t do a
lot, but OSM has ten times the number of surveyors and many folk at the OS are
not surveying anyway! Wow.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Also, I was looking at the growth rate of registered
users on OSM. It took 131 days for the number of OSM mappers to double from 7,500
to 15,000. The average doubling time since the project had about 900 registered
users has been some 172 days which means that the number of users is going up
by about a factor of four each year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>At a typical urban mapping rate of 500 population
per hour per user, these 15,000 users can map at the rate of 7million population
per hour. In a year when we have four times the number of users it will be
28million population per hour!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Overall, possibly Steve is not going to be far off
with his prediction of having the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> finished in June 2008!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>The table below shows the doubling time to date, and
projections based on the average doubling rate to date. Of course better and
easier to use tools will increase the uptake and the productivity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>28 November 2005<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>900<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>01 May 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td height=17 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>1,875<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td height=17 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>154<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>30 October 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td height=17 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>3,750<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td height=17 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>182<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>11 June 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>7,500<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td height=17 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>224<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>20 October 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td height=17 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>15,000<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td height=17 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>131<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#666699" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#666699'>09 April 2008</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color="#666699" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#666699'>30,000</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td height=17 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color="#666699" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#666699'>172</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#666699" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#666699'>28 September 2008</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color="#666699" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#666699'>60,000</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td height=17 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color="#666699" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#666699'>172</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#666699" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#666699'>19 March 2009</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color="#666699" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#666699'>120,000</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<td height=17 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:12.75pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
color="#666699" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#666699'>172</span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Peter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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