<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">We could hire a Mapping Matatu :). A matatu is the main form of public transport in Kenya, described as "a cross between a sports car, a minibus, and a night club"<br><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_taxi#Matatu_.28Kenya.2FUganda.29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_taxi#Matatu_.28Kenya.2FUganda.29</a></span><br><div> </div>== Mikel Maron ==<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://mapkibera.org/">http://mapkibera.org/</a></span><br>+254 (0) 724899738<br>mikel@osmfoundation.org<div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Nick Black
<nickblack1@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Roy Wallace <waldo000000@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> OSM <talk@openstreetmap.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, December 16, 2009 2:24:26 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OSM-talk] New Google Map Maker promotion<br></font><br>
This is an awesome idea. I'd like to see the OSM Foundation running<br>something like this. Without a co-ordinated effort, Google have a<br>great chance of winning the hearts and minds of mappers in developing<br>countries. Its exactly the same tactic as Microsoft or Oracle<br>flooding universities with free / cheap versions of their software.<br><br>Alternatively the OSM-F could lend some marketing help to Mikel & co<br>whose Map Kibera initiative no doubt inspired Google's mapping bus.<br><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://mapkibera.org/">http://mapkibera.org/</a></span><br><br>--<br>Nick<br><br><br><br><br>On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Roy Wallace <<a ymailto="mailto:waldo000000@gmail.com" href="mailto:waldo000000@gmail.com">waldo000000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Apparently, OSM is lacking a bus:<br><span>> <a target="_blank"
href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/12/mapping-india-on-googles-internet-bus.html">http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/12/mapping-india-on-googles-internet-bus.html</a></span><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> talk mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br><span>> <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk</a></span><br>><br><br><br><br>-- <br>-- <br>Nick Black<br><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/nick_b">twitter.com/nick_b</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>talk mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk"
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