<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Maning<br><br>If you become a member, you would be able to say that you are a member of the OSMF, which should be sufficient to demonstrate your affiliation to potential data donors.<br><br>And I do encourage you to join!<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Foundation#Membership">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Foundation#Membership</a></span><br><br>This is something I've focused on, and have intended to produce a white paper for distribution and guidelines for pursuing data donations. I haven't had time, yet, but am more than willing to make myself available for guidance during your, or anyone's, discussions and processes.<br><br>-Mikel<br><br><div style="font-family:
times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Maning Sambale <emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com><br>To: osm-talk <talk@openstreetmap.org><br>Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:18:11 PM<br>Subject: [OSM-talk] representing OSM to data providers<br><br>
Hi,<br><br>As
I
explore
possible
data
sources
to
be
included
in
the
OSM
database<br>(of
course
always
with
the
restrictions/permission/license
requirements<br>in
mind),
I
have
come
to
realize
that
there
are
a
lot
of<br>people/institutions
willing
to
provide
geodata.
Oftentimes
there's<br>catch,
which
usually
is
that
I
provide
them
the
"output",
I
then<br>immediately
point
them
to
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.openstreetmap.org">www.openstreetmap.org</a>
where
they
can
freely<br>use
the
data.<br><br>However,
in
this
side
of
the
hemisphere,
paper
work
and
institutional<br>affiliation
is
necessary
for
you
to
engage
in
such
"data
exchange"<br>discussions.
Since
OSM
is
my
volunteer/hobby/passion
effort,
I
am
not<br>affiliated
with
any
organization
to
represent
negotiations
for
OSM.<br><br>How
do
I
overcome
such
"bumps"?
Can
I
officially
say
I
represent
the<br>OSM
project
(I'm
not
even
a
member
of
OSMF)?
Does
OSMF
have
some
sort<br>of
template
communication
saying:
"we
request
for
XXX
data
to
be
part
of<br>the
OSM's
database"?<br><br>Any
thoughts?
Please
don't
make
the
discussions
too
legal:)<br><br>cheers,<br><br>maning<br><br>PS
Metro
Manila,
Philippines
is
getting
better
by
the
week!
Thanks
to<br>the
increasing
number
of
contributors.<br>[<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?mlat=14.541720229896098&mlon=121.02042159290963&zoom=9" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?mlat=14.541720229896098&mlon=121.02042159290963&zoom=9</a>]<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>talk
mailing
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