When I expound on why I'm so passionate about contributing towards OpenStreetMap is this is one of the reasons:<br><br>1/ Consider that you've moved into a new area and need to know<br>* which pharmacy is open the latest<br>
* where the nearest health care centre is<br>* the quickest route that isn't obstructed by current road works<br>* list of doctors<br><br>2/ And it would be handy to have:<br>* a list of b&bs and other such accommodation that really are in the area you've moved too - google maps will get this wrong (and does) for data in ireland (at least) due to lazy parsing off address data. I've seen hotels that are 20-30 miles away listed and shown with those 'pin point' markers as being inside the environs of nenagh due to their postal address being too detailed/inaccurate.<br>
<br>* being able to print off maps for people coming visiting instead of telling them directions that you just know they won't remember.<br><br>3/ also...<br>something like this could also be used to symbiotically drive websites like ratemyFOO.com - where FOO is dentist/mechanic/whatever. for existing businesses pull the co-ords out of OSM and store the ratings elsewhere. for new ones, enter the co-ords into OSM... ;-)<br>
<br><br>k.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Joseph Reeves <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iknowjoseph@gmail.com">iknowjoseph@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">>I prefer though that the data shouldn't be directly added to the<br>
>database especially for well-mapped areas.<br>
>Some POIs do not appear in the map (mapnik or osmarender).<br>
<br>
</div>But then you're just mapping for the renderers - omitting data because<br>
two of current representations of the database as provided by <a href="http://osm.org" target="_blank">osm.org</a><br>
don't show everything the database includes. What about if someone was<br>
to produce a new renderer from current OSM data?<br>
<br>
Of course, renderers are only the start - if the OSM database<br>
contained enough information about local businesses somebody could<br>
start a project involving OSM, Asterisk and some text <-> speech<br>
software that would allow you to phone a number and get a list of the<br>
nearest bicycle shops to your current location that were open at the<br>
time. Or the nearest car repair shop that was approved by your<br>
insurance company, or...<br>
<br>
We shouldn't limit ourselves by what could be drawn on a map,<br>
especially if we limit that even further by what is currently drawn on<br>
two examples.<br>
<br>
Cheers, Joseph<br>
<br>
<br>
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2009/7/30 maning sambale <<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> This is really useful and would love this simple service to be implemented.<br>
> I prefer though that the data shouldn't be directly added to the<br>
> database especially for well-mapped areas.<br>
> Some POIs do not appear in the map (mapnik or osmarender). A<br>
> volunteer mapper can subscribe to a boundingbox<br>
> and edit them before upload. I always prefer a human rather than some<br>
> yellowpages.bot.script.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:05 AM, OJ W<<a href="mailto:ojwlists@googlemail.com">ojwlists@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Sorry for breaking the thread, but I did a mockup of a website that<br>
>> people could use to enter their own businesses into OSM:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://dev.openstreetmap.org/%7Eojw/SmallAds/" target="_blank">http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~ojw/SmallAds/</a><br>
>><br>
>> so any user of this website can* create up to 5 OSM nodes, label them<br>
>> as amenity=whatever, and enter a description, a phone number, and a<br>
>> website.<br>
>><br>
>> the idea would be: this is pitched at small business owners who've<br>
>> never heard of OSM, and only buy advertising on yellow pages because<br>
>> someone knocked at their door and sold it to them. It should take<br>
>> less than 10 minutes to setup, for someone who only once per month<br>
>> uses the computer their grandson bought them, and should be simple<br>
>> enough that you can guide someone though it over the phone.<br>
>><br>
>> Additionally, it should be easy for self-employed salesmen to go<br>
>> around their home towns selling this service to every business, taking<br>
>> some fixed price to enter the shop's details into OSM, print a map for<br>
>> them, and give them an <img> for their website. We can't reach<br>
>> everybody to help in OSM, but if someone sees a business in creating<br>
>> free data then maybe they can help us.<br>
>><br>
>> * I've done an basic webapp mockup, but could someone help with coding<br>
>> the creation of OSM objects? It's neanderthal PHP at the moment, but<br>
>> you can port it to rails or cake or J2EEmanagementEdition if you<br>
>> prefer.<br>
>><br>
>> Ideas welcome<br>
>><br>
>> regards,<br>
>><br>
>> OJW<br>
>><br>
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